By James, on March 17th, 2010
There are some sure signs of Spring here in Northwest Ohio such as the melting snow and the buds on the trees. In the last few years another sign that Spring is near is the release of Granite City’s Burning Barn Irish Red. The release of this beer is timed right around Saint Patrick’s Day [...]
By James, on January 27th, 2010
January 25th is Scottish poet’s Robert Burns birthday so it is fitting that Granite City chose the date for their keg tapping party for officially releasing their Scottish Ale. It seems like it was only last month (I think it was) that we had the keg tapping party for the 1,000th Batch and now the [...]
By James, on December 8th, 2009
Here, in the Black Swamp of Ohio, we have a bastion of beer. A chain restaurant out of Minnesota, Granite City Food & Brewery (GCFB) has one location in the Toledo/Maumee area, fast becoming a haven to fans of the hop laden beverage. Granite City offers members of its ‘Mug Club’ exclusive events several times a year, in [...]
By Charles, on December 1st, 2009
Harcore 81, the second album from Canadian punk rockers D.O.A. is often credited as the first actual reference to the term used to label the steroid-pumped second wave of the American punk rock movement. Thirty some-odd years later we have witnessed the wax and wane of many adherents of the genre, each placing their personal [...]