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Spiteful Brewing is releasing four variations of its God D*** Pigeon Porter at its taproom Nov. 9, 2018, in Chicago, but taking the unusual step of releasing one of each in a single four-pack.

Are mixed four-packs the new six-pack? Spiteful Brewing’s new release banks on offering variety

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

The fact that Spiteful Brewing is releasing four flavored versions of its flagship porter Friday afternoon is no surprise. The surprise comes in how Spiteful is packaging the variants of...

Xavier McDaniel beer bears the name of the former NBA player and the green and yellow of one of his former teams, the SuperSonics.

Why did BuckleDown Brewing name a beer for Xavier McDaniel, who retired from the NBA 20 years ago?

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

Appropriating the name and likeness of a former NBA all-star for its new India pale ale was akin to BuckleDown Brewing attempting a full-court, buzzer-beating shot — it was an...

John Laffler, co-founder and brewer at Chicago's Off Color Brewing, pours Scurry, a dark, German-style ale made with honey, oats and molasses, at Off Color's Lincoln Park brewery.

Beer of the month: Off Color’s Scurry plays ‘an aromatic trick on your palate’

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

The beer: Scurry (Off Color Brewing, Chicago), a dark ale made with honey, oats and molasses. The back story: When Off Color launched in 2013, it did so with two...

At Alarmist Brewing on Chicago's North Side, founder Gary Gulley, left, presents head brewer Aaron Dahl with the gold medal for the brewery's hazy IPA, Le Jus.

Can Chicago lay claim to being Hazy IPA USA?

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

Gary Gulley, who founded Alarmist Brewing in 2013 after nearly 20 years in web development, swore his brewery would never make a hazy IPA. “We thought it was lazy brewing,”...

Off Color Brewing will launch its smaller bottle size with Jerk Bird, left, and Cygnet at The Mouse Trap taproom Saturday.

Off Color Brewing goes small with big beer in 8-ounce bottles

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

Off Color Brewing, which makes some of Chicago’s boldest and most creative beer, is putting some of it in a uniquely small package: 250-milliliter bottles. Compared with the 12- and...

Mr. IPA-Nut is a collaboration between Planters and Noon Whistle Brewing in Lombard that adds an unlikely ingredient to IPA — Planters honey roasted peanuts.

Planters peanut IPA collaboration with Chicago brewer tastes better than a gimmick

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

Mike Condon thought the email was a joke. Why would Planters, the nation’s seminal peanut brand, want to make a beer with Condon’s tiny west suburban brewery, Noon Whistle? Why...

Revolution Brewing kicks off barrel-aged beer season with eye-opening V.S.O.J. and curious Code Switch

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

Skies are gray. Temperatures are dropping. Baseball is finished. (At least in Chicago). Barrel-aged beer season is back! Revolution Brewing, which has firmly waded into the annual rite of releasing...

Head brewers and brothers Ben, left, and John Saller tour the West Town space that will become the new Burnt City Brewing.

Burnt City Brewing moves to close pub and brewery, consolidate operations, citing industry pressures

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

Burnt City Brewing began building its production brewery on Chicago’s Far South Side in 2014 with modestly ambitious goals. Make good beer. Get it on store shelves. Keep growing. Maybe...

Hop Bullet, a double IPA by Sierra Nevada, is the beer of the month for October.

Beer of the Month: Hop Bullet explodes with hop flavors yet steers clear of current trends

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

The beer: Hop Bullet Double IPA (Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, Calif., and Miller River, N.C.) What it is: A double IPA packed with hops and lupulin powder (“pure, concentrated...

Bourbon County beers tasted, reviewed: Something for everyone, but not everything for everyone

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

I don’t think there’s a beer drinker alive who would claim to appreciate all eight of Goose Island’s Bourbon County beers in 2018. But that’s not a knock on the...

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