I convinced Ian to get this guy because of my love of Brutal Bitter.  We’d never had it before, so we decided to give ‘er a go. The Pour:  It poured considerably more cloudy than I had expected. It had a pretty dense, foamy head that stuck around through almost the whole glass.  It also [...]

Last weekend I took a trip out to Holland, Michigan. I wanted to get away from town for the afternoon. Holland is only about an hour and a half drive, so its not too far to head out there for a short trip. I get to go see the Lake (Lake Michigan, that is), and [...]

I went out to find a nice beer to enjoy tonight, nothing too heavy, just something easy to drink, tasty, and that won’t knock me on my ass. I figured that if nothing else, I would grab a bottle of Arcadia Ale’s Sky High Rye. Its affordable, delicious, and at 6% abv, isn’t going to [...]

So this weekend my girlfriend Jo and I went out to Detroit. We needed some time away from Lansing, and decided that a beer trip would be in order. We were looking into a tour at New Holland, but their brewery is closed for upgrades, so we started looking at the other side of the [...]

President Lincoln has gone down in history as the Great Emancipator, no?  And what is another word for Emancipator???  Liberator.  What has Short’s Brewing done?  Made a great beer called the Liberator.  Great Liberator = Great Emancipator = Abe Lincoln.  Thus, this is Abe Lincoln beer. So, we’ve all known for some time that Ian [...]