”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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A while back we did a Featured Homebrewer post on Brian Richards from Marquette, MI. Brian entered a Belgian Strong Ale (similar to Duvel) called Biere Bella into the BOSS Chicago Cup Homebrew Competition and won Best of Show. The prize: brew his batch of beer on a large scale at Flossmoor [...]

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Above is a picture of Monroe, MI new lineup of craft beers.   Unfortunately they don’t have any Michigan beer, but it’s still neat to see some of these beers being served in town.   I’m going to try and find out who makes the decisions on which beer should be served and have a chat with [...]

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The popular, Webberville-based Michigan Brewing Company is opening its first off-site location on Washington Square in Downtown Lansing, and is sharing space with MOO-ville, a Nashville, Mich.-based dairy company that sells ice cream, wedding cakes and other hormone free milk-based products…. (read more here)
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Two golds and one bronze from Michigan in this years 2008 World Beer Cup competition. The winners are:
Category 60: Brown Porter, 28 entries
Gold: Porter, Bell’s Brewery, Inc., Galesburg, MI
Silver: Cutthroat Porter, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
Bronze: St. Charles Porter, Blackstone Restaurant and Brewery, Nashville, TN
Silver: Organic Deranger, Laurelwood Brewing Co., [...]

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Beer hobby ferments into heady business
By Charlie Slat - Monroe Evening News

MILAN - Mike O’Brien took a sip of amber liquid from what appeared to be an oversized test-tube, paused, and then a smile flickered across his face.
“It’s very good,” he said. “I could drink that.”
The liquid was the first batch of English bitter ale [...]

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Okay all you beer loving climate change skeptics out there. (Okay… at least those of you who believe climate change is real but don’t care because you don’t believe that humans are part of the problem. Those of you who don’t believe it exists at all have probably already disregarded this post anyway.) Listen up because this concerns you.    [...]

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Great Lakes, great brew
By Jack Hittinger - Hillsdale Collegian
“You’ve got to be better if you’re going to compete against a national company,” he said. King’s Brewing Co. in Pontiac, Mich., has an Irish Red that Halley maintains is better than Killian’s.
“Once you try it, you’ll never want a Killian’s again,” he said.
And according to most [...]

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By Kylie Conway - NBC 24 Toledo, OH
“As of six months ago, you could get a majority of hops for around $6 to $10 a pound. Now, most of them are going for $30 to $45 a pound,” said Maumee Bay Brewing Company Brew Master Jonathan Koster.
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