Up to this point the only notable beer party over this way is the annual Harvest HopDown Fest at The Plaza on Millennium Park. It’s an October gathering where Park Grill’s PR staff coordinates distributors to come pour packaged mainline offerings from popular regional breweries. It’s a decent party and …
GI President Todd Ahsmann is calling this the greatest year of all time for BCS. A record 8 releases are set to drop on Black Friday. Bourbon County is something that Goose works on all 12 months. In January the internal competition begins amongst brewers and lab technicians. Everyone gets …
At one end of the party drafts flowed from neighboring Chicago Brewing District outfits (Finch, On Tour, Great Central, All Rise). At the other end you could cruise Finch’s third location where the sales manager might toss you a can of their top seller, Tacocat kettle sour. Some of …
Now in its 9th year, Historic Pullman, Chicago’s Argus Brewery is one of the oldest producers in the state. Their Märzen is the artist formerly known as Holsteiner Lager. Shortly after wining an Amber Lager bronze medal at World Beer Cup 2016, branding was changed to simply, Argus Lager. Upon …
Back in the early 90’s Mark McDermott would host Halloween parties with Mensa International and invite the Chicago Beer Society over. The two groups would share homebrew made for the occasion. His work with The Examiner and Tribune Publishing pre dates anything our website has done. When the chance to …
This place has no business being this good. Located in the deep south burb of Mokena is Doc’s third Smokehouse location. Word is that co owner Brent Brashier was managing hotel restaurants in Milwaukee when he decided to start his own project. He desired something that was more reflective of …
Crab Cakes.. Football.. Beer… that’s what Maryland does! For the first time in over 60 years there is a Guinness brewhouse on a American soil. Brewmaster Peter Wiens and his team tapped a ceremonial firkin in celebration of the Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 2, …
We don’t typically associate hotel bars as being a destination for food and drink. Hopefully the level of focus found here can become the new norm for bar experiences near Michigan Avenue. Tucked away just a block from Millennium Park, Columbus Tap is dedicated to an all-Midwestern taplist that …
