Posts Tagged: Michigan
Session 7: The Brew Zoo
Posted by on Friday, September 7, 2007 in - 2 comments
It is the first Friday of the month and that means it is the day of The Session. Rick Lyke named it this time and chose "The Brew Zoo" demanding we all drink beers with animals on the labels. I forgot this earlier in the week when I popped a Struis with an ostrich on the front. That would have … read more »
Brewery Focus: Bell's Oberon Ale, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Posted by on Thursday, August 23, 2007 in - 5 comments
Finally, the last of my six beers from Bell's of Michigan. The brewery calls it an American wheat ale but it pours deeply cloudy amber ale under a thin white foam and rim with a whacking great big glob of yeast left in the bottom of the bottle. Not like any American wheat I've seen lately. Drying …
BF: Bell's Special Double Cream Stout, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Posted by on Friday, August 10, 2007 in - leave a comment
This is one of the best beers I have had in a long time. Thankfully, I landed a six pack when the elves drove back from Michigan the other week. This stout defines rich and would be a great introduction to beer for any chocoholic or coffee fiend who says they hate beer: licorice, espresso, dark …
Brewery Focus: Bell's Best Brown Ale, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Posted by on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 in - leave a comment
The funny thing about brown beer is that beer is basically brown. All beer is brown. OK, almost all beer. Daniels and Parker say at the outset of Chapter 1 of their book Brown Beer: • “While exploring the history of brown ale, we wound up visiting nearly every other style of British ale. From …
Brewery Focus: Bell's Two Hearted Ale, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Posted by on Monday, July 30, 2007 in - leave a comment
I don't know about this Brewery Focus idea. It's getting so unfocused. The other posts for Bells are here and here - but that was a couple of weeks ago. Have I pushed the limits of blogging? Could I get a life and just get on with the review? • The name of the beer along with the picture of the …
Book Review: Michigan Breweries by Ruschmann and Nasiatka
Posted by on Monday, July 23, 2007 in - leave a comment
I thought I knew nothing about Michigan Breweries. But one of the nice things about being in Ontario is that is practically stretches from Vermont to the Dakotas leaving lots of opportunity for me and my pals to zip across and then barter their bottles. That is what happened the other week when I …
Brewery Focus: Bell's Kalamazoo Stout, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Posted by on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 in - leave a comment
Pesky things these Bell's labels. Hard to photograph. A little like taking a photo of a paper grocery bag and making it look dynamic. Don't get me wrong - it is a very fine thing and not utilitarian at all. Pesky, though. • Bell's Kalamazoo is another stout in a range that includes ten or eleven …
Brewery Focus: Bell's Expedition Stout, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Posted by on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in - 7 comments
I like this Brewery Focus thing. The last one, Scotland's Isle of Skye Brewing, isn't done and yet I can start another. Why? Because a pal went to Michigan for work [Ed.: (later) he has revealed himself in the comments.] and all of a sudden, realizing the implications, we made calls to his cell …
Quicknote: Celis Grand Cru, Michigan, USA
Posted by on Sunday, December 11, 2005 in - 6 comments
This beer is from the Michigan Brewing Company but formerly was brewed in Austin Texas by Pierre Celis who had immigrated there after played a key role in the restoration of the entire Belgian white beer style. The brewery has a Flash time-line on all that history and here are three beer blog …
