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Maplewood Brewery & Distillery Patio Expansion + Kitchen Grand Opening Cider Summit Chicago 2025 From Steakhouse to Culture Hub:$5M Black Woman-Owned Brewery and Creole Restaurant Honors JuiceWRLD in Homewood Pho No. 1 Brewing Goose Island Announces The Return of Bourbon County Rare Day

Maplewood Brewery & Distillery Patio Expansion + Kitchen Grand Opening

As if we needed more reasons to love Chicago’s premier brewer/ distillery. Maplewood has decided to expand patio seating and renovate kitchen operations just in...

Cider Summit Chicago 2025

It’s one of the only consistent winter festivals in the entire city, also the only time all year we’d consider going to Navy Pier. The...

From Steakhouse to Culture Hub:$5M Black Woman-Owned Brewery and Creole Restaurant Honors JuiceWRLD in Homewood

The story here in some circles was that the family of JuiceWRLD, one of most popular artists in Spotify history was opening a brewery. To...

Pho No. 1 Brewing

Really not sure what the hell os going on here. But there’s a pho restaurant on the far Northwest Side of the city that has...

Goose Island Announces The Return of Bourbon County Rare Day

Goose adds a 6th variant to this year’s BCS lineup. We started to wonder what the hell is up with Goose. There was no 312...

Goose Island Beer Co. Opens New Chapter with Salt Shed Brewpub

This was the building where they repaired the salt trucks back when this was an operational hub for Morton’s Salt. Chicago’s oldest brewery has never been shy about reinventing itself. The latest iteration in their storied legacy is a riverfront brewpub at a music venue that quite honestly feels like …

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A Toast to Collaboration: Funkytown Brewery and Samuel Adams Release 1984 Pale Lager

Funkytown Brewery and Samuel Adams have joined forces to create the 1984 Pale Lager. This limited engagement lager was unveiled at a celebratory release party held at Sheffield’s Beer Garden, the iconic destination beer oasis located just blocks from Wrigley Field. San Francisco Steam Yeast, Motueka and Tettnang hops are showcased …

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Beer Releases

Malt Row Magic: An Insider’s Look at Ravenswood’s Premier Breweries

Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce Presents: The Malt Row Tour The most concentrated areas for breweries in Chicago are West Loop, Logan Square and collection of destination breweries in the Ravenswood Corridor known affectionately as Malt Row. Both Hop Butcher and Dovetail appeared in Craft Brewing & Beer’s Top 15 Small …

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Pints and Piledrivers: Warrior Wrestling & Revolution Brewing host The Event of the Year

The largest independent brewery in the state chose a random Friday evening in March to host the most insane party we’ve seen in quite sometime. Professional Wrestling isn’t something you outgrow. Those chills, that joy you felt as a kid are the same vibes you get at the brewery seeing …

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Events

NYC’s Other Half Launches Chicago Brewpub at Ramova Theatre

What should have been celebration and return to glory for a 100yr old theatre, became the focus of everything we dislike about brewers from other regions opening in Chicago. On paper it all sounds so perfect. 14 on draft including 12 IPAs over in Bridgeport at Other Half Ramova. A …

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The 2023 Bourbon County Stout Collection

Goose is the architect of this style and their performance with this lineup is a testament. There’s one less variant than last year and the 2023 release seems much more intentional with more structure than previous vintages. In fact, the most polarizing variant this year, might also be the best …

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HYFIN’s The 5th Ingredient Presents: Brown Black & Brews at Pilot Project Milwaukee

Pilot Project Honors Brewing History + Crafts a New Era in Milwaukee.  Water. Hops. Barley. Yeast… and the missing ingredient ….Culture. Radio Milwaukee’s HYFIN spotlights Black and Brown owned breweries. Chicagoans  – Moor’s Brewing Co, Funkytown and Casa Humilde Cerveceria all made an appearance. The fest was a backdrop to …

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Eagle Rare and Angel’s Envy Variants Headline Bourbon County Stout’s 2023 Lineup

The greatest stout in American history – Goose Island’s Bourbon County Stout is set to make it’s return this Fall with a tight five-variant lineup focused on extended age releases and a return to the classics.  Bourbon County Brand Angel’s Envy 2-Year Cask Finish Stout is the company’s first time …

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