Blue Man Group 30th Anniversary IPA at DryHop

That pleasure you feel when something sounds so bizarre and uncertain but turns out to be just right. When you see pics of blue IPA to celebrate a non verbal performance group, you question everything about that scenario.  Recently at DryHop Brewers in Lakeview Brant Dubovick and crew slow poured …

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The Second Annual Lincoln Avenue Beer Stroll

This event was so good that I couldn’t even finish my route. With three sample pours at every location, merchants you normally walk past were transformed into tasting destinations!!! The Lakeview Chamber of Commerce got this one right. Diversey to Belmont (Route B) started at Beermiscuous.  The craft beer café …

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The Great Wrigley Beer Festival

  Wrigleyville, an area known more for sports themed bars selling macro beers than selling the good stuff,  was the center of the Chicago craft beer scene this past weekend with the Night of the Living Ales & The Great Wrigley beer Festival invading the area. TGWBF was A 4 pub …

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