Beer Reviews
We at Chicago Beer Geeks had a rare opportunity the other night to tour the Goose Island Fullton Street Brewery with one of their brewers John Laffler. He is responsible for the barrel age beers like Bourbon County Stout, as well as having the opportunity to experiment with small batches …
As you have probably heard by now in a move that surprised few but disappointed many, the mighty Goose Island Brewery announced this morning that it was selling the 23yr old Chicago institution to of all people… Budweiser. GI is the largest Illinois based craft brewery producing over 127,000 barrels last year with a market …
Last week Clown Shoes Beer made their debut in the Chicago market. The craft brew makers from Massachusetts (30 miles north of Boston) Invaded chi city with truck loads of their offerings taking up prime real estate in some of our favorite retail stores. The company is barely a …
This top 5 list is my personal list of what I considered my top 5 beers of 2010. Please comment and tell us what your top 5 beers were this past year. The beers in my list I consider my top that I had this year all based on my …
A friend recently reminded me that Oskar Blues is distributed to Wisconsin, so I recently picked up some Ten Fidy RIS and some Gubna IIPA. So effing good. I strongly recommend anyone who hasn’t tried these to go purchase them immediately.
If you have ever tried to acquire any of the bottles in this photo from your local fine beverage depot..you know how special this evening was. This was the rarest of events, only 20 tix available to the public. It was part seminar, part dinner party and a celebration of …
