When: Tuesday, November 10th – 7:30 p.m.
What: Short’s Brewing Company tasting
Location: The Oak Cafe – 1167 Oak St.  Wyandotte, MI – (734) 283-8380
Price: $25 in advance, $30 day of event
Description: This year’s fall beer tasting will feature Shorts Brewing of Bellaire, Michigan. This event will be one that should not be missed! Joe [...]

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Here is a cool event going on at Original Gravity. It is a special screening of the George Romero classic horror flick plus small batch release. Here are the details.
Night of the Living Brew…. Small Batch Beer Release @ 6:00pm – Pumpkin Ale Screening of the 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead presented by Ain’t Doin [...]

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 Currently, the big story in the craft beer world is the “Vermonster v. Monster”  lawsuit. In a nut shell, Rock Art Brewery (a small craft brewery with only 7 employees) out of Vermont was told by Hansen Beverage Co. to cease and desist production of their barleywine. Hansen Beverage Co.’s  arguement is that consumers may confuse Rock Art Brewery’s Vermonster with [...]

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(DETROIT, Mich.) – Following the success of “Beer Week” events held in other cities such as Philadelphia, New York and San Diego, a group of Industry Professionals is organizing the first ever Detroit Beer Week, to be held the third week of October, 2009.
The week-long series of beer-centric events will be held at participating venues [...]

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Michigan Brewers Guild has begun updating their blog of the breweries that will be at this years inaugural Harvest Festival at the Eastern Market in Detroit.   Pay attention to the blog post – not only will they list the breweries (as seen below) they will also update the beers each brewery will be serving.
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The OG is having a special release at 6pm on Tuesday October 13. Here is the description from the Original Gravity’s website.
Small Batch Release – 18 proof Pepper Smoker – 6:00pm
A 9% abv version of the original 440 Pepper Smoker. Twice the malt and 3x the jalapenos. Not for the weak!

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Don’t forget that  the Brew n’ Brats For Tots event is this Saturday October 17. The proceeds go to the Monroe County Child Advocacy Center so you can drink great beer and help children at the same time.
Here is the beer list…
Arbor Brewing Company (Ann Arbor, MI)
Olde Number 22 German Alt
Brasserie Blonde Belgian
Sacred Cow IPA
Tree Fort
Jackhammer Olde Ale
Allagash (Portland, Maine)
White
Dubbel
Curieux
Dark [...]

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State Could Extend Bar Hours
By Kathleen Grey – Free Press Staff Writer
Vaughn Derderian has heard it often: “Please, it’s 11:45, can’t you just give me one?”
Under Michigan law, the owner of the Anchor Bar in downtown Detroit can’t serve Lions fans a beer or any other booze before noon on Sundays.
But that could change.
Trying to [...]

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Maybe I’m the last one to know about this, but I was surprised to see this on a store shelf in Ann Arbor, MI.  Around the same time I saw this, someone let me know they also have them in Toledo @ The Andersons (Thanks Nate).   These are going for somewhere around $22.   I’m happy [...]

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Starting today Original Gravity will be open on Sundays from noon to 8pm.
It is a big sports day in Detroit with the Tigers needing a win and the Lions on TV. So head to OG to watch the games. If the games start to go horribly wrong, OG has great beer and terrific sandwiches. Just in case you need a [...]

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