Just heard about this brew pub restaurant opening in early February. It will be located in the Fallen Timbers complex in Maumee, OH. This will be the chains first in Ohio, and is one of fourteen new locations scheduled to open in 2008.
I did a little research on Granite City beer, [...]

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Name: Kevweiser
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
How long have you been brewing: August 2006
Why did you start brewing: It was something I had wanted to do for a long time.
Style of brewing: Partial Grain
First beer ever brewed: Wheat -My notes say ” Not what I wanted, a bit of a smokey flavor” It was [...]

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Most craft beer drinkers learn early that IPA stands for India Pale Ale and that it is a beer style designed to be strong and very “hoppy”, so that it could last the grueling trip from London to India. It was brewed to supply British Troops and citizens occupying India with non-spoiled ale and [...]

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Monroe Bell’s Hopslam Release Party
129 Lounge
129 E. Front st.
Tuesday Januaury 22nd
6pm-9pm
Hopslam(brewed in Kalamazoo, MI by Bell’s Brewery) on draft and giveaways for Hopslam drinkers.                                                                                                            
If you love hoppy beers you already know what Hopslam is but if you don’t know here is a description from the Bell’s web-site of what kind of beer Hopslam is …
 A biting, bitter, tongue bruiser of an ale. With [...]

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Basic Brewing Radio: Kevin has been telling me about this podcast for quite some time now, and I finally took time this weekend to listen to a few episodes. I was really impressed. Host James Spencer keeps things really basic, and doesn’t come across as a “know-it-all” expert, although I’m [...]

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Whether you all grain or partial grain brew, this is a nice way to make use out of all that leftover grain. My new home brew friends “All Grain Mike” and his wife, told me about this recipe. I dug up the procedure online, and made it tonight with the leftover grains [...]

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The Monroe City Brewery was short lived but it had one unique thing that the other Monroe breweries didn’t have. The owner/brewery wasn’t German. He was born in Ireland. Brewers in early America were from English speaking nations and brewed Ales. Whiskey was popular in both America and Ireland in the early 1800s and many Irish immigrants made whiskey. [...]

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Since I have family and friends living in Toledo, I’m often in the area, and up until a year or so ago, I never really knew where to get a good beer. Someone tipped me off to Daddy Oh’s, and it soon became my favorite. Daddy Oh’s is located at 4044 [...]

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By: Eric Asimov
AS a life philosophy, it may not lead to wealth, happiness or old age, but for many American brewers today the motto printed on the bottle of Moylander Double I.P.A., from Moylan’s, a West Coast brewer, is a guiding principle:
“If one is good, then two is better!”
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Guest Post by: Josh Marenger
Believe it or not there is actually some good beer to be had north of the Mighty Mac. The closest place to me, and my favorite is Hereford & Hops in Escanaba. They have other locations in Wausau, WI and Pennsylvania, but this is the original. Since [...]

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