This past weekend for Father’s Day, Crystal and I traveled to Flint to go and have dinner with her brother and sister-in-law and spend some time with 7 of our nieces and nephews. That was not a typo, they have 7 kids. Yes, they are a handful at times but Read more…
A few weeks ago when I went on my day and a half beer trip, the brewery that inspired our trip to the areas South of Jackson was a newer brewery that I hadn’t been to yet. For brewing license number 467 visited in the State of Michigan, we had Read more…
On my recent trip to visit some breweries after the long, arduous sober April, I ended up re-paying a visit to a brewery that I enjoy very much. This brewery opened in 2019 and is located in Jonesville, Michigan. I am talking of course about Ramshackle Brewing Company. Although Ramshackle Read more…
We have arrived at a review of a brewery that made my top 25 breweries in the State of Michigan list. Located in Belmont, Michigan which is just north of Grand Rapids lies Archival Brewing. Although they just opened in 2021, they have been producing high quality beers in a Read more…
Right after I had completed my sober April, Crystal and I went out to Howell for dinner one night. While we were in Howell we took the time to go and visit a brewery that we hadn’t been to in quite a while, Aberrant Ales in the Downtown area of Read more…
Do you like having breweries that are a little closer to home? I know that I do. Just a couple of miles away from my house sits Northville Winery and Brewing Company. They opened as a winery back in 1982, added a beer brewing license in 2014 and have been Read more…
I attended the 2025 Craft Brewers Conference as media but I mainly think of myself as a beer consumer, just one who talks about it on a podcast. This being an industry event, it’s not really catering to me as a consumer but I thought it would be interesting to Read more…
The 2025 Craft Brewer’s Conference happened to be held in the town where I live, Indianapolis. This was very fortunate for me, someone fairly new to this whole “media” thing. Here’s what I got out of the experience. Brewer’s Association Messaging I was impressed with the Brewer’s Association sessions I Read more…
Over the last 9 months on this page, we have visited almost every part of Michigan to review a brewery. We have visited the Upper Peninsula, Northern Michigan, Mid-Michigan, The West Side of the State, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Traverse City, Grand Rapids, Marquette and everywhere in between. The only part Read more…
Today I am going to do something I haven’t done in a while. I am going to tell you guys a memorable beer story from my travels over the years. We are going to rewind the clock almost a decade back to the Summer of 2015. We are going to Read more…
