Brewery Tours

After our visit to the Grand Rapids breweries we moved onto Holland a mere 30 minutes to the south-east. Our hotel was to the north of downtown – approximately 4 miles away so whilst we waited for a cab we decided to try some local craft beers in the hotel bar: ArcadiaWhitsun Ale – Pale Wheat Ale (6.2%) Arcadia Loch …

Further to our recent post announcing our plans for an upcoming Michigan brewery tour we packed the car and headed out on Interstate 80 westbound from Central Pennsylvania, via Cleveland & Toledo in Ohio, then past Detroit & Lansing in Michigan towards our first destination of Grand Rapids. The weather in PA was intermittent rain showers but Ohio gave us …

After the chores were complete, and feeling the 90 degrees (F) heat, we chose to make a pit stop at Selin's Grove Brewing Company as we were passing by.

On our Michigan trip we plan to visit Founders Brewing Company, New Holland Brewing Company, Bell's Brewery, Jolly Pumpkin Brewery, and Arbor Brewing Company.

Lew Bryson says "I like brewpubs that dare to be different" in his book Pennsylvania Breweries, so having visited the Premium Outlet Mall at Grove City earlier that day we decided to take the short trip to Slippery Rock, PA, and check out North Country Brewing ourselves...