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Bagger Dave’s Gift Card Giveaway! Bagger Dave’s has extended their ‘50% off Craft Beer and Wine Social’ promotion to Every Thursday Night from 2 PM to Close. To help spread the word they’ve given us a $25 DOLLAR GIFT CARD to pass along to one of you. Here’s the deal. Comment below with your favorite Michigan Craft Beer and Bagger…
Adam Dulye has been named Executive Chef of the Brewers Association (BA), thenot-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers, and CraftBeer.com, the BA website for beer lovers. Dulye will use his culinary background to promote the value and compatibility of craft beer and cuisine. He will also continue to provide the culinary vision…
Patrick Evans has published a book about Grand Rapids brewing history titled, ‘Grand Rapids Beer – An Intoxicating History of River City Brewing‘. Some of you may recognize Pat from The Mitten Brewing Company or as a staff writer for MittenBrew. When I firs met him he mentioned working on this book so it is…
Latitude 42 named Michigan Brewery of the Year by New York International Beer Competition Portage, Michigan (March 17, 2015)- Portage’s popular new brewery is excited to announce that it was awarded “Michigan Brewery of the Year” by the New York International Beer Competition. This is the first major international beer competition with TRADE ONLY judges…
FEBRUARY 9, 2015 by Tafline Laylin Save up to a quarter of your annual electricity bill with these simple energy-saving tips. Thanks to a series of brilliant innovations, we can extract and burn the decomposed remains of animals and plants that lived millions of years ago, and use it to keep our homes warm in…
February 19th – Michigan Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association Vice President Spencer Nevins was named the new president of the association, representing more than 50 family-owned distributors and 5,000 employees across the state. Nevins will succeed Mike Lashbrook, who became MB&WWA president in 1989, effective July 1, 2015. “Spencer is one of the most experienced…
DNR seeks outdoor recreation partners and sponsors for 2015 season The Michigan Department of Natural Resources currently is seeking support from partners and sponsors for 2015 outdoor recreation events and initiatives. Opportunities include volunteering as an instructor for various statewide campaigns, sponsoring statewide event campaigns, and donating to projects such as the Outdoor Adventure Center…
We at MiCraftBeerCulture.com LOVE Michigan and encourage shopping local. After all, our tagline is, “Drink Local, Eat Local, Create Local.” Don’t know where to start? We are going to make it easy for you with the ‘Why, Where and How of shopping local this holiday season. p.s. We’ve attempted to group these by category but…
The Holidays are fast approaching and this is a unique time of the year for craft breweries. Winter releases are beginning to pop up on the shelves expanding the craft beer lovers menu and making purchase decisions that much more time consuming. Brewers Association asked members for their seasonal releases and here’s some of what’s…
MiCraftBeerCulture November | Celebrating Michigan’s bountiful harvest,
magnificent culinary scene and great craft beer!
Sustainability in Brewing, Top Chef James Rigato, The Root, Josh Stockton, Gold Cash Gold, Bitter Old Fecker, Yemans St., Beer and Running, PubGearUSA, Velocity Wheels, Bierkeller Tavern, Thanksgiving Beer Pairings, Diary of a Craft Beer Lover, The Hungry Dudes http://wp.me/p4pWPH-qZ
To better integrate craft beer into culinary curricula, the Brewers Association—the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers—published the CraftBeer.com Beer & Food Course. Co-authored by chef Adam Dulye, Brewers Association culinary consultant and Julia Herz, craft beer program director at the Brewers Association, the curriculum is the definitive beer and food course…
In the beginning, God created Leelanau Peninsula, and very shortly after that, Bernie Rink was born. Today, at 88, you can find him sitting in the half-light at the entrance of Boskydel’s tasting room, exactly where a bouncer would sit if Boskydel needed a bouncer. But, with an ‘Open’ sign that easily flips over to…
234 Breweries Celebrate Medals at 2014 Great American Beer Festival® 268 Professional Medals Awarded, 461 First-Time Participants Compete The 2014 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition awarded 268 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the United States, plus three GABF Pro-Am medals. Presented by the Brewers Association, GABF is the largest commercial beer…
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MiCraftBeerCulture will take over Small’s Bar on October 10th for a night of excellent beer and excellent Detroit live music. There will be 4 taps of Atwater Brewery’s fine beers on hand! The evening will kick of with The Native Howl. They are an acoustic duo from Southeast Michigan. Alex Holycross and Jake Sawicki play a variety of instruments…
Black Bottom Brew Club’s Oktoberfest Event Celebrates Detroit-Made Indie Craft Beer and Supports Community Arts and Gardening Projects Grab your mugs. It’s time to break out the bratwurst! The Artist Village, a beloved Detroit performance venue that’s home to the city’s longest-running poetry open mic, will be ringing in October with a special evening of local art…
“An Oktoberfest celebration of live music, food, craft beers and wines along the lighted trails of Muskegon State Park with a distinctive Michigan taste coupled with Bavarian flair.” Join us in an intimate setting amongst an expansive 400-acre complex enjoying an all day event celebrating Michigan and German cultures! Last years event saw over 1800…
Deschutes Brewery Announces Launch Events for Western Michigan Bend, Oregon brewers Deschutes Brewery has planned a series of tastings and events to introduce its brews the week of October 6th Deschutes fans in Michigan will soon be in for a treat. Bend, Oregon brewers Deschutes Brewery has planned a series of tastings and events to introduce its…
Correction for this issue: In ‘Wanderlust, a photo portfolio of America by Dana Clare’ her Instagram name was cut off at the end of the article. For more of her photos and story follow her @lotusblackbird Be sure to check out the rest of our website and our first issue! Cheers! Like and follow us on Facebook,…
This post brought to you by Glass Is Life. The content and opinions expressed below are that of MiCraftBeerCulture. My craft beer affinity was launched by a blueberry stout I drank in Moab, Utah in 1994. I remember that first sip. I knew I would never forget it. Something in me changed, like the first…
CraftBeer.com’s 2014 Great American Beer Bars Hopcat, Grand Rapids, and Ashley’s, Ann Arbor were both voted into the top five Great American Beer Bars for our region, (North Central). Hopcat also earned a spot in the 2014 Great American Beer Bars (Overall) category. Congratulations to both venues and thank you for your dedication to craft breweries and…
NEW SALEM CORN MAZE HOSTS THEIR FIRST CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL! PLEASE NOTE: THIS HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 18th! October 18th, 2014 – Dorr, Michigan – Over 30 microbreweries, cider mills, and distilleries have responded to the cravings of thousands of festival goers. Hundreds of specially crafted Michigan beers, wines, ciders, and spirits will be available…
It’s an interesting question in any case: Does appellation play the same role—or any role—in defining a liquor’s quality as it does a wine’s? Or is it purely marketing schtick? Le Montrachet I ask because a wine’s regulated place-of-origin is intimately woven with information about that wine’s terroir, whether it is as specific as the…
On Saturday August 23rd the inconspicuous strip mall parking lot in front of Witch’s Hat was magically transformed into a craft beer festival! The event, an annual one for Witch’s Hat, donates all proceeds from admission to Gleaner’s Food bank. Admission was a measly $3 and 2 canned or non-perishable food items. This year they…
I generally stick to writing about Michigan events but this one in Chicago is inspiring. On Thursday August 28 Ugly Mug Café will once again play host to some of Chicago’s best brewers, producers, and bakers who will create a unique tasting event, full of local flavor. The public is invited to “Eat – Drink…
The B. Nektar Summer Mead Festival was yet another unqualified success for the Ferndale meadery. Additional service tables, six more jockey boxes and “slightly” fewer selections, definitely resulted in the desired shorter lines. I say slightly because the new summer releases were presented beside some of the best of the spring festival offerings, such as ‘Slice of…
This ALL AGES FREE EVENT will showcase stripped down acoustic performances from Tequila Cabresto sponsored musicians. Under the sun in the backyard at The Old Miami, you can enjoy performances from members of Harlow, Cold English, White Shag, Grand CIrcus, Mike Leslie Band, The Infatuations and Ricardo Naipes, interludes by the one and only DJ Dock.…
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POETIC DETROIT? City Arts Quarterly, Ron Allen, and the Heidelberg Project Who has written about the local art scene in Detroit? The main players have done some interesting work. This is usually centered on their own orientation, interests and participants. The Detroit Institute of Arts and the Universities come…
PIG & WHISKEY, BACK AGAIN FOR ITS FOURTH YEAR The annual Pig & Whiskey Festival is returning to East Troy Street in Ferndale for a weekend of whiskey sampling, barbecue and entertainment. Metro Times and The Woodward Avenue Brewers (WAB) are hosting this free to attend event that is open to all ages. The Pig &…
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