Petoskey Wine Region planner / Boyne City
Muskrat Distilling
A restored 1890s building on Water Street in Boyne City with a riverfront cocktail lounge and a seasonal patio. Small-batch house gin, bourbon and rum, mocktails for whoever is driving, and bar food.
The basics
- Where: 121 Water Street, Boyne City, MI 49712
- Hours: not published in a weekly format, call ahead
- Pours: spirits
- Plan on about 45 minutes
- Food: Muskrat Munchies
- Website: muskratdistilling.com/
- Not a Petoskey Wine Region trail member, listed here because it is a working tasting room in the same country
Hours checked September 18, 2026.
Nearest other tasting stops
- Boyne City Taproom, 0.3 miles straight line (Boyne City)
- Stiggs Brewery & Kitchen, 0.6 miles straight line (Boyne City)
- Boyne Valley Vineyards, 5.9 miles straight line (Petoskey)
- Resort Pike Cidery & Winery, 7.9 miles straight line (Petoskey)
Worth pairing with
- Red Mesa Grill, 0.0 miles straight line. Latin American on Water Street in Boyne City, and the easiest real dinner if your loop finishes on the south arm of Lake Charlevoix.
- Veterans Memorial Park, 0.3 miles straight line. Boyne City's waterfront park and swimming beach on Lake Charlevoix, with the farmers market nearby in season.
- Avalanche Preserve, 1.1 miles straight line. The 462-stair climb to the overlook above Boyne City and the south arm of Lake Charlevoix. The best earned view in the region.
Distances are straight line from the map coordinates, not drive distance. Build the actual route on the planner, which uses real roads.
Built by Chris Izworski, a Michigan wine-country visitor and trip-tool builder. We return to Michigan wine country often; our aim is a wine day with unhurried stops, a sensible drive, and room to explore. Winery information comes from the published source records, not from a claim that we personally visited or tasted at every stop. More tools are at the Tools hub.