Aug 26, 2016
Dougy Fresh takes the Pigs back to his home in Northern Michigan
for the 1st in the Northern Michigan series as the boys take over
the airwaves at Goodfellow's Grille on Mackinaw Island.
This episode also features Beard's Brewery from Petoskey, MI.
They had taken over the taps that evening just one day before their
anniversary party at their own taproom the following day when they
made the big announcement that they were expanding and moving to a
bigger, well known spot in Petoskey. This was our
introduction to Beard's and we were not disappointed. It was
quickly and clearly recognized just why this young brewery was
already growing. J.C. Olmo of Goodfellow's joined the
roundtable to tell us all about Goodfellow's and all it has to
offer before mixing us some killer cocktails of his own which comes
out in part two of this night to be released soon.
We're not sure how Beard's Ben Slocum finds time to brew with
everything he has going on, but we are sure glad he does. He
is just one of the team of fine brewers at Beard's putting out some
delicious beer. We struggled to find any fault
with everything we sampled that evening. We were so
impressed at one point, we just sat in awe of the lacing still
thick on a glass which had been sitting empty for more than 30
minutes.
And as bourbon barrel aged lovers, we were ecstatic to be some of
the first to be drinking their newest batch that was not being made
available to the public til the following day. And it was
glorious. It reminded us of another of our favorites out of
Indy, Sanitarium, from The Bier Brewery. Each unique in their
own right, but both equally fantastic. It was a thick, rich,
chocolatey, bourbon delight in a glass.
We had such a good time we are already making plans to go back to
the Island for the big Halloween bash hosted by Goodfellow's Grille
in October.
Thank you again, Greg Klinger, for inviting us to this fine
establishment where you'll find some of the best food and drinks in
Mackinaw.
Shout outs in this one to HopCat, a mutual favorite craft brew
place of ours and our new friends
Hail Danza!
www.goodfelllowsrestaurant.com
www.beardsbrewery.com