PUNCH

JANUARY 4, 2024

The surging N/A beer market has plenty of standout, crave-worthy options. Here are the best nonalcoholic beers to try right now.

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Beer 320

Guys Drinking Beer

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When we think about 2023's best beer and our favorite beer experiences, here's what we'll look back on fondly: The post Our 2023 “Best Beer” and “Best Beer Experience” Roundup appeared first on Guys Drinking Beer.

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PUNCH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Oktoberfest beer is everywhere, but the popular style can be confusing. Here, craft brewers explain the two camps: festbier and märzen.

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Beer 287

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Before we jump into our usual Wednesday roundup of labels, a bit of sad news: If you’ve ever enjoyed an American-made sour beer, you owe a debt of gratitude to Ron Jeffries, who passed away this week. I’d encourage you to share a toast with a wild or sour beer that you love as well.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Tomorrow, over a hundred people will be gathering for the brew day of Vibes Since 1920 , a collaborative beer slated for release in March for Women’s Month. ” The variety of participants in this project runs the gamut across the beer enthusiast spectrum. . ” That’s a lot of people around one brew deck.

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 17, 2024

Summer is a great time for lighter, refreshing beers. And while it’s tough to beat the appeal of a classic pilsner or hoppy, piney IPA, one of the best choices for the summer months is a refreshing, balanced wheat beer. Now that you have learned a little bit about wheat beers, it’s time to find some to drink.

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Beer Pilsner IPA Craft Beer 264

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MARCH 22, 2024

If you’re looking to get out and about over the next few weeks, the events calendar is still pretty dang full while breweries wait for warmer, more beer-friendly weather to arrive. On Saturday you can celebrate International Orval Day at The Beer Temple , one of the official destinations for the annual festivities.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JUNE 14, 2024

So much stuff going on over the next few days, but before that, a gentle nudge as we head into this Father’s Day weekend, where it’s possible someone might say something like, “Hey, did you hear that Hulk Hogan has a beer coming out? It’s been all over the news in the past few days!”

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Sketchbook’s celebration is already on their calendar as well, and while not a true Oktoberfest celebration, I think it’s worth mentioning that the Metropolitan beers from Short Fuse are getting a proper release party (with brats and schnitzel) one week from today. We’ll be out there with you. Nice to see.

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Beer IPA Happy Hour Stout 264

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

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. Earlier today, Goose Island made it official : Honkers Ale is returning to package format.

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Beer IPA Craft Beer Stout 246

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JUNE 7, 2024

The amount of 10th anniversary events emerging over the last few weeks have made me wonder: Was May-June 2014 the busiest time in Chicago craft beer history? Hailstorm Brewing also celebrates ten years of beers with a party on Saturday and a special anniversary release of their GABF medal-winning Prairie Madness Pale Ale.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

AUGUST 21, 2024

One of these new labels took me on a journey down a rabbit hole of UK lager miscellanea, and you’re coming along for the ride, thanks to… The New Illinois Beer Label of the Week: Yes, that’s Wrexham as in Wales, as in the football club, and also as in the UK’s oldest lager brewery ( per their website ). Plus: Rizz.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JULY 22, 2024

Subscribe now If you’re looking to drink a beer outside, Block Club has a list of 200+ outdoor spaces, patios, and beer gardens around Chicago (including their dog-friendly status and a map). Forbes recommended 8 beers for summer drinking , including Belgian at the Beach by the new-to-town Cerveceria Paracaidista.

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Guys Drinking Beer

MAY 6, 2024

We came, we saw, we drank -- here are our thoughts and some of our favorite beers from Beer Under Glass 2024 at Union Station. The post Beer Under Glass 2024: We Came, We Saw, We Drank. Here’s Our Recap appeared first on Guys Drinking Beer.

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Beer 246

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Today, we’re bringing you an exclusive first look at this year’s Craft Beer Week pint glass, courtesy of the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild. Only breweries can pre-order at this point; the rest of us will have to just get ready to grab one of these glasses from participating breweries once Beer Week kicks off in mid-May.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MAY 8, 2024

Howdy, friends — and happy Beer Label Wednesday. This beer comes courtesy of Church Street and appears to be timed perfectly for party-barge drinking on Lake Bloomington (the Green Gables logo on the label is for a bar, restaurant and grocery store nearby). Always fun when that happens.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 5, 2024

There’s no denying the supreme drinkability of a cold, crisp rice beer, as industry stalwarts like macro Japanese breweries Sapporo and Asahi demonstrate. But smaller craft brewers are increasingly tinkering with the style, recognizing the mass appeal of a clean, crushable beer while still experimenting with their own interpretations.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

… “It has been an amazing 15 years across two states creating and enjoying delicious craft beer and food. While this is a heavy decision and pulls at my heart, I know Haymarket will continue making great beer and food for its ever-growing fanbase,” said Crowley.

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Beer Craft Beer 246

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JULY 19, 2024

Get 20% off for 1 year Last night’s birthday beers included a Gnosis Brewing Gnack lager, a Farm Club Schwarzbier and a Hop Butcher Grid IPA. Waypost Brewing Company is hosting a traditional kolsch service in their beer garden tonight from 4-9pm. Here’s the full beer list that’ll be pouring at the party.

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PUNCH

MARCH 19, 2024

For brewer DeWayne Schaaf, a strain of wild yeast became the only living connection to his late father—then it was lost to history. Or so he thought.

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Beer 335

Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

It wasn’t long ago when nonalcoholic beer options in the U.S. In fact, the fast-growing category of nonalcoholic beer now includes NA alternatives in most beer styles. Note: If a beer contains less than 0.5 left much to be desired. Fortunately, U.S. Here are some excellent low-proof brews hailing from around the globe.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 12, 2024

If there is any place better to enjoy a crisp, refreshing beer than out in nature, I haven’t been there. And that is, fittingly, how I plan to enjoy my four-pack of Hopworks ‘ new Organic West Coast IPA brewed for the Earth to Beer campaign. For Earth Day, or any day, go drink some beer outside.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Breaking news from Tilray, the new owners (relatively speaking) of Shock Top Brewing and many other former Anheuser Busch brands: Their Pretzel Wheat beer has returned , and with it, a chance to win a trip to Munich for this year’s Oktoberfest. Our Beer Map has been updated. We visited a while back and loved the hefeweizen.)

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Beer Pub Infusions Wine 189

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JULY 26, 2024

Some genuinely unfortunate news from Averie Swanson, owner of Keeping Together , the beer brand founded in Chicago that’s working to open a space in Santa Fe, NM. They actually sat down with the offending customer and had a beer together. You’ll get Dovetail beer and four samples of landjaeger, so how can you pass that up?

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

One of life’s simplest pleasures is heading out to a bar on a crisp fall Saturday to enjoy a cold beer on draft. While it might be tempting to blame the pint on a bad batch, the likely cause for your less-than-satisfying beer is the draft line it was poured from, not the draft itself. Dead giveaway.”

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Beer Bar 124

BarLifeUK

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Brew//LDN: 25th – 27th April 2024, Southbank, London SE1 Despite having an edgy, modern name that was obviously created by a branding agency to say ‘this isn’t the Great British Beer Festival, no socks and sandals here’, Brew//LDN sounds like quite a good craic. General ticket sales and information can be found here.

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Beer 193

BarLifeUK

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Great British Beer Festival: 5th-9th August 2025, NEC Birmingham The Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA)’s flagship beer festival is returning in 2025 after a hiatus this year, and for the first time since 1983, it will take place in the West Midlands. Tickets are £9.50 and include a souvenir tasting glass.

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Beer 169

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Their “Year in Beer” recap post made it official: More breweries closed than opened this year, dropping to 9,736 by their count. revbrewchicago A post shared by @revbrewchicago I’ve updated our Chicagoland Craft Beer Map , and that was a real bummer of a “delete” button to have to press. No Kaiser Tiger ?

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Beer Craft Beer Bitters Wine 130

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

kicks off their 12 Beers of Christmas series today and goes through Xmas Eve with a wild list of beers. Wanna just drink … really good beer? Half Acre hosts their friends from Side Project this afternoon, and they’re tapping some of SP’s beers along with their stout collab. Supermoon Beer Co.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Since Labor Day weekend is the spiritual end of summer, I thought it’d be a good time to look back at some of the beers I selected for beach-based imbibing and pass along a few notes about how they performed under the afternoon sun.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

averieswanson A post shared by @averieswanson Another heartwarmer of an event comes from The Beer Temple , which is hosting a Pouring for Neighbors WNC Hurricane Relief gathering on October 26th with help from Half Acre, Cruz Blanca, Maplewood and others. Go lend a hand and have a few beers and bites. So, that’s nice!

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I hope you’re enjoying drinking beer in October. It’s among my very favorite beer drinking months, as its when styles like porter, brown ale, pumpkin ale and others just hit a little bit harder (for me). Happy Wednesday, friends. Harness it. It’s label time. in package these days. Lollygagging.

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Beer Craft Beer 130

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

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. For Chicago Magazine, I got to write about a few beers hitting taplines and cans in November, including offerings from Guinness Chicago and is/was brewing.

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Beer Stout IPA Craft Beer 130

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

AUGUST 28, 2024

They’re donating 100% of the proceeds from draft beer sales and 20% of the proceeds from food/bottles/cans/other booze purchases to offset the nearly-half-million-dollar losses that Keeping Together suffered following the closure of their brewhouse equipment provider. Who says every __-toberfest beer needs to be a German-style lager?

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

craft beer has been around so long that it’s experienced several significant booms and several subsequent busts. If craft breweries were once started by people with a pure passion for drinking “better beer,” eventually they started to be seen as easy money by entrepreneurial types. Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Co.):

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Beer Craft Beer IPA Stout 140

VinePair

OCTOBER 15, 2024

On Saturday, the Brewers Association (BA) announced the winners of the 2024 Great American Beer Festival. as the country’s largest professional beer competition. Approximately 9,200 beers and ciders were submitted from across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Silver: Groundswell, Single Hill Brewing Co.,

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Beer IPA Pilsner Stout 119

VinePair

OCTOBER 10, 2024

2023 was a tough year for the American brewing industry, with overall beer production and imports down 5 percent year-over-year. But despite the doom and gloom surrounding the future of beer, Americans are still drinking their fair share of the stuff. According to beer shipment data and U.S. billion gallons of beer per year.

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