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Michigan's Great Beer State Podcast

Jun 30, 2020

Episode 6 features an archived interview from "A Rising Tide"  with Larry J. Bell, Founder of Bell's Brewery, which took place in Bell's Eccentric Cafe in Fall of 2018.  Larry Bell opened Kalamazoo Brewing Company in 1985 after incorporating in 1983 as a homebrewing supply shop in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The...


Jun 23, 2020

In this episode we talk with David Ringer, Founder and Director of Happiness of Cedar Springs Brewing Company in Cedar Springs, Michigan.  David shares his early roots that connect Kalamazoo, Bavaria and Detroit.  A decade later, Ringler came back to the industry to share his take on Bavarian beer culture with his own...


Jun 16, 2020

Scott and Fred kick off an episode that features Motor City Brewing Works founder, John Linardos. John’s home brewing roots fostered his interest in brewing which was quickly put to work while he worked with his mentor, the late Tom Burns of Detroit& Mackinac in the early nineties. He continued on to start Motor...


Jun 9, 2020

We virtually connected for an interview with Kim Collins for this week's episode. Kim Collins is the owner and Head Brewer of Guardian Brewing Company, and currently serves as member of the Board of Directors for the Michigan Brewers Guild.

Kim is a certified Cicerone and has been brewing professionally since 2012,...


Jun 2, 2020

In this episode, we talk with Jack Archiable, who founded Traverse Brewing Company in 1994, and recently retired from Short’s Brewing Company in Elk Rapids. We talked with Jack at the U.P. Fall Beer Festival in Marquette, Michigan as part of the documentary project, A Rising Tide in the fall of 2018.