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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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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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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

If you missed out on their closing events, Beer on the Wall is hosting a “Last Hoorah Tasting” of Temperance beers this afternoon. Also on Saturday afternoon: The Beer Temple got a fresh batch of Sierra Nevada pale ale on cask for the first and possibly only time. Beer and a live glass blowing demonstration ?

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

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.

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

We had both made a collaboration with him and unknowingly he decided to make a blend of our beers and release it as a Mikkeller / Evil Twin / Jolly Pumpkin / Leelanau Brewing collab behind our backs. ” From HOMES Brewery : “Ron Jeffries was a legend, and his beers at Jolly Pumpkin set the standard for American sour ales.

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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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AUGUST 23, 2024

Suncatcher Brewing has been on our radar since they rolled out a few beers in May 2023 at a Beer Temple event. You might recall that those beers — a pale ale, a red ale and a sub-4% ABV brown ale — were brewed by Half Acre head brewer Matt Gallagher at no less than Hill Farmstead. Go check ‘em out.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Because this week is already abnormal, here’s the full list of Oktoberfest events that I’ve rounded up over the past few weeks. We’ll get back to our normal cadence on Monday (after I dig out of a few hundred beer news alerts), but until then, dig out your lederhosen and dirndl and get ready to hoist some steins.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

Just wait until you see the list of Oktoberfest events, though.) It is, however, a great weekend to go out and find a new brewery, beer bar or bottleshop to visit. Later This Month: Head to Milwaukee on September 7th for this year’s Pilot Project Fest, featuring over two dozen beer and beverage makers.

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JUNE 21, 2024

Really cold beer. It’s another crazy weekend for events at breweries all over the place. 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. You know what I’ve heard helps?

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

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. I have admittedly not attended this event, but it does seem pretty cool and the lineup is a nice cross-section of Chicago-area beermakers.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

And I thought Halloween and New Years were busy — the next few weeks have so many fun-looking events at breweries that I apologize in advance for whichever ones I missed. Outdoor beers and oysters? This Sunday, Plank Road Taproom is hosting a Fireside Oysters event with four fire pits available to reserve. Yes please.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

It looks like a very cool place to showcase some beers by not-yet-professional brewers and at a venue that you probably haven’t been to yet. Tickets appear to still be available here and in case you’re not fully convinced yet, the beer lineup is here. A cool idea, and it’s hosted by the Beer Culture Center , too.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

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. 1 Moving on.

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MARCH 8, 2024

Hi, all — Sharing this one with you a little early as I’m currently on the way to Kalamazoo, where I’ll be attending a pre-Oberon Day media event at Bell’s. This year’s Pink Boots Society beer releases today at Dovetail and both Miskatonic spaces. Will keep you posted via Instagram stories.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

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.

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JULY 12, 2024

These emails depend on reader support to continue, and fewer and fewer beer-focused publications are around to support, promote and report on this industry. Big week for NA beer as Athletic also announced their own $50M equity investment. Great Lakes is hosting their Christmas Ale in July event starting at 11:30am on July 25.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Logan Square Beer Week also starts today at Union , which is fairly Oktoberfest-y but not entirely, so it lives here. Also tomorrow, Pints by the Pond brings over a dozen breweries to Batavia for a little mid-afternoon beer festival. It’s not just Oktoberfests, though. Joe Brewing on Saturday also.

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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. Finally, Moor’s Brewing Co.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Winter solstice celebrations can be overshadowed by other bright-and-merry December events. They invited customers to gather around crackling flames with strong imperial stouts, barley wines, and plum-flavored winter warmers set to be transformed by the centuries-old German tradition of bierstacheln , or beer spiking.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Laurin Mack is the owner of the 170-year-old Seipp brand as well as the great-great-great-granddaughter of Chicago beer baron Conrad Seipp. We chatted about the move, and she definitely recognizes the irony in the fact that these beers are going to be brewed at a facility that was originally a Pabst building.

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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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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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JANUARY 5, 2024

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.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

Shortly after our last email, Byers Brewing Company in DeKalb announced that they’d be closing when the beer runs out sometime next month. I don’t want to cover all the related restaurant closings here, but the announcement from Dusek’s Tavern & Dining Room about their closure on NYE is beer-adjacent enough to mention.

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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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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Tomorrow night, head to Artifact Events in Ravenswood for the Best Friends Turn 11 celebration held by Begyle and Bottles & Cans. 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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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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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. Former Tribune beer reporter Josh Noel is hosting a conversation at Hop Butcher on Wednesday, Nov.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Considering this Reddit post with info about the closure popped up late on Friday night, I’m guessing that probably sped up the timeline a bit, as Revolution is excellent at managing information about their beers and their brand overall. Traverse City Beer Week returns on Nov. I honestly thought it’d be around for decades.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

Or a possible infringement of another brewery’s very recognizable line of beers? Well, they posted a label for a beer called “Beer for brewers who make beers for things.” Hey Premium Subscribers — remember a few weeks ago when we showed you the new NA beer labels from Surly ?

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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.

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MAY 31, 2024

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. “Craft beer is now ordinary.” And now, events! I did donuts in my Jeep.”

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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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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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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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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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