Follow Steve Siddall as he travels around the state visiting and reviewing craft breweries.
The second style of beer that I am going to talk about on this page, definitely my favorite style of seasonal beer, the Marzen/ Fest Bier. Now although two different styles, since they are uniquely intertwined, we are going to cover them together. On a personal note, I sample at Read more…
One of my favorite breweries in the Metro Detroit area has got to be Witch’s Hat Brewing Company out of South Lyon, Michigan. Witches Hat opened their doors in 2011 and has been putting out top shelf beer ever since. I just took another trip to Witch’s Hat on Sunday. Read more…
While up North this summer, we came across a new brewery in Boyne City, Michigan called Happy’s Taco Shop. Which at first glance doesn’t sound like a brewery, but I assure you they brew their own beer at Happy’s Taco Shop. When we visited on July 1st, the owner told Read more…
Staying in the same general area of the state as yesterday’s review, we are about to travel 6 miles and 8 minutes South of Transient Artisan Ales to Greenbush Brewing Company in Sawyer, MI. Greenbush opened in June 2011, and has been growing and expanding ever since. By 2014 they Read more…
Another fantastic brewery in the State of Michigan is Transient Artisan Ales out of Bridgman, Michigan. Transient opened in 2016 and has been crushing the Michigan beer scene ever since. As far as the taproom goes Transient is a relatively small place compared to the amount of volume that they Read more…
One of the questions that I get asked often while working at the brewery is what is the difference between the different kinds of breweries that our great state has to offer. The short answer is mainly the size of the brewery and how much beer they produce. But, I Read more…
Well in this edition of Throwback Thursday, I figured since we are doing a lot of Bearded Lamb related stuff this week, I might as well review the brewery that it replaced. We all knew it was going to happen eventually, I worked there for 3 and a half years Read more…
As you are driving up I-75 to head up to the U.P. You will most likely be driving right by one of my all time favorite breweries in the State of Michigan, Rolling Oak Brewing Company in Grayling, Michigan. Rolling Oak is located in Grayling’s historic Ice House which is Read more…
On our recent trip to Petoskey we came across another place that served their own beer, Room 94 Taps & Bourbon is a bar inside of the Odawa Casino in Downtown Petoskey. This will be a shorter review than normal, mainly because I don’t know a lot about the place Read more…
Another thing that will be featured on this page in addition to brewery reviews, will be explanations and the history of different styles of beers. Since yesterday, Thursday, August 1st was national IPA day, we are going to talk about the undisputed king of the craft beer world, the India Read more…
