January 2012
6 posts
Happy New Years — A reason to celebrate
photo: Steven Michael Photography
This has been an incredible year for Good Beer Hunting. From the beginning, I wanted this blog’s primary purpose to be about meeting new and interesting people along my craft beer journey. I’ve met homebrewers, brewmasters, restauranteurs, delivery drivers, investment bankers and other beer bloggers, but I’ve also met plenty of craft brew fans...
December 2011
6 posts
Tenth and Blake — Friends in Low, and High Places ...
12.29.11, 2:00p — a few updates in italics On its rise to becoming a national movement, the craft beer community has developed a rebellious vitriol for anything connected to “big beer.” There’s a lot of wisdom and experience behind the criticisms of the way companies like Anheuser-Busch, MillerCoors and now InBev have strangled the market in the past few decades. While you can get into arguments...
HUNTER/Gatherer
Mike Hosinski is lucky enough to live near Sawyer, Michigan, home to one of the area’s newest and best breweries, Greenbush. Around those parts he’s known as the Yankee Sipper, a nickname he earned by visiting the brewery 110 days in row, smashing what started out as the 56-day “DiMaggio challenge.” After breaking 100, brewmaster and co-owner Scott Sullivan let him take a...
Greenbush Celebrates — Beer, Faith and...
2011 is ending with some serious partying. I’ve had birthdays, office celebrations, even a Festivus. But in terms of beer offerings, nothing is likely to top Greenbush’s Feliz Mazel Tov Holiday Extravaganza.
We knew we were in for a big night with a 26 tap menu featuring “barrel-aged beers, high-gravity specialties and some rare odds and ends,” so Hillary, her brother...
Spreading the Holiday Beer
A friend of mine, Tony Ruth of the Chicago branding firm Vessel, made a very special gift for his clients this year. With a friendly connection to the Buffalo, NY area, Tony was able to get ahold of some bottles of Souther Tier Krampus Imperial Helles Lager and Imperial Oatmeal Stout to work with.
Being an illustrator (aka Lunchbreath) and a bit of a punster, Tony and co. came up with some...
Giving Thanks — An Reflective Side Trip to Battle...
I’ve worn a pretty good path from Chicago to Grand Rapids over the last few years. Hillary’s family lives in GR, so we always find a way to stop off at Greenbush, New Holland or a couple of brew shops like Siciliano’s on the way. But this year, we tried to pack in a double-header for Thanksgiving, driving south to Peoria for one side of the family, and north the next morning to...
