Day 4 Part 2

Updated Day 4

I’m including this paragraph again because the last sentence does not do justice to the neighborhood this barbeque joint was in. Ben had been texting his last boss of an art gallery in New York about our Beercation and mentioned being in Michigan. She let Ben know that there is a great BBQ restaurant with some great beers on tap. We spent quite some time trying to find this restaurant. While our GPS knew the fastest way to get there, it seemed like all the large roads and interstates in city of Detroit were under construction. About thirty minutes of driving through a fairly deserted and rundown area, we arrived at Slow’s BBQ. Apparently this place is in an up and coming neighborhood where a lot of hipsters live. Right up the street is the Depot where a lot of homeless people and squatters live. The entire back road trip into this place was full of deserted houses and homeless people out barbequing their own creations. We found out later that night that there was a big firework show that night and might have explained why so many people were out and about throughout the city. Or it might have been the fact that Detroit has a ton of homeless people. After a very satisfying meal and a Annilator beer from Southern Tier at Slow’s we left the city of Detroit for Ann Arbor, Michigan to find a place to stay and sample more good local beers.

We arrived in Ann arbor and check into a Motel 6 a bit outside of town, relaxed for a bit and turned on the college world series game. At this point, Ben is extremely jetlagged and tired and decides that he won’t come out drinking with us. Matt’s sister and my cousin Mary has a boyfriend who attended University of Michigan. So we get a few recommendations of where to head out to in town. After making a selection, we head into town to Arbor Brewing. It’s a pretty muggy night, but we decide to sit outside and get a sampler. We talk to our server about the brewery and beers on tap. After a bit of a discussion, we get to business to order an nine or ten sampler. We all agree that the beer is a bit warm and lacks carbonation at least for our taste. But overall the quality of the beer is pretty good. We finish up our samples and head back to the hotel to get some sleep. While I had a great time in Ann Arbor, day five was one of my favorite days, thus far of the trip. At the moment, we’re driving through Colorado on our way to California. I’ll have some time to write more about the past few days during the drive, but I’m very full for a great burrito from Big City Burrito in Fort Collins. I feel like I’m going to have a food coma, so a nap seems like a good idea to settle my full belly.