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12 Beers of Christmas 2021 – 9: Ommegang Everything Nice

Tom Bedell

We might as well pursue the Belgian linkage given to us, in that yesterday’s Chouffe N’ice is brewed by Brasserie... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2021 – 8: d’Achouffe N’ice Chouffe

Tom Bedell

As far as curve balls go, Sandy Koufax had nothing on our Christmas this year. Bad enough was the weather,... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2021 – 7: pFriem Belgian-style Christmas Ale

Tom Bedell

The stockings are hung on the balcony railing with care, presents are piled under the tree, celebrants are gradually becoming... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2021 – 6: Four Quarters Krampus Nacht

Tom Bedell

“The alligators are circling,” one of my friends wrote me recently, which I took to mean that the chickens were... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2021 – 5: Deschutes Cherries Jubelale

Tom Bedell

As I noted in the 12 Beers of Christmas 2020 Reprise, the holiday season wouldn’t be quite the same without... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2021 – 4: 3 Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter

Tom Bedell

Christmas is a-coming and the geese are getting fat, Please put a penny in the old man’s hat. If you... Read more »

Miami Beach Mayor Welcomes the Wolverines and His Go Blue Daughter to the Orange Bowl

Michael Patrick Shiels

The Wolverine’s New Year’s Eve Orange Bowl college football game in South Florida is also homecoming for Hannah Gelber – a University of Michigan senior whose father happens to be Mayor of Miami Beach.

12 Beers of Christmas 2021 – 3: Skygazer Watercolors Christmas Creamee

Tom Bedell

Whoa! We’ve moved to the east coast, but maintained yesterday’s fruit theme, substituting raspberries for peaches today. But why stop... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2021 – 2: Shiner Holiday Cheer

Tom Bedell

There are fewer than 2,200 souls in Shiner, Texas, roughly halfway between Houston and San Antonio. The town was founded... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2021 – 1: Anchor Our Special Ale

Tom Bedell

Has it really been ten years? It will be after we plow through this year’s 12 Beers of Christmas, and... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2020 Reprise

Tom Bedell

[Dec. 17, 2021]–As promised, we blew past 100 beers sampled in the now nine years of doing the 12 Beers... Read more »

SoCal chills-out basketball’s brawling Pistons, Lakers in LA rematch

Michael Patrick Shiels

Pasadena’s Rose Bowl is a serene, scenic setting for people to play all day.

Health ‘Kind of a Big Deal’ at San Diego’s Westin Gaslamp Quarter Hotel

Michael Patrick Shiels

San Diego's Westin in Gaslamp Quarter is a hotel that makes visitors feel fit and at home.

High hopes for Matthew Stafford and a Super Bowl in sight for the InterContinental

Michael Patrick Shiels

The InterContinental Hotel in downtown Los Angeles is a property popular with celebrities, business leaders and star athletes who value discretion.

Spartan grad is executive at world’s largest hotel after Disney and newspaper career

Michael Patrick Shiels

Michigan State Journalism graduate Keith Salwoski speaks on his career, and Las Vegas.