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Goose Island's Wrigleyville brewpub, 3535 N. Clark St., will reopen for the 2015 baseball season.

Goose Island Wrigleyville brewpub to reopen for baseball season

June 15, 2018 at 9:26 p.m.

Just in time for Opening Day, Goose Island's Wrigleyville brewpub is going into extra innings. Closed last fall, presumably forever, the brewpub one block south of Wrigley Field is getting...

The ideal minimum temperature for most craft beer is in the low to mid-40s. For hearty yeast or hop-forward ales, a bit warmer. For even more adventurous styles, arguably as high as the upper 50s.

You’re drinking your beer too cold — and here’s why

May 31, 2019 at 1:38 p.m.

I have a drinking problem, and it makes me order two beers at a time in bars and restaurants. My problem is this: We drink our beer too cold, America....

Goose Island Brewmaster Brett Porter shows off the tap room at the beer company's 1800 West Fulton St. brewery.

Goose Island tap room planning for tours, rare beer

June 15, 2018 at 10:58 p.m.

With all due respect to a 1:20 p.m. game at Wrigley Field, the soon-to-open Goose Island taproom might offer Chicago's best new reason to play hooky. One Friday per month,...

Pub Royale to stay true to the spirit of old Small Bar

June 15, 2018 at 10:29 p.m.

Good news for fans of the shuttered Small Bar on Division Street, which had become one of the city's better beer bars. Its replacement, Pub Royale, is "in its heart...

Sierra Nevada's Hop Hunter IPA uses hop oil for a robust hop effect.
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Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter uses hop oil to robust hop effect

June 15, 2018 at 11:28 p.m.

What it is: In a crowded craft beer market, Lagunitas Brewing gave Sierra Nevada quite a gift earlier this year: free advertising. Lagunitas owner Tony Magee thought the label on...

LGBT travelers face some of the biggest challenges

August 23, 2019 at 11:56 a.m.

As a white heterosexual American male, there are certain things — OK, plenty of things — I don't need to think twice about. One of them is travel. There obviously...

Consuming marijuana legally while on vacation, such as in Denver, doesn't protect you from being fired for violating drug policy on the job.

Vacation pot smokers should beware back home

August 23, 2019 at 11:53 a.m.

A visitor to Colorado or Washington can enjoy all sorts of fine legal activities in those states. Ski. Hike. Drink local beer. Eat local food. Take a scenic drive on...

Eat a chocolate-dipped datil pepper at Hot Shot Bakery n' Cafe and your photo winds up on the "Wall of Flame."

For St. Augustine cuisine, the little devil is in the datils

August 23, 2019 at 11:53 a.m.

Should you want to remain incognito as a tourist in the nation's oldest city, there's a simple pronunciation worth mastering: "datil." The datil is a pepper grown in and around...

Traveling with a partner can tell you a lot about the viability of the relationship.

Good way to test your relationship? Travel together

August 23, 2019 at 11:49 a.m.

The cliche says there's no better way to test compatibility than to travel with someone. And a pair of therapists who specialize in relationships — and who happen to be...

Craft brewery co-founder not happy with Super Bowl ad snark

May 23, 2019 at 1:49 p.m.

Elysian Brewing co-founder Dick Cantwell was watching the Super Bowl with some of his brewers when a new Budweiser commercial flickered onto the screen. The one-minute ad declared Budweiser as...

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