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Unity Vibration explores the art of fermentation with kombucha beers
Written by Joe Boomgaard | Wednesday, 24 September 2014 12:37 |In an unassuming building off the main drag in Ypsilanti, a small husband-and-wife-owned operation creates a unique brand of living alcoholic beverages: kombucha beer.
The Great 2014 REVUE Central/Southeast Michigan Whistlestop Beer Tour
Written by Joe Boomgaard | Wednesday, 24 September 2014 12:17 |Say what you will about West Michigan, we have an innate ability to vote for ourselves, particularly when it comes to beer.
Key Beer Terms for Fledgling Hopheads
Written by Jack Raymond | Wednesday, 24 September 2014 11:47 |Speak beer with the best of them by learning a few key terms.
REVUE Publisher Brian Edwards spent the month of August on sabbatical in Oregon, dutifully researching some of the region’s finest craft beers. Here are some of his personal favorites:
Booze-itics: Updates in Michigan beer laws
Written by Nick Manes | Wednesday, 24 September 2014 11:44 |The growth of craft beer in Michigan has legislators taking a break from being scared of the word ‘vagina’ and looking at the state’s antiquated laws for production, distribution and consumption of God’s Nectar.
Beer Glassware: Why Your Glass Matters
Written by Jack Raymond | Wednesday, 24 September 2014 11:23 |Beer glasses come in all shapes and sizes. But why?
Hop Damn! New IPAs launched this year ready to wreck your palate
Written by Joe Boomgaard | Wednesday, 24 September 2014 11:18 |This year has offered plenty of reason to celebrate for hopheads who can’t get enough humulus lupulus. As a lover of all things hoppy, I’m always on the prowl for new ales that are ready to destroy one’s palate with bitterness.
The ever-popular India Pale Ale serves as a versatile, year-round beer that’s as drinkable on a warm summer day as it is in the heart of winter. They’re also a hotbed of experimentation for brewers, including many of West Michigan’s finest.
‘Sip and stroll’ while you shop at Horrocks
Written by Joe Boomgaard | Wednesday, 24 September 2014 10:18 |A growing store in Lansing aims to spice up the typically mundane grocery shopping experience. Starting in July, Horrocks Farm Market opened an in-store tavern with 30 taps of craft beers for patrons to consume while strolling the aisles.
After a career in finance, Mark Sellers was semi-retired when he decided to open a bar that was the type of place he wanted to hang out at. And just like that, in 2008, downtown Grand Rapids’ HopCat was born.
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