For These Brewers, Craft Beer Requires a Full Rebrand
PUNCH
AUGUST 20, 2024
Craft beer brewers like Stillwater Artisanal are making “postmodern”beers brewed for flavor instead of specific styles like lager or IPA.
This Week's Craft Beer Events & Socials
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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Was June 2014 Chicago's Craft Beer High Water Mark? (+Events & Socials)
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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N/A Beer, Why So Secretive?
PUNCH
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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The Who’s Who of Beer Cool
PUNCH
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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Are Beer Flights Passé? The Debate Captures Craft Beer’s Growing Pains.
PUNCH
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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Rice Isn’t Just For Big Beer Anymore
PUNCH
JULY 18, 2024
Craft beer breweries once looked down on Budweiser and Coors for using rice in their beers. Today, craft rice lager is trending. Here's why.
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The 10 Best-Selling Craft Beer Brands of 2024
VinePair
MAY 5, 2024
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.
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The 5 Best Wheat Beers to Drink Right Now
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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The Return of Honkers: This Week's Beer News
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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Effingut launches craft beers in cans
Spiritz
JULY 23, 2024
Effingut, a trailblazer in India's craft brewing industry, has announced the release of its renowned craft beers in cans. Known for its brewing excellence and innovation, Effingut’s new venture into canned beers aligns with its mission to make craft beer a staple for all occasions.
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No Longer Just For Macro Lagers, Craft Beer Is Finally Embracing Rice
VinePair
JANUARY 29, 2024
When planning some of the first recipes at Dallas’s Vector Brewing , head of brewing Tomás Gutierrez looked to beer’s origins. The earliest beers made thousands of years ago were a kind of porridge or beer soup made from cereal grains. There was a Mexican pozole-inspired smoked beer, with a full hog’s head in the boil.
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Lost in a haze: North American craft beer searches for mojo
Just Drinks
MAY 14, 2024
The once-dynamic North American craft beer market is now stagnant. A lack of innovation in a sector awash with hazy IPAs has been blamed.
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This Week's New Habanero-Pineapple Beer Labels (and Haymarket News)
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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This Week's Beer News: Weed Edition + ICBW Pint Glass Preview
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. The biggest story in Midwestern craft beer this week? WGN-TV headed to 18th Street to hang out with Moor’s Brewing Company (where their beers are being made).
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12th Man Brewing launches canned craft beer
Spiritz
MAY 20, 2024
12th Man Brewing has introduced its first canned craft beer in Maharashtra. The brewery endeavours to merge the passion for sports with the craft of brewing and claims to offer the state’s first canned craft beer.
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The VinePair Podcast: Has Craft Beer Gotten Boring?
VinePair
JUNE 11, 2024
With nearly every conceivable IPA variant, from cold to milkshake to hoppy absurdity , and stouts barrel-aged and pastrified to the nth degree, it seems that craft beer has reached a point of all-time stagnation. This grim state of affairs begs the question: Has craft beer gotten boring? appeared first on VinePair.
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When Did Taprooms Start to Look So… Nice?
PUNCH
JANUARY 26, 2024
Craft beer taprooms, once only industrial extensions of breweries, have gotten a makeover. Here's why they're now bright, airy and sleek.
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This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
APRIL 12, 2024
I know in my head that it was just last Friday because we have these poll results to look at…but it doesn’t feel like it: A majority of “I’ll get there at some point” kinda sums up a lot about craft beer at the current moment, doesn’t it? Say hi to their new sign while you’re there. Good work.
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This Week's Beer News: Good "Vibes" Only.
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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A Taproom, a Tease and a Deal: This Week's Beer Events & Socials
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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More Than Just IPA: Across America, Craft Beer Has Surprising Pockets of Regionality
VinePair
AUGUST 29, 2024
Most craft brewers couldn’t imagine life without IPA. But at the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas, the vast majority of sales come from a very different beer style. Seven out of every 10 beers we sell is Shiner Bock,” says Nick Weiland, the brewery’s brand director. craft beer scene is a lot more varied than it might appear.
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Imbibe 75 Person to Watch: Morgan Owle-Crisp
Imbibe Magazine
DECEMBER 29, 2023
As a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee living in Haywood County in the North Carolina mountains just west of Asheville, Morgan Owle-Crisp long held caution around beer. She names the craft beer scene in Asheville as inspiration: With fewer than 100,000 people, the town has welcomed more than 50 breweries over the past two decades.
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This Week's Pre-Paddy's Day Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 15, 2024
So if you see me out and about with a green beer in my hand, no you didn’t. But I might pop up at a beer bar or a brewery or two around the north side over the next 48 hours or so. Here’s something unique: Tomorrow night, Whiner Beer is hosting a St. Lucky Dorr returns for a new season of beer drinking on March 23.
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This Week's Beer News: 2024 BCS Variants Officially Announced
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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This Week's Chicago-ish Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 8, 2024
This year’s Pink Boots Society beer releases today at Dovetail and both Miskatonic spaces. The women of Half Acre and Reyes also brewed their own beer using the Pink Boots hop blend, called BREAK THE GLASS , which is available now, as is UnstHOPable , the Pink Boots collaboration from Alter Brewing. Language is fun!
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This Week's "It's Not A Relocation" Craft Beer Events & Socials:
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Let’s all now take a moment to appreciate their awesome logo: A Scottish Highland cow that’s also a hop cone: Subscribe now Also, a brief reminder that voting for the annual array of beer-centric USAToday 10Best Readers Choice awards closes at noon on Monday. Not sure what all that is? Seedz really wants your vote.)
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This Week's Circus-y & Chicago-y Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MAY 17, 2024
Facebook Memories reminded us that the Lagunitas Beer Circus — perhaps the most bizarre beer event we’ve ever attended — kicked off in Chicago a decade ago. here are some other upcoming… Today’s a good day for a beer release, apparently: Haymarket is rolling out their new Clark St.
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Taste Test: Rice Beer
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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Welcome Demo! Welcome Industry! This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 29, 2024
With their Grand Opening today, we’d like to officially welcome Demo to the Chicagoland beer scene! Even the most unadventurous of tourists now have no excuse not to get a local beer (of course, they should also stop at Crushed by Giants as well). Today, they open up the doors and welcome us all inside.
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Craft Breweries Are Simplifying to Broaden Interest
Imbibe Magazine
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
They bonded over their love of beer, lamenting that few mainstream beer brands catered to the queer community outside of Pride Month. Left to right: Sarah Hallonquist (left) and Loretta Andro Chung, owners of Dyke Beer in Brooklyn. Photo by Eric Medsker; Shift Beer at Hopewell Brewing in Chicago. We refer to it as beer.
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This Week's Chicago-ish Craft Beer Events & Socials: Complimentary Meat Cart Monday
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 1, 2024
That beer comes out one week from today, March 8, on International Women’s Day. Also being released on March 8th: Riveting Rouge, this year’s Pink Boots Society beer , coming out at Dovetail. Sounds like there’s going to be a Naperville release for that beer as well, but we’re still waiting on details.
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The Mount Rushmore of Craft Breweries, According to 8 Beer Experts
VinePair
AUGUST 14, 2024
craft beer has been around so long that it’s experienced several significant booms and several subsequent busts. There are around 10,000 craft breweries in America. We asked eight of America’s most insightful beer voices for their Mount Rushmore of craft breweries. Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Co.):
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This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials: Live from the West Coast
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
APRIL 26, 2024
The World Beer Cup awards were announced Wednesday night and I’m always thrilled when the most competitive award goes to a Midwestern brewery — even more so when it’s one of my favorites in Chicago. Old Irving Brewery’s Beezer beat out 325 other beers to earn the Gold Medal for Juicy/Hazy IPA.
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What Even Is “American IPA”?
PUNCH
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Craft beer experts and brewers weigh in on the substyle and how it differs from West Coast– or New England–style. What is “American IPA”?
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One Brand Enters, WLL Leaves: This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MAY 10, 2024
They started out in CDMX in 2015 and have had a couple collabs with Pilot Project’s Brewers Kitchen brand in the last year, but now they’re rolling out some beers stateside with the PP team. Do you know someone looking for an entry level job making sure that draft beer around the NWI region is pouring pristinely?
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This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials: A Closure and an (Imminent?) Opening
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
APRIL 19, 2024
If you enjoyed their beers, good news — they already have plans to keep popping up around town. From their announcement: “This isn’t the end - it’s a transition…We will continue to harness the kindness and power of the Chicago beer community and to share our visions of beer and brewing. Yes please.
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Drink of the Week: Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale
Imbibe Magazine
MAY 10, 2024
In the ever-innovative realm of craft beer, staying on top of trends, styles, and new releases is practically a full-time job (just ask our contributing editor Josh Bernstein ). I was reminded of this recently as we tasted through a lineup of rice beers, most of which were newer releases from smaller craft breweries.
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This Week's Beer News: "Beer Spring" Is Here
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 25, 2024
And if you want to get access to today’s special dispatch for Premium Subscribers as well as all our past exclusive beer label reporting plus commenting power on all our posts, you can jump on board for just over $1 per week: Subscribe now On with the news! You’re gonna love Stumblebum Beer Co. And here it is !
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This Week's Beer Events & Socials: Keeping Keeping Together Together
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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A Salt Shed Open Date + This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
APRIL 5, 2024
April is a busy month, so let’s get straight to our… First up: Tomorrow morning, The Beer Temple will sell tickets to this year’s Cantillon Zwanze Day. VIP tickets and higher add an hour of extra access to the fest beers, food from Craft Urban and a code for a free ride home from Lyft. Great idea!
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The VinePair Podcast: Can Craft Beer Enter the Light Lager Conversation?
VinePair
MAY 31, 2024
With brands like Montana’s Montucky Cold Snacks on the rise , we’re left wondering if beer consumers are still thirsting for high-ABV juice bombs like they have been in recent years. Tune in for more. Joanna is reading: The Bitter Truth? appeared first on VinePair.
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The 19 Best New Breweries of the Year, According to Beer Pros
VinePair
DECEMBER 27, 2023
If you compiled all of the headlines covering craft beer over the past 12 months and gave your summation on the state of the industry, you might grumble something about a Bob Dylan song in between sips of your Flavortown spiked fruit punch. If you want great beer and good vibes, look no further: GOAL. What did I enjoy the most?
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This Week's Devilish New Beer Labels
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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