When is a camping trip NOT just a camping trip? WHEN IT'S A BEV-TOUR.
In this episode Jimmy, Joe and AJ spend a little more time in Northern Lower Michigan, including a stop at a terrific brewpub in downtown Traverse City, a new discovery of a Hops Farm overlooking Grand Traverse Bay, and a return to Short's to taste more of their fantastic brews. Enjoy!
Jimmy, AJ and Joe stop in to Bellaire, MI to check in with our old friends at Short's Brewing, and my how things have changed. Is Bellaire still a quiet Hamlet or a Beer Mecca? And is the slogan still "Michigan Only, Michigan Forever"? (hint: both times, check the latter.) Enjoy a visit with some old friends. Cheers!
The whole Happy Hour Guy crew gets involved in our yearly tradition of looking back over our favorite stops of the previous year. And as we're on the threshold of our 300th episode (which will drop in 2015) this one, which is OUR SEVENTH (!!) is pretty special.
Press play for a look at where we've alighted in 2014, with special guest appearances by rock star brewers, the Amish, and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. Cheers, Happy New Year, and here's to a great 2015!
BIER STUBE!
Sure, there's plenty of bad news coming out of the Motor City these days - the largest American city ever to declare bankruptcy, images of ruin porn, and on and on. But we have some good news from Detroit - and it has to do with Craft. Join Mark, Jimmy, AJ and Joe at the Atwater Brewery in the historic Rivertown District in Downtown Detroit City, where a warehouse from 1919 and brewing techniques that are over 200 years old continue to do their part to revitalize a city. Cheers!
PilsGrimage! Thanks to our Michigan correspondents the Loud Guy and the Science Guy, here's a Happy Hour Guys motorcycle excursion to Northern MI, and Short's Brewing Company's original brewpub in Bellaire, MI. A true PilsGrimage indeed: People travel from all over the world to sample the bounteous brews that are only offered at this location.
Loud Guy not so loud with face covered.
Science Guy.
Lodging: SET.
We're On Approach.
Outside the BrewPub in Bellaire, MI.
Sweet Nectar!
Choices, Choices, Choices...
Roads well traveled.
And thanks to Hydroflask, we're taking some home!
Hopefully we'll see more updates from this quest. Keep 'em comin' guys. Now everyone, get out there and BEV-TOUR!
The BEERmuda Triangle is almost there, with Mark, Jimmy and AJ making a 9th - (count it, NINTH!) stop in lovely Indianapolis. Meet the good people of Sun King Brewing:
It's a brewery-off! The Team takes on the 8th stop on the BEERmuda tour in East Lansing, MI with breweries Arcadia and Dark Horse joining in the fun. What a day!
