By: Mary Bergin - The Capitol Times - Madison, WI
St. Louis, home to the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co., wanted it. Milwaukee, home to Miller, Pabst, Schlitz and Blatz beer, wanted it.
But the National Brewery Museum turned down both Midwestern brew-hubs and will instead be opening in the tiny town of Potosi, Wis., on June 19, with [...]

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McGeady’s Town Pub has added some beer to their menu. Two Detroit Breweries are now available. You can go to Monroe’s downtown and enjoy a Detroit Dwarf from Detroit Beer Co or 2 different ales from Atwater Brewery. One of the Atwater ales they have there is the Vanilla Java Porter. Last night, we went and the VJP [...]

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You heard right.   100.3 WNIC has these specials every so often where you purchase a $50.00 gift card for half the price.   I was speculative at first, but purchased one from them to a restaurant in Wyandotte.   It worked!  My wife and I had a great meal, and I probably spent half of the card [...]

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“Now Apu, Mrs. Simpson claims that she ‘forgot’ that bottle of… delicious… bourbon. Brownest of the brown liquors… so tempting. [Holds the bottle to his ear and whispers] What’s that? You want me to drink you? But I’m in the middle of a trial! [puts it down] Excuse me.”
- Lionel Hutz, The Simpsons

I was [...]

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I got the call yesterday from Brad Sancho letting me know Monroe County’s only brewery was now open for business. I called a few friends and headed up right after work.
The place looks awesome and the beer is excellent. The patio area is going to be a great summer hangout, complete with [...]

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Wheatstock ‘08
June 9-14  New beers released each night @ 8 p.m.
Fort Street Brewery
1660 Fort St. Lincoln Park, MI
www.fortstreetbeer.com
Wheatstock is a celebration of wheat beers.  Six days, seven different wheat beers.  While we don’t include every wheat beer style, and do include some unrecognized styles, we feel that Wheatstock presents a great variet of flavors.  For [...]

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 ”Alcohol is a way of life. Alcohol is my way of life, and I aim to keep it.”  - Homer Simpson
 Once again people will say “in the old time, it was not a crime”. Why am I quoting Gogol Bordello? Because in London it is now a crime to drink on the tube. Also because fellow-blogger Chibebrau  once [...]

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I came across this cool article in the April 7th 1933 Monroe Evening News.  Since this year is the 75th anniversary of the end of prohibition, I figured why not post it? The story is about when certain states amended the Volstead Act. Remember this list is as of April 7th, 1933. 
3.2 beer went on sale on April 7th, 1933 in: [...]

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Larry Bell becomes a farmer.
A subsidiary of Bell’s Brewery Inc., called Bell’s Brewery Farms LLC, purchased an 80-acre farm in Shephard.
That barley will most likely be used for a new specialty brew, Bell said.

http://appellationbeer.com/blog/larry-bell-brewer-and-now-farmer

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That’s right, beer collectables will be on sale at Fort Street Brewery on Saturday June 7th. The sale is part of the Lincoln Park’s City Wide Garage Sale. The only information I have is what I got from Doug’s newsletter. Doug wrote  “We’ll be open at 11 a.m. for beers, food, and a breweriana sale.  Ever [...]

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