by Chuck Marshall | Oct 30, 2015 | Beer, Music
The Chelsea Alehouse served up a heaping helping of down home bluegrass music at the Jason Dennie and Mark Lavengood Bluegrass Bonanza. Bluegrass Bonanza with Jason Dennie and Mark Lavengood Not only does Chelsea Alehouse brew up some fine beers and make some tasty... 
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Oct 28, 2015 | Beer, Michigan
Detroit’s Eastern Market was the scene for the Michigan Brewers Guild 7th Annual Detroit Fall Beer Festival. 7th Annual Detroit Fall Beer Festival It boasted an all star line-up of over 80 breweries and more than 675 beers. All of the usual suspects were in... 
by Chuck Marshall | Oct 22, 2015 | Beer, Music
The living and the dead shared beers during the second annual Beer City Festivals – Zombie Beer Fest in downtown Grand Rapids last Saturday (17-Oct-2015). Zombie Beer Fest We had no fear of the walking dead as we headed over to Calder Plaza for the Zombie Beer... 
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Oct 16, 2015 | Beer, Travel
We traveled to Charlevoix, Michigan, for a friend’s wedding in mid-September and were pleasantly surprised to find Earl Young’s Mushroom Houses and Lake Charlevoix Brewing. At 302 Park Avenue, you’ll find the “Half House,” one of the 30+... 
by Chuck Marshall | Oct 15, 2015 | Beer, Music
Blue Snaggletooth becomes the second Michigan music artist to have a beer named after them with Serpent and the King ESB from Oliver Brewing. Serpent and the King ESB While you may know Blue Snaggletooth for their righteous riffs and stellar grooves, Oliver Brewing... 
by Chuck Marshall | Oct 12, 2015 | Beer, Michigan, Travel
Painting a Crooked Tree under a Boffo Brown sun high in the Raspberry Ale sky while drinking a Crooked Tree at Dark Horse Brewing. Beer and Brushes We headed out to Dark Horse Brewing last week for the first Beer and Brushes event. You may be wondering what in the... 
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Oct 12, 2015 | Hiking, Michigan, Travel
For years, the sign for Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore whipped by our car window in a blur. This year we slowed the car down long enough to explore. Over the New Year holiday, we snowshoed to Miners Castle and this summer after an equally important holiday,... 
by Chuck Marshall | Oct 6, 2015 | Music
The Wild Savages have a new album and they have unleashed it upon the world. We caught them at the New Dodge Lounge in Hamtramck to get full dose of rock wrapped in leather. Wild Savages Record Release Bison Machine It is 11pm and the time has come to get this triple... 
