{"id":13119,"date":"2015-06-01T02:32:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T02:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/sethhaug\/?p=73"},"modified":"2015-06-01T02:32:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T02:32:44","slug":"bottoms-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/bottoms-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottom&#8217;s Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With slight embarrassment, I announce my favorite beers from oldest to current, dating back to when I was\u2026. well 21 of course:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Busch Light<\/li>\n<li>Miller Light<\/li>\n<li>PBR<\/li>\n<li>Killians Red<\/li>\n<li>Fat Tire<\/li>\n<li>Dirty Bastard<\/li>\n<li>Any Bourbon Barrel stout<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The \u201cuptick\u201d in beer quality is closely related to our move to Michigan.\u00a0 This state\u2019s craft beer culture and breweries proudly put their pints against any state in the country.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/sethhaug\/files\/2015\/06\/Haugs-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Haugs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below are a few of my favorite places to grab a delicious craft brew in Detroit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hopcat.com\/detroit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hopcat Detroit<\/a> \u2013 When Hopcat opened in Detroit, it was known as the great craft beer bar from Grand Rapids.\u00a0 The heaping praise and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/business\/west-michigan\/index.ssf\/2012\/09\/hopcat_voted_second_best_craft.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accolades<\/a> were enough to persuade Nellie and I to wait 3 hours in the cold for their Detroit grand opening (that and the promise of free fries for a year).<\/p>\n<p>While their beer menu, fries, and atmosphere has been top notch, our favorite events have been their four course beer pairing nights.\u00a0 We have been treated to some great food with some well thought out beer pairings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/sethhaug\/files\/2015\/06\/20141213_112335.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/sethhaug\/files\/2015\/06\/20141213_112335-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"20141213_112335\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brewdetroit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brew Detroit<\/a> \u2013 Brew Detroit is actually considered a tasting room for this unique brewery.\u00a0 Brew Detroit is a large beer warehouse that allows other beer companies (like Detroit mainstays Atwater and Motor City Brewing) to make their beer onsite.\u00a0 As cool and revolutionary as that idea is, it\u2019s the low-key vibe and amazing revolving 10 beer menu that strikes my fancy.\u00a0 I even leaned on Brew Detroit\u2019s hospitality while editing my Challenge Detroit Spotlight video with my buddy (thx again Justin).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.8degreesplato.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8 Degree\u2019s Plato<\/a> \u2013 My final favorite beer spot is a craft beer store (not bar) called 8 Degree\u2019s Plato in Ferndale, gasp, yes Ferndale.\u00a0 Lured by the promises of free beer pours from a famous Michigan brewery, we ventured into this small store not knowing what to expect.\u00a0 What we found was a well-stocked craft beer store run by two very customer centric and wonderful business owners: Tim &amp; Brigid.<\/p>\n<p>The best part is Plato\u2019s is planning on expanding to a second store that will open this summer.\u00a0 Their next location\u2026..DEtROIT!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/sethhaug\/files\/2015\/06\/20150531_222546.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-76\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/sethhaug\/files\/2015\/06\/20150531_222546-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"20150531_222546\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With slight embarrassment, I announce my favorite beers from oldest to current, dating back to when I was\u2026. well 21 of course: Busch Light Miller Light PBR Killians Red Fat Tire Dirty Bastard Any Bourbon Barrel stout The \u201cuptick\u201d in beer quality is closely related to our move to Michigan.\u00a0 This state\u2019s craft beer culture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}