Category Archives: Beer, Wine & Beverages

Photo Report: Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival

August 2, 2010 – 8:59 am

photo report by Ken Jacoby Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival by KcJacoby The Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival in late July presented the attendees with a multitude of obstacles. Air raid sirens, torrential downpours, and the overflowing Huron River on Friday night, the sweltering heat and spotty thunderstorms gave the attendees for Saturday [...]

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Summer Beer Festival – July 23 & 24 in Ypsilanti

July 12, 2010 – 10:11 am

Absolute Michigan will be sending Ken Jacoby to the Beer Festival – look for an update with his photos following the event! July is Michigan Craft Beer Month, and our brewing industry contributes over $24 million in wages with a total economic contribution of more than $133 million. In terms of overall number breweries, microbreweries [...]

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Supporting Michigan Business: It’s a local thing

June 10, 2010 – 8:24 am

“Going local does not mean walling off the outside world. It Means nurturing locally owned businesses which use local resources sustainably, employ local workers at decent wages and serve primarily local consumers.” ~Michael H. Shuman, author of Going Local The People of Detroit: Happy Cream by Noah Stephens The 7th Annual Local First Street Party [...]

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Tweet & Taste Michigan: Wines from Old Mission Peninsula

June 6, 2010 – 7:25 am

Courtney & Shannon Casey of MichiganByTheBottle.com are all about letting you know what’s what in Michigan’s fast-growing wine industry. One fantastic thing that they are doing are the Tweet & Taste Michigan virtual wine tastings conducted through Twitter. View from Chateau Chantal by troyryans Their next Tweet & Taste takes place tomorrow night (Monday Jun [...]

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Traverse Colantha Walker Dairy Festival ~ June 13, 2010

May 31, 2010 – 10:09 pm

The first-ever Traverse Colantha Walker Dairy Festival takes place on the grounds of The Village at Grand Traverse Commons on Sunday, June 13th. Why a festival for a cow, and why this cow? It seems that Traverse Colantha Walker was not your ordinary heifer. Some Cow: The Story of Traverse Colantha Walker Of the 96 [...]

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The World Expo of Beer: May 21 & 22, 2010 – Frankenmuth

May 20, 2010 – 6:35 pm

The World Expo of Beer is a beer sampling extravaganza! If you love beer, you will love the World Expo of Beer, with over 250 brews to choose from. If you don’t love beer, but you love a good time, you will still love the World Expo of Beer. If you’ve attended before, skip reading [...]

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Bell’s Brewery: Leading the Great Beer State

April 29, 2010 – 8:39 am

Welcome Spring by nicudoc68 Talked a lot about wine in April for Michigan Wine Month, but Michigan is also becoming known as the Great Beer State. The Kalamazoo Gazette recently reported that Kalamazoo’s Bell’s Brewery ranked 19th in U.S. beer sales in 2009. They say that Bell’s Brewery is on quite a run. In addition [...]

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Pure Michigan takes you behind the scenes of “Fresh”

April 26, 2010 – 6:35 am

Pure Michigan takes you behind the scenes of the filming of their new “Fresh” TV spot. The spots are done by McCann Erickson and it’s amazing to see what 30 seconds requires. Many more videos from Pure Michigan TV at YouTube. Share this:

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Our Stylish Wines Boldly Express Provenance: Michigan’s American Viticultural Areas

April 19, 2010 – 8:45 am

Lorri Hathaway and Sharon Kegerreis are writers who are passionate for Michigan and the authors of the award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries. Learn all about Lorri & Sharon and their work at www.michiganvine.com. Untitled by Ledio Michigan’s agriculture has a rich and bountiful history. What’s grown in our soils reflects the passion of [...]

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From the Vine: Lake Michigan Shore Wine Trail

April 14, 2010 – 6:40 am

As part of our celebration of Michigan Wine Month, we’ll be (re)featuring excerpts on each of Michigan’s five wine trails (and one taking you beyond the trails) from the Michigan Notable Book award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries. (Lake Michigan Shore and Fennville AVAs) The Lake Michigan Shore viticultural area, with its blend of [...]

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