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Islay features the same base imperial stout that's in Bourbon County Stout, but was aged in Ardbeg scotch barrels, picking up briny smoke flavors.

Goose Island’s new stout swaps bourbon barrels for scotch. So how is it?

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

On Saturday evening, I did what people do on Twitter and announced my imminent first taste of a curious creation from Goose Island. The beer was an imperial stout aged...

1818 Prairie State Farmhouse Ale has landed on store shelves, more than three months after being announced as the state's bicentennial beer.

Illinois’ bicentennial beer finally arrives, but is it good?

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

Illinois’ 200th birthday celebration began in December. Someone finally brought beer to the party. 1818 Prairie State Farmhouse Ale landed on store shelves in recent days, more than three months...

Craft Beer Week isn’t just for Chicago anymore

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

After eight years of celebrating craft beer in and around Chicago, the party is going statewide: Chicago Craft Beer Week is becoming Illinois Craft Beer Week. The rechristening is one...

Revolution Brewing debuted on the list of the nation's largest craft brewers in 2015 at 50th place, grew to 46th place in 2016 and is now ranked 40th.

Revolution, Three Floyds among nation’s 50 largest craft brewers

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

Revolution Brewing’s stature in the craft beer revolution just keeps on growing. The 8-year-old Chicago brewery was the nation’s 40th-largest craft brewer in 2017, according to rankings released Wednesday by...

Hamm's beer won the Tribune's macro beer tasting last summer, and now has won Paste magazine's ranking of the nation's macro lagers.

Hamm’s wins Paste magazine’s beer tasting — just like our macro lager ranking

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

All hail Hamm’s. Again. Last year, we sat down three of Chicago’s finest beer palates to blindly drink — and, more importantly, rank — some of the most popular beers...

Maduro Brown Ale is the first beer that Cigar City made when launching in 2007, and it remains a core piece of the brewery's identity.

Love Jai Alai IPA from Cigar City? Don’t miss brewery’s Maduro Brown Ale

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

The beer: Maduro Brown Ale by Cigar City, made in Tampa, Fla. What it is: A fairly faithful take on an English-style brown ale from a well-regarded brewery that began...

The collection of tap handles lines a tall shelf and stretches back decades.

Quenchers owner looks back on 39 years, hopes pioneering Chicago bar will endure

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

Earle Johnson turned 75 a few weeks back. It’s getting harder to be a bar owner. “I don’t have the stamina,” he said. “I like to go home and take...

Boutique hotel coming soon to Wrigleyville: A look inside The Wheelhouse

August 23, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

A long, curving baseball bat installation runs through the lobby of the soon-to-open Wheelhouse Hotel. A decades-old vintage scoreboard hangs there too. Nods to baseball are scattered throughout guest rooms....

Carol's Pub, which closed in 2016 beneath a mountain of debt, is expected to reopen in the coming months, operated by Ed Warm, of Joe's on Weed Street.

Legendary Carol’s Pub poised to reopen in Uptown in coming months

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

Dust off your cowboy boots, press your finest pair of Wranglers and start practicing your country twang because the legendary Carol’s Pub is poised for a comeback. The Uptown honky-tonk...

Large tables, made from pine floorboard removed to accommodate the brewery, boast views to the brewing operation at Marz Community Brewing.

Marz Community Brewing’s taproom opening Saturday is latest venture in creative storm

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

On a Monday afternoon, Ed Marszewski sat at the bar of the Marz Community Brewing taproom, his phone pressed to his ear. Marz’s taproom was still more than a week...

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