by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Jul 27, 2017 | Beer
The Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival celebrated its 20th Anniversary in Ypsilanti’s Riverside Park on July 21st and 22nd. Michigan Summer Beer Festival More than 145 Michigan craft breweries brought over 1,140 different beers to the festival....
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Apr 11, 2016 | Beer, Food, History, Michigan
Salt Springs Brewery serves great beer and if you are looking, a history lesson too. Beer and history are two of my favorite things so I’m surprised it took me so long to visit. Salt Springs History Lesson It doesn’t take a genius to figure out there is a salt spring...
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Nov 24, 2015 | Beer, Michigan, Running, Travel
Our Grand Traverse Bay Beer Tour was packed! In 48 short hours we ate and drank beer in 7 breweries, visited 6 cities in the Grand Traverse Bay area and to keep it healthy, we ran the Vasa Trail Race on Saturday morning. I’d like to take a moment to mention that...
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | May 9, 2015 | Beer, Michigan
The Beer City Springfest 2015 had it all- great Michigan craft beer, wine and spirits, giant Jenja, delicious food, swing dancers, opera singers, the Boss Mustangs, Trixy Tang, something called the Mash MayHem and an earthquake just to shake things up a bit! The best...
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Apr 19, 2015 | Beer, Michigan, Travel
After a whirlwind visit to the House of Blues Chicago for Chuck to cover At The Gates, Converge, Pallbearer and Vallenfyre on April 5th we stopped at the Greenbush Brewing Co. It was raining and I hit the door running. I couldn’t help thinking this must be how...