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Michigan's Great Beer State Podcast

Sep 29, 2020

Episode nineteen is a special tribute episode to Shannon O'Brien, an important member of the Michigan Brewers Guild team for eight years. Shannon most recently held the position of Events Manager and Customer Services, however due to the impact of the pandemic her position was recently eliminated as the Guild adapts...


Sep 23, 2020

Episode Eighteen brings us back to the shores of Marquette's Mattson Lower Harbor Park where we talked to Eric Briggeman, Vice President and General Manager at Rochester Mills Production Brewery, Past President of the Guild, and recipient of the Tom Burns Award.


Sep 16, 2020

Episode seventeen takes us to the harbor town of Frankfort, Michigan and Stormcloud Brewing, which opened in 2013.  We talk with Rick Schmitt, co-founder, who shares the story of getting Stormcloud started what it was like to transition from Fort Collins, Colorado.  https://www.stormcloudbrewing.com/

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Sep 9, 2020

In episode sixteen, we talk with Joe Short, founder and charismatic leader of Short's Brewing Company, which began in 2002 when Joe was just twenty-two years old. We talked with Joe as part of the Rising Tide project in the fall of 2018 at Arcadia Ales in Kalamazoo.

www.shortsbrewing.com
 


Sep 2, 2020

In Episode Fifteen we talk with Edward Stencel, who opened River Rouge Brewing Company in Royal Oak in 2014.  You'll hear a classic tale of a beer enthusiast turned brewery owner, that is of course, anything but typical.