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This Week's Midwestern Beer Events & Socials: Demo Time

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Here’s an update we’re happy to see: After many months of waiting, Demo Brewery has finally announced an opening date. 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. Nice to see.

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Was June 2014 Chicago's Craft Beer High Water Mark? (+Events & Socials)

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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 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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This Weekend's REAL AMERICAN Beer Events & Socials

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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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Welcome Demo! Welcome Industry! This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials

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For a few years, this was all the info we had about Demo Brewing in Ravenswood: A logo, a window, and a bunch of brick. With their Grand Opening today, we’d like to officially welcome Demo to the Chicagoland beer scene! Also on April 6th, The Beer Temple will sell tickets to this year’s Cantillon Zwanze Day.

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A New Low for Local Beverage Imagery (+ Unrelated Events & Socials)

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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?

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This Week's Sweltering Beer Events & Socials

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Really cold beer. Here are a bunch of upcoming… This Weekend: All weekend long, you can head to Goldfinger Brewing Company for their “Community Weekend” which means $6 beers today through Sunday. Bitchin’ Dovetail’s bringing back their tachinomi service and soba noodle demo on June 30th.

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This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials: A Closure and an (Imminent?) Opening

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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.