Just days after their massive Silver Anniversary Party (that featured 60 of their beers!) at the original Brewpub over on Clybourn, I was able to sit down for 20 minutes with a Chicago Legend. John started Goose Island in 1988 based on his world travels and his passion to build …
One of the most anticipated brewery debuts in recent memory got off the ground with guest bartenders from around the city, a killer taplist, dinosmores, Manhattan jello shots and of course 4 beer collaborations they have created since announcing Chicago’s newest brewery – Off Color. It’s not often you …
All Sundays are not created equal. The crew over at Solidarity have a knack for creating random acts of awesome on Sunday afternoons. The latest chapter of their event series focused on all things black- Darkside: 22+ taps, featuring all dark ales. The man behind the movement – Chris Jacobsen, …
Our epic Chicago Bears Bash Trilogy came to an end when the Monsters Of The Midway couldn’t make it to the playoffs this season. But lets be honest, the party never stops. We shifted gears to create our largest, and most awesome gathering to date (at Lake Point …
It was a pub crawl led by a rugby team to 7 locations in the city and suburbs ( I cant make this stuff up). Norm Smyth and Jeff Friends are members of the Chicago Blaze. They did a great job of combining their love of sports and beer to …
I’ve always wanted to be in a really cool band. My friends Kent Weber, Mark Skala and I on occasion join forces as The Independent Beer Series to produce some wonderful content. In volume 2 of our series we focused on an event we all admire – The Festival Of …
