Oktoberfest Dinner & Brew Cruise on MI Princess

Last week we attended a beer dinner at Gracie’s Place in Williamston, Mi. This event featured a 5 course meal, each course being paired with a different Short’s beer. Gracie’s Place is a beautiful restaurant in the heart of Williamston’s historic downtown. It has a warm, inviting, and upscale feel as soon as you walk through the door. The walls are decorated with eclectic artwork which looks like it is from local artists. This art just ads to the fantastic atmosphere.

The Suds & Snow Festival is a snow shoeing, Michigan microbrew event that will be held on March 3, 2012 from 1:30 - 6:30pm at Timber Ridge Resort in Traverse City, MI. This festival is unlike any other beer festival that we have experienced.

The Nuthouse, a sports bar in the heart of Downtown Lansing, Mi, is a great place to meet up with friends, experience amazing food, and enjoy some of the Michigan Craft Beers they offer. Paul and I have both been there a few times in the past, but have forgotten what a hidden gem The Nuthouse really is.

Last weekend Paul and I had a booth at The Royal Oak Winter Beer Festival. This was a great event that was held in the beautiful Royal Oak Music Theatre located in Royal Oak, MI.  We have never been to an event in a theatre like this before. I really loved how they utilized the unique space that they had. There were brewery tables set up on each tier of the floor with Michigan Brewing Company occupying the entire main stage. This was interesting to me beause you rarely see MBC at any events, let alone having more beers on tap than any other brewery in attendance.

Rat Fest is an annual event held at The Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti, Mi. This event is special because it gives local small batch brewing clubs from the Ann Arbor and Metro Detroit area a chance to showcase their favorite recipes. Each brew club gets a chance to brew their favorite recipe along side one of the brewers for Arbor Brewing Co. on their 10 gallon homebrewing system. Throughout the event ticket holders get to sample 33 insanely unique beers and vote on their favorite.

It had been a while since Paul and I had been to Reno's West on West Saginaw in Lansing MI. We had noticed that they had added on a while back so we decided to head over there one night and check out the new improvements. I must say, they did a fantastic job!

We met Stephen Johnson the owner of Motor City Brew Tours a couple months ago at the bloggers dinner we went to at Frankenmuth Brewing Company. After hearing about his tours we were very anxious to check one out. Imagine my excitement when I saw on Facebook that they were hosting a tour on my birthday!! I couldn’t think of any place I would rather be on my 31^st birthday than on a bus with other beer enthusiests touring a few of the many Detroit breweries. I immediately called Paul to tell him what I had seen. He very calmly replies “I already got tickets” he knows me so well!

Bad Bear Brewing is one of the most recent breweries to open in this great beer state of ours. Bad Bear is located within Sleeping Bear Winery in Albion, Mi. A couple weeks ago Paul and I decided to take a drive to visit Bad Bear for dinner. When you walk in the door, to the left you have the tasting room for Sleeping Bear and to the right you have a well decorated brewery.

We have become quite regular patrons of Arcadia Ales in Battle Creek. We were very excited to be able to attend their annual anniversary party this year.  We have heard lots of stories about anniversary parties of the past so we were super pumped to participate in the festivities.  This year was special because it was their 15th anniversary.

H & H Jewelry Design will be hosting a mens day on Saturday December 10, 2011.  I'm a Beer Hound will be there with free Michigan Craft Beer from Frankenmuth Brewery. On top of samples of Frankenmuth's Pilsner, Hefeweizen, Munich Dunkel, and Batch 69 IPA, I'm a Beer Hound will also have merchandise for sale.