Aw shucks, HOUR, again? Yes, the WAB has been named “Best Microbrewery” in HOUR Detroit’s Best of Detroit 2010 list. That’s three years in a row, and we are honored and humbled. Especially since our sister establishment, The Loving Touch was named “Best Pool Hall”, as well. Thanks, HOUR, for the recognition, and for highlighting all of the wonderful offerings of this fine city of ours. We are proud to be here!

And from the Archives…

We just had to share the best way we know to get around town on the weekends, between the game, the concert, the club, the bar, the shuffleboard tournament – what have you. The Night Move is metro Detroit’s Green Public Transit which runs weekends between Royal Oak, Ferndale and Detroit. It runs Fridays & Saturdays (unless noted otherwise) with a stop smack dab in front of the WAB.

Hit their website to reserve your spots. Standard Ticket Price: $10 all-night for a pass online and $6 one way at the door. That can cover the cost of parking, alone! See if you can do it without Bob Seger in your head.

http://www.thenightmove.com/

Private Party Shuttle Service available, too! Call (888-60-NIGHT) or shoot over an email to booking@thenightmove.com with your event details to get a quote!

• Valentine Vodka (Detroit)
• New Holland Artisan Spirits (Holland, MI)
  Freshwater Rum
  Knickerbocker Gin
• B.Nektar Mead (Ferndale)

Voting opened up on Monday, January 11th and closes Sunday, January 24th. Rally your friends and neighbors to visit metromix.com and vote for us to take the title. Individuals are allowed one vote per day in each category during the voting period, so they should check back each day to voice their support.

Voting is easy. Just click here to cast your vote.

Winners will be announced the week of January 25th.

http://detroit.metromix.com/bestof

Thursday, December 24th, Christmas Eve – Open: 11am-6pm

Friday, December 25th, Christmas Day – Closed

Saturday, December 26th, Open Normal Business Hours : 12pm-2am

Thursday, December 31st, New Year’s Eve, Open Normal Business Hours: 11am-2am
Friday, January 1st, New Year’s Day, Open Normal Business Hours: 11am-2am

Did you know the Turkey/Tryptophan sleepy-effect-thing is a myth? Keep the celebration alive @ The WAB – open at 8pm on Thanksgiving.

DIY Street Fair has come and gone and it’s officially fall once again. Time to tap our annual seasonal brew, Pumpkin Ale! Available beginning Oct 1.

For the second year in a row, HOUR Detroit has voted Woodward Avenue Brewers “Best Mircobrewery” for it’s 2009 “Best of Detroit”. We’re honored – Thanks, HOUR!

Visit http://www.hourdetroit.com

HOUR Detroit Best of 2009

The WAB at hourdetroit.com

Full Article:
http://metromode.com/features/Chris%20JohnstonsXX00999.aspx

Fledgling modern rocker; successful restaurateur; adviser to one of Detroit’s hottest young bands; husband and proud father of two. Ferndale resident Chris Johnston has worn so many hats that he’s probably got permanent hat-head. But he probably doesn’t mind showing off…at least a little bit.

As co-owner of Ferndale’s Woodward Avenue Brewers (or the WAB, as it’s known on the streets), sister bar/restaurant the Emory, ex-member of Lansing area coulda-been-huge alt.rockers 19 Wheels, owner of Redspot Management – home to Detroit-rock powerhouses the Hard Lessons — and most recently a co-conspirator in opening the Fern’s fancy new pool hall in the Loving Touch, the man sure does have a lot to crow about.

But Johnston is hardly the bragging, hard partying, wheeling-and-dealing, expensive-shirt-unbuttoned-to-the-middle-of-his-chest type of entrepreneur. Self-described as a quiet guy, Johnston’s mornings rarely start with him nursing a hangover and applying the spray-on tan. Instead, he’s up and at-em early, tending to his two daughters, Ruby, 6, and Mabel, just only five-months-old, and off to work by 8 a.m. Doesn’t sound like the kind of guy you’d expect to own a bunch of bars with a six-string strapped to his back, does it?

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