The AHA is asking for help from American beer lovers. They are asking you to write your U.S. House Representative and ask him to join House Small Brewers Caucus. Below is the action alert along with the form letter to send out to your Representative.
Support the Community of Beer Enthusiasts
and Small Brewers-
Contact Your Congressional Representative
Dear Beer [...]

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There are two more reasons to go to Original Gravity this week.  Although, I never have a shortage of reasons to go to the OG. Sadly, I do have way too many reason why I can’t get to the OG.
The first event is Thursday is a Michigan Fruit Beer Small Batch Release. Below are the details from [...]

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If you are in the Downriver area there is a great beer event today at Fort Street Brewery that runs 1pm to 8pm. Here are the details from Doug Beedy.
Title: Fort Street Brewery’s Brew-Ha-Ha!
Location: Fort Street Brewery
Link out: Click here
Description: We’ll have six new beers on tap and 14 beers total on tap. If you think you [...]

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Today is a sad day for fans of King Brewing and King’s friendly owner Scott King. This is the last day you can visit their brewery so please if you can stop by to say goodbye. I hope we will see Scott pop up somewhere else in Michigan making beer. 
Here are the details from Scott off of the [...]

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It’s Michigan Beer Month. But for me almost every month is Michigan Beer Month. I was trying to figure out a way to honor Michigan breweries a little differently, so I decided to pay a tribute to the women of Michigan beer. Brewing is considered a male dominated industry. Yet Michigan has some great women that work [...]

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July 23 is the day before the big Michigan Brewers’ Guild Summer Beer Festival and Original Gravity is having a kick-off party. Come out and enjoy some music and/or outdoor seating. It will be a great warm up for the weekend. Plus, you will get a special preview of his newest beer. Below are the [...]

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I’m going to just cut to the chase. The beer list for the Summer Festival  has been released. You can find it on Michigan Brewer’s Guild’s The Mash. Naturally, I am too excited not to post it on our blog.
The event takes place at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti’s historic Depot Town on July 24 & [...]

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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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We have some exciting news about the tasting. A representative from B. Nektar Meadery out of Ferndale will be there to pour their award winning meads.   B. Nektar meads  will be served in 1 oz. samples  because of the high alcohol and price. Their meads are incredible so please come on out and try them.
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