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No, I don’t mean Thanksgiving. I’m talking about the day before Thanksgiving, the alleged busiest bar night of the year. (Has anyone ever actually verified this with a detailed empirical study, ...

Drinking a bottle of wine a day, or half a dozen beers, cuts the risk of heart disease by more than half in men, it has been shown.

The conversation in Arbor Brewing Company last Sunday was far from the norm. Words like “estery,” “diacetyl” and “phenolic” were tossed around with ease. Patrons traded stories describing gruesome scenes ...

With the '00s rapidly coming to a close, Paste Magazine has been rolling out its Best of the Decade lists this month.Each day the entertainment mag shares a new list, from best movie performances to best album covers. ...

At the Grand Rapids International Food & Wine Festival last weekend, we spotted the Founders Brewing Company booth and its sign with a peculiar label on it.In addition to its regular lineup, there ...

GRAND RAPIDS - Presented by The PrimeTime Brewers and The Great Lakes Cider & Perry Association, the fifth annual Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition will be held on Dec. 12.Competition ...

A bottle of Lowenbrau beer recovered by a firefighter at the site of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster is expected to fetch up to $7,000, when it is auctioned in the U.K. this weekend.

GRAND RAPIDS - Despite what the logo at the right says, there will be plenty of beer at the second annual Grand Rapids International Wine and Food Festival.Held over three days (Thursday, Nov. 12 through Saturday, Nov. ...

The long-running tale of whether Kraftbrau Brewery will reopen has added another chapter.According to the Kraftbrau Facebook page, the microbrewery that closed in November 2007 has started renovations on another new home. ...

KALAMAZOO - In this week's podcast find out when you can start buying tickets for the Michigan Brewers Guild's Winter Beer Festival, learn more about the collaboration between Bell's Brewery and Belgium's ...

The much-anticipated collaboration beer between Bell's Brewery Inc. and Belgium's De Proef, called Van Twee, should be ready for area craft-beer lovers soon.

THREE OAKS - The Wine Shop at The Acorn Theater will present a five-course beer dinner from Two Turnips (a local catering business owned by chefs, Drew and Lauron Turnipseed) and a new Michigan microbrewery, ...

D&W Fresh Market has launched an online catalog that offers 20% to 40% off beer and wine.Beer varieties include Bell's Brewery, New Holland, Founders, Short's, Michigan Brewing Company, Arbor Brewing ...