The Bar Towel

Uhh Dude, I believe the preferred nomenclature is Schnitzel Face . Sorry to correct the correction but as the boys at BrewDog say, the correct term is "sausage muncher" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blxE8SEkqwM "Sausage Muncher" has a whole different connotation in the UK :wink...

Depends what you depend on. If you're not addicted to reality TV and sportscasters yelling at you, you can get a hell of a lot of great quality TV over the air now that things are going digital. With a very small investment in an antenna, Stoney Creek should be well located to get all of the major ...

Last time I was at Pike some drunken kraut tourist got loaded and fell off his stool. He started screaming at the bartender in german when he was cut off. It was hilarious! Uhh Dude, I believe the preferred nomenclature is Schnitzel Face . Sorry to correct the correction but as the boys at BrewDog ...

Also, for newbies like me who don't come in with a lot of knowledge, simple things like noting on the chalkboard that the Duggans #99 is served from cask would be helpful. The chalkboard at Volo usually notes which beer(s) is/are cask. I'm surprised to hear that wasn't the case the other night. Yup...

Duggan's #9

Bell's Two Hearted Ale & Shorts Huma Lupa Licious. Wow.
Wish I had a Smashbomb too...

Grand River Plowman's Anniversary Ale bottled on July 27th.
Well done Grand River!!! Glad to live close to this brewery!

First - thanks kish84 - Ashely's was a highlight! And the Hopcat in Grand Rapids is worth the drive. The festival was fascinating from a Canadian's perspective - Over 9800 people in the park over the two days - 400+ Michigan beers - 54 brewers A steamy hot day and a growing mud problem by 4pm inside...

Short's Key Lime Pie on cask at Hopcat..... I am stunned, not my normal hop bomb, but this is really nice beer. The waitress brought it over un-requested as part of Hopcats "Sunday night Short's Rare Cask" offering. The lime and even the graham cracker/marshmallow flavour is really pronoun...

Short's Brewery - Huma Lupa Licious on tap at Hopcat in Grand Rapids.
Fantastic American IPA!

Founders Samples (5oz) at the brewery in Grand Rapids - literally "right now" using their free wifi in an incredible tap room! Pale Ale 5.4 ABV IPA 7.2 Red's Rye 6.8 Curmudgeon 9.8 (not balanced like a Grand River Curmudgeon) Devil Dancer 12 (112 IBU = well worth trying) Went back for full...

Derek wrote:Stopping at some bottle shops as well? (48 hrs = 24 bottles duty-free!)

Hopsolutely!
The 2 of us will each have 24 and I expect at least 24 more each depending on what we see..

I'm looking for feedback on our plan for this weekends beer procurement tour. We are headed to Ypsilanti Saturday for the 13th Annual Summer Beer Festival in Riverside Park. http://www.michiganbrewersguild.org/events.asp Apart from this, the detailed plan calls for: Saturday: Lunch at the Side track...

Derek wrote:Bells.

World class brews, large brewery & it's relatively close.

I'll second Bells and add Founders while we're in Michigan and Flying Dog out of Frederick MD.

www.flyingdogales.com

Can't really argue with the result, we tried all 9 and the results line up pretty close. The GL Armadildo was fantastic but so was the GL My Bitter Wife that knocked it out....oh well.

Here's to the 23th and full pints this time around!
As for the crown... GO SMASHBOMB!!!