The brewer at the Bearded Lamb Brewing Company, Doug Diedrich is at it again. He has reached into the annals of beer history and pulled another historical style out of his bag of tricks. I would like to introduce you to his newest creation, Mephisto’s Tears, which is a Schwarzbier. Read more…
As you are making the rounds around the Grand Rapids area checking out all the breweries, there is a place that is just Southwest of Grand Rapids in Byron Center, Michigan called Alebird Taphouse and Brewery. Alebird opened their operation in 2019 and has been slinging suds to the thirsty Read more…
Today we are going to talk about a brewery trip that I took last June, this was the trip that helped me clean up the rest of the map on my way to having visited every brewery in the state that was open as of July 1st of 2024. The Read more…
On the way back from my trip up to Mackinaw City a few weeks ago, I decided to stop off in Saginaw, Michigan and visit a brewery that I hadn’t been to in quite some time. Oracle Brewing Company sits right in Downtown Saginaw and was established in 2017 and Read more…
Today we will take a look at another brewery that has been around for quite some time. Today’s review will take us back into Ann Arbor and Grizzly Peak Brewing Company. They opened the brewery in 1995 and have been producing beer for the people of Ann Arbor ever since. Read more…
Want to head to the most Southwestern brewery in all of Michigan? Look no further than Beer Church Brewing Company in New Buffalo, Michigan. Located just a couple of minutes North of the Indiana border, they have been serving up suds to their community since 2017, and they have set Read more…
After a lot of research, typing, editing, second and third guessing myself, more typing, more editing, and tons of new gray hairs, we have finally reached the last segment of the 2025 State of the Industry report. I know that so far this segment on the page has seemed like Read more…
Today is a great day for Part 2 of the State of the Industry report, which like the temperatures outside, will probably be by far the coldest part of this segment. We are going to piggyback off of the first segment of this article about the ever changing landscape of Read more…
I have been promising it for over a month now and it has finally arrived. Today is the first part of the 2025 State of the Industry report. This segment is one of the more ambitious topics that has been covered on the page so far and I really hope Read more…
Another brewery that I hit this past June is Third Life Brewing Company up in Manistee, Michigan. They are on River Street just outside of Downtown Manistee. Third Life Brewing Company opened in November of 2022 and have been putting out quality products from day one. They are inside of Read more…
