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Founder’s Brewery Announces Expansion: KalamaBrew Podcast
Founder’s Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Mich. has announced plans for a $6.6 million expansion. KalamaBrew’s John Liberty reported the expansion will increase production at the brewery from about 30,000 barrels a year to almost 50,000 barrels in 2011. Hear … Continue reading
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Bell’s Beer Garden Opener Head for the Hills: Today on the NCH
Colorado’s Head for the Hills, out on tour in support of their self titled latest release, will join Kalamazoo’s Greensky Bluegrass for the annual Bell’s Beer Garden opener weekend. Adam Kinghorn, H4TH’s guitarist, banjo player and vocalist, will join the … Continue reading
Bell’s Releases Dali Inspired Oberon Mini Kegs
It’s that time of year when Oberon Nation can fully take in the bounty of their favorite summer beer in mini keg fashion. That’s right, Kalamazoo’s Bell’s Brewery has released its latest incarnation of the Oberon mini keg! This year, … Continue reading
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Crawlspace Eviction Presents American Idle Hands | The KFS screens The Last Station: This week on the NCH
Crawlspace Eviction Theatre Productions will close out its 2009-2010 season with a show titled “American Idle Hands”. Continue reading
Beer Collectables, American Craft Beer Week, a Debauching Ballad and More!
The origins of KalamaBrew‘s lovable mascot Taps McFirkin (the dapper looking gentlemen to the left) is in some circles mysterious and mythological like that of tales of folklore discussed around campfires. Some say Taps emerged from the hedonistic lairs of … Continue reading
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The Kalamazoo Tornado 30 Years Later, Also Seth Bernard Releases Is This You: This Week on the NCH
May 13 marks a significant anniversary for Kalamazoo. In 1980, two F3 tornadoes touched down and carved paths through Van Buren and Kalamazoo Counties eventually winding right through the heart of Kalamazoo downtown central business district. Five people were killed, … Continue reading
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Oberon, Whitsun, Golden Cap Saison Released: The Summer Trifecta of Michigan Beers
Compared to the snow fall this time last year, 2010′s release of Bell’s Oberon matches the feelings of summer the wheat beer embodies with temperatures outside around 80 degrees as I type this. KalamaBrew contributor Josh Smith has the latest … Continue reading
Gorilla Comedy Comes to the Strutt also Oberon is Released to the Masses: This week on the NCH
Stand up comedy is headed to the Strutt in downtown Kalamazoo as part of a new series called Gorilla Comedy. The first show of the series is scheduled for Monday April 5 and features some of Chicago’s “wildest” stand-up comedians … Continue reading
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Construction Begins at Bell’s Brewery Eccentric Cafe
For our weekly chat with KalamaBrew, contributor John Liberty lets us in on what’s happening at Bell’s Eccentric Cafe in downtown Kalamazoo, Mich. Construction has already begun at the cafe and patrons should expect to see the presence of heavy … Continue reading
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Iraq Oil Report’s Ben Lando Back from Baghdad | and WMU Opens Chicago the Musical: This week on the NCH
This week on a WIDR WEEK edition of the Nonchalant Café Hour tune in for a conversation with reporter Ben Lando, the Iraq bureau chief for the Iraq Oil Report. Lando, a Kalamazoo, Mich. native, now resides in Baghdad where … Continue reading
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