Beer

We gathered our family bubble members for a mini winter beer run to support a few Michigan brewers and enjoy great Michigan beer.

Grove Sessions Live dishes up a tasty music menu featuring Adam Kahana, Sabbatical Bob, Stormy Chromer, and Nina and the Buffalo Riders.

The 2020 Michigan Winter Beer Festival was a gift from the Gods.The sky was a perfect blue, the beer lines weren’t freezing, and the music was badass.

“How was the food in New Zealand?” We get that question a lot about our New Zealand trip. What they should be asking is, “Do their windows have screens?” 

And just like that, another Dark Horse 4 Elf Party is in the books. The 2019 party did not disappoint, Elves, Beer, Exotic Food, Music, Dancing!

It took just one visit to Edelbrau Brewing Company in Ann Arbor to fall in love with beer all over again.

The Little Fleet in downtown Traverse City looked like a lumberjack convention at the third annual Flapjack and Flannel Festival in Traverse City

On a rather cold November morning, we joined hundreds of bearded, beer-drinking runners for the 2019 Great Beerd Run. Normally I’m not sporting a beard so I was pleasantly surprised and pleased by how warm my new beard kept my...

The buzz during the 2019 Detroit Fall Beer Festival was the Michigan Brewers Guild’s new Spring Beer Festival announcement. 

There is no better place to contemplate the beauty of the Upper Peninsula while enjoying a fine craft beer than Cognition Brewing in Ishpeming.

The Chelsea Area Chamber of Commerce hosted its first Backyard Beer Garden on Saturday, September 21st in the Palmer Commons.

The 2019 UP Fall Beer Festival featured hundreds of Michigan’s finest beers, excellent music, crowd surfing, a blue sky, plus a pretzel king and his court.

A trail marker tree, touring the former Northern Michigan Asylum, and enjoying tasty beers at Earthen Ales made for a super summer day in Traverse City.

The 2019 Michigan Summer Beer Festival on July 26-27, in Ypsilanti, featured more than 150 Michigan breweries. We caught the fun in the pictures posted in our galleries and taped a few interviews where we asked if there was any exciting news they’d like to...

Ramshackle Brewing Company took an alley in Jonesville and transformed it into an art filled oasis that also serves up great beer.

We got a taste of what Michigan Ability Partners can do while enjoying some delicious food and beer during their TasteFest 2019 annual fund-raiser.

The 2019 Michigan Winter Beer Festival token controversy washed away in a flood of beer on Saturday, February 23 when Michigan Beer Enthusiasts gathered in Grand Rapids to celebrate with their beer families.

We were happy to lend a hand in kickstarting Ogma Brewing in Jackson by attending their Kickstarter fundraising party at the site of the new brewery.

Our chant, “Open, Open, Open” kept time with the sleet hitting the windshield while we waited in the car for the for Lake Ann Brewing Company to open. Our chant worked! Not only did the doors open but we got a very special treat. 

Mother Nature tried to rain on our parade, so we made the best of it by seeking fine Michigan beers in the Leelanau peninsula.

This year’s 4 Elf Party got off to a curious start which led to new friendships, discoveries about old friends and the launch of the holiday season.