On a rainy and windy 2nd Saturday in May, Ashley’s Westland was the setting for the Cask Ale Festival. The Cask Ale Festival featured 32 different cask beers from Michigan Breweries and several others from around the country. Arriving shortly before 1pm, I found a full parking lot and a Read more…
Greenwich Time Pub is an adorable little bar located on Cadillac Square in Downtown Detroit. It gives you the feeling that it’s where everybody knows your name and it’s a great place for a liquid lunch! Since it’s nearly summertime in Michigan it’s time to have a Bell’s Oberon! It Read more…
When I heard that Bell’s was adding another IPA to their portfolio, I was a bit excited. The IPA’s that Bell’s has done over the years have been really well done. Two Hearted Ale is consistently on lists of “must taste” IPA’s. HopSlam, while meeting with various levels of acclaim, Read more…
I had a bottle of Yuengling Black & Tan at my monthly tabletop Star Wars RPG game. I know what you’re thinking, you can be jealous, that’s fine. I was really fascinated by the look of this beer. It has a deep caramel color and it’s very carbonated. It was Read more…
When I saw this bottle, I was a bit unsure about it. Stone does incredible work with the uber fresh “Enjoy By…” series, but I was unsure because this one is a “Tangerine IPA”. Why mess with a good thing? Why change up the formula? I will be the first to Read more…
I went to Batch Brewing Company to help a friend drink away a recent breakup. Truly, I am a noble and giving soul. Batch has a nice homey, intimate feeling, which is good for a bar. They also have the softest napkins west of the Detroit. This beer is on Read more…
Pretty incredible and FAR SUPERIOR to the regular BA version. It is rich from the very start. It pours the way you would expect a 10.5% ABV Stout to pour. The nose is chocolate and strawberry with some vanilla coming through in the body. It’s nice and creamy with a great full mouth Read more…
I tried this beer on draft at EG Nick’s in downtown Plymouth. A nice little bar where the wait time is long on a nice spring evening and the trivia is serious business. In appearance, it’s a rich gold and the aroma reminds me quite a bit of mead. It’s Read more…
Adventures In Amsterdam – The Search for Craft Beer When one thinks of The Netherlands, craft beer is not the first thing that comes to their mind. While The Netherlands are home to 2 widely known and distributed breweries, the country is routinely overshadowed by its neighbors when it comes Read more…
Creating Their Own Demise: How the Craft Beer Community is Ruining Craft Beer The day is November 26th, 2015. Craft beer drinkers are finishing up eating Turkey with the family in their metro Detroit home and they’ve made one of two decisions. They’re going to take the five or so Read more…
