Wow, I’m pretty pumped about this. Cup A Joe, Kind Ale, Mystery Stout, Uncle Steve’s, Liberator, Uber Goober, PB & J, and Good Humans all in bottles for the first time.
Had they included Rich’s Rye (my favorite Short’s beer), I would have been in heaven. Read more about it at MLive’s Kalamabrew.

So this one is new for us. Neither Brian nor I have had it in the past, and it just came out this year, so we’re about it find out if Bell’s can once again live up to their reputation for excellent stouts.
Brian says if this beer was a chord, it would be a Cmaj7. [...]

Oh, Hopmouth. What’s to say that hasn’t already been said?
You’re beautiful head, your sweet, floral aroma. These are only two reasons to love you.
A deep, rich color, and a nice, not too aggressive bitterness. A sweet malt flavor in the front, and a darker, roastier malt in the finish, hiding behind the bittering hops.
Brian and [...]

Oh, Hopmouth. What’s to say that hasn’t already been said?
You’re beautiful head, your sweet, floral aroma. These are only two reasons to love you.
A deep, rich color, and a nice, not too aggressive bitterness. A sweet malt flavor in the front, and a darker, roastier malt in the finish, hiding behind the bittering hops.
Brian and [...]

Concluding our Michigan Beer Month series (admittedly late, I wrote this up, and forgot to upload it), I turn to not only my favorite porter in Michigan, but one of my favorites in the whole world: Arcadia London Porter.
Like most of their beers, Arcadia made this a pretty traditional English-style ale. For that reason, it [...]