Bagger Dave's

Hey Kids!  Loud Guy here. I stopped by a relatively new place in my hometown of Brighton, MI on Friday. Bagger Dave's is a local Michigan chain, with their specialty being really really good burgers. But, their bar is a maniacal romp through local Michigan Beers.  Let me list a few brewers on their menu:

• Arcadia (Battle Creek)
• Atwater (Detroit)
• Bell's (K-zoo)
• Founders (Grand Rapids)
• Frankenmuth 
• Mt. Pleasant
• Short's (NW Lower Peninsula)
• Michigan Brewing Company (Webberville)
• New Holland

Holy selection, Batman, that's a lot of great beers!  If you're in Michigan, I highly recommend a "build your own burger" with the spicy artichoke spread and a sampling of one of these great beers.

Video: Bells Batch 9000 @ MISBF

Hi Everybody! Loud Guy here with the scoop on Bell's Batch 9000 at the Michigan Summer Brewers Festival. Cheers!

Video: WSBC Garden Weasel at MISBF

Hey Artsy, move over and let someone else have a chance.  In preparation for THHG's eminent trip to the Wolverine State Brewing Company next week, here's what we sampled at the Michigan Summer Brewers Festival last month: Garden Weasel!  Thanks to The Beer Wench for the sassy brew and sassier talk.

Video: Erin's MISBF Food Review

Hey Guys! When we stopped by the Michigan Summer Beef Festival a few weeks ago, we were pleasantly surprised by the food choices. Jambalaya. Local cheeses. Pulled pork. Tamales. Dang -- they may have to put "Food" in the title next year.  Here is Erin, a festival-goer who we ate with.  She fills us in on the food and and her favorite brews.

Video: Short's ISP

Hey Guys! Here's a tidbit from the Michigan Brewer's Festival in Ypsi last month.  Here, John from Short's Brewing Company convinces LoudGuy to spend one of his precious tokens on a India Spruce Pilsner.  Excellent initial hit, with a fantastic shout-out to the north woods. A token well spent, my friends.

Monday Night Jazz

Hey folks. Joe the Loud Guy here. And Monday night I lived up to that, going to see Paul Keller Orchestra's weekly night of jazz at Zal Gaz Grotto in Ann Arbor.  Nothing special on tap there, but they did have $4 bottles of Bell's Oberon and Winter White Ale. And the jazz was outstanding -- man, what a sax section!

Zal Gaz Grotto is associated with the Masons (not the people who make the jelly jars, apparently). It is open to the public on Monday and Tuesday nights for some awesome jazz -- Monday night is PKO's Big Band, and Tuesday night is Paul Klinger's Easy Street Band. And sometimes the Cake Lady is there! They have standard bar food available, and a small bar. Sometimes they get growlers from Wolverine State Brewing Company across the street...

Paul Klinger's Easy Street Jazz Band