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A six pack of Working for the Weekend Double IPA sits in the front room of Spiteful Brewing's new expansion space in Bowmanville. The brewery has been able to set itself apart from others by canning its beers.

Spiteful Brewing expanding with brewery next to neighborly Half Acre

June 11, 2018 at 6:44 a.m.

A few frustrating months into the search for a building to construct a new brewery, Jason Klein, who co-founded Spiteful Brewing three years ago with a childhood hockey buddy, made...

Your driver's license is still good enough to get you through the security line at U.S. airports — the beefed-up RealID program has been put on hold for two more years.

Real ID gets an extension

August 23, 2019 at 1:33 p.m.

Late Friday afternoons are usually reserved for bad news, when, presumably, most people are too busy thinking about the weekend to care about anything much. But this time the news...

Goose Island offers refunds: Off flavors in some Bourbon County beer

June 12, 2018 at 3:16 a.m.

Goose Island is offering refunds for two of its renowned Bourbon County beers due to "flavors that are not consistent with our expectation of how these beers should taste," the...

AleSmith Brewing Co.'s Grand Cru is an ideal winter sipper, whether with food or on its own.

AleSmith Grand Cru: A complex, approachable Belgian-style beer

June 12, 2018 at 3:17 a.m.

What it is: Though its beer has been distributed in downstate Illinois for a while now, San Diego's well-regarded AleSmith Brewing Co. only began sending beer to Chicago in recent...

Half Acre Beer Company co-founder Gabriel Magliaro is opening restaurants at both of his breweries with chef Nick Lacasse.

Half Acre to open kitchen next week

June 12, 2018 at 3:07 a.m.

You know Half Acre the brewery. And Half Acre the taproom. Get ready for Half Acre the restaurant. One of Chicago's original craft breweries — turning a grizzled nine years...

Bourbon County beers to take over taps at Roots Pizza

June 11, 2018 at 6:20 a.m.

For those who struck out getting Goose Island's Bourbon County family of beers back in November — or those who simply didn't want to stand in long lines to buy...

Dead Ringer is described as a "traditional marzen lager" on its label but that's a bit misleading; Dead Ringer is no traditional marzen. But it is a terrific beer and an ideal match for summer's segue into fall.
<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-beer-of-month-september-0912-story.html">Read more about Dead Ringer here</a>.

A year of excellent beer, revisited

April 7, 2019 at 9:55 a.m.

I'm going to level with you. I've been featuring a different beer every month in the pages of the baiduhai for nearly five years, and at least once a...

Graveyard Shift by Arcade Brewery is a local beer to try now.

5 favorite Chicago beers of 2015

June 16, 2018 at 6:44 a.m.

I couldn't let 2015 escape without some sort of beer list. Last year, that list was my 10 most memorable beers of 2014. This year, when reflecting on the year...

ECBC Falcon Wheeled Duffle Bag is laptop-friendly at security

August 23, 2019 at 1:30 p.m.

Name: ECBC Falcon Wheeled Duffle Bag (22-inch) What it is: A carry-on suitcase that allows laptop computers to stay in the bag while you go through security. How it works:...

Here are the travel trends that experts expect for 2016

August 23, 2019 at 1:30 p.m.

With another year of travel in the books, we turned to the experts on the matter of what we can look forward to in 2016. Here are their predictions. Julie...

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