Illinois’ birthday beer gets a name
Illinois’ bicentennial beer has a name: 1818 Prairie State Farmhouse Ale. The beer, made by Hand of Fate brewing in Petersburg, will be available statewide throughout 2018 as part of...
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Revolution Brewing steps up with 2 more barrel-aged releases
Goose Island releases its heralded family of barrel-aged beers on one day of the year: Black Friday. It’s the kind of nuts that only a television news helicopter can capture....
3 Sheeps Cashmere Hammer: A nitro stout for all seasons
The beer: Cashmere Hammer, 3 Sheeps Brewing (Sheboygan, Wis.) What it is: A robust, yet easy-drinking stout carbonated with nitrogen. Most beer is carbonated with carbon dioxide, which results in...
Hand of Fate toasts Illinois’ 200th with bicentennial beer
The official beer of Illinois’ bicentennial will, naturally, taste like Illinois. The beer, whose name will be announced at the bicentennial kickoff at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum...
Revolution Brewing strikes gold with 2017 Deth’s Tar — debuting Friday
It was a few sips into Cafe Deth that it struck me. Revolution Brewing has become a major league barrel-aging force. Last year marked the Chicago brewery’s first serious foray...
Boom in sugary pastry stouts anything but a sweet success for craft brewers
Remember that Budweiser commercial that lit up craft beer a few years back? It mocked people who dared to smell their beer. Who cared to think critically about their beer....
Get your fill of cider at these 5 Midwest spots
The Midwest cider industry has grown markedly in recent years, offering more places than ever to kick back and drink this apple juice for adults. Here are five spots worth...
Off Color goes small and exotic at new taproom
Off Color Brewing expected to max out production at its Northwest Side brewery in about five years. It happened in three. The initial inclination was to do what most small...
Once just for tennis, Midtown Athletic Club ups its game with new hotel
Slide open the bedside drawer in the 55 rooms at The Hotel at Midtown and you won't find the Bible. You’ll find a slim, 122-page paperback copy of the “Official...
Bourbon County beer’s Black Friday tasting tickets go on sale Monday
What pairs well with a gleaming new taproom? If you’re Goose Island, the answer, of course, is its Bourbon County family of beers. The brewery said Thursday that it will...