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Great Lakes Brewing Co. is going strong 34 years on

We all know cans are cool. Right?  All the hype beers come in cans.  Great Lakes Brewing Co. has been around since before cans were cool for craft.  Good, craft beer came in bottles, and the macro stuff was shoved into cans.  When you’re 30+ years old in American craft beer you’re going to have some fans that still think a craft beer needs to come in a bottle.  That’s exactly why classic like Edmund Fitzgerald Porter (aka Eddie Fitz, aka Fitz) and Eliot Ness Amber Lager stay in bottles.  When they tried to make the switch to cans their OG fans weren’t having it, so back to bottles they go.

But Great Lakes Brewing Co. isn’t just about their classic beers.  They’ve got new hotness like their Crushworthy Lo-Cal Citrus Wheat and TropiCoastal Tropical IPA (fun fact for the Georgia folks, TropiCoastal was inspired by Creature Comforts Tropicalia) goes into cans.  A little something for everyone at GLBC.

Brand Coordinator and Beer Educator Michael Williams joined us this week to talk about the old and new, employee ownership, and hot dog pairings and toppings.   We also discuss moves and mergers and sellouts and acquisitions.  Great Lakes Brewing recently hired Steven Pauwels to join the team, the  legendary brewer previously at Boulevard.  You can check out our 2019 show with Pauwels on Ep. 180.

There’s a lot going on here, folks.  Crank up some Gordon Lightfoot and give it a listen.

The Beer List

  • Great Lakes Brewing Co.
    • Crushworthy Lo-Cal Citrus Wheat
    • Hazecraft IPA
    • TropiCoastal Tropical IPA

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