By Josh Jackson – Paste Magazine
Years ago, I used to argue that Belgium was the best country for beer, not my birth country of Germany which everyone assumed. But lately I’ve come to believe we were all wrong. Despite making nothing but the worst mass-produced horse swill for the half-century that followed Prohibition, the U.S. [...]

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(DETROIT, Mich.) – Following the success of “Beer Week” events held in other cities such as Philadelphia, New York and San Diego, a group of Industry Professionals is organizing the first ever Detroit Beer Week, to be held the third week of October, 2009.
The week-long series of beer-centric events will be held at participating venues [...]

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The OG is having a special release at 6pm on Tuesday October 13. Here is the description from the Original Gravity’s website.
Small Batch Release – 18 proof Pepper Smoker – 6:00pm
A 9% abv version of the original 440 Pepper Smoker. Twice the malt and 3x the jalapenos. Not for the weak!

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State Could Extend Bar Hours
By Kathleen Grey – Free Press Staff Writer
Vaughn Derderian has heard it often: “Please, it’s 11:45, can’t you just give me one?”
Under Michigan law, the owner of the Anchor Bar in downtown Detroit can’t serve Lions fans a beer or any other booze before noon on Sundays.
But that could change.
Trying to [...]

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One of my favorite events at Fort Street starts today. It is the their Third Annual Harvest Fest where both beer and food will be showing off Michigan’s great agricultural diversity.
Friday should be a must to any fan of  sour beers when Doug releases a Flemish Pumpkin Ale called “Pompoenoogst”. I can’t be there that day so I want [...]

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Western Michigan tourism campaign focused on craft beer.

Click here for article.

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Big Bear Lodge in Flat Rock is celebrating Michigan Beer Month by offering a dollar off all Michigan beer. They are a great restaurant and best of all they respect beer.
I recommend their Garlic Encrusted Whitefish. The Whitefish is from Northern Michigan then it is  encrusted in bread crumbs with a garlic sauce and cooked on a [...]

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It is getting harder  to find the time to post because my10 month old has discovered crawling . She also likes to grab and put in her month the one thing in the room you don’t want her to have. But here is a short post with a link to an article from the Detroit News.
After 2 [...]

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Lisa: Now you’re making your own booze. That’s even more illegal then what you were doing before.
Homer: Remember honey. We’re just breaking a silly 200-year old law. We’re patriots, just like all those people in jail.
 
Rob has been working his tail off on the Muskrat Mashers homebrew club’s

Muskie the Muskrat

website. He did a great job [...]

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Thursday the 21st Big Bear Lodge in Flat Rock will be having a beer dinner featuring the beer of New Holland. I am a big fan of their beer. I can not stop drinking their Golden Cap Saisan and The Poet Oatmeal Stout is one of my favorite beers. This event is well worth the price. The [...]

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