MBG Winter Beer Fest - Creepin' on the Creep On

Rumblings abound that the MBG Winter Beer Fest is coursing toward a sellout in record time, possibly before February 1st. Don't procrastinate on scoring your tickets! I have mine, and plan to thoroughly overindulge in 2 of my favorite pastimes, craft beer and people watching. 

Holla if you spot yourself in any of these photos from past MBG beer festivals.

Where is the Good Beer @ JLA?

 

This is a picture of Red Wings fans excitedly converging upon the storied hall of JLA.

Little do they know that they are entering a parched, desolate, craft beer wasteland.

From the Cellar - Bells Batch 7000

It's been maturing quietly in the dark recesses of my hallway linen closet since November, 2005.
Now it is time for this bottle of Bell's Batch 7000 to fulfill it's divine destiny.
How has 5 years of slumber amongst the towels and pillow cases affected this once grand imperial stout?

The Park Bar - Craft Beer and Detroit Soul

After a fierce set by Ravi Coltrane at Symphony Hall, my date and I dropped into the after-party hosted by the Centaur Bar. Being aware of their reputation for artfully prepared cocktails, I requested a drink menu from our spry, hipsterish bartender.
"No menu.  But I can tell you what beers are on," she offered.
"Did I hear correctly that the first round is free with our ticket stubs?" I mumbled while grappling with my tie.
The bartender glanced incredulously, then proceeded to mix a Sapphire and tonic for my lovely and much more decisive companion.
"Is the band playing upstairs? Is there another bar up there?" I asked with mounting impatience.  Now I was feeling anxious; like when you suddenly realize you're sitting in the wrong class on the first day of school.
Before she could answer,  I blurted "This IS the Centaur Bar, right?".
"No," with a wiseass smirk,"but I can tell you how to get there. Or I can tell you what beers are on."  Like many of my favorite things in life, I stumbled upon Detroit's Park Bar purely by mishap.

Fermentation Nation Picture of the Week

What did you think the mug club members would be drinking from at a place called Right Brain?

Picture of the Week

This is a picture from my favorite night of the Summer. It was taken while camping on Lake Superior inside of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. After a 10 mile hike through the beautiful and rugged Chapel Loop, The Princess of Ales and I took a sunset swim in the cool shallow water at Sandy Point. Once back at camp I made a crackling hardwood fire which we used to cook potatoes and corn for part of our meal. After dinner we settled into our camp chairs, popped open a Bells Pale Ale, and watched hundreds of meteors streak the blackness with silver and red during the 2 hour long peak of the Perseid meteor shower.

Fermentation Nation Picture of the Week

  

The party isn't live until Middle-Aged Hippie Dude grabs the keg and tops off the Mayor's stein. 

Rochester Mills Oktoberfest Lager release party 9-23-10