Oktoberfest pick: Ayinger Oktober Fest-Marzen, a classic take on the style
What it is: It's that sliver of the year when our minds are allowed to drift from hops, stouts aged in bourbon barrels and the latest craft brewery to release...
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4 Bourbon County beers are infected, but are they bad? We take a taste
Call it "off flavors." Call it "infected." Call it "flavors that are not consistent with our expectation of how these beers should taste" — which is how Goose Island Beer...
Catching a Cubs-Cardinals game in St. Louis has never been more fun
Dear Cardinals fans, You are nice. Much nicer than us Cubs fans. I suspect your niceness is rooted in all that winning. The occasional World Series crown must make each...
Beer on demand: Craft breweries like Piece, Half Acre start delivery service
A few months ago, after a long day of working and finally getting his daughters to sleep, Eric Fritzsche found the ideal end to his day on the internet. Margaritas....
Football, fall foliage make Ann Arbor, Mich., hard to beat
There's no better place to be in fall than a college town. Not a biggish city that happens to have a college. Not a tiny town with a tiny private...
Haymarket files trademark opposition against Brooklyn Brewery over beer name
After successfully defending a gold medal earlier this year, The Defender stout is now trying to defend its name. Chicago's Haymarket Brewing, which brews The Defender, filed opposition last week...
How to make Expat’s rosé snow cone (it’s ice-cold perfection)
Sitting beneath the flapping yellow flags and bare light bulbs strung above the shaded Green Street sidewalk, I found myself wrestling with whether Expat, which proudly proclaims itself as "al...
Pitch-perfect beer for hot summer days this week: Money on My Rind
What it is: Money on My Rind was released in mid-July as Forbidden Root's third year-round beer, and just in time — it's a pitch-perfect summer beer. Money on My...
Detroit’s Atwater Brewery weighs opening in Chicago
Of the hundreds (or thousands, or seemingly millions) of beer brands on Chicago shelves, plenty of out-of-towners have fared quite well. Chicago is, for instance, one of Allagash Brewing's strongest...
New England IPAs stir juicy debate as Chicago brewer releases Juice Pants
Some people sneer at the idea of a New England-style India pale ale. Others say it doesn't exist. But enough brewers and drinkers have become true believers to make the...