4 Hands Chocolate Milk Stout loads up the chocolate without being cloying
What it is: As you might expect from a beer invoking chocolate milk in its name, 4 Hands Brewing Co.'s Chocolate Milk Stout is a milk stout with a prominent...
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North Korea’s tourism door is open, if you dare, and I would
Would you go to North Korea? I've been asking that question lately, and the answer is largely "no." I follow the question with another: Did you know that American citizens...
Chicago Craft Beer Week 2015 dates announced
The sixth annual Chicago Craft Beer Week will be May 14-24 and will conclude with a new event in the Ravenswood neighborhood called 47th Fest, organizers said Monday. The week...
Leelanau Peninsula in winter a quiet and worthy escape
Even the owner of my hotel had the good sense not to be where I was. In a couple of weeks, he said as I checked in at the Whaleback...
Virgin Hotels jumps into the hospitality market with Chicago showpiece
For more than 50 years, the Virgin company has dabbled in life's more pleasurable pursuits — music, cruises, space travel — so jumping into the hotel business was probably inevitable....
Lagunitas drops lawsuit against Sierra Nevada after Twitter backlash
In the craft beer version of Ali-Frazier, Lagunitas Brewing sued Sierra Nevada Brewing this week, claiming copyright infringement for a beer label prominently featuring the letters "IPA" in serif, block...
Destihl Flanders Red a complex but clean sour beer
What it is: Destihl Brewing was just another brewery making blonde ale, India pale ale, porter and all the rest until the world got a taste of its sour beers...
Readers share their 2014 travel highlights
I spend most of the year telling you about my travels, so I always enjoy the opportunity to turn that around and hear about your journeys. I recently wrote of...
Half Acre Beer renames Heyoka as Senita after complaints
Unlike a certain Washington, D.C., football team, Half Acre Beer Co. didn't hesitate to change the name of one of its beers when told it could be construed as culturally...
My 10 most memorable beer drinking experiences of 2014
I've thought a lot about what to call this list. "The 10 Best Beers of 2014." (Direct and commanding.) "The 10 Best Beers I Drank in 2014." (Direct and commanding,...