Craft lagers are having a moment. Try this one.
What it is: The flagship brew for St. Louis' Urban Chestnut Brewing, Zwickel is a Kellerbier, which is an unfiltered, unpasteurized German-style lager. The lack of filtration results in a...
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Bourbon County Stout is a legend, but probably not as old as we think
When I began working on a book about Goose Island Beer Co., its sale to Anheuser-Busch InBev and the many ways Goose Island has influenced and reflected the broader craft...
Moody Tongue taproom opens Friday night
We finally have an opening date for Pilsen's emporium of craft beer chocolate cake and oysters — also known as the Moody Tongue Brewing Co. taproom. Tonight. At 5 p.m....
Kimpton offering $99 hotel rooms to World Series winners
Residents of either Illinois or Ohio will doubly win with the outcome of the 2016 World Series. A wager between Kimpton hotels in Chicago (home of the Cubs — yay!)...
Goose Island’s 2016 Bourbon County beers tasted, ranked
It's been a tough year for Goose Island and its Bourbon County beers. As anyone who enjoys beer not ending in "Light" (or "Lite") knows, four of Goose Island's six...
Jolly Pumpkin to open Hyde Park brewpub in 2017
The good news is that they don't make pumpkin beer. The even better news is that Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales is setting up shop in Chicago. The Dexter, Mich.-based brewery,...
Goose Island introduces ‘Proprietor’s Day’ for latest Bourbon County beer
A year after it introduced "Rare Day" to release its heralded Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout, Goose Island is launching a new event called "Proprietor's Day" to release — you...
10 memorable beers at Great American Beer fest, plus 5 that make us go, ‘huh?’
If 3,800 beers from 780 breweries across 400,000 square feet sounds like a lot of beer, well, it is. That was the scene at the Great American Beer Festival, which...
Chicago craft beer insiders dish on Great American Beer Fest
The Great American Beer Festival is ostensibly the nation's largest and most renowned gathering of brewers and beer drinkers. In reality, the 60,000 beer lovers, 3,800 beers and 780 breweries...
4 Chicago breweries score gold at Great American Beer Festival
There were no dominant winners from the Chicago area at the Great American Beer Festival on Saturday, but honors were spread among 10 city and suburban breweries, including four gold...