The Ann Arbor Michigan Jolly Pumpkin location opens to the public on Wednesday, September 16th @ 11 a.m.
Address:  311 S. Main Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (click for map)
More information on the opening, posted on Beer Advocate:
Here is what the opening draught list will look like:
- Bam Biere
- 
Bam Noire
- 
Autumn Bam (pub only amber [...]

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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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Big Bear Lodge puts on some great beer dinners. We have been to  the Arbor Brewing Co. (wsg Matt and Rene Greff) and the Founders Brewing Co (wsg Dave Engbers) dinners.  They put a lot of effort into these dinners and I highly recommend them. Especially if you are in Monroe County, Big Bear Lodge is the closest restaurant putting on dinners [...]

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What a better way to celebrate Valentines Day than with good beer and chocolate.  I’ve always heard how well the two pair, but have never actually tried them together.   A few weeks ago, I was eating a cadbury egg while drinking one of my homebrew bourbon oaked brown ales.  Sure enough, I was pleasantly surprised [...]

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Chris Nass passed this article from Mlive.com written by Tina Reed onto me. It is about some exciting beer related news concerning downtown Ann Arbor. I have the post cut and pasted but you can still click here for the link.

Beer, wine to be made downtown Ann Arbor
Posted by Tina Reed | The Ann Arbor [...]

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“Oh no! What have I done? I smashed open my little boy’s piggy bank, and for what? A few measly cents, not even enough to buy one beer… Wait a minute, lemme count and make sure … not even close.
- Homer Simpson
 
One place that I always thought nicely bridged the gap between pathetic loners sitting at a bar [...]

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Ann Arbor: Weber’s Restaurant & Hotel will host the Special Chef’s Dinner Beer & BBQ featuring beers from Michigan Brewing Company in Webberville, MI on Tuesday, August 26, 2008.
Chef Tye of Weber’s will feature baby back ribs, quartered chicken, corn on the cob, corn bread, fruit salad, baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw and more.
Michigan Brewing [...]

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Okay I must confess…Oro de Calabaza is not my favorite Jolly Pumpkin beer. But I drank all my Bam Noire while working on the baby’s room so that review will have to wait for another day. I know that Bam Noire is released in September but I love drinking it in the summer. It is perfect for the [...]

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Beer: Founders Red’s Rye 
Brewery: Founders in Grand Rapids, MI                                                         
Style: I.P.A.*
*On the label Red’s Rye is called a Red Ale and on Beer Advocate it is considered a Rye Beer. The IBUs and ABV make this beer an American IPA. Rumor has it that it will soon be marketed as an IPA or a “RyePA”. Also, it [...]

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I’ve been wanting to start a weekly Michigan beer spotlight for the last few weeks. The good news is that I got my computer back but the bad news is the battery I bought for my camera didn’t fix the problem. But enough of my whining. I’ve decided to go ahead in spite of having no [...]

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