Beer
Birds and Brews: Pour one out for the piping plover
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Piping plovers, a small white-and-gray shorebird with striking orange legs, are making a comeback this summer – on the beach and at the bar.
Energy
New grants promote Michigan beers, ciders, wines and spirits
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The Michigan Craft Beverage Council handed out more than $400,000 for research projects to benefit the state’s wine, beer, cider and distilling industry. Projects include the effects of climate change on crops, pest and disease management, and development of new varieties of hops, barley, fruits and
rye for use in brewing.
Beer
Drink a beer, save a forest
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Michigan breweries lead the nation in participating in campaign to help trees and ultimately the water that makes their beer.
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What’s in your Great Lakes brew?
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Microplastics detected in the suds of microbrews.
Beer
Michigan hops growers bring new life to old crop
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Beer is big business and it’s driving the hops industry in Michigan. Now, there’s new life for a crop with some very old roots.
Echo
Cheers to water-friendly beers!
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Saving water and flavor is what’s on tap at a few earth-minded breweries.
Agriculture
Craft beer fuels Michigan hop binge
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State now ranks fourth in producing important beer ingredient.
Water
Great Lakes breweries look to conserve region’s water
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It typically takes between seven and 12 gallons of water to produce one gallon of beer.
Land
Burgeoning beer brewers boost barley demand
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But limited malting capacity is a brake on production.