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Local breweries like Bell’s Brewery and Arcadia Brewing have put Kalamazoo on the national craft beer radar. But the city’s been producing beer since the…
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Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Craft Beer Writer Jeremy Martin says Kalamazoo is becoming known for breweries as much as it is for free college and…
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According to experts at the Brewers Association, a craft beer trade group, Michigan’s craft breweries still have a lot more room to grow, both within the…
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Most people in West Michigan know that when it comes to craft beer, we’re pretty lucky. But on the national level, there’s a dark side to the craft boom.…
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Most beer gets some of its flavor from a shaggy green flower called hops. The booming craft brewing industry uses lots of them. But growers say sight and…
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For decades, farms in Michigan have raised hops to create that distinctive bitter flavor in your beer. Nearly all of those farms have been tiny -- just…
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We revisit two earlier interviews on WestSouthwest. A Western Michigan University researcher looking into why so many bats are dying from White Nose…
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Beginning this fall, Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo Valley Community College will launch the nation's first higher education degree program in…
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On July 29th at 10:00 p.m., The History Channel will premiere a reality TV series that goes behind the scenes at Dark Horse Brewing Company in…
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“We get beautiful beer that we really should be drinking, but instead it ends up in soap,” says Kim Sanwald of Brickyard Farms in Delton.That’s right, Kim…