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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 craftbeer 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.
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.
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 craftbeer at the current moment, doesn’t it? Say hi to their new sign while you’re there. Good work.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
London’s latest beer crush is plastered all over various forms of public transit, from the Tube to double-decker buses. Beer But Better,” the advert for a brand called Prime Time reads. Big claims on London buses are nothing new, but this beer is worth a second look. or Australia, beers like this would be nothing special.
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!
All of this happened in the week that the Brewers Association released their annual Craft Brewing Industry Production Report , which informed us that last year saw nearly 500 new breweries open … while over 400 breweries closed. Are we at a stasis point in American craft brewing?
I can’t believe beer and spirits makers are still doing s**t like this. But apparently Spirit Water - the brewery and distillery in suburban Cary owned and operated by Tim Kovac , the creator of Not Your Father’s Root Beer — thinks it’s perfectly fine to promote a vodka called … Panty Dropper. Anyone else?
5000 List of the fastest growing private companies in America for four consecutive years – 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, as well as receiving the 2022 Shanken Communications’ Impact Hot Brand Award, the 2023 Growth Brand Awards from Beverage Information Group, and the 2023 PR%F the Magazine Distillery of the Year award.
With the long holiday weekend coming up, if you’re in the area, I’d invite you to take a spin through our Chicagoland CraftBeer Map and find someplace new to visit for a beer. Try something different at your local beer bar or neighborhood taproom. Dude loves his Lakefront beer. Find a bottle shop.
Many attendees also belong to beer, wine, or whiskey clubs. Usable information from these events differs widely by beverage, but for an unsuspected reason. Wine and beer tastings: Tasting admins often refrain from describing flavors prior to tasting and discuss them after tasting. The nose is nearly everything in flavor.
Beer sales have been less than desirable as of late, to put it mildly. beer industry’s volume consumption decreased 4.4% gallon cases, according to the Beverage Information Group’s 2024 Industry Overview. Another casualty of the huge proliferation of craft breweries “is that many of them aren’t good,” Winget continues.
Additionally, the restaurant offers a collection of agave-based spirits, craftbeer, and a portfolio of Latin American wines curated by Jean Banchet Award-nominated sommelier Richie Ribando (Smyth, The Loyalist, Next). Developing a system for them to follow, with consistent recipes and techniques, is key.
Of course that made for the biggest beer story from the Midwest this week. Coverage came from the Journal-Sentinel , OnMilwaukee , KARE-TV , CBS58-TV , behind the paywall at Milwaukee Business Journal , and since the story is rooted in a beer named for MN Governor Tim Walz, the Star-Tribune got into the mix as well. Wear a helmet.
Since the dawn of craftbeer, bars have played a pivotal role in the boom of American brewing. Nowhere is this more true than at the more specialized spots: the beer bars, as we know them, with their thoughtful selections across tap lines and bottle lists, and their dedication to service, atmosphere, and education.
You’re receiving this email a little early today, because I’m heading into town for a show at the Salt Shed this evening, which means I’ll likely be drinking some Salt Shed Goose Island beers slightly before showtime. “Craftbeer is now ordinary.” More on both of these on Monday.
If you’re like most drinkers, you’re likely starting to see a lot more non-alcoholic beer around. Last fall, The Wall Street Journal reported a jump of 32 percent in sales of non-alcoholic beer from a year earlier and an average of 31 percent growth over the previous four years, citing data from NielsenIQ. The TL;DR: a solid maybe.
If the amount of news is any indication, taprooms will soon start filling up and plenty of beer will be flowing from draft lines across the country, because we have over four dozen pieces of beer news in this week’s email (and that doesn’t include the handful of links that got left on the edit room floor).
Peak autumn color and spooky stuff awaits, along with whatever draft beer is still pouring at the end of the season. Related: The Beer Temple’s episode this week is “A Beer That Changed My Life” with Begyle’s Kevin Cary, and it’s a great listen.) Blue Island Beer Company hosts H.O.O.F.
The Indian beer industry faces innumerable challenges in terms of pricing and government taxation that makes it out of reach for many a drinker who would like to experience beer in a pub or a permit room. The scenario, when it comes to remain competitive and adapt to drinking beer in India, is definitely changing.
On January 12, 2011, something very important happened in the Chicago beer world: Haymarket Pub & Brewery opened for the first time. I’ve also added the Crooked Arm Vinyl & Tap in Lisle which we mentioned in the Monday news roundup as a new entry in the beer-friendly bar/resto section. They’ll love that.
recently announced the release of the first 2 offerings in its line of functional mushroom craftbeers, a Six-mushroom IPA (8.8% What makes Eden’s Harvest’s beers so good, starts with the source of these mighty fungi,” said Tulsy Ball, Chief Chaga Officer of Eden’s Harvest. Eden’s Harvest, Inc.
First up, a little pre-holiday-weekend admin: Due to the Memorial Day holiday, we will not be publishing a beer news email on Monday , but we will be hoping you can enjoy a little time off, presumably with a beer or three. Let’s get things wrapped up early and get outta here. It’s got its own URL! Oh, there’s more?
The day after that, Anheuser-Busch announced that they’d be shuttering Miami’s Wynwood Brewing , with some of their beers moving to Veza Sur , a brand created by A-B in 2017. Interestingly, Veza Sur was originally positioned as a collaborative project between Colombia’s Bogota Beer Co. Also want a beer?
This is the perfect time to mention the ICBG’s January project to keep some cash flowing through small breweries around the state during what is traditionally beer’s slowest month. Each week, the owners of the two most dynamic Illinois beer fridges will win a $50 gift card to a local brewery. Seldom Beer Co.
Perhaps the biggest factor driving the Indian alcoholic beverages industry is the constant need of the young generation to experiment with new flavours and tastes, especially when it comes to beer. Taking this into account, Arko CraftBeers has been at the forefront of experimentation, as its Co-founder, Madhvi Jagda states.
As part of our ongoing tracking of the industry, the Beverage Information Group surveys our readers quarterly, collecting trends/sentiment data from distributors, on-premise and off-premise operators. Whiskey is the next most impactful category, though it’s tied with craftbeer among on-premise respondents.
Don’t get me wrong - October is definitely one of the best months of the year for drinking beer, but it seems like just a few hours ago I was nursing a variety of beers on a beach somewhere. ” The first batches of Suncatcher Brewing beer are in the tanks. So it goes. Including ‘15 Rare.
Primarily due to the Hofbrauhaus beer garden, the La Mesa Oktoberfest is a good party scene. The event features vendors, three biergartens with a rotating polka band, beer stein contests, the chicken dance and, of course, German food and lots of beer. La Mesa Oktoberfest Biergartens Barmaids serve big beers at Oktoberfest.
With a noticeable shift towards craftbeer and a growing interest in a variety of beer styles beyond lager, the Indian beer industry is going through a transitory phase – something that beer producers are only too keen to capitalise on and develop beer portfolios that are healthier and exciting due to a variety of flavours and taste.
Ushuaia does not lack options to delight the senses: in the gastronomic field you can find high cuisine restaurants as well as more informal clubs, as well as bars specialized in cocktails and drinks. From the bars and pubs that serve craftbeers to the night clubs, the city satisfies every taste.
This pub, reopened in November last year, is run by Dubliner Oisín Rogers and Guinness has quickly become a central part of its appeal: More than 60 percent of the beer sold here is Ireland’s famous stout. Now it’s the most fashionable beer in the country, a social-media staple, a key part of many young drinkers’ online personalities.
It includes regular Tuesday Happy Hour specials and not just tacos, with some additional Happy Hour information on other days. tacos, $3 beers, 2-9 • Working Class, North Park – burger, fries, beer for $15 It must be noted that, due to the surfing culture of Southern California, tacos are the quintessential food item of San Diego.
Copperworks was founded by co-owners/distillers Jason Parker and Micah Nutt—both experienced craftbeer makers, who built Copperworks to explore the possibilities of malted barley by distilling high-quality craftbeer (without hops) into fine spirits. An experiment that succeeds and for the gin collector, a no-brainer.
With an increase in consumer demand for a wider range of flavours and appealing packaging styles along with the younger generation’s emphasis on environment-friendly production processes, technology has come to play an important role in the making of beer. One of the factors contributing to this growth is the rising popularity of craftbeers.
Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest serves the very same beer poured at Munich’s Oktoberfest. There are two bars inside of the Convention Center and multiple bier gartens on the outside, including the Craft Haus, which provides a variety of micro brews and craftbeers. The food is very authentic to German tradition, too.
Writing this feature in 2024, I’m tempted to recycle a similar piece I did on craftbeer circa 2017. It’s not uncommon to say that the whiskey industry is five to seven years behind craftbeer in terms of trends. Will the industry fall into a similar trap as what has happened with craftbeer?
According to The Guardian , Watt informed the company board of his plans to step down last year, and COO James Arrow will take the reins as CEO. BrewDog, started by Watt and Martin Dickie in a garage in Fraserburgh, was founded on anti-establishment ideals before rising to become one of the biggest names in the modern beer landscape.
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