Mead isn't mainstream. It's where beer was in the early 1980s, when breweries like Sierra Nevada and Bell's Brewery were just getting started. Michigan, however, has one of the hottest scenes, and B. Nektar has established itself as one of the major mead players in the nation. So, MittenBrew traveled to its facility in Ferndale for a chat.Siesta by…

Pat Evans joins Long Road Distillers to discuss its recent opening in Grand Rapids.This Is A Bonus Track by Electric Mirrors is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.Av The MittenBrew Podcast

Pat Evans joins Jason Kasdorf of 7 Monks Taproom in Traverse City, to discuss the area's ever-growing beer scene.ummers Coming by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.Av The MittenBrew Podcast

To breach the topic of how to make an all-grain batch of beer, as well as what is important about the process, might take a millennium's worth of discussion.In order to avoid tangents and/or conflicting personal preference, this mini-podcast opens the discussion of why professional breweries make all-grain batches of beer. Their goal is to have com…

James Crank of Cranker's Brewery sits down with Pat Evans to discuss beer, brewing and hockey.Everything is Changing by Noi is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.Av The MittenBrew Podcast

MittenBrew sits down with Alexis Irvin and Chip Hiden of "Blood, Sweat, and Beer," a new documentary that follows a trio of 23-year-olds as they struggle to start The Brew Gentlemen Beer Company in Braddock, Pa.The film also tells the emotional story of Danny Robinson, a boardwalk brewery owner and restaurateur whose empire is threatened by an aggr…