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The gift store at Founders Brewing Co. Detroit taproom on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. The brewery said that employees will be paid during the shutdown.

Founders closes Detroit taproom indefinitely amid racial discrimination lawsuit fallout; brewery issues statement

October 25, 2019 at 1:20 p.m.

Fallout from a racial discrimination lawsuit intensified for Founders Brewing on Friday, as the company announced the temporary closure of the Detroit taproom where the alleged discrimination happened. Also, the...

Founders Brewing Breakfast Stout is among the most heralded beers for the brewery that finds itself embroiled in a racial discrimination lawsuit. Recent deposition testimony from a Founders manager has the brewery under fire, and some Chicago bars and beer stores reconsidering their relationships with the brewery.

Founders Brewing faces fallout in Chicago and elsewhere following racial discrimination lawsuit details

October 25, 2019 at 12:40 p.m.

Just who is a black person anyway? That seemingly simple question led to a remarkable legal back-and-forth that sparked fresh reckoning this week in a year-old discrimination lawsuit against Founders...

Former Lettuce Entertain You wine director put on leave in new job amid lawsuit over sexual assault allegations

October 23, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

The former wine director of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises was placed on leave at an Austin, Texas, restaurant group after a lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court accused him...

The first installment of Revolution Brewing's 2019-20 barrel-aged beer series are Cafe Deth, Deth by Plums and Deth's Tar. They'll be released Friday at Revolution's brewery.

Cafe Deth emerges as early star of Revolution Brewing’s 2019 barrel-aged beers

October 18, 2019 at 10:15 a.m.

I felt slight sadness with my first sip of Revolution Brewing's latest incarnation of Cafe Deth. The brewery's bourbon barrel-aged coffee stout, which will be released this weekend along with...

Bar Ramone, 441 N. Clark St., Nov. 15, 2018.

Former Lettuce Entertain You wine director accused of sexual assault in lawsuit

October 11, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.

A former publicist for Chicago-based restaurant group Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises alleges she was sexually assaulted by the corporation's wine director and then retaliated against after she reported it to...

Britney Warren of Old Irving Brewing pours the brewery's gold-medal winning beer, Beezer, a hazy IPA, at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver on Oct. 5, 2019.

Chicago retains unlikely national hazy IPA crown with gold medal for Old Irving Brewing

October 7, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

A year ago, we raised a question. Was Chicago the nation's hazy IPA capital? Chicago breweries had just cleaned up in the Great American Beer Festival's inaugural hazy IPA categories,...

Craving: Brunch — from hash to waffles, sweet to savory, bloodys to mimosas

September 30, 2019 at 12:57 p.m.

In our nearly four-year "Craving" series, we've covered dozens of topics — tacos, burgers, chocolate — and every meal. Well, except brunch. Yes, we gave you Chicago's best breakfasts in...

A nearly 100-year-old former industrial building with bow-truss ceiling was transformed into Midwest Coast Brewing's taproom at 2137 W. Walnut St.

Midwest Coast Brewing joins Chicago’s packed West Town brewery scene with ambition — and balanced beer

September 26, 2019 at 1:13 p.m.

There's a new brewery in Chicago. Yes. Another one. But Midwest Coast Brewing isn't just another new brewery in a city rife with breweries. It's another new brewery in a...

Bar manager Jake Dean uses gin to make the fourth in a series of bloody mary cocktails at Longman & Eagle. He prefers the tequila-based bloody maria: "I like that smokiness (of tequila). It freshens up my palate a little, primes my palate for brunch."

Put that vodka down! Punch up your bloody mary with whiskey, tequila, gin or … Malort?

September 24, 2019 at 2:22 p.m.

There are two secrets to a great bloody mary. One is no surprise: fresh, quality bloody mary mix made with fresh, quality ingredients. The other probably sounds like heresy (and...

Beto O'Rourke speaks to the media following a roundtable discussion regarding gun violence at the Inner-City Muslim Action Network in Chicago on Sept. 23, 2019.

Chicago brewery posts Beto O’Rourke photo, triggers Facebook users

September 23, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke came to Chicago Sunday night. He was hungry. And thirsty. So he stopped into Haymarket Pub & Brewery for dinner and a beer. Haymarket used...

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