In a world where festivals and beer dinners have become a bit homogenized, nights like these are refreshing to say the least. Recently the godfathers of the Japanese beer movement, Hitachino Nest joined forces with Chicago’s oldest distributor, Louis Glunz at Japanese Steakhouse, Roka Akor. The result was a journey …
This notoriously juicy, Midwestern Pale Ale arrived at Field Museum recently for the third installment of Hop To It. Toppling Goliath Founder, Clark Lewey sees this new partnership as a way of bridging the worlds of beer and tourism. The small Decorah, Iowa brewery has always supported the Field’s mission. …
By now we should just call GI’s Bourbon County Stout what it is – The Most Disruptive Stout in American History. Batch 1000 at the Clybourn brewpub was ahead of it’s time and pioneered the way craft breweries approached experimenting with second use barrels that previously held a spirit. We …
Chicago’s most revered festival returned to UIC Forum for a third consecutive year. Gone were the overhead lights that gave the space a sterile, tradeshow vibe. They were replaced with a warm, globe string light design. The 2016 edition of the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild’s signature event saw Seattle Cider …
As far as we can tell Dark Lord was first bottled back in 2004. As recently as 2009 the annual celebration for its release was a free event. Nowadays the price is 200$ per ticket…for a beer festival. Gates opened at 10am but 41 degrees, rain and a Group D …
Chef Rick Bayless has taken his love affair with Chicago craft beer to completely new heights. Marisol, way back in 2010 was a Belgian Ale with green tea, coriander and tangerine zest brewed by Goose Island Clybourn. That moment of having a local house beer created for his restaurants has …
