My buddy saw this plate at an Ikea in Cincinnati, OH.

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Saturday, Rob and I drove up to Milan to check out the progress on Original Gravity, one of MI’s newest breweries. As you can suspect Brad Sancho, the owner/ brewer, was extremely busy but he still took time out to show us around. Sorry, there are no pictures. Since it was just a pop in we […]

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I’ve been reading about this, and am planning on attending this years event. Here’s the quick summary: Dark Lord is an Russian Imperial Stout that Three Floyds Brewing in Munster, Indiana makes annually, and only sells at this event. From what I heard, they cost around $15 for a […]

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From MetroMode
Michigan’s beer industry accounted for $133 million of the state’s economy last year and, despite the current market, business is growing. Melinda Clynes chats with several of the region’s microbrewers about what’s on tap this season and where things are headed next… (read more)

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The malty taste of freedom
By Eshwar Thirunavukkarasu on 3/28/08 - The Michigan Daily
On Jan. 1, 1972, Michigan lawmakers reduced the legal drinking age from 21 to 18, and for about seven years - before a petition drive overturned the lax law in 1978 - college underclassmen got a taste of legal drinking… […]

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 ”Ah that’s just drunk talk…sweet, beautiful drunk talk”
-Barney from The Simpsons
What does the TV show “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil” have to do with beer? This weeks episode is Beer versus… lets say… “unwanted plant life in your yard”. (I know it’s idiotic but I’m not sure if the Monroe Evening News let me get away with […]

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I’m a big fan of beer can chicken, but usually only make it in the summer. Today I was at Sav-a-Lot in Monroe to pick up a quick dinner, and ran across their whole chicken sale. Such a good price, I had to make one tonight.
Step 1. Open up the chicken, remove […]

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My goal for this blog is to create awareness in my hometown of Monroe, MI of the great beer that is brewed everyday right here in our home state.  The recent release of the greatly improved Michigan Brewer’s Guild directory brought home the importance of supporting locally owned companies and local agriculture - in particular, beer.
It may be […]

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Monday the 24th is the release of one of MI’s most successful beers, Bell’s Oberon. It marks the beginning of spring and that summer days of sitting on a deck enjoying an Oberon and just letting time pass you by is not that far away. Although not my favorite Bell’s beer, to me it represents sun, warm temperatures, and relaxation. And, as Sarah always says, it […]

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