It was a blustery fall day in downtown Detroit at the Eastern Market two Saturdays ago. Detroit's answer for Oktoberfest, "Beer Week," had rocked Motown for the last six days with beer-eccentric events held throughout the city. This Saturday morning was its Grand Finale: the Inaugural Harvest Festival. (0) comments
The entrance to the café and bar at Bell's Brewery is around back, past a long, artistic bike rack and through a quietly decorated door. Just inside the threshold, patrons are greeted by a wall of beer-related license plates and a small staircase dropping down into an eclectic, cozy and inviting café. (0) comments
To the brewers at Dark Horse Brewery in Marshall, Mich., making beer is a delicate art form, requiring intricate skill and careful science. Bryan Wiggs, a Dark Horse brewer, explained the four ingredients and the many steps which must be undertaken to produce a quality beer: water, malt, hops and the all important yeast. (0) comments
