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moorsbeer A post shared by @moorsbeer They’ve been added to our Chicagoland CraftBeer Map. Definitely didn’t catch all of the events out there, but we’re still looking at a ton of stuff to do this week. Hopleaf’s twelfth-annual Super Stout Sunday is taking place again this year.
This may sound like a backhanded compliment, but while craftbeer sales continue to slow, the situation isn’t nearly as grim as it was this time last year. craftbeer sales totalled $4.7 Circana compiled the sales data into a list revealing the top 10 best-selling craftbeer brands going into 2024.
Through the snowless 60-degree days, however, one boreal harbinger has remained intact: the Russian imperial stout. Rich and complex, Russian imperial stouts are differentiated from other dark beers by both strength and apocrypha. Old Rasputin, from Fort Bragg, Calif.,
Rice beer has roots in civilization’s earliest fermented beverages, and is a key part of some of the world’s top-selling beer brands. ( But despite — and in part because of — its mass-market appeal, rice has largely been overlooked by the craftbeer industry. His Rice Kolsch is one of the brewery’s flagship beers.
Where bitter IPAs and rich imperial stouts polarized beer drinkers, an approachable style of ale that originated in Cologne, Germany, is finding fans in beer enthusiasts and casual imbibers alike. Having a low-alcohol beer as your flagship is definitely more desirable [than a double IPA],” says co-owner Jeff Huss.
Along with the Czech-style wheat lager Mischief & Mayhem, also from a Lukr, its definitely one to try among their many great beers. On top of DIY charcuterie boards and a wall of fridges packed with fresh beers to-go, the bar offers 16 rotating taps all pouring some of the best suds from across the nation.
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. This year’s official craftbeer sponsor for the Cleveland Guardians is Fat Head’s.
All of them have been gathered together for a project that’s the brainchild of Charolette Converse that will see 113 women, non-binary or trans participants (as of publish time) joining together to not just make a one-off beer, but to create a community to “network, educate and inspire their fellow women in the craftbeer industry.”
In Palos Park, Great Lakes Beer and Bourbon Bar announced their closure after a year in operations. Cloud MN, Whit’s CraftBeer taproom closed after just ten months in business. In Wausaw, WI, Bull Falls Brewery announced their closure , and in Menominee Falls, craftbeer bar Wisconsin On Tap has closed.
ICBG ED Ray Stout went on WBBM radio to talk about this month’s My Illinois Beer Fridge promotion. This is a cool idea — a combination craftbeer taproom and record store opened up in Lisle called the Crooked Arm Vinyl & Tap. WGN-TV paid a visit to Banging Gavel’s new taproom.
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.
If you compiled all of the headlines covering craftbeer 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. ” —Joe Stange, managing editor at CraftBeer & Brewing Blindhouse Beer Roanoke, Va.
If these rough tumbles are sorted out, the beer industry in India could see a massive upward spiral in the years to come due to the young generation’s preference for new tastes and flavours, views Gurjas Singh, Executive Director, Penguin Overseas. percent, the Indian beer market is expected to reach Rs 781.2 billion by 2032.
The average craftbeer consumer sleeps on these styles, so they’re largely undertaken as passion projects within a large brewery or dedicated mixed fermentation breweries with relatively small distribution footprints. [It Dark beers don’t get enough love. Ryan Stick, production manager, Channel Side Brewing , Tampa, Fla.
There’s real heritage and history behind Canadian beer.” We’re definitely going to talk more about the history of Labatt in our marketing and promotions in 2024 and 2025,” Folaron says. It makes people feel good about the beer.” founded in 1937) and CraftBeers of Canada. Which helps at a time when many U.S.
Earlier this year, Boston Beer “remastered” Boston Lager , and New Belgium sent Fat Tire’s recipe biking into the sunset, revamping the amber ale as lighter and crisper to reverse sales declines. I loved that beer I rarely bought! It’s something that we all wanted to drink and brings us back to our craft-beer roots.”
The Westward American single malt whiskey is double-distilled from an artisanal craftbeer before being matured in new, American charred white oak, and finished in one of a number of casks. Bourbon is, by law , required to be matured in virgin American white oak barrels for at least two years prior to any kind of finishing.
It’s a gorgeous and artfully craftedbeer, and it’s a lot of fun to drink.” North Park Beer Company Kiwi to Bogey 5.4% And this stout in particular was one of my favorites from the Oregon producer. This was definitely a crowd favorite at the festival and hands down my favorite beer of 2023.
For readers who associate non-alc beer with O’Douls, can you talk about why what you do is different? Ten years ago, I wasn’t even thinking about craftbeer. He’d always been a craftbeer guy, just super into it. My beer world was Bud Light, Coors Light, and Natural Light. Absolutely.
For readers who associate non-alc beer with O’Douls, can you talk about why what you do is different? Ten years ago, I wasn’t even thinking about craftbeer. He’d always been a craftbeer guy, just super into it. My beer world was Bud Light, Coors Light, and Natural Light. Absolutely.
Most of the time, the attitude of the pub owners is further expressed through the craftbeer or regional beer that they choose to offer, as such varieties of beer are hard to find in other places. Tell the bartender what beers you usually enjoy – the hoppiness of IPAs, creaminess of stouts, or lightness of lagers.
Most of these brands definitely saw my IG messages and left me on read.) The State Journal-Register recommends Obed & Isaac’s monthly Beer School 101 event. This year’s Burning Foot Festival will have wine, cider and liquor in addition to craftbeer. Per Axios, NA beers had a big January in Detroit.
It used to be that once a week there was an exciting one-off beer release that had fans rushing to breweries and stores — and then rushing to social media to post their scores. The yearly Bourbon County stout madness. of bourbon-barrel-aged imperial stout with a subtle white label, packaged in a classy box.
As I mentioned in our Instagram Stories immediately following the news, a major announcement like this dropping on Saturday morning is definitely not the normal time for something like this. In the last few years, the Chicago craftbeer community has seen all the anchors of the modern craftbeer movement significantly transformed.
Ive been drinking craftbeer since college. Ive been writing about craftbeer for nearly 20 years. I had settled into a life of quotidian beer drinking. Then recently I was in Vermont at The Alchemists Stowe brewery and beer caf. We had cask-conditioned beer on most of the time, Kimmich says.
One of the major takeaways from craftbeers enduring haze craze is that many drinkers are creatures of habit. Theres nothing inherently wrong with that, but theres a lot of opportunity for discovery in the beer space, and many incredible styles go largely ignored in the thickets of hazy IPAs , stouts , and macro lagers.
The other beer that says V-Day for me is any kind of kriek lambic. I polled some of the other Guys and Eric shared one that I didn’t see coming: “My Valentine's Day beer is Catch Hell by Half Acre. This BA stout with cinnamon and vanilla was first released around Valentine's Day in 2020. Go drink it. Go get some.
Subscribe now While I still believe that winning a GABF medal remains the highest honor that can be bestowed in craftbeer, earning acknowledgement from the annual CraftBeer & Brewing Best of the Year list is quickly becoming a close second. ABC7 and Fox32 chatted with ICBG ED Ray Stout about this year’s FoBAB.
The merger at the start of the year is an interesting defensive maneuver in a rapidly changing craftbeer marketplace. Theyve teased cans of their seasonal Fest Bier this fall, which means Ill definitely be watching. Brian Alberts, historian, writer, and consultant specializing in beer history and culture, Auburn, Wash.
First up was a very interesting label or two from very good breweries making exclusive beers for the Rare Beer Club (Premium Subscribers saw this too). Urban Milwaukee asks: Is craftbeer dying in Milwaukee ? Two very compelling arguments. Check it out here. who lays claim to creating MKE’s very first NEIPA.
Shawn Cooper, co-founder, Halfway Crooks Beer , Atlanta In an era where dark beers are dominated by gigantic, sweet pastry stouts , it can be hard to find dark beers outside of that realm especially when you delve into the world of dark lagers, where many brewers simply don’t tread. hops, feeling true to style.
On Friday, the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild announced that this year’s Beer Under Glass, the kickoff event for Illinois CraftBeer Week would be held at “the acclaimed Millennium Park Harris Theater Rooftop Terrace in the heart of Downtown Chicago.” Again, how was that name not already taken?
Guinness the regular old Irish dry stout thats been flowing forth from St. Now, Diageos stalwart stout is reaping dividends on long-accruing investments, and laying down lessons for the rest of the beer industry on how to beat the market malaise as it does. In fact, its downright dark. Im sure youve noticed. percent and 10.8
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