Ever been to a Beer Festival and been overwhelmed by all the different breweries, all the different beers and beer styles you find? Craft beers cover a huge variety of delicious tastes, colors, and smells, and it’s sometimes hard to decide to spend a token (or wait in a long line) for a beer you’re [...]

It was a big week for Michigan breweries at the 2010 Craft Brewers Conference, held at the Chicago Sheraton Towers, April 7-10.
BREWERS ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION AWARD
Larry Bell – Founder and Owner of Bell’s Brewery, Inc. – in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was one of three industry leaders in the national brewing community recognized during the opening session of [...]

MetroMode | By Melinda Clynes, 4/16/2009
Annette May and Michael Bardallis of Allen Park literally swoon over beer. And late last year, their beer passion and savvy was officially recognized, as the Allen Park couple became two of only 17 cicerones in the United States.
A Certified Cicerone designates someone with proven expertise in selecting and [...]

KalamaBrew, 4/16/2009
Over the lips, past the gums, look out tummy, here it comes. That can be applied to pretty much anything you put in your mouth but in this particular instance let’s apply it to beer and how well the brewing industry is doing here in the state of Michigan. Nearly 4,000 people work [...]

by KalamaBrew Staff
Monday January 19, 2009, 12:00 PM
Jonathon Gruenke / Gazette
Josiah Benjamin of Hastings samples a beer during last year’s Winter Beer Festival.GRAND RAPIDS — Kalamazoo homebrewers Chet Emmons and Colt Dykstra are again organizing a bus trip to the Michigan Brewers Guild’s Winter Beer Festival Feb. 28 at Fifth Third Ballpark.
The bus will leave [...]

The Michigan Brewers Guild elected its 2009 Board of Directors at its annual meeting, January 15 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Kalamazoo.
Eric Briggeman, Brewmaster at Rochester Mills Beer Co. in Rochester, was appointed to his second year as Guild President. He has been on the board for six years.
Steve Berthel, Brewmaster and [...]

Michael and Kelly explore Northern Lower Michigan’s Craft Brewery scene. In this first chapter, the brewers explain some of the science behind what they do… in the name if beer!
Breweries Visited
Right Brain Brewery
Short’s Brewing Company
Mackinaw Brewing Company
http://www.mynorth.com/My-North/January-2009/Breweries-of-Northern-Lower-Michigan-Chapter-1/

Fourth Annual Event to be Held at Fifth Third Ballpark, February 28
WHO: Michigan Brewers Guild
WHAT: 4th Annual Winter Beer Festival
WHERE: Fifth-Third Ballpark – Comstock Park (just north of downtown Grand Rapids)
WHEN: Saturday, February 28, 2009 (Noon-5pm)
WHY: To celebrate Michigan’s craft beer industry and the winter season!
INFO: Tickets are $35 each in [...]

The winter season is upon us – and with that comes hand-crafted beers made right here in Michigan. Whether pairing with your holiday meal, warming up after a day in the snow or giving as a gift for someone special on your gift list, Michigan brews make the perfect selection.
ARBOR BREWING
Trappist monks in Belgium [...]

By John Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids Press | August 29, 2008
The Great Lakes State’s kings of ska go Hollywood today.
Yup, Mustard Plug’s tune, “Beer (Song),” is featured in the movie, “College,” which hits movie theaters across the country starting today.
The Grand Rapids band’s frontman, Dave Kirchgessner, concedes this “is really crazy” but pretty [...]