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Goose Island Bourbon County beers in 2019 focus on whiskey barrels and one made with — granola?

August 14, 2019 at 11:31 a.m.

Sorry — there will be no Bourbon County Oyster Stout after all. (Though we sort of knew that.) Two months after its fake labels and trickery, planted with federal regulators...

Revolution Brewing planning 10 barrel-aged beers for 2019-20 Deep Woods lineup

August 12, 2019 at 3:40 p.m.

A week after proving that barrel-aged beer could go down just fine in summer, Revolution Brewing is revealing its lineup of barrel-aged brew for when such boozy, muscular beers are...

Sierra Nevada's Oktoberfest for 2019 was brewed in collaboration with Germany's Bitburger.

Beer of the month: Sierra Nevada changes up Oktoberfest by the year and 2019’s version is a winner

August 9, 2019 at 11:07 a.m.

The beer: Oktoberfest (Sierra Nevada Brewing, Chico, California, and Mills River, North Carolina, with Bitburger, Bitburg, Germany), a marzen-style lager The backstory: Since 2015, the iconic Sierra Nevada Brewing has...

Owner Bradford Taylor (right) and manager MacGregor Parsons inspecting shelves at Diversey Wine in Logan Square.

Act Natural is Hopewell Brewing’s wild beer festival that doubles as a natural wine fest

August 5, 2019 at 11:42 a.m.

Hopewell Brewing Co. wants you to drink beer, of course. But the Chicago craft brewers also want you to drink wine. They do. In fact, Hopewell co-founder Samantha Lee said...

Beers from Off Color Brewing are among the options Chicago visitors and local enthusiasts should try.

Guide to Chicago’s essential craft breweries for visitors, locals, bar crawlers and enthusiasts

July 22, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.

Chicago makes finding a good pint pretty easy. Not only does the city have plenty of places to hoist a glass, it's also home to plenty of its own stellar...

Chicago’s Revolution Brewing releases 2 wintry beers in July. What are they thinking?

July 22, 2019 at 11:51 a.m.

Chicago's high temperature is expected to reach 98 degrees Friday — perfect for a thick, boozy barleywine aged in bourbon barrels. "Wait!" you may say. (And you would be right.)...

Honoring Apollo 11, a Chicago brewery sends IPA ingredients into space — well, OK, the stratosphere

July 19, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

On a Thursday afternoon in June, Solemn Oath Brewery, with the help of the Adler Planetarium, launched hops, malt and yeast (attached to a weather balloon) into the stratosphere. Three...

Hailstorm Brewing of Tinley Park has added a broad array of lagers to its lineup, including Ceske Temny, which debuted this spring.

Chicago beermakers brew up a mystery: Where did all these dark lagers come from?

July 15, 2019 at 3:03 p.m.

A mystery — a dark, wonderful mystery — has been unfolding on Chicago's beer store and supermarket shelves in recent months: Where did all of these dark lagers come from?...

Jerk chicken at Aunty Joy's Jamaican Kitchen.

What to eat at Taste of Chicago: We tried every booth to recommend our favorites

July 11, 2019 at 2:27 p.m.

Alligator was spotted at Taste of Chicago on Wednesday, but in the form of sausage, and not the mysterious reptile reportedly making a home in Humboldt Park. Amid heat index...

The School of Brett four-packs sit in the cooler at Lake Effect Brewing on Chicago's Northwest Side. The beers are meant to be consumed in one sitting (among two or more people) to get a sense of how the yeast strains change the flavor.

Beer(s) of the month: School of Brett highlights Brettanomyces yeast in a mixed four-pack of saisons

July 8, 2019 at 7:07 a.m.

The beers: School of Brett, a collaboration between Lake Effect Brewing and Omega Yeast (both of Chicago). The backstory: For the first time, this Beer of the Month column is...

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