Summer Beer Dinner
Opus One & Dragonmead Brewing Company
Location: Opus One – 565 E. Larned Detroit Mi 48226
Date: Friday, July 24th – 6 p.m.
Price: $45.00
Info: Join Opus One as we present: A Menu Crafted by our Executive Sous Chef Jeffrey Stein. A selection of Beers from Award Winning Dragonmead Brewing Company and a [...]

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Western Michigan tourism campaign focused on craft beer.

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By Charlie Papazian – Beer Examiner
America’s small and independent craft brewers claim only 4% of the volume of beer enjoyed in the U.S.  But taking a look at how they brew and what they brew one quickly realizes that they account for close to 20% of the hops used in the U.S.
U.S. craft brewers [...]

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There was never any good old days
They are today, they are tomorrow
lyrics from Ultimate by Gogol Bordello
When I hear those lyrics I think of America’s brewing industry. Especially after finding this interesting article from the December 29, 1998 Detroit News. It tells the story of the how the city of Detroit gets beer, loses beer, get beer back just to lose it again. Luckily, [...]

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The last weekend of this month  is the Michigan Brewer’s Guild Summer Beer Festival. For the beer geek, this is our equvalent to Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Coincidentally this year, both days of the festival  fall on the 24th and 25th but I doubt that could make it seem any more festive. Let’s face it. How can you get [...]

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Big Bear Lodge in Flat Rock is celebrating Michigan Beer Month by offering a dollar off all Michigan beer. They are a great restaurant and best of all they respect beer.
I recommend their Garlic Encrusted Whitefish. The Whitefish is from Northern Michigan then it is  encrusted in bread crumbs with a garlic sauce and cooked on a [...]

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It is getting harder  to find the time to post because my10 month old has discovered crawling . She also likes to grab and put in her month the one thing in the room you don’t want her to have. But here is a short post with a link to an article from the Detroit News.
After 2 [...]

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