Saturday, November 1st
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Craft Beer in Michigan – Pre Holiday Pub Crawl
12-7 p.m.
noon – Ashley’s
2:00 – Bar Louie
4:00 – Arbor Brewing Co
6:00 – Grizzly Peak
questions:  email mishlnaz@comcast.net
Sunday, November 2nd
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@ Hop Cat – Grand Rapids, MI
Our ever-popular beer dinner featuring beers from Unibroue. That’s some great beer, right there, plus 4 lusciously paired course for a mere [...]

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I have been interested in homebrewing for a long time.  I picked up some books a couple years ago and began reading through them.  At first, the process seemed a bit intimidating.   Grains, extract, temperature control, sanitation and hops.. all with a different chapters.  And yeast;  the ingredient that makes it all happen, made me [...]

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Long Days for Joe Short, Brewmaster
By Jeff Smith – October 21, 2008 – MyNorth.com
Joe Short showed uncommon entrepreneurial tendencies at an early age: “One time in middle school I found this stash of candy left over from Halloween. It was December, and I realized that all the other kids would be out of their candy, [...]

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I took a couple of vacation days last week, Thursday and Friday.  Thursday, I spent the day cleaning the house, doing repairs, organizing my homebrew equipment, writing letters, paying bills, and tormenting the dog.   Friday morning, I decided with the house clean and not much else to do, I would devote the day to a [...]

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There are some great events this week. I do want to push one in particular which is the Slow Food event at Motor City Beer Works. First of all Motor City Beer Works is one of my favorite places for beer. The great music, pizza and beer combined with a great atmosphere makes it one [...]

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Well folks. It’s official. I’ve managed to emerge from “Maggie-land” for a moment to blog.  Not an easy task with a 7-week-old baby. Luckily for me she’s settling into a daytime routine and sleep a little bit more (without being held) during her naptimes so I can manage to accomplish at least a few non-baby related things throughout the [...]

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A beer a day keeps the doc away
By Henry Biggs – TheSun.co.uk
Going to the pub is good for you – and having a pint while you are there is even better.
Blokes have been telling their wives that for years and boffins at Leeds University have proved them right.
The researchers found the welcoming atmosphere of a [...]

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This week is a great week for tastings and learning how to taste. Sarah and I will be pouring at the Discounts Drinks Tasting for Rave on Thursday so stop on by and say, “Hi.” If you are closer to Howell, Mr. B’s is having is also having a tasting on that night. Eastern Market is [...]

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Guest Post by KC Dunstan – Denver, CO.
I had heard the line to get into the convention center tended to be horrendously long, so my wife, Kim, and I set out for our first Great American Beer Festival session around 10am. It was a rare grey and misty day in the Mile High City; a [...]

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UPDATE: I stopped in here on Saturday and this is defiantly not a Brew Pub. They were very clear about not brewing beer (and pointed me down the street to Arbor), but they seemed a bit cagey about not being a brewpub. Maybe they are trying to put their own spin on [...]

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