When:  Sunday, August 3, 2008 4 p.m.  - 8 p.m.
Where:  Corner Brewery - Ypsilanti, MI
What:  Please join us for our first annual Backyard BBQ and Pig Roast.  Featuring:
MUSIC - John’s Afterhours Experience – this rock and blues band that has been all over Michigan this month and we were lucky enough to secure them to […]

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To be honest, I didn’t want to write about the InBev buyout of Anheuser-Busch. It’s not so much a story about beer but about business and a sign of the times that we live in today. However, a story posted on our Yahoo group (Craft Beer in MI)  made me change my mind. It is written by Roger Simmermaker from HowtobuyAmerican.com . He […]

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Boulder, CO • July 28, 2008 – The Brewers Association, the trade association representing the majority of U.S. brewing companies, reports beer sales from American craft brewers continue to grow despite a softening economy and challenges with raw materials supply and pricing. Craft beer dollar sales during the first half of 2008 increased 11% compared […]

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Another Michigan Brewers Guild Annual Summer Beer Festival is past and I’d have to say it was another awesome event.   I got in an hour early this year, and took a walk around all the tents to see the new layout.  This year, the tents were even more spread out, with one additional tent added.   […]

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At the Michigan Brewers Guild summer beer festival on Friday evening Kevin and I were recounting our 10 day Michigan beer trip that we took last summer at the end of June/beginning of July. After our trip was completed, I blogged about it on my “The Place Where we Live” blog.” (One that I manage […]

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Christine Nass, a fellow beer enthusiast, has been giving me a few great story ideas. One of the stories that Chris passed along was from the Michigan Beer Guide. The city of Chelsea actively seeking a micro-brewery. I wish other cities would do this. Chris works for the company, Vanston/O’Brien Inc., that is renovating this particular property. The building is about 4 thousand square feet. Here is what […]

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Here is a cool article that my cousin emailed me. It is from Mlive.com about plans to make this year’s Michigan Brewer’s Guild Summer Festival a little more Earth Friendly. Here is a link if you want to check it out.
http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2008/07/be_good_to_your_environment_go.html

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This is our tentative beer menu for the tasting on Tuesday July 22nd. I am really excited about having New Holland Golden Cap Saison on this year’s beer menu. New Holland is delivering it with a representative from their brewery to help us pour. 
Arbor will also be sending down two of their representatives to the tasting. Arbor Brewing is a […]

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Maybe you’re so upset about the buy-out of Anheuser- Busch by InBev that you can’t drink another A-B product. Maybe, you want to try and support a struggling state by buying local from Michigan Breweries. Maybe you love craft beer and want to try a beer you might not have had before. If any of these statements apply to you, I’ve got the […]

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The craft beer dinner scheduled for 6:30 P.MM this evening at Frog Leg Inn in Erie, Michigan has been cancelled. It turns out they didn’t have enough people register for the event.
Too bad. I was really looking forward to that dessert!

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