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Four Circles Closing

Ca we go a day without a brewery or brewing program closing? I really would like to put up an ...

Pittsburg, Day 2 Part 2

We have now arrived at the second half of day 2 of our trip to Pittsburgh. We dropped the car ...

Pittsburg, Day 2 Part 1

With the amount of brewing news and happenings over the State of Michigan over the past couple of weeks, the ...

Motor City Brewing Works

What brewery am I hanging out at today? Hint it closed earlier this year. That's right, I am at Motor ...

Thank you.

What a crazy last couple of weeks in the Michigan Brewing Industry. From the Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival ...

Remembering P.J.

Today is the day we celebrate the life of Phyllis Hunt (P.J.) at Dearborn Brewing. I can’t wait to see ...

Michigan Brewery Map App

MBMA is your one stop shop to find all breweries, cideries and meaderies including those that are upcoming, and the ability to filter and see which ones have food, a patio, or other beverages to sip on other than beer. Also included are local craft beer festivals.

Spring 2025 Update: Now includes ciders, meaderies, wineries, and distilleries!

Recent Better on Draft Podcasts

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Better on Draft 390 | ...And We're Back

Wendy and Rob return from their adventures! They recount the beer and non-beer parts of their travels and other things.

The wonderful brewery in Aukland whose name Rob couldn't remember just ...then is Galbraith Alehouse - stop 1 of the beer mile.

The birding app is Merlin: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/

The Atwater article: https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/atwater-brewery-reacquired-detroit-entrepreneur-after-sale-molson-coors

The Hoppin' Frog article: https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/business/briefs/2026/07/10/akron-hoppin-frog-brewery-changes-management-new-owners-fred-karm-zachary-bastin/90877343007/Show More

Better on Draft 390 | ...And We're Back

Wendy and Rob return from their adventures! They recount the beer and non-beer parts of their travels and other things. The wonderful brewery in Aukland whose name Rob couldn't remember just then ...