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 After last week's massive New Beer Friday, I'm not surprised that this week's offerings are a little meager. It actually made for a pleasant "research" day. All three of these beers are quite nice and worth checking out.  Toasted Barrel - Coffee and Cream Brown Ale : It's quite light in body with a nice coffee aroma. The taste st ...

ESCANABA, Mich. – A taste of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is headed to the Mitten. Upper Hand Brewery, a division of Bell’s Brewery, will end its drought of availability below the Mackinac Bridge. Beginning this fall, Upper Hand will begin distribution of its beer to the Lower Peninsula. “When we started this adventure mo ...

Created by Weathered Souls’ Head brewer and co-owner Marcus Baskerville, Black is Beautiful is a beer that aims to “raise awareness for the injustices people of color face daily and raise funds for police brutality reform and legal defenses for those who have been wronged.” Marcus Baskerville, second from right, with some f ...

Belgian Style Ale Fermented with Raspberries Aged in Tequila Barrels – available this month   GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Founders Brewing Co. has announced Blushing Padre as the next release in the Mothership Series. To create Blushing Padre, Founders introduced their Belgian-style raspberry ale to a tequila barrel and wound up ...

The foeder-aged ale utilizes a technique that blends old and young into an ever-evolving beer   Holland, Mich.  — New Holland Brewing Company has announced the next member of the Dragon’s Milk family, Dragon’s Milk Solera, a 10% ABV foeder-aged ale that emphasizes the passage of time. By implementi ...

Adapting to new circumstances is essential to keeping the craft community afloat. Two area cideries, Capitol Cider House and ANXO, are doing just that. Starting this week, ANXO will begin offering contract canning services at their production facility located on Kennedy Street NW. Sam Fitz, co-founder of ANXO, explains that, “We’ ...

Press Release: Big Storm Brewing Co. is expanding to Central Florida, with a new brewpub location at Amway Center in downtown Orlando.  This will be the fourth location in the Sunshine State for the independent craft brewer.   “We are … Continue reading → The post Big Storm Brewing Company to open Brewpub Restaurant ...

Welcome to July. I know that we had all hoped that most craft beer establishments would have been opened by now, I guess we'll just have to slap a big asterisk on this year and be grateful for what we get. Some of the things we did get this week was a new Utah style "lambic", some beers that will raise a little coin for charity and some new to ...

Just in time for summer, Lone Pine Brewing Company is now distributing to the state of Florida. The Portland and Gorham based Maine brewery expanded its growing distribution network to include the sunshine state. The move comes after a strategic … Continue reading → The post Lone Pine Brewing Company is now available in Florida app ...

LANSING, Mich – Legislators in Lansing have recently declared July as “Michigan Beer Month” with the introduction of House Resolution No. 289 and Senate Resolution No. 131, noting the brewing industry’s long-standing history, impact on both the tourism and agricultural interests and the ongoing contributions to ...