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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Subscribe now While I still believe that winning a GABF medal remains the highest honor that can be bestowed in craft beer, earning acknowledgement from the annual Craft Beer & Brewing Best of the Year list is quickly becoming a close second. Another good year to be a beer drinker in the Midwest!

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AUGUST 20, 2024

Craft beer brewers like Stillwater Artisanal are making “postmodern”beers brewed for flavor instead of specific styles like lager or IPA.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

Craft beer was built on the open sharing of ideas among brewers. Nonalcoholic craft beer is taking the opposite tack—to the detriment of innovation.

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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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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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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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APRIL 4, 2024

The best craft beer breweries in 2024, from a minimalist operation serving lagers to the brewers making IPAs that spotlight regional flavors.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

First, some breaking news from Wisconsin: Per Milwaukee Magazine editor and longtime beer writer Chris “Beer Baron” Drosner on X, MolsonCoors is not only working to close the historic Leinenkugel’s brewery in Chippewa Falls, but also the big 10th Street facility along I-43. Looks tasty.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

All it took was a single three-letter word added to a beer label to make me reconsider extending the season for a particular beer style. I am pretty sure I have. Assuming it’s out by then.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

Foamy beer and Lukr taps, a special tool for traditional Czech-style pours like hladinka, šnyt and mlíko, are taking over craft breweries.

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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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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

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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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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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

suncatcherbrewing A post shared by @suncatcherbrewing Per this Block Club story published today, they’re serving straight from the tanks and are focused on low ABV beers made with Midwestern ingredients. Their opening lineup looks delicious. Did I just discover my new favorite brewery? Busy day so far. But there’s more!

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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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VinePair

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Non-alcoholic (NA) beer has been on a non-stop tear. Last year, the NA beer and cider category experienced 30 percent volume growth, a number well above that of non-alcoholic wine and spirits, according to data analytics company IWSR. By contrast, non-alc beer was up a whopping 33.7 The beer must contain 0.0 percent ABV.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

There’s some fun stuff to do over the next couple of days, so take a look at these… This Weekend: The Beer Temple is selling 8-year vertical collections of Bell’s Expedition Stout today? Beers referencing old arcade games? Beers referencing old arcade games? Karl, a Guy Drinking Beer And only today?

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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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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

to-morrow, head to middle brow and write letters to Michigan voters and then buy a beer for a penny. Imperial Oak’s Days of Darkness runs now through Halloween Night, with lots of fun events and plenty of dark beers. I love how excited Laschet’s gets about putting interesting new German beers on tap.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Beer flights are a divisive debate in craft beer. For some, they are unnecessary holdovers. For others, they're a key to accessibility.

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APRIL 17, 2024

Today, beer whales—and their attendant hype—are few and far between. Just a few years ago, brewers could reliably expect hundreds of enthusiasts to swarm their special releases.

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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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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 30, 2024

If you were ever gonna have a pumpkin beer this year, today and tomorrow are the time to crack open that Pumking or Ichabod. The New Illinois Beer Label of the Week: It’s been a minute since I’ve seen labels submitted by Liquid Love Brewing and from Tonality Brewing. Happy Wednesday!

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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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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

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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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Illinois and Ohio did well enough, but there’s some … not very encouraging news when you look at the overall numbers of beers submitted this year. If you like this kind of analysis and focus in your beer coverage, why not sign up as a Premium Subscriber and help keep the lights on around here! The malaise is real.

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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

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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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

You never know where you’re going to find beer news. I search through a lot of sources to build this email every week, but over the weekend I read something surprisingly well-reported about beer history and it came from a business-focused website. One of those big declines was also in the Midwest.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MARCH 25, 2024

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