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The Return of Honkers: This Week's Beer News

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One of Chicago’s original craft beers is coming back. We broke the news of its discontinuation back in early 2019 , calling it “the end of an era” as Goose was pivoting to beers like Old Man Grumpy and Next Coast IPA. 1 Pretty cool stuff.

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Midwest, Mountain, and Northleft: Meet the Latest Regional IPA Styles

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Today, his legend swims on in another historical artifact, the English-style Commodore Perry IPA from Great Lakes Brewing Co. To attract a broader audience of IPA drinkers, Great Lakes leaned into its geography to create a balanced, subtly sweet, not-too-bitter Midwestern IPA. Bell’s Two Hearted IPA is a bellwether.)

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This Week's Beer News: Welcome Homewood

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The big story in Chicagoland beer this week happened about 30 miles directly south of downtown, where the long-awaited Homewood Brewing Company finally opened their doors. The big story in Chicagoland beer this week happened about 30 miles directly south of downtown, where the long-awaited Homewood Brewing Company finally opened their doors.

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Brut Busts and Brett Who? The Next Big IPA Sub-Styles That Never Were

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annually collaborates with Venture Snowboards on a Ska-themed snowboard that might feature its logo, dapper skeleton mascot, or a new beer. A fizzy, fragrant, Champagne-inspired IPA couldn’t hack it in a world gone hazy. She was like, ‘That was my favorite beer. To this day, it’s still one of our favorite beers that we’ve made.”

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The 10 Best-Selling Craft Beer Brands of 2024

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This may sound like a backhanded compliment, but while craft beer sales continue to slow, the situation isn’t nearly as grim as it was this time last year. craft beer sales totalled $4.7 Circana compiled the sales data into a list revealing the top 10 best-selling craft beer brands going into 2024. 28, 2024, U.S.

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27 Seasonal Beer Releases Worth Traveling For [MAP]

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But beer tourism? Even then, taking a vacation devoted to beer is a harder thing to justify. Nonetheless, there are stellar breweries around the country that bring beer nerds to their taprooms every year to score their most coveted releases. Wine tourism is a bonafide industry. Curating such a list is no small feat.

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9 Things You Should Know About Maine Beer Company

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On a 2006 hike in Everglades National Park, beer lover David Kleban shared his idea of starting a brewery with his dad, who jokingly responded that David would drink all of his own profits. “I I then figured that if I made enough beer, that problem could be solved,” David says. Maine Beer Co. started by perfecting one beer.

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