"Usually it’s Michiganders who transplant themselves to Chicago, but Transient Brewing’s Matt Betts packed up shop and landed at this Michigan brewery after years of bouncing around Chicago-area production facilities. Betts came to brew in the Mitten thanks to the native yeasts that float around the many fruit farms in the area which facilitate wild ales, but it’s mostly the hefty IPAs and big barrel-aged beers like their famed Buckley Stout that keep people coming back for more." - Karl Klockars