Beer & Wine

A drunk Michigan man attempts to "help" police break up a party with his shotgun. It didn't go so well.

So I started doing some research on the perfect beers to pair with ribs, for if we were going to Ribfest, or, in the case of 2020, maybe doing a home-made DIY Ribfest on your patio. And as the search results came up, I thought, this is right in my wheelhouse.

After over 16,000 votes, here are your favorite bartenders in Southwest Michigan 2020.

Not trying to make light of a tragic situation (the pandemic and the associated quarantine and shutdown), but If you believe in "if life gives you lemons, make lemonade", then this has not been a bad year for craft beer lovers.

Vote for your favorite bartender in the Kalamazoo / Battle Creek area for 2020.

So in terms of being able to sell cocktails to go in a college town, one would expect that this would be a success in Kalamazoo. But a lot of college kids have gone home since the pandemic started.

Bell's Brewery says they are joining an initiative, "Black is Beautiful", which hopes to bring awareness to the injustices that people of color are facing on a daily basis.
Bell's is one of over 700 breweries worldwide that have signed on to this effort, that began with Marcus B…

It'll be their 2nd Annual Michigan Made Festival held from July 17th - 19th, and will feature some of the best Michigan beers & cocktails along with crafts, artists, food, shopping and live music from Michigan bands & more

The problem with Arcadia Ales' beers was never the quality of its brews. It was bad business decisions that sank the Southwest Michigan after over twenty years in business. So, here's some good news if you loved those beers. Short's is going to bring some of them back.

I discovered four new beers that have joined my personal "starting line-up."