To be honest, I didn’t want to write about the InBev buyout of Anheuser-Busch. It’s not so much a story about beer but about business and a sign of the times that we live in today. However, a story posted on our Yahoo group (Craft Beer in MI)  made me change my mind. It is written by Roger Simmermaker from HowtobuyAmerican.com . He […]

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Christine Nass, a fellow beer enthusiast, has been giving me a few great story ideas. One of the stories that Chris passed along was from the Michigan Beer Guide. The city of Chelsea actively seeking a micro-brewery. I wish other cities would do this. Chris works for the company, Vanston/O’Brien Inc., that is renovating this particular property. The building is about 4 thousand square feet. Here is what […]

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This month’s Beer Advocate is one of the better issues they’ve had. They have one story that is about how great Midwest breweries are: In particular, Michigan breweries. When I read something like that I always get excited.
One of their monthly features that I really enjoy is Advocate This. It is a page  set aside […]

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 As I was talking to our friendly local Rave Distributor, he mentioned a place that I did not know had a great beer selection. It was a golf course. A golf course is one of the last places I would expect to have a fantastic beer selection. Rob, Sarah and I had to go and check […]

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“I have three kids and no money. Why can’t I have no kids and three money?” 
-Homer Simpson
 
 There will soon be a Granite City Brewery in Troy . The city of Troy gave them the okay and they plan on opening in 2009. They have over 20 breweries with another 2 more on the way not […]

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By Helen Lounsbury - The Bay City Times
Northeast Michigan adds a new recreational opportunity to its quiver this month - the Sunrise Side Wine and Hops Trail.  “The only Michigan industry that hasn’t taken a hit since 9-11 is wine touring,” says Jack Matthias, a trail organizer and Hillman’s Thunder Bay Resort owner. “With two […]

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By: Mary Bergin - The Capitol Times - Madison, WI
St. Louis, home to the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co., wanted it. Milwaukee, home to Miller, Pabst, Schlitz and Blatz beer, wanted it.
But the National Brewery Museum turned down both Midwestern brew-hubs and will instead be opening in the tiny town of Potosi, Wis., on June 19, with […]

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I got the call yesterday from Brad Sancho letting me know Monroe County’s only brewery was now open for business. I called a few friends and headed up right after work.
The place looks awesome and the beer is excellent. The patio area is going to be a great summer hangout, complete with […]

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 ”Alcohol is a way of life. Alcohol is my way of life, and I aim to keep it.”  - Homer Simpson
 Once again people will say “in the old time, it was not a crime”. Why am I quoting Gogol Bordello? Because in London it is now a crime to drink on the tube. Also because fellow-blogger Chibebrau  once […]

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Larry Bell becomes a farmer.
A subsidiary of Bell’s Brewery Inc., called Bell’s Brewery Farms LLC, purchased an 80-acre farm in Shephard.
That barley will most likely be used for a new specialty brew, Bell said.

http://appellationbeer.com/blog/larry-bell-brewer-and-now-farmer

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