Artist Rashed Taher’s ArtPrize entry “The American Eagle is on display outside Grand Rapids Brewing Company on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. The piece is made of a bench with an eagle solar light above. Rylan Capper | rcapper@mlive.com
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Are you in need of beer brewing equipment, restaurant tables, light fixtures or whiskey barrels? A Grand Rapids brewery is auctioning off all that and more after recently announcing its permanent closure. stainless steel brewing equipment
The liquidation auction is for pretty much everything but the walls and floor inside Grand Rapids Brewing Co., 1 Ionia Ave. SW, which announced it would be closing for good last month after a fire damaged its kitchen and HVAC system.
The auction, held online by Biddergy.com, is set for 8 a.m. Thursday, April 18. Winning bidders need to collect their purchased equipment from Grand Rapids Brewing Co. on either Monday, April 22 or Tuesday, April 23.
All equipment is being sold as-is, and the auction company recommends buyers inspect the equipment between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. the day of the auction at Grand Rapids Brewing Co.
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Bidding for brewing equipment, which includes uni-tank fermentors, two-vessel brewing systems and stainless steel tanks, starts at either $15 or $25, depending on the type of machine.
Bidding on other items like whiskey barrels, groups of kegs, sinks, televisions, ice bins and dining tables with chairs start at $5.
Other items in the liquidation auction include light fixtures, artwork, beer tap handles, bar glasses, champagne flutes, wine glasses, martini glasses, signage, an upright piano and metal shelving.
The Grand Rapids Brewing Co. Sign that hung outside the brewery is also up for auction, complete with the metal eagle holding hops in its talons.
A full list of all the items up for auction is available at this link.
Grand Rapids Brewing Co. opened in 2012 in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids.
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“After 11 years brewing Beer City’s namesake beer and serving our downtown Grand Rapids community, we’ve faced the difficult decision to close our doors to Grand Rapids Brewing Company,” the brewery said on social media at the end of March. “A fire on February 23rd damaged our kitchen and HVAC system, forcing a temporary closure that we’ve now decided will be permanent.”
The brewery’s name was a nod to the original Grand Rapids Brewing Co., which was founded at the corner of Michigan Street and Ionia Avenue in 1893.
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