New Beer Friday, John Palmer's Itinerary Edition (July 28)

Preamble by Steve Siciliano

If you're involved in the West Michigan homebrewing community, I'm sure you're excited about noted author John Palmer coming to the environs of Beer City USA during the second week in August.

We'll be keeping John busy during his visit to West Michigan. In addition to scheduling a couple of meet-and-greets and book signings at Siciliano's Market, we have arranged for John to make appearances at Founders, The Mitten Brewery and Pigeon Hill. He will also be taping a radio interview, will participate in the Beer City Brewers Guild Pro-Am judging and will be attending the Guild's summer picnic at Long Lake Park.

The following is the complete schedule of John's public appearances.

Thursday, August 10

11 a.m. - 12 noon
Radio interview on the Grillin Guys
I Heart Media
77 Monroe Center NW, # 1000
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616-459-1919

Airing schedule: Saturday, August 12, 8am Eastern ESPN 96.1 FM Grand Rapids, Michigan
Sunday, August 13, 7pm Eastern WOOD 1300 AM  106.9 FM Grand Rapids, Michigan

4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Meet/Greet/Book signing
Siciliano's Market
2840 Lake Michigan Dr NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Meet/Greet/Book signing hosted by the Muskegon/Ottawa Homebrew Club
Pigeon Hill Brewery production facility
441 W. Western Ave.
Muskegon, MI 49440

Friday, August 11

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Meet/Greet/Book signing
The Centennial Room, Founders Brewing Company
235 Grandville Ave. SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Meet/Greet/Book signing
Siciliano's Market
2840 Lake Michigan Dr NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Meet/Greet/Book signing hosted by Brewsquitos and Primetime Brewers Homebrew Clubs
Mitten Brewery production facility
527 Leonard St, NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504

New and Returning Beer

• Dark Horse Smells Like A Citra Safety Meeting, $2.19/12oz - "A new addition to the Smells Like family this IPA uses the same malt profile as our seasonal IPA called Smells Like a Safety Meeting and clocks in at 8.5% ABV. Instead of the proprietary hop blend we like so much in the original Smells Like a Safety Meeting, we removed all of the hops and replaced them with Citra hops giving this beer a very citrus forward nose and flavor profile" (source).

Video of the Week | John Palmer

John Palmer on the latest edition of his seminal book, How to Brew.

Cheers!