Saturday from Noon to Midnight.   Shadow Artfair at Corner Brewery.  Click here for more information, or click the flyer for a PDF download.    See you there!

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The date of December 1st marks the anniversary of one of the saddest moments in brewing history.  It was early on a Friday morning in 1905 right after Thanksgiving Day when a fire broke out totally destroying one of the state of Michigan’s oldest breweries. Ending a 40 plus year run of being the main quench of the county’s beer thirst and one […]

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Bells released their Two Hearted (IPA) in mini kegs this past week. Mini-kegs are 1.32 gallons, which equal out to 10 pints.
I’m fortunate enough to have a wife that understands these special beer occasions only come once a year. Since she works in Dearborn, she is close to one of the finest beer […]

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      Leela          Hey hey! We can all fight when we’re
                         drunk. Now listen: Why don’t we just
                         brew our own beer?
      Bender       You can brew your own beer?
                       
     Leela           Sure, the kids at the orphanarium used
                         to do it all the time.  -Futurama
 This week’s big beer event is the Michigan Beer Guide Celebrates 10-years of Home-brew Beers and Michigan Public Act […]

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Where: 1664 Fowlerville Rd. Fowlerville, MI 48836
When: December 1st & 8th 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
What: Steins-N-Stuff is owned by a gentlemen named Bill Middaugh. He collects and sells everything related to beer. The barn has tons of beer steins, tin signs, mirrors, coolers, mugs - anything you […]

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Did you know that there is a story going around purporting  that the real reason the pilgrims landed at Plymouth was because they ran out of beer?!
It’s a fun story, one that I’ve heard many times in History Channel documentaries on beer abd one that I love to tell to people. I even helped Adam over at the Beerbits2 blog  name a rapidly brewed English […]

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As Kevin mentioned in the previous post, Thanksgiving is definitely a time to kick back with a good brew. For all of you beer lovers out there, comment on what you plan on pairing with your Thanksgiving dinner this year.

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People who drink light “beer” don’t like the taste of beer; they just like to pee a lot.
– Capital Brewery, Middleton, WI
One thing I planned on doing with this blog is to let everyone share in events that are going on around the state. There are a few events that I will list down […]

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Guest post by:   Josh Marenger
Being from the central U.P., it’s not often that I visit western Michigan.  By pure coincidence, a weekend visit with a high school buddy in Grand Rapids coincided with Founders new brewery opening.  No, really.  Well that’s fine if you don’t believe me.
In any case, the new facility is a […]

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“Oh Beer! Oh Hodgson, Guinness, Allsop, Bass. Names that should be on every infants tongue.”
- A verse from 18th century poets honoring beer around the time when Pale Ales came about.
Pale Ales and India Pale Ales date back to the late 1700’s. Refined brewing processes brought about a deep copper (pale) […]

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