Posts Tagged: Michigan
Michigan: Red's Rye, Founders Brewery, Grand Rapids
Posted by on Thursday, January 10, 2008 in - leave a comment
When I was at Bello Vino in Ann Arbor, beer manager Jeremy McClelland made sure I did not leave the store without this one. I used to have a hard time with rye beers but Bittersweet Lenny's RIPA not to mention a growing obession with my neighbourhood's Polish deli has pretty much cured me of that …
Big Hop Bombs: Harvest Ale, Founders, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Posted by on Thursday, November 22, 2007 in - leave a comment
Man does not live by contests and prizes alone. Some days you need to have beer. Most days really. And what better beer to have than Founder's take on wet hopped IPA brewed with undried hops rushed from the field upon picking to the boiling wort. A seasonal released just a few weeks ago. Orange …
Sour Beer Studies: Madrugada Obscura, Jolly Pumpkin, MI
Posted by on Saturday, November 17, 2007 in - 1 comment
A Michigan beer got the big game at the Big House...and what a big beer it is - a tangy sour stout weighing in at 8.1%. This is what I expect when I get an old school porter and is not unlike a badly handled Burton Bridge porter I had once in 2001. I have a 2006 and 2007 Burton Bridge in the stash …
Photos From My Visit To Jolly Pumpkin, Dexter, Michigan
Posted by on Friday, November 16, 2007 in - 2 comments
Click any picture for a bigger view. • It was a Ron-a-thon last Friday at Jolly Pumpkin. After leaving London, Ontario, Canada at about 1 pm and we hit Dexter, Michigan at about 5 pm just as Ron Jeffries was finishing up a days work. He gave me an hour of his time and by the end of it I was …
Beer Shop: Bello Vino, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Posted by on Monday, November 12, 2007 in - 4 comments
Directions to Bello Vino. • When I realized I was going to be within a reasonable drive of a 24 hour zip into Michigan due to work requirements, I had no • understanding of what the place was like. When we crossed the border at Port Huron and got through the town, I thought that I had driven …
About Oaked Beer: Bam Noir, Jolly Pumpkin, Dexter, MI
Posted by on Sunday, November 11, 2007 in - 1 comment
Just a few days after saying that I could not find copies of Celebrator magazine - I find one at Jolly Pumpkin's store in Dexter, Michigan. I also found this Bam Noir labeled as Batch #246 even though the brewery does not list that one as a Bam Noir batch. No never mind. Numbers can have that …
Michigan Update From The Road
Posted by on Saturday, November 10, 2007 in - 2 comments
Just a quick note to say we had an hour with Ron at Jolly Pumpkin late in the afternoon yesterday which was one of the most interesting hours I have spent in my life with beer. Plenty of photos of wooden casks will follow but on that whole beer pricing thing - picking up a case of 12 750 ml … read more »
Where To Shop In South East Michigan?
Posted by on Monday, November 5, 2007 in - 11 comments
It looks like I will be in the Ann Arbor area this weekend for about 18 hours. My plan is to try to hit Jolly Pumpkin in nearby Dexter for their 12 to 6 pm store hours. But what else? Any recommendations?
Sour Beer Studies: Oro De Calabaza, Jolly Pumpkin, MI, USA
Posted by on Friday, October 26, 2007 in - 8 comments
A busy day today that will hopefully continue but the one point of agreement seems to be Jolly Pumpkin beers and - oh, happy day - I have one in the stash. I have been known to Bam and Oro de Calabaza is the strong golden ale by the same happy gourd of a brewer. • Wow. It's like a cross between …
Tripels: Black Tulip, New Holland, Michigan
Posted by on Sunday, October 14, 2007 in - 1 comment
What beer to drink with baseball? Triples, of course. Or tripels or, like this one from New Holland, trippels. • Black Tulup comes across as vegetative bubble gum. A bit of a shock after that Tripel Karmeliet [which will not go reviewed] and its echos of Hungarian Tokay - honey, almond, that … read more »
