Entries from June 2009

Beer List for the Michigan Beer Tasting

Date June 17, 2009

We have some exciting news about the tasting. A representative from B. Nektar Meadery out of Ferndale will be there to pour their award winning meads.   B. Nektar meads  will be served in 1 oz. samples  because of the high alcohol and price. Their meads are incredible so please come on out and try them.
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Original Gravity 1st Anniversary Party

Date June 15, 2009

Homer: All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say ‘Yo Goober! Where’s the meat?’. I’m trying to impress people here, Lisa. You don’t win friends with salad.
Bart: [musically] You don’t win friends with salad! You don’t win friends with salad! You don’t win friends [...]

Julius Stroh’s Advice on Drinking

Date June 14, 2009

Julius Stroh was seventy-seven in 1933 and had been in charge of Stroh’s since 1908. In his time as president, he and his head brewer, Otto Rosenbusch, started  heating the beer in copper kettles with direct fire. A process Otto witnessed at the Municipal Brewery of Pilsen in Bohemia (Urquell). They also built a new brew house that was completed [...]

Michigan Beer Tasting Update

Date June 4, 2009

Here is more information on the Michigan Beer Tasting at 129 and Beeks Bar and Grille. We will be charging $10 for 8 4 oz. samples and 1.50 for an individual sample.  Mt. Pleasant Brewing  will be on the menu along with Founder’s, Bell’s, New Holland, Arcadia, Arbor and Dark Horse.
I am excited to announce Original Gravity’s City of Monroe debut plus [...]

Muskrat Mashers Now Online

Date June 2, 2009

Lisa: Now you’re making your own booze. That’s even more illegal then what you were doing before.
Homer: Remember honey. We’re just breaking a silly 200-year old law. We’re patriots, just like all those people in jail.
 
Rob has been working his tail off on the Muskrat Mashers homebrew club’s

Muskie the Muskrat

website. He did a great job [...]