This Week in Beer is going to be on vacation this week. We are going to spend it drinking lots of great beers, so that when we come back we will have alot of fantastic new things to tell you about. Till then, stay safe.
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Another review from my recent canoe trip, this time Boddington’s Pub Ale. I have seen this stuff in the store all the time, but never bought any. I figured this was a good a time as any.
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Last weekend i went canoeing with some friends and decided to try a few new beers, one of the first I tried was the cleverly named cynicale, from Surly Brewing Company.
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It’s not a candy, or a breakfast cereal (though that could be delicious), it’s beer. One of the many new flavors I tried at the Summer Beerfest was that of the Chocoberry by Frog Island Brewery.
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More from this years Michigan Brewer’s Guild Summer Beerfest: this time I tried the Dragonmead Ring of Fire. HOT BEER. well, the beer is cold, but it is also hot. you know? no?
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Here is the first video from last weekend’s 2009 Michigan Brewer’s Guild Summer Beerfest. We tried alot of great beers, including this little gem from Jolly Pumpkin.
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I know you have missed Tricia, well she missed you all too. To make it up she wants to share her thoughts on the Ghetto Blaster from Motor City Brewing.
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Paul was also able to shoot some video of this event.
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June 2ND, 2009 the Michigan Brewer’s Guild had it’s first ever legislative day, when 18 members of the guild went to the State Capitol in Lansing, MI and talked directly to State Senators and Representatives. I was asked to come along.
There are a few major issues that the industry is looking into. One of the highest,on my list is the possible hike in the excise tax (a.k.a. sin tax). With lawmakers looking for ways to make money for the state, they are looking toward the businesses that are doing well. Since the car companies are most likely on deaths door, the breweries are getting attention, but not the good kind. Following record material cost increases in hops and malted barley for the last 2 years, the raising of taxes would most-likely bring many of the smaller breweries to their knees if not break them altogether. Where did the focus on “Main Street” go? The federal excise tax, taxes only beers that have over 4.5% abv. That means the big breweries AB and Miller/Coors products (who make up 95% of beer sold in the U.S.) will not receive this tax hike(?).
Went out last night to watch the Redwings and try some new beer, and who do you think I ran into over at Crunchy’s? Our good friend Steve from The Livery! Long time, no see, right? So I figured i had to try his beer, the Carvana, which was brewed special for his birthday. and here is what it tastes like.
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