WSJ article: Eccentric Brewmaster Takes Distribution Fight to Court
In his latest clash with Big Beer, the eccentric former home brewer has sued one of his distributors in a Michigan state court to try to block it from selling the rights to market his products to an Anheuser-Busch InBev distributor.

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(FENTON, Mich) – The French Laundry Café & Market in Fenton has made a major commitment to the Great Lakes State, with the recent announcement that it will be pouring exclusively Michigan draft beer from here on out.
“The Laundry is proud to feature fresh craft beer from local Michigan micro-breweries,” says bartender Jon Foley. “We’ll [...]

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Merchant’s Fine Wine, Dearborn, is looking for a part-time sales associate for the beer department.
Here’s the info:
HOURS
Friday 3-9PM, Saturday 11AM-7PM, Sunday noon-5PM. No negotiation on these shifts, but the department manager can cover a Friday night or Saturday once in a while.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Answerable to Annette May- beer department manager, and [...]

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I am sure most of you beer geeks remember the Stone,  Nøgne Ø and Jolly Pumpkin collaborative beer released during the last holiday season. They are brewing together again and this time at Jolly Pumpkin. This is very exciting for me because it means aging in barrels, Brettanomyces and souring. One problem, it won’t be out [...]

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“An election!? That’s one of those deals where they close the bars isn’t it?”
- Barney Gumbel
 
http://thefullpint.com/ is polling the electorate for their favorite Midwest brewery. Michigan breweries are currently lagging behind. I believe we have too many great brewery options to have one stand out. How can you choose between Founder’, Bells, New Holland, Jolly Pumpkin, [...]

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Justin Mcdevitt passed this video on to me from the Stone newsletter. It was created by Greg Koch of Stone Brewery and Chris & Jared of Redtail Media. It is an incredible collaborative video of some of the best craft brewers including Ron Jeffries in America talking about their love of craft brewing. Please do yourself [...]

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The May 11th Michigan Beer Toast is now on facebook. Check it out at…
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=73557497830&ref=mf
Don’t worry if you can’t get out that night. You can do it from home. All you need to do is drink a Michigan beer at 6pm on May 11th then raise a glass to the people who gave us our right to [...]

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There are so many fun beer events within the next week and a half with the Summer Beer Fest Ticket Release Party and National Homebrew Day that I didn’t want this one to get lost in the shuffle.
Discount Drinks  puts on one of the best beer tastings in the downriver area and I recommend it to all you beer [...]

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The Brewers Association of America has released the top 50 breweries in 2008.  Bell’s made the list coming in close to the top at #13.  Go Michigan beer!
Top 50 craft brewing companies by beer sales volume (based on 2008 sales)
1 Boston Beer Co. Boston MA
2 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Chico CA
3 New Belgium Brewing Co. [...]

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Muskrat Mashers Homebrew Club
Wednesday April 29th
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Harbor Inn & Ale
13993 Laplaisance Rd – Monroe, MI
Details: We don’t officially have a “club” formed just yet.  This meeting will be the first, to see if there’s actually any interest in forming a homebrew club in Monroe.  If we get enough people interested, we’ll [...]

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