As the BEERmuda Triangle Tour progressed last summer, we shifted from the first "point" (Greater Detroit) to the second (Western Michigan) with this particular stop. Introducing some of our favorite Michigan Brewers, the good folk of New Holland Brewing; and at the event that evening at Bagger Dave's in Holland, MI, also a fundraiser for DirtyWaterBeer.org!
Our sixth installment of the year-end tradition has a new twist: It's our first BROADCAST LENGTH EPISODE! A solid 22 minutes of Beer Heaven, in this film Mark, Jimmy, Squigs, Joe and AJ take a look back at 2013 through the first offering of our documentary series, BEER-trepreneurs; great people, great stories, and the great places and craft liquids we've sampled this year. Enjoy!
Featuring:
Cory Bonfiglio
Proletariat NYC
Patrick Donagher
Alewife Queens
Dave Ciancio
Bell's Brewing
Idle Hands Bar
Rich Buceta
SingleCut BeerSmiths
Short's Brewing
New Holland Brewing
Dirty Water Beer
Bagger Dave's Legendary Burger Tavern
BEERmuda Triangle Tour
Rebecca Raver
Downtown Detroit Beer Fest
Sun King Brewing
Wiggs
Dark Horse Brewing
Arbor Brewing
Barrier Brewing
Craig Frymark
Evan Klein
Sean Redmond
Clay Robinson
Peekskill Brewing
Chief O'Neil
Union Craft Brewing
Kevin Blodger
John Kimmich
Jimmy Ludwig
Mark Aldrich
Justin 'Squigs' Roberton
AJ Barnes
Joe Gregoria
Working their way across the State of Michigan, the Guys make a stop in the home of the Champions of the West in Ann Arbor, and also hang out with Matt and Rene Greff of Arbor Brewing. They also explore a new event technique of bringing out all the burgers at once. Yes, ALL THE BURGERS. Enjoy!
Still on the first point of the Triangle in the Greater Detroit Area, Mark, Jimmy, Joe and AJ stop in to one of the grandaddies of Detroit brewing, the Atwater Brewery. Then, a trip up the road to pair their terrific beers with burgers at the Bagger Daves Shelby location. Cheers!
Mark, Jimmy, Joe and AJ spent a blissful 2 months this summer traveling Michigan and Indiana partnered up with Bagger Dave's Legendary Burger Tavern on the BEERmuda Triangle Tour - 10 stops, 10 Bagger Dave's locations, and 10 Craft Breweries. Here's our stop at their new Downtown Detroit location, and another trip to Bellaire, Michigan to check out Short's Brewing. Woohoo!
For some, getting up before sunrise to head to work is an everyday thing; for The Happy Hour Guys, it most certainly is not. UNLESS - they're on their way to Vermont to visit one of their favorite Bev-Tour destinations in recent memory, The Alchemist Brewery in Waterbury. Certainly one would go a long, long way for HEADY TOPPER, the beer that some have rated as the best Strong IPA on the planet; but incredibly, Mark, Jimmy and Scott found some even more compelling reasons to visit. Enjoy!
Hey Nation! Squigs here. Had the pleasure of dropping in on our pals at Alewife NYC for their epic Barrier Brewing tap takeover. If you're not familiar with Barrier, you can get the lowdown via our video feature from earlier this year. (Click here!) They were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, but as you can see, they are back, stronger than ever.
Warbucks and Money.
Tappity tap tap.
The tap takeover tonight featured 30 (or 31) unique brews, all wonderful examples of an incredibly diverse range of styles. My time was limited, dadblurmit! But I decided I was in the mood for hops. I so loved the Hop Cone Jones wet hop saison (wow), the good ol' standby Money IPA (WOW), and the Daddy Mother F(lippin') Warbucks double IPA on cask (DOUBLE WOW)! And everything else sounded fantastic as well. I really need to get back to the amazing Alewife very soon. (See our feature on them here.)
Rock on Barrier! You're doing great.
