On this episode, John and Amy spend some time in Rockford and the Traverse City area. They talk chicken wings, distilleries and more!

Segment 1: John and Amy talk to Richard Andersen of Iron Fish Distillery in Thompsonville, which is about to celebrate its first anniversary over Labor Day.
More info at https://www.facebook.com/ironfishdistillery/

Segment 2 (Listen at 10:31): John and Amy head to the Rockford Brewing Company, where they talk to reps from The Corner Bar, an iconic hot dog restaurant that recently suffered a total loss due to a fire. They talked about how they will rebuild and how the community has come together.
More info at https://www.facebook.com/rockfordcornerbar/

Segment 3 (Listen at 19:19): Michigan author Doug Stanton is in the news lately because the USS Indianapolis, the topic of his 2002 book, "In Harm's Way," was discovered. Doug is also the co-founder of the National Writers Series in Traverse City.
More info on Doug Stanton at http://dougstanton.com/
More info on National Writers Series at http://nationalwritersseries.org/
John's MLive story http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/08/discovery_of_uss_indianpolis_w.html

Segment 4 (Listen at 29:10): Seth Rivard and Chris Holt of Rockford Brewing Company welcome back John and Amy; they talk about upcoming events, as well as BEER of the WEEK. The beer is the Hoplust IPA, which is RBC's most popular beer. It its an American-style IPA with a lot of hops on the nose, but not overly bitter on the taste. It is being released in bottles.
More on RBC at https://www.facebook.com/RockfordBrewingCompany/

More info on Behind the Mitten at https://www.facebook.com/behindthemitten/