Kegs For Kids! Chicago 2011

  I always have a great time at this event. Kegs for Kids! is a fundraiser for Peirce Elementary School. Last year at the Metropolis Coffee House Roasting Room, this collaboration between the Friends of Peirce and Hopleaf raised funds for a science lab to be built at the school. …

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The 5th Annual Festiv-Ale @ Carmichael’s

In many ways the reason we started the website was for events like this one. It was a moment  where all my favorite things came together. The best breweries in the city, some of its most creative chefs, a silent auction, a crowd filled with pretty ladies, a benefit for …

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Vote Chicago Beer Geeks!!

“There is a perfectly respectable academic theory that civilization began with beer,”– world wide guide to beer We are the Chicago Beer Geeks, from day 1 our goal has been simple.. tell the story of Chicago through craft beer and have as much fun as possible doing it. Beer brings …

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Inaugural Midwest Brewers Fest

This was in many ways summer’s last stand.. 3000 beer fans over 58 breweries and 150 different beer samples all on the banks of the Plainfield River, the 1st ever Midwest Brewers Fest was a quite the scene. Have you ever been to a festival that had a cigar section …

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Oak Park Micro Brew Review

I am getting quite the education in sustainability lately. I recently visited The Plant, a in-the-works vertical farm on the South-side, which will house the New Chicago Brewing Company (to be published soon on girlslikebeertoo) and this past Saturday I attended the Oak Park Micro Brew Review that touts itself …

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