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Beer is poured at Piece Brewery and Pizzeria in Chicago. When did it open? Check your answer in our quiz.

Think you know Chicago craft beer? Take our quiz as Illinois Craft Beer Week launches

May 31, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

Do you know which Chicago brewery is the city's oldest? What brewery hosts Dark Lord Day every spring? Whose flagship pale ale was first released in 2009, forever changing how...

DryHop founders to add yet another brewpub — Roebuck, with a focus on pizza and cocktails

May 31, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

Last week it was tacos, hazy IPA and Mexican lager just off Magnificent Mile. This week, for the swiftly growing brewpub group that launched with DryHop Brewers in 2013, it's...

Marz Community Brewing plans new taproom in Logan Square

May 31, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

Marz Community Brewing is looking to head north. The South Side brewery hopes to open a second location next summer beside the iconic Margie's Candies, in a long-abandoned, triangle-shaped former...

A new brewpub from the company behind DryHop in Lakeview will open in the former Heaven on Seven space at 600 N. Michigan Ave., targeted for spring 2020.

Crushed by Giants brewpub taking over former Heaven on Seven space, bringing craft beer to Michigan Avenue

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

The team behind DryHop and Corridor brewpubs is leaving the cozy confines of the Lakeview neighborhood for its next project, taking on the bright lights of Michigan Avenue. Crushed by...

Obadiah Poundage, a passion project of Goose Island's manager of research and development, Mike Siegel, is at various points darkly fruity, smoky, leathery and tart, all underscored by the familiar roast character expected in a porter.

What did English porter taste like in 1840? Goose Island finds out with Obadiah Poundage.

May 31, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

Obadiah Poundage is a beer that began not as a recipe or even much of a plan, but a question: What did porter brewed in London in 1840 taste like?...

Try Not to Suck, released earlier this month, is a true-to-style helles lager with a soft body rife with grain character, light sweetness and mild bitterness in the finish. It's an easy-drinking backyard barbecue beer.

Cubs’ Joe Maddon wades into beer world with Try Not to Suck lager (which, fortunately, doesn’t suck)

May 31, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon's iconic slogan — "Try Not to Suck" — has been a World Series rallying cry. It has been a T-shirt. And a book title. Now,...

Thousands of empty Daisy Cutter pale ale cans wait to be filled at Half Acre brewery's newest and larger space Jan. 6, 2016.

A decade of Daisy: How Half Acre’s iconic Daisy Cutter pale ale changed Chicago beer culture

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

There's nothing revolutionary about Daisy Cutter pale ale anymore. But 10 years ago, it was a game changer. Half Acre Beer Co. introduced Daisy Cutter in 2009, as just the...

Ceske Temny is meant to be a simple, old school, easy-drinking beer all the way down to its name, which translates simply to "Czech dark."

Beer of the Month: Hailstorm takes turn from IPA with classic version of dark lager

May 31, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

The beer: Ceske Temny (Hailstorm Brewing, Tinley Park), a dark Czech-style lager. The backstory: Hailstorm is one of the dozens of small Chicago-area breweries laboring along, albeit with a bit...

Dan Schedler, founder and brewer of Around the Bend, stands in the acid lab where he is experimenting with aging a beer in red wine barrels.

District Brew Yards: 3 Chicago breweries team up on unique 3-in-1 taproom in West Town

October 9, 2019 at 7:19 a.m.

Just 10 of the 40 taps at Burnt City Brewing's new taproom will pour Burnt City beer. That's an improbably low number. Breweries tend to build taprooms precisely to showcase...

As Hold My Crown beer is released, organizers discuss growing role of women in industry

May 31, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

From concept to ingredients to the day it was made, Hold My Crown was intended to be a beer about women. The dry, citrus-forward farmhouse-style pale ale — which is...

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