I suppose this column will disappoint some readers and thrill others. Probably all for the wrong reasons. Nevertheless … I really have become disappointed with President Barack Obama. Discouraged and disappointed. I had hoped for and expected a lot when Barack Obama took office following the eight interminable years of George Bush’s administration. (And, no! [...]
BIG RAPIDS — A couple week’s back, Cranker’s Brewery head brewer Adam Mills went to the World Expo of Beer in Frankenmuth with a load of beer and came home with a fistful of medals. That’s good news not only for Mills, but also for the brewery and, in fact, the middle Michigan brewing community. [...]
“What if our brave soldiers were told they couldn’t practice their religion? That they were able to fight for OUR religious freedoms but they couldn’t practice their own?” – U.S. Rep Michelle Bachmann Horrifying. How frightening to think that a soldier or soldiers in the U.S. military could not practice their own religion. Thank [...]
“He was a wise man who invented beer.” — Plato So, let’s talk about hops. Hops is the stuff of beer – teh not-so-secret ingredient. But what exactly are hops, and when is a beer “Hoppy”? Hops are a fruit that has been grown for years, (LOTS of years), specifically for use in brewing beer. [...]
There comes a point at which people living in the State of Michigan really should stand up and say, “Enough!” But …I doubt that will happen. Folks seem to be ever so accommodating to the politicians in Lansing. Too often, our elected representatives just seem to drift from stupidity to stupidity and no one really [...]
An article in the Detroit Free Press this past week caught my eye, and left me scratching my head … once again. It seems Michigan’s own Ted Nugent doesn’t appreciate the very successful program being used to attract tourism to this state — the Pure Michigan campaign. Nugent complained Pure Michigan ads have been produced [...]
Recently, I was lucky enough to obtain a bottle of the latest Founder’s release called “Doom.” Doom is the Founder’s Brewing Company’s most recent offering in their Backstage Series that has included such wonderful brews as Bolt Cutter, and Frangelic Mountain Brown. Doom is described by the Founder’s team as “ … a bourbon-barrel-aged Imperial [...]
So … Justin Beiber has a social conscience. Kinda … Sorta … Justin, the poor boy, has had a tough time while touring Europe. The barely-legal singer got panned in England, and then had to leave his pet monkey, (shades of Michael Jackson), in quarantine on the continent and continue on tour alone – without [...]
As spring struggles to make its way into our part of the globe, we dream that summer is not too far off. Many beer drinkers start backing off the heavier brews of winter, (often “winter warmer” ales) and start stocking up on the more light and less beefy lagers. Look, I realize that probably the [...]
This past weekend, I read an article discussing the recent suicides of two teenage girls who had been sexually assaulted; were photographed during the assaults; and had their photos and reputations spread across the Internet. “In Canada, 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons was taken off life support this week after trying to hang herself. Police never pressed [...]