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3 Metro Detroit Breweries to try This Weekend!

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John Fahrner
John Fahrner
Co-founder at Sommbeer.com
I enjoy supporting local beer and breweries.
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2020 was not a great year for getting out and experiencing new places. Luckily that year has been stuffed in the trash and in 2021 the world is slowly getting back to some resemblance of normalcy. As beer geeks I know many of us are chomping at the bit to get back out there and belly up to a bar again. Good! That’s exactly what you should be doing! All 3 of the breweries we’re recommending today either opened their doors in the middle of…

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Brewery Travels #48: Kansas City Area

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Joel Geier
Joel Geier
Hi all! My name is Joel, and I love visiting craft breweries. My goal is to get to as many as possible and share my experiences. Follow @brewerytravels on Twitter and @brewery_travels on Instagram for updates! I'll be posting articles discussing my adventures here! Wisconsinite; Packers, Bucks, Brewers, Badgers, Timbers
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It’s been a while since I put together a Brewery Travels article. Thanks to my final semester of graduate school and raising my now one year old, life has been fairly hectic. But I now have a little more down time and am thrilled to go back and highlight some of my stops this past summer! First up is the Kansas City area. Obviously, one name in particular sticks out, as a brewery here has been churning out beers to send across the country for…

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Harland Brewing Company

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Regis Schmerheim
Regis Schmerheim
Craft Beer Drinker, Padres, USC Trojans, Navy Midshipmen, & SDSU Aztecs Fan. I enjoy watching movies & sports, mostly at home. I typically do that with a beer in my hand.
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Harland Brewing Company in San Diego, California Harland Brewing’s Story The beginning for Harland Brewing Company began in 2013, when then owner Josh Landen opened Saint Archer Brewing and two short years later, became the first San Diego Craft Brewery to sell to a major beer conglomerate, Miller Coors. Miller Coors included in the sale a “Two Year No Competition Clause” for Mr. Landen, but as time passed he grew to miss brewing beer. So once the two years were up, he cobbled together 47…

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Pure Project

Pure Project Brewing

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John Fahrner
John Fahrner
Co-founder at Sommbeer.com
I enjoy supporting local beer and breweries.
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Pure Project Brewing Review – San Diego, CaliforniaI reside in the state of Michigan, a State surrounded by water and full of hundreds of craft breweries. For me I generally prefer to drink local when it comes to beer. However sometimes it is nice to travel outside of the local distribution and try some brew from another region. Recently I had the opportunity to sample a selection of beers from Pure Project Brewing in San Diego, California. Pure Project is a brewery that instantly fascinated…

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Brewery Travels #47: Des Moines, IA

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Joel Geier
Joel Geier
Hi all! My name is Joel, and I love visiting craft breweries. My goal is to get to as many as possible and share my experiences. Follow @brewerytravels on Twitter and @brewery_travels on Instagram for updates! I'll be posting articles discussing my adventures here! Wisconsinite; Packers, Bucks, Brewers, Badgers, Timbers
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A Review of Breweries from Des Moines, IowaFor that those that do not know, from the age of 11 until I was finished with college, I called the state of Iowa home. And the state capital of the Hawkeye State (and by far the largest metro area) is Des Moines. Earlier trips here during my life meant visits to Adventureland, the state fair, and in high school the state track championships at historic Drake Stadium. But on this recent, brief stop in this budding city,…

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Brewery Travels #46: Glacier Country (Montana)

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Joel Geier
Joel Geier
Hi all! My name is Joel, and I love visiting craft breweries. My goal is to get to as many as possible and share my experiences. Follow @brewerytravels on Twitter and @brewery_travels on Instagram for updates! I'll be posting articles discussing my adventures here! Wisconsinite; Packers, Bucks, Brewers, Badgers, Timbers
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A review of Montana BreweriesGlacier National Park. Remote, difficult to get to, and absolutely worth the journey. We were blown away by the beautiful vistas and untouched wilderness throughout this area in Northwest Montana. Hidden Lake at Logan Pass and Wild Goose Island in Saint Mary Lake were two of my favorite views, but truly at every turn it seemed to be a buffet for your eyes. Along the western side of the park are several towns running down from Whitefish Lake towards Flathead Lake.…

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Batch Brewing Co. : Beer Makes Me Happy

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John Fahrner
John Fahrner
Co-founder at Sommbeer.com
I enjoy supporting local beer and breweries.
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Batch Brewing Co., Detroit, Michigan Detroit is awesome. The city as a whole is going through changes and right in the middle of the Detroit revival, located in Corktown, stands Batch Brewing Company.  The brewery opened in 2015 and quickly has earned a reputation for making some of the best and most innovative beers in the state. Even the aesthetic of the building from the outside is a very modern and cool look to a brewery, much like the beer produced at Batch the building…

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Brewery Travels #45: Missoula, MT

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Joel Geier
Joel Geier
Hi all! My name is Joel, and I love visiting craft breweries. My goal is to get to as many as possible and share my experiences. Follow @brewerytravels on Twitter and @brewery_travels on Instagram for updates! I'll be posting articles discussing my adventures here! Wisconsinite; Packers, Bucks, Brewers, Badgers, Timbers
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I was originally going to just write one article for my entire trip to Montana. But I ended up visiting too many awesome breweries that I wanted to write about, so I’ll be breaking it up into two! This first one will focus on those in Missoula, the second largest city in the state. With Mount Jumbo and Mount Sentinel rising to the east, this college town was a pleasant surprise when it comes to craft breweries. Not only were the beers delicious, but the…

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50 Thoughts After 500 Breweries

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Joel Geier
Joel Geier
Hi all! My name is Joel, and I love visiting craft breweries. My goal is to get to as many as possible and share my experiences. Follow @brewerytravels on Twitter and @brewery_travels on Instagram for updates! I'll be posting articles discussing my adventures here! Wisconsinite; Packers, Bucks, Brewers, Badgers, Timbers
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Reflections after visiting 500 breweries.500 breweries. 221 cities. 38 states. It has been quite the journey. To say I’ve been blessed would be an understatement. To celebrate hitting this milestone, I’ve composed this list of 50 thoughts I have on craft beer that I’ve garnered over the course of the past couple years traveling to breweries. They can range from pretty well-known ideas, to things that are definitely personal opinions. My beer journey is just that, mine. We are all shaped by individual experiences, and…

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