Coming right up is the Officially Unofficial Start of Summer in Michigan! Whether you’re heading up north to the cottage or grilling and chilling at home, there’s no better holiday companion than a bottle, can, growler, or even keg of your favorite brew produced in the Great Beer State. Celebrate ...
Happy fifth birthday to Plum Market! Jolly Pumpkin is helping celebrate with a special oak aged plum beer, available Wednesday. It’s still American Craft Beer Week, all the way through Sunday, and Mother Nature loves a delicious craft brewed local beer as much as anyone, with warm temperatures and sunny ...
You know what time of year it is? The time your dear old mom looks forward to with much anticipation? Yes, it’s American Craft Beer Week, from May 14-20. Mom is really hoping you’ll take her out and about to sample some of her favorite microbrewed beverages. Can you deny ...
Hola, senors and senoritas! Shake off your siesta because there's a whole lot going on this Cinco de Mayo (aka National Homebrew Day), and you don't want to nap through any of it. Afterward, maybe, but not during. Forget the Most Interesting Dos Equis Guy and the Corona beach bums; ...
Mother Nature has thrown me a curveball as far as cliches to use in introducing this Week in Beer. April showers? Despite recent weather, it wasn't particularly rainy this month. May flowers? They've been up since March. Maybe instead of blathering about the weather, we should talk about beer. Spring ...
As you read this, I should be slowly recovering from my vacation down in New Orleans, where I in fact did drink and do shots* before leaving. (Sorry, Lynne Truss.) Perhaps you followed my Big Easy odyssey on the Twitters. Anyway, enough about New Orleans. I'm back in the Deuce, ...
With apologies to T.S. Eliot, April is the coolest month, and I'm not talking about the recent dip in temperatures. I mean, of course, the return of our lush flora along with so many great spring and summer seasonal beers, not to mention the various and sundry activities associated with ...
Don Henley, call your office. The Boys of Summer are back, and it’s time to enjoy some America’s Pastime with America’s Other Pastime. That’s right, I’m talking about baseball and beer. There’s plenty of both to be had in the days ahead, so let’s quit talking about it and get ...
It looks as if our preview of summer weather is over, but that’s OK — maybe a freeze or two will help kill off some of the mosquitoes, wasps, and other nasties faked out by Mother Nature into spawning early. In the meantime, there’s no shortage of tasty local beer ...
In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,Birds sing hey ding a-ding, a-ding,Sweet lovers love the spring. Thus spake the great philosopher Willy Wonka, channeling Shakespeare. And so it is that here in March we have more than just a pretty ring time; we have an absolutely thriving beer ...
Another year, another St. Patrick's Day. Well, actually, it's not just another St. Patrick's Day. It's Saturday, for one thing. And on top of that, the weatherman is forecasting more Algorean warmth, with highs once again in the 70s. So much for those misty, rolling hills of Old Ireland. (Seriously, ...
Newcomers to the green, gently rolling hills of County Washtenaw have sometimes been surprised by the enthusiasm with which we celebrate our St. Patrick's Day 'round these parts.
Can you feel it? The air is warming up, birds can be heard chirping, and some suicidal flowers have already begun tentatively poking up out of the dirt. It's not officially spring, but it might as well be. March reflects the flurry of activity associated with the return of life ...
Note: This article has been updated to reflect several new events and also include hyperlinks and stuff. So if you read it, you should re-read it. Cheers! Dear Loyal Readers, it is with sadness I announce that due to a death in the family, this Week in Beer will contain ...
It's time again for the Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Festival, but if instead of being outside in a parking lot in Grand Rapids drinking beer you're stuck inside a warm house in Ann Arbor or somewhere else drinking beer, this liveblog's for you! Follow your correspondent and thousands of ...
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