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From Brooklyn with Love
Sorachi Ace The world travelers Steve Hindy and Garrett Oliver are taking an approach we rarely see from American craft brewers…a worldwide footprint. By now you probably know that 40% of all their...
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Chicago’s Oldest Brewpub Is Back Online
Vintage Ale Bar at the revamped Goose Clybourn Unbreak My Heart: Goose Island Clybourn is back! It’s a little similar but has a different personality for sure. Both the cellar and loft seating are...
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The Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2017 Lineup
Bourbon County + 25th Anniversary Knob Creek Yes, BCS season is upon us! Brewers Quinn Fuechsl and Tim Faith led a tasting through the full 2017 lineup. Beam Suntory reps were on hand to share samples...
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The Return of Afro Beer Chick
Flossmoor Station Brewery, Metra Electric Flossmoor Station The story of Afro Beer Chick actually parallels the history of Chicago Beer Geeks. In 2011 Chalonda White was appointed President of Chicago...
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The 15th Annual Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer
2017 Best In Show, BA Karma, More Brewing, Villa Park The festival taster glassware this year was elegant like something you’d find at a beer wedding reception. Under the dim string lighting of the UIC...
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Sketchbook Brewing’s Third Anniversary
Recently during their birthday party the Sketchbook crew debuted a new look. Although I’m nostalgic and love the old one, this new logo is flexible and stands on it’s own as a piece of art. It’s been...
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The Big Hurt Brewhouse Reopens as 35 Sports Bar & Grill
Hall of Famer, White Sox Legend, The Big Hurt Frank Thomas + Southpaw at 35 Sportsbar and Grill The Big Hurt Brewhouse has been reborn. Frank Thomas, the greatest Chicago White Sock of them all was on...
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Guinness Celebrates 200th St. Patrick’s Day in the U.S.
limited edition kinajou cans from Dublin with love St. Patrick’s Day and Christmas are the two peak seasons for the world’s first global brewery. 3.4 million pints are brewed everyday this time of...
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Fisk & Co. Launch at Goose Island Barrel House
Fisk & Co. Chicago Loop Seafood + Beer Bar This is 1 of 4 active Goose Island locations currently in Chicago. Tonight is one of the few occasions when Goat Group Catering won’t be running the...
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Goose Island Stout Fest 2018
Lil Beaver, Bloomington, IL It’s the first big party since Goose Clybourn debuted this new look as Goose Island Brewhouse six months ago. Chicago Beer Society and Siebel Institute taught here. Chicago...
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Chicago Southland Chronicles: Argus Brewing and City Barbecue
15hr pork shoulder at City BBQ Orland Hailing from Historic Pullman Chicago, Argus is one of my all time favourite crews. They brew in a National Landmark building just steps away Metra’s Electric...
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Motor Row Brewing: Craft Lagers in Chicago’s Historic Automotive District
level two taproom at Motor Row Brewing Motor Row is the entertainment district tucked away between South Loop and Bronzeville. This ‘hood only runs three blocks and has always been home to the Chicago...
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The 8th Annual Blue Chip Brewfest Preview
Saturday May 5th The best space on level one of Blue Chip Casino is It’s Vegas Baby! This is where the annual preview of the Brewfest always begins. 30% of Northwest Indiana residents work in Chicago....
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Buffalo Creek hosts Historic Long Grove Beer Fest
Buffalo Creek Brewing, Long Grove We knew Charlie Beinlich’s iconic burger den was close to Long Grove so it was a no brainer to cruise North Shore and make this trip. Buffalo Creek Brewing is the...
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Chicago Beer Classic
Whiner Le Tub Things get much more interesting in Soldier Field during the offseason. Although this stadium in a park was stripped of its National Landmark designation in 2003, it’s still the most...
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Goose Island Turns 30!
Fulton & Wood Not many breweries in this country can claim they’ve been in business for 30 years. R&D Night is the quarterly invitational to chat and enjoy new Fulton Street offerings. Tonight...
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Henna & The Insane Rise of More Brewing
Vanilla Caviar, More Brewing Head Brewer Shaun Berns was recruited by Mikerphone Brewing before joining More last year. The hype train began approaching full throttle during his era at RAM Brewery with...
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Dark Lord Day 2018
Munster, Indiana ChemTrailMix is so fucking good it’s hard to believe it’s the same base beer as Dark Lord. By 3p Marshmallow Handjee (bourbon barrel aged Dark Lord w vanilla beans) was selling for...
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The Inaugural Italian Beef Festival
Buona Beef + Cross Of Gold Revolution Brewing’s taproom was the scene. The Legends of Beef (Al’s, Buona and Mr. Beef) were all in attendance. Every one here acknowledges that Italian Beef is a Chicago...
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Ballast Point Chicago
212 N. Green Street in Fulton Market West Loop is the fourth location for this San Diego based juggernaut. Disneyland is under way; and the Virginia facility is actually bigger than the original...
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