The Buzz: Siciliano's Market News & Notes

By Max Spencer St. Joseph’s Abbey of Spencer, Massachusetts, made history in 2013 by housing the first Trappist brewery in the United St...

By Kati Spayde If you have been in the store recently you may have noticed the influx of canned beer. Siciliano's, along with th...

By Sarah "The Cheetah" Derylo It’s early August at Siciliano’s and the pumpkin, Oktoberfest and harvest beers are arriving a...

By Doug Dorda Brewery Ommegang Glimmerglass It seems that most human beings in this far state are as unenthusiastic about the upcomin...

By Josh Swift The time has come. You have taken your first steps into the world of homebrewing and are ready to boil up your first ba...

By Doug Dorda “How does this one taste?”  It's a question I hear far too often coming from the painfully hopeful visage of...

A super summer sixer By Doug Dorda Lately we hear it more and more: “Hey, can you suggest some summer-y beers?” The requests seem to h...

By Chris Siciliano We're helping spread the word about Roadbelly , a hip new Michigan-centric foodie magazine currently in the works f...

The craft beer culture is thriving in Michigan. But how exactly is that culture defined? Among other things, with pretzel necklaces. Pr...

By Kati Spayde Springtime just screams IPA to me. With the reawakening of the senses after the long Michigan hibernation, we all deserve s...

Bell's Oberon was released this year on March 25, 2013. In the post below, staffer Greg 'Swig' Johnson reflects on what he belie...

The author at Cantillon By Wes Eaton Today, brewing processes are guided by the tenets of a modern, positivist science. Like...

The original GRBC sat at the corner of East Bridge (Michigan St) & Ionia* Recently, while researching old newspaper archives, I ...

By Steve Siciliano Beer tokens, 2013 MI Winter Beer Fest Of the 6000 craft beer lovers who attended the Michigan Winter Beer Festival...

By Weston Eaton Social movements are collective actions organized by institutional outsiders that challenge existing power structures. T...

Russ Smith & Sierra Nevada's Jim Macielak, soon after Russ was presented the trophy for 2012 Best of Show . By Steve Siciliano...

Left Hand Fade To Black Volume 4, Rocky Mountain Black Ale, $2.09/12oz  By Doug Dorda Each year, as the cold months creep in and the l...

Timmermans Pumpkin Lambicus, $11.99/750 By Steve Siciliano In view of the current popularity of pumpkin beers in this country it shou...

Big Eddy Series, $2.99/12oz By Doug Dorda Though the name of Jacob Leinenkugel has become synonymous with berryweiss and all other m...

With the whereabouts of previous advice columnist Hey Kevin currently unknown, Siciliano's staffer Doug Dorda has stepped in to pitch...