Yooper Ale Trails: Craft Breweries and Brewpubs of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, by Mikel B. Classen and Jon C. Stott

Book cover for "yooper ale trails" featuring an illustration of a pint of beer with an outline of michigan's upper peninsula in green. vibrant autumn trees in the background, with author names mikel b. classen and jon c. stott.

Review by Mack Hassler Yooper Ale Trails: Craft Breweries and Brewpubs of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a handsome publication by Classen and Stott from the publisher that is the imprint for so much directed at the UPPAA is a book filled with information, wonderful photos, and even a few “bookish” puzzles…

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True Tales: The Forgotten History of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula by Mikel Classen

Mikel B. Classen's True Tales: The Forgotten History of Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Review by Sharon Brunner Mikel B. Classen’s book True Tales: The Forgotten History of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula provides historical information most of us do not know about or have forgotten. The Upper Peninsula (U.P.), a rugged, uncharted wilderness, haunted and delighted many through lawlessness, natural and man-made phenomenon. The man-made…

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