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Thursday, February 14, 2013
The B.O.B. Celebrates Beer City USA's 2nd Annual Beer Week with Craft Beer Dinner
The BOB will pair local craft beers with a unique selection of Gilly’s food options – manyincorporating beer.
In celebration of Beer City U.S.A.’s (GrandRapids’) 2nd Annual Beer Week, The BOB will be hosting a craft beer dinner featuring14 Michigan breweries and food from Gilly’s on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 6:00 p.m.
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Friday, February 08, 2013
Beer and Chocolate Pairing at REO Town Pub
Our next event at the REO Town Pub will be a beer and cocolate tasting affair on February 21st starting at 7pm. For this tasting, we will be zeroing in on some of the decadent and well-crafted beers from Dark Horse Brewing Company hailing from Marshall, MI. Dark Horse would be the first to admit that they are an eclectic and strange group of folks, and that they embrace a quirky, small-town, holistic view of brewing. They have become famous for their Crooked Tree IPA, a complex India Pale Ale that has been winner of many awards and boasts an incredible perfect score from "The Bros" at Beer Advocate.
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Friday, January 25, 2013
Recap of an EPIC 2013 Kalamazoo Beer Week
Kalamazoo Beer Week (Jan 12-19) started off with a bang. That is after a slight misfire. My original plans had been to take the Gallagher's party bus and do the kick off pub crawl in its entirety. The only issue was when I arrived at Gallagher's at about 5:30pm the bus was dead in the water, not the best place to be when you have so many people ready to go and explore the festivities of the start of beer week. I hung around till closer to 6 when the driver mentioned that they would need to get a wrecker out to jump start the bus. Minor setback but we soldier on. This is Kalamazoo Beer Week, anything can happen. They did finally get the bus working around 7pm but it took 4 wreckers to get it started. This is one I wish I had had the time to stick around and see.
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Sunday, December 09, 2012
Muskegon’s new Hank’s Tavern pairs Michigan Beer with Diverse Food Menu for December opening
Veteran Restaurateur Hoby Thrasher promised something new for Muskegon with the new Hank’s Tavern, and on Saturday, December 1st he has delivered. The Henry / Sherman St. location is not new; Previous businesses at this location have included a bank and fast food pizza joint with the short-lived Bonfire restaurant being the most recent tenant. However, this time around Hoby has really outdone himself transforming the building which once felt small and cramped to an expansive and vibrant atmosphere which will be sure to impress anyone familiar with the building’s former occupants.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
A Few Great Beers to Pair with Thanksgiving Dinner
In just a few short days, most of us will embark on one of the quintessential events of the American experience: heading home for a 2-3 day death-march of way too much food, family, and football. Yes, it's Thanksgiving, the time to remember how thankful we are for our family, and that we don't live with them every other day of the year as well. As far as the food, Thanksgiving dinners can either be delicious and savory or poorly seasoned and boring--there seems to rarely be an in-between.
However the dinner is where you're going, you're likely going to need (we strongly encourage it, anyway) a few beers to help you survive, especially while watching the Lions. So, we thought we would put together a beer drinking guide to Thanksgiving, a couple beers to sip on throughout the day and then a few to go with each of courses in the traditional Thanksgiving meal. We hope you find it useful and wish you safe and happy travels wherever you're headed this week.
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Ugly Christmas Sweater Party along with Christmas Beer pairing at REO Town Pub
Our next exclusive Beerhound event at the REO Town Pub in Lansing will be at 7:00 PM on Thursday, December 6th. This time, we will be featuring a "Taste of the Holidays" with five different Holiday beers from around the midwest paired with some of our favorite decadent holiday treats. Wear your ugliest Christmas sweater and we will choose the ugliest sweater to win a Beer Hound zip-up hoodie and pint glass. As usual, Roxeanne and her staff at REO Town will be offering food and drink specials at the conclusion of the event. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online or at the Pub itself. Here is the lineup of beer and tastings, and we sure hope to see you for "Taste of the Holidays" on December 6th!
The Pairings
- Fruit Cake with Great Lakes Brewing Company Christmas Ale
- Pretzels and Bar Cheese with Bell's Christmas Ale
- Peanut Butter Caramel Fudge with Darkhorse Brewing Co. One Oatmeal Stout
- Great Harvest Fench Peasant Bread & Apple Butter with Goose Island Christmas Ale
- Homemade Peppermint Ice Cream with Schmohz Miracle Off 28th Street
You can purchase tickets at the REO Town Pub or CLICK HERE to buy them online.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
REO Town Pub Beer Dinner featuring Dark Horse Brewing Company
The REO Town Pub on South Washington Street in Lansing is holding a beer dinner on Thursday, October 18th (this week). Tickets are a very reasonable $20 and include 5 total courses, 3 with a food and beer pairing--the delicious brews of Darkhorse Brewery will be featured.
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Schuler Independent Bookstore in Downtown G.R. Boosts Books with Beer
Of course, everyone knows that Michigan Craft Beer is booming. However, Craft beer still has a long way to go to catch up to the “big guys.” Local independent booksellers are also struggling to keep up with the big guys, and perhaps this is why for the last couple of years or so, one such bookseller has made the move to latch on to the State’s growing beer and wine industry by offering alcoholic beverages for sale in their downtown Grand Rapids bookstore.
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Sunday, September 16, 2012
The Weather & Marquette Combine for Successful 2012 U.P Fall Beer Fest
Saturday, September 8, was your typical, run-of-the-mill late summer day in Michigan: chilly, cloudy, partly sunny, fairly warm, and with periods of light showers and no showers at all. Also included: U.P. Beer Fest 2012, set in Lower Mattson Harbor Park in beautiful Marquette, MI. The wife and I (well, mostly I) were anticipating a great day sampling the wares of more than 35 Michigan craft brewers, along with some local food and musical entertainment. In all, we were looking forward to five hours of controlled and polite beer mayhem!
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Tuesday, September 04, 2012
Grand Rapid's Twister Rooster and New Crooked Goose Support Michigan Beer!
Looking for a place to go in Grand Rapids before a movie, or perhaps on your way to shopping or a concert at the Orbit Room? Or maybe just a place to have some great food and some great Michigan beers? Conveniently located on Beltline near the Celebration! Cinema Grand Rapids North & IMAX, Twisted Rooster just might be the place for you.
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