VinePair

JANUARY 30, 2024

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. Guinness is booming in Britain, at the head of a nitro-stout trend that shows little sign of slowing. or Ireland.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Take, for example, the Russian imperial stout — a beer style synonymous with the ominous jet-black, velvety, and rich brews that break through the double-digit ABV threshold. Along with sours and IPAs , Russian imperial stouts (RIS) have become one of the most coveted styles on the American craft beer market.

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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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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The Illinois Craft Brewers Guild officially announced their plans for this year’s FoBAB and they’ve got a couple of fun new options for attendees. The fundamentals aren’t changing, though: There’s still 350+ barrel-aged beers at UIC’s Credit Union 1 arena, plus ciders, meads, perrys, etc.

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Advanced Mixology

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Craft beer is more than just a drink. For craft beer enthusiasts, tasting notes are a way of appreciating and sharing the complex and diverse experiences associated with different brews. Tasting notes are also useful for learning more about beer styles, ingredients, and brewing techniques.

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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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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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PubClub

JANUARY 23, 2024

In the bustling landscape of modern hobbies and social gatherings, the world of craft beer stands out as a unique and vibrant community, especially among students. This isn’t just about sipping on hoppy IPAs or exploring the depths of stout flavors; it’s about the friendships that ferment in these shared experiences.

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VinePair

JUNE 23, 2024

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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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MARCH 18, 2024

Untappd announced their new Community Awards last week and I spent some time poking through them — before quickly realizing that it’s an absolute firehose of beer ranking data points. I thought I’d look at how some of the world’s most critically praised beers fared. Pretty cool. It didn’t even place.

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VinePair

JANUARY 17, 2024

The post-Prohibition American beer landscape had a plethora of dark beers and more lagers than you could shake a stick at. Eventually, Guinness came along and asserted itself as the nitro stout of all nitro stouts in the U.S., Tune in for more.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It’s safe to say that the craft beer boom has now reached nearly every corner of the globe. This year’s list of the best beer destinations recognizes cities with up-and-coming craft scenes, many of which have exploded in recent years. Next up, and just a short walk from the Acropolis, is Strange Brew.

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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

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Craft Beer & Brewing’s annual Best in Beer issue has dropped , and with it come a number of accolades for Chicagoland and Midwestern breweries. (No Sounds like a great reason to crack open a beer or two. They can still celebrate that GABF medal that they won for their barrel-aged stout Count Humongous Chungus.

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VinePair

JANUARY 23, 2024

Among them are some of the more hype-y styles shaking up the industry since the craft beer boom. Some people scoff at these popular beers, while others line up to snag the first tastes of them. The beer industry had a difficult year in 2023, and perhaps some of its stalwarts are beginning to feel a bit stale.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MAY 13, 2024

Any time we lose someplace with nearly 40 years of beer history in Chicago, even if their profile has dropped off a lot over the last decade, I think it’s still worth acknowledging. My favorite place to be was the in cellar/basement when we received new stock of delicate, intentionally crafted, beer from around the world.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

We’ll also talk more next week about the USAToday Readers Choice 10Best beer-related award voting going on, but while we’re here, both Funkytown Brewing and Turner Haus Brewing were also nominated this week as one of the Best New Breweries in America — so that’s pretty cool. Next Friday at Dovetail : Puppies !

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Not only is Octopi going to start brewing Asahi Ultra Dry for this continent, but per the press release they’ll also apparently be brewing beer for a Czech brand owned by Asahi called Kozel, at a time when Czech-style beers are still in their ascendancy. The Mad Tap , a self-pour beer bar in Tipton, is now open.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MARCH 11, 2024

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).

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Dovetail’s Sunday afternoon soba noodle demo is sold out, but you can still head to their loft at 4pm for a tachinomi (or standing bar) experience with Japanese-style beer service. Cruise from place to place to try three different vintages of rare German beer. What a fun idea for very specific beer nerds like myself.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

APRIL 15, 2024

With that out of the way, this remains a largely beer- drinker -facing publication, rather than a beer- industry -facing one, so as we head into warmer beer-drinkin’ weather, I’m going to ask you something that I’ve been thinking about lately. Don’t forget to stay hydrated. That’s some old wood.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I spent money on Bourbon County Stout. Not only did they have a wide variety of variants available for purchase, they also had beers from last year available too. Extremely raisin-y and figgy with plenty of creamy stout body but a pretty faded bourbon presence. Proceeds from the beer will benefit Amnesty International.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JANUARY 2, 2024

It sure feels like the first Monday of the year, so I thought I’d put a whole mess of beer news in your inboxes today. We’re also looking out for anything from Suncatcher Brewing, who dropped an introductory batch of the beers they brewed at Hill Farmstead around Chicago and then went radio silent. You’re welcome.

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Cheers

MARCH 18, 2024

Canadian beer continues to resonate with U.S. From emerging craft brands to off-the-wall releases to macro mainstays, products from up north have found a welcome home down south across the border. A number of factors fuel the enduring strength of Canadian beer in America. There’s real heritage and history behind Canadian beer.”

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

APRIL 1, 2024

How about a Dilla/Moor’s collab beer?) No pumpkin beer ever? VinePair has a nice look at why Minnesota is such a hotbed of Russian Imperial Stout adoration, including the backstory of the first Surly Darkness Day. Racket asks : “Did THC Beverages Save MN Craft Beer?” Paul in 2025.

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Spiritz

APRIL 30, 2024

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.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

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?

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VinePair

JANUARY 1, 2024

craft beer production has more or less plateaued in recent years, the NA market continues to explode. According to Global Market Insights , the NA beer market was valued at over $22 billion in 2022, and is expected to nearly double over the next 10 years. Although U.S. Let’s just say we’ve come a long way from O’Doul’s.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JANUARY 12, 2024

On January 12, 2011, something very important happened in the Chicago beer world: Haymarket Pub & Brewery opened for the first time. That means that today is Haymarket’s 13th birthday, and they’re celebrating with some special gifts for us: Their award-winning Defender Stout and Matthias IPA. They’ll love that.

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Spiritz

APRIL 30, 2024

However, microbreweries have significantly increased nationwide due to evolving consumer tastes and a desire for unique beer experiences, including in smaller towns. People in India are becoming more interested in beer styles beyond traditional lagers, such as India Pale Ales (IPAs), stouts, porters and sour ales.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

USAToday’s 10Best.com regularly runs a variety of craft-beer focused competitions and there are a wide array of Midwestern contenders for the awards currently being discussed. Would love to see Geneva get their due as a great small town beer scene — didn’t expect to see that included.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In light of recent news that Diageo intends to sell off all beer brands besides Guinness , it appears as if globally distributed beer is weakening. With the exception of a few industry juggernauts, is the only real option for survival as a beer brand to be a local, or regional, operation? Tune in for more.

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VinePair

MARCH 13, 2024

These days, BA (barrel-aged) is a well-established acronym in the craft beer vernacular, but 30 years ago, that wasn’t the case. In the early ‘90s, the American craft beer boom was in its infancy, and for the most part, brewers still vehemently followed the beer purity rules of the Reinheitsgebot. Tune in for more.

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Stout Craft Beer Beer 101

Spiritz

APRIL 30, 2024

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 Craft Beers has been at the forefront of experimentation, as its Co-founder, Madhvi Jagda states.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

When their beer is gone, Waukegan’s Zumbier will be closing after over a decade in business, as announced on Facebook last month. We will remain open until the beer reserves run out,” they said. Everyone wants more beer knowledge in their life, right? The Craft Beer & Brewing podcast is on a real Chicago kick.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As with any exceptional wines and spirits one has over the course of a lifetime, the best beers should linger long after the last sip, lip smack, and smile. It’s a gorgeous and artfully crafted beer, and it’s a lot of fun to drink.” North Park Beer Company Kiwi to Bogey 5.4% Providence, R.I. Greeley, Colo.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2024

Through the month of February, a portion of proceeds from Ole Smoky Peanut Butter Whiskey and Yee-Haw Peanut Butter Stout will be donated to Second Harvest. Ole Smoky’s Peanut Butter Whiskey and Yee-Haw Brewing’s Peanut Butter Stout can be purchased at 6th & Peabody , the 30,000 square-foot entertainment complex at 423 6th Avenue.

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