Posts Tagged: Michigan
Your Late November Monday Night Beer Round Up
Posted by on Monday, November 21, 2011 in - 1 comment
While this contest gets some traction, there are other things worth thinking about. Well, other things that are about beer. Plus, I want to do more fancy bullet pointy lists on this blog. Fancy lists are a clear sign of quality. You agree, right? • Θ Is it just me or is it great that the …
Great News Out Of A Michigan Court House
Posted by on Monday, March 28, 2011 in - 6 comments
Good to see. For too long we have had to pretend that craft brewers are some weedy set of rotten businessmen who aren't really making a buck at their chosen profession obsession. As Andy notes, big craft beer selling out is great news. And so is this: • Flying Dog Brewery has filed a federal …
Please God - Make The Taste Go Away
Posted by on Saturday, January 15, 2011 in - 4 comments
I make no slur against Southern Tier but, dear oh dear, I do not want to finish that bottle of Cherry Saison I stuck away and opened in the third quarter of the Steelers - Ravens game. Cloying lollypop meets medicinal herb yet it is a beer that has fans and frenemies. I pour. Proudly. • Antidote …
Once Upon A Time, There Was A Man In Michigan...
Posted by on Thursday, December 16, 2010 in - 6 comments
Decades ago, Monty Python did a bit about a secret Welsh martial art of self-defence that required you to attack your opponent before the idea of attacking you came into his head. For some reason, this story out of Michigan made me think of that... • ...the unidentified victim told police he was …
Dear Craft Brewers: Get A Canning Line
Posted by on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 in - 17 comments
Dear Rob Tod. I have realized that I don't think I really care about that corked 750 ml bottle after all: • We have been doing cork-finished beers for a number of years and early on we wanted to come out with a lower-alcohol, pretty full-flavored but around 4.5%- to 5%-alcohol beer. It was … read more »
Jolly Pumpkin's Oro de Calabaza Discussed On NPR
Posted by on Sunday, April 18, 2010 in - 1 comment
National Public Radio aired a good piece on Jolly Pumpkin and its brew Oro de Calabaza today. I think I have one left in the stash as well as a couple other of their beers. I may have to make a run to Michigan if I run out. I may have to. After all, a stash has to be worth calling a stash, right?
Michigan: Reserve Special, Dark Horse Brewing, Marshall
Posted by on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 in - 2 comments
Marshall, Michigan. I would like to spend a few days there, drinking Dark Horse beer. The only think better than Dark Horse beer is the extraordinary fountain in the centre of town. It's a small town, under 6,000 people. So, it's pretty good that they have at least two extraordinary things there …
Michigan: Weizen Bam, Jolly Pumkin, Dexter
Posted by on Friday, December 25, 2009 in - 1 comment
It's been all too much, really. The photo contest, plus the shopping, then the work lunches and drinks and then shopping and the seminars and concerts and church and... now it's Christmas night. Present opened, lamb consumed, half the kids in bed and the rest headed that way. What to have to cut …
Michigan: Dragon's Milk, New Holland Brewing, Holland
Posted by on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 in - 7 comments
Had the tripel and had concerns. I have no such concerns this evening. • I could make this a short matter and tell you this is like chocolate fudge cake laced with bourbon. Is that so bad? Can't we be happy enough with that? Apparently not. There is coffee, dark plum, dark and milk chocolates as …
Michigan: Too, Cream Stout, Dark Horse Brewing, Marshall
Posted by on Monday, August 17, 2009 in - 5 comments
When I was at Dark Horse last week, I picked up a few of their beers at Wacky Willy's Party Store, which sits at the south western corner of the brewery compound. I was told they sell all their beer through their tenant Wacky's... because before they did Wacky's wasn't selling any beer at all. It …
