So this beer was hyped upon its introduction into the Michigan market. Hell, all of Big Sky was, but this was widely recognized as their “best” beer – certainly their most popular. So does it live up to the hype? Sure, its tasty. A nice nuttiness to it. A highly drinkable brown. But at $2.19/bottle? [...]

My second beer of the night, likely third, and possibly 4th beer of the night is from Short’s Brewing of Bel Aire, Michigan.  Good Humans.  I don’t know the story behind it, and why it’s named what it’s named, but I do know I like good people, and according to Hunter S Thompson, good people [...]

On the label, Mt Carmel Brewing Company describes their Nut Brown Ale like so: “Mahogany in color, entering with hints of maple, followed by a roasted hazelnut body, balancing a clean malty finish.” This is probably the first beer I’ve ever had that had a description on its label that wasn’t just hype, and wasn’t [...]

Tonight I picked up a mixed six pack from Oade’s. The mixed six is probably my favorite part of my favorite liquor store. They usually have around 600 different beers, and its safe to say that they’re largely responsible for me buying the variety of beer that I do. Among other things, I picked up [...]