This week the Michigan Brewer’s Guild announced that they are moving the Winter Beer Festival to Grand Rapids from Lansing. This is the actual announcement from the MBG web-site as posted on the Mash.
Winter Beer Festival
November 16th, 2007
“The 3rd Annual Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Festival is scheduled for Saturday, February 23rd, [...]

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“Because you are reading this…chances weigh in favor of you having Michigan beer already as an important part of your beer purchase decisions…Now how about the food you eat?”
- Rex Halfpenny, Editor, “Michigan Beer Guide”
(Click here for more of Rex’s thoughts on food, beer and community)

Next to local beer, local food is another [...]

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Jane: Would you rather have beer, or complete and utter contemptment?
Homer: What kind of beer?
– The Simpsons
The big event in MI brewing this week is the Founders Grand Opening in Grand Rapids on Saturday November 17th starting at 4pm. Founders  was started  in October of 1997 by Mike Stevens and Dave Enbers and since then they have become [...]

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“Do you realize these so called ‘volunteers’ don’t even get paid?!”
- Homer Simpson
Kevin and I had a great time as pourers at Saturday night’s beer and wine tasting. The event, sponsored by Nagle’s Market, was held at the Milan American Legion and was a fundraiser for the Milan Public Library.
A photographer from the Milan newspaper [...]

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 ”Beer does not make itself properly by itself. It takes an element of mystery and of things that no one can understand.”– Fritz Maytag, American brewer
 My wife got to brew her first batch of beer last week. Usually I brew and she is my assistant. She decided to make a Pumpkin Beer for Thanksgiving and [...]

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I’m definitely an amateur brewer at this point.  I’ve only made a couple of batches, and have kegged them both.   My neighbor, also new to brewing had me help him bottle up his double hopped pilsner last night.   I had the job of capping them after he filled them.   I was distracted by the Nascar [...]

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Michigan Brewing Company is probably one of my favorite breweries in Michigan. When I first started coming up here, they were in a building up by the gas station – Webberville exit right off 96 (just south of Lansing). I can remember getting growlers of the Porter, then heading up to the gas [...]

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When you start a blog about beer some people may get the wrong impression about what you’re doing. Some may expect that the majority of your posts will begin with, “Dude…I got so wasted last night…” or that you will start compiling top ten lists of the beers with the highest ABV (alcohol by volume).
Others may think [...]

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We made our way to Tri-City Brewing Company today in Bay City, MI. Tri-City currently has two beers available. A golden ale called Phoenix (named after an old closed brewery in Bay City) and an Irish red called Phelan. The operation is funded by 30 investors, one of them we [...]

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Let’s face it. If you’re new to craft beer, figuring out what you like can be a bit daunting. And just going to the store and buying  a six-pack of a brew that you’re not sure you’ll like can be wasteful and expensive.
One of the best ways  to get acquainted with craft beer in a fun [...]

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