Julius Stroh was seventy-seven in 1933 and had been in charge of Stroh’s since 1908. In his time as president, he and his head brewer, Otto Rosenbusch, started  heating the beer in copper kettles with direct fire. A process Otto witnessed at the Municipal Brewery of Pilsen in Bohemia (Urquell). They also built a new brew house that was completed [...]

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Here is more information on the Michigan Beer Tasting at 129 and Beeks Bar and Grille. We will be charging $10 for 8 4 oz. samples and 1.50 for an individual sample.  Mt. Pleasant Brewing  will be on the menu along with Founder’s, Bell’s, New Holland, Arcadia, Arbor and Dark Horse.
I am excited to announce Original Gravity’s City of Monroe debut plus [...]

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Below  is a notice from Mlive about a public meeting tonight. The meeting is to discuss the plans of a Jolly Pumpkin cafe in Dexter. I know it is short notice but if you can make it they could use your support.

Public hearing on beer cafe plans
by Laurel Firant
Saturday May 02, 2009, 3:32 AM

The Dexter [...]

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The Arbor Brewing Company’s newsletter showed up in my inbox and I was excited to see that they are taking my idea of the Michigan Beer Toast and doing this with it…

ABC Brew Pub – Michigan Beer Toast May 11, 2009 06:00 PM
Michigan ratified the 21st Amendment (repealing prohibition) on April 10, 1933 but still [...]

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WSJ article: Eccentric Brewmaster Takes Distribution Fight to Court
In his latest clash with Big Beer, the eccentric former home brewer has sued one of his distributors in a Michigan state court to try to block it from selling the rights to market his products to an Anheuser-Busch InBev distributor.

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I want to try to start the  Michigan Beer Toast again this year. Last year May 11th fell on Mother’s Day so that made it harder for me to promote the toast. I didn’t want my mom to find out I was planning a beer event on her day. Of course there is no way she would have [...]

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Craig from MI Beer Scene/ Brew Bubbas passed this tweet onto me from Governor Granholm. Check out the beer list at their stadium. DC may not have the right to have a vote in the House Of Representatives yet but they can enjoy great beer at their baseball games.
govgranholmOur own MI @bellsbeer is now even being sold in [...]

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“After years of disappointment with get rich quick schemes, I know I’m gonna get rich with this scheme. And quick.”
- Homer J. Simpson
In these tough times, when disgressionary spending is down, we decided to start selling clothing to promote Michigan beer. Good timing right?
Our store is located at the top of our website. If you want to check the clothing out click [...]

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Michigan beer lovers know that Oberon means springtime and that warmer weather is right around the corner. They swap stories of their first Oberon sighting of the season. Sure, some may now observe the Kentucky Breakfast’s release date or prefer other “beers of summer” like Arcadia Whitsun or New Holland’s Golden Cap. However,  the quintessential beer of Michigan summers [...]

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I want give a raising of the imperial pint to Michigan Beer Scene for the great job they did at the Michigan Brewer’s Guild Winter Beer Festival. You can hear the fruits of their labor on their podcast. They have some incredible interviews and one that is okay so please check it out. The podcast is in [...]

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