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Educators from Michigan State University Extension with support from Michigan State University AgBioResearch , and the Michigan Brewers Guild will host the 2nd Annual Great Lakes Hop and Barley Conference March 16­-17, 2016 at the Grand Traverse Resort in Acme, Mich.   New this year, a larger venue has been chosen to accommodate ...

“Up north is sacred,” a phrase uttered quite a few times throughout the day. Indeed, a Michigander grows up well-conditioned to survive and thrive on road trips. Children learn at a young age that rest stops (bathroom opportunities) can be fifty miles apart and parents learn to ignore the violence that occurs in the backseat betwee ...

  Ypsilanti, MI – Long before Arbor Brewing Company was born in 1995, owners Matt and Rene Graff earned their stripes as homebrewers. In celebration of their roots in the homebrewing community, ABC will host the sixth annual Rat Fest homebrew competition in February. Rat Fest started as a competition between the brewery staff and me ...

Elk Rapids, Michigan – Short’s Brewing Company of Bellaire, MI has announced plans to distribute its beer and Starcut Ciders outside of Michigan. The brewery, founded by Joe Short in 2004, has distributed only to the state of Michigan since opening its production facility in 2009. Short’s, known for its tasty experimental bee ...

TRAVERSE CITY–The TC Ale Trail and Little Fleet have once again teamed up to present a local beer competition. The inaugural Stout Challenge will be held Friday January 29 at Little Fleet. Ten Traverse City area breweries will be bringing their “Best Stout,” and 200 beer lovers will have the opportunity to taste and vot ...

FLINT– The need for safe clean drinking water in the city remains high and so does the dedication of Oskar Blues Brewing ’s CAN’d Aid Foundation . They were one of the first organizations to publicly act when the scope of the disaster became clear, and their commitment hasn’t stopped since their initial shipment . M ...

Grand Rapids, MI- Founders Brewing announced today that it will be expanding production to an additional facility in their hometown of Grand Rapids, MI. This expansion is primarily intended to fulfill the growing warehousing and distribution needs of the brewery. The facility will include a brewhouse focused on creating specialty and experimen ...

In college, the beer began to flow on Thursday evenings. But I got older, and figured that Thursdays belonged to the young’uns. Then I moved to Ann Arbor, and discovered Arbor Brewing Company’s (ABC) monthly beer tastings. And for a long time, a certain Thursday each month belonged to them. The schedule of styles repeated every ye ...

GRAND RAPIDS – The Craft Beverage Education Association ’s mission is to be the craft and artisanal beverage entrepreneur’s business partner. “We don’t want to lobby, define, or otherwise politicize,” says Tracy Wahler, Executive Director of Craft Beverage Education Association. “Instead, we want to ...

Detroit, MI–Vivid new labels by Detroit artist Tony Roko (whose recent accomplishments include commissions for Lady Gaga, Jay Leno and Ford Motor Company) depict colorful characters; one for each brew in Atwater Brewery ’s lineup. Three new Atwater Beers to launch in January are the first to carry the new brand identity. Driven ...