Arbor Brewing Beer and Nachos Pairing

To kick the fall off, our beer pairings for September will feature 2 beer and bacon events. The first will be held at REO Town Pub in Lansing on Thursday, September 25th at 7PM and will include several of Right Brain Brewery's hand-crafted brews paired up with delectable bacon samplings from Jerome Country Market.

To kick the year off, our beer pairings for January will feature 3 beer and bacon events. The first will be held at Bad Brewery in Mason on Monday, January 27th at 7PM and will include several of Bad's hand-crafted brews paired up with delectable bacon samplings from Jerome Country Market.

There is an exciting new project coming to Lansing, both in terms of brewing and business innovation. Matt Jason, a veteran educator, and Jeremy Sprague, a longtime local musician have partnered to form Sleepwalker Spirits and Ale.

Play Harder Tours is offering a great weekend getaway to warm, beautiful Tampa Bay, Florida this coming February. Escape the winter snow with this unique trip that is centered around the city's Gasparilla Street Festival.

Our beer tasting event for December will be held just after 7PM on Monday, December 9th at the REO Town Pub in Lansing. This time, we will be pairing Wings from Lansing's own MEAT Southern BBQ & Carnivore Cuisine  and beers from our good friends at Schmohz Brewery in Grand Rapids.

This month, we are branching out by holding two different beer pairing events, one to be held at usual location, REO Town Pub in Lansing and the second at Grand River Marketplace and Brewery in Jackson. For November, we'll be offering beer samples with some soul-warming soup, a perfect pairing to fend off the cold winds of fall.

On Saturday, November 16th the loyal ladies from the Beer Houndettes will be holding a Lansing area craft beer tour. In addition, they will be joined by the Detroit Draft Divas and PussyCat Beer Guild from Grand Rapids who are helping promote the launch of the new ladies beer club in Lansing. 

Our next beer pairing event  at the REO Town Pub is set for Thursday, Sepetember 5th at 7:00 PM. This time we will feature beer from the newly opened Cranker's Brewery in Big Rapids paired with five mini cupcakes made by Jennifer Quin's Creative Cakes.

When I first heard about Beer Can Chicken (back home, years ago), I thought it was a joke. How and why would someone try to cook a chicken on top of a beer can? It just seemed unnecessary and a waste of beer. Even so, some friends and I tried it in college a couple times but with pretty terrible results. Pulling it off requires fairly legitimate grilling skills and patience, two things we had neither of then. I have since learned to cook and have what I would consider above average grilling skills, but I still had pretty much disregarded Beer Can Chicken as a silly novelty. Then my good friend, the owner of Black Dog Farms in southern Ingham County, approached me ealier this year to help organize a summer barbecue. Included on the menu along with smoked pork shoulder, ribs, sausages, delicious sides, and plenty of beer was Beer Can Chicken. I agreed and admitted my ineptness in regards to the final dish, but that I was certainly willing to help.