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Metallica’s Lars Ulrich talks beer ahead of surprise appearance at Chicago book event Sunday

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

You might expect that Stone Brewing's collaboration with the legendary metal band Metallica began with the brewery. But Enter Night, a pilsner released in January via Stone's Arrogant Consortia brand,...

Rivals MillerCoors and Anheuser Busch both see plenty at stake in the ongoing corn syrup war.

Big Beer’s festering corn-fueled controversy: How we got here

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

Bears-Packers. Ali-Frazier. Bud-Miller. Like any great rivals, the nation’s two dominant beer companies are never quite at ease with each other. But for the first time in years, their cold...

Piva Beer Spa opened at 1052 N. Milwaukee Ave. late last year.

Soaking in the suds: An afternoon of brew-filled relaxation at Chicago beer spa

June 17, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

You've had beer. Maybe even enjoyed it. But you haven't indulged in beer until you've indulged in beer: a 98-degree bath filled with hops, yeast, herbs and, yes, beer. The...

Dale's breaks the 20-year rule, but it's worthy of veteran flagship status not just for mainstreaming cans in craft beer, but also for updating the notion of a flagship pale ale.

Tasting 16 craft beer classics: Looking back on the brands that started a movement, but got left behind

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

Flagships are faltering. Fortunately for them, there’s Flagship February. The monthlong initiative, launched in a burst of social media inspiration by Canadian beer writer Stephen Beaumont, is meant to highlight...

A customer shops the beer aisles at Grand & Western Liquors in Chicago in this October 2017 photo. Chicago's low beer prices are due to competition between giants Miller and Anheuser-Busch.

Land of drinkin’: Illinois has nation’s cheapest beer prices, study says

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

Weeks after Chicago claimed the crown for most breweries in the nation, the news gets even better: Illinois is home to some of the cheapest beer prices in the U.S....

Creating a hazy IPA with national reach was a lengthy process for Firestone Walker, but it's a quality beer with an interesting twist: The brewery calls Mind Haze an IPA, but only sort of considers it an IPA. In reality, it's a deft hybrid.

Beer of the Month: Firestone Walker enters haze craze with Mind Haze IPA

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

The beer: Mind Haze (Firestone Walker Brewing, Paso Robles, Calif.), a hazy IPA. The back story: We’re several years into the haze craze — that is, the ascendance of low-bitterness,...

HopCat, which opened on Clark Street in Lincoln Park in 2016, didn't catch on in Chicago.

HopCat beer bar closes in Chicago: ‘We picked the wrong location’

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

The chain of HopCat beer bars is shuttering its Chicago location after a mere 2 ½ years, and the reason is simple. “We picked the wrong location,” HopCat founder Mark...

How are those Trader Joe’s, Costco and Aldi beers? We taste 30 to find the best, not bad and worst

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

They are the oddest of oddities when it comes to buying beer, existing on their own curious little islands. Store-brand beers. They are Simpler Times Lager and Stockyard Oatmeal Stout,...

Goose Island calls dibs on settling age-old Chicago debate with new Dibs beer

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

Goose Island Beer Co. has found a formula more effective than any beer recipe. Find a distinctly Chicago cause. Attach itself to said cause. Turn the cause into an event....

Middle Brow finally arrives after 8-year journey with opening of Bungalow brewpub

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

After eight years, stops at six breweries and countless miles driven between them, Middle Brow Beer Co. finally has a home of its own. “It’s been a logistical nightmare,” Middle...

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