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MAY 10, 2024

If, like Pokemon, you gotta catch all the beers from Spiteful Brewing , you’re going to have to get this special version of Alley Time at the Wrigley Rooftops this year. Alarmist has some data in favor of clear, given that their April Fools joke of a beer, Le Jus Clear, has been their #1 seller for the last month.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Later This Month (and Beyond): This year’s Beer Culture Summit kicks off on Wednesday night with A Celebration of Life and Death at Revolution Brewing and continues through the 19th. Great Lakes Brewing Company’s annual First Taste event for their Christmas Ale is set for October 17. Blue Island Beer Company hosts H.O.O.F.

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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. Finally, Moor’s Brewing Co.

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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 They can still celebrate that GABF medal that they won for their barrel-aged stout Count Humongous Chungus. No surprise there; we’re the best.)

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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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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Tomorrow night, head to Artifact Events in Ravenswood for the Best Friends Turn 11 celebration held by Begyle and Bottles & Cans. It’s also always cool to see people standing in line to attend their Super Stout Sunday. Beers from Maplewood are now available in South Carolina. Nice to see. That they made!

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

I have been a patron of the Rev brewpub throughout most of its existence, having attended events, beer releases, and even a wedding there, and I consider its loss significant for the Chicagoland beer scene. I honestly thought it’d be around for decades. Goose Island Clybourn is gone, though the Salt Shed location is open.

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PubClub

OCTOBER 21, 2024

San Diego Beer Week is a celebration of the 150 independent craft breweries in a city known as the “Capitol of Craft.” ” The 2024 event dates are Nov. 1-10 with the main event, the Capital of Craft Beerfest, set for Saturday, Nov. Ten may not equal seven, but Beer Week is a perfect ten.”

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JULY 22, 2024

We now know what this year’s Bourbon County Stout variants will be. There was a BCS Cordial Stout (with chocolate, cocoa nibs and Amarena cherries), an intriguing sounding Upside Down Cake Stout (with pineapple, vanilla, brown sugar and Maraschino cherries) and this Proprietors label for a BCS Junior Mint. Or Andes Candy.

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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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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. Specifically, a puppy “speed dating” event held with the Chicago Canine Rescue team.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

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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Imbibe Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Hallonquist volunteered at events. They bonded over their love of beer, lamenting that few mainstream beer brands catered to the queer community outside of Pride Month. Dyke Beer now offers five inclusively named beers like Out Stout and Tall Girl gose , sold at LGBTQ+ bars in NYC and the Northeast. “I

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Spiritz

APRIL 30, 2024

People in India are becoming more interested in beer styles beyond traditional lagers, such as India Pale Ales (IPAs), stouts, porters and sour ales. There is also a growing trend for experimental and collaborative brews, which use local ingredients and flavours to create authentic and diverse beer experiences.

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VinePair

JUNE 23, 2024

California: Russian River Brewing Company Pliny the Younger Availability: Late March-early April The Pliny the Younger release of 2010 pioneered line culture in American craft beer culture as we know it. over the beer’s Star Wars-centric can art. Connecticut: New England Brewing Co. Oh, and it doubles as a music festival.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JANUARY 8, 2024

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 craft beer 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.

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Nightlife City Guide

AUGUST 1, 2024

A sports bar is more than just a place to watch sporting events – it's a space where fans can gather, cheer, and experience friendship with other fans while enjoying delicious food and drinks. Stout NYC (New York, NY) : Stout NYC is a popular sports bar with several large screens and a large beer selection.

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Spiritz

APRIL 30, 2024

With a noticeable shift towards craft beer 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.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Hour Detroit looks back at the city’s beer history starting with Stroh’s and moving into the modern craft beer era. WDET is celebrating its 75th year on the air with a special beer made by Batch Brewing. With a few days left in Sober October, NA beers from Go Brewing are on store shelves at Meijer.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I spent money on Bourbon County Stout. Yes, for years we delivered preview coverage of the annual BCBS lineup, and in 2021 we were taken off the invite list for those yearly media-invite events, which also happened to be the year we expressed support for the stymied union organization attempts by Goose Island employees in 2020.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

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 craft beer industry.”

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MARCH 11, 2024

” You know what that means: 32oz pours of Imperial Stout, coming up! Making beer is a small part of their overall business but still, Excel Bottling & Brewing Company in Breese gets a feature from Feast Magazine. Elburn’s group of Obscurity brands started with beer and mead, but now has rolled out a new line of ciders.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 27, 2023

If you compiled all of the headlines covering craft beer 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 Craft Beer & Brewing Blindhouse Beer Roanoke, Va.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Since the dawn of craft beer, 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.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JANUARY 2, 2024

Subscribe now Did any Chicagoland beer maker have a better 2024 than Funkytown ? WTTW had them on to talk about their efforts in bringing Black cultural influences into craft beer. Sprecher entered eight beers in the 2023 Tasting Alliance Beer Competition, and every one of them won a medal. Let me know.

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Dry Atlas

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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 craft beer. He’d always been a craft beer guy, just super into it. My beer world was Bud Light, Coors Light, and Natural Light. Absolutely.

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Dry Atlas

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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 craft beer. He’d always been a craft beer guy, just super into it. My beer world was Bud Light, Coors Light, and Natural Light. Absolutely.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 20, 2023

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.”

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

” WGN-TV’s Try My Job feature looked at how Guinness Chicago brews their beer. Patch.com covered an upcoming holiday beer dinner plus the new Christmas cookie-inspired stout from Flipside Brewing. The Craft Beer & Brewing podcast is on a real Chicago kick. Don’t you want that every week?

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VinePair

DECEMBER 29, 2023

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% And this stout in particular was one of my favorites from the Oregon producer. Huy is a Vietnamese coffee stout. We planned a guest tap stout event for daylight savings this year.

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VinePair

MARCH 12, 2024

Earlier this year, as Keith Wedeking began building a garage at his house in Cedar Falls, Iowa, he resolved to drink a rare beer upon completing the project. Instead of an imperial stout or lambic of great vintage, Wedeking had squirreled away four expired cans of Busch Light Apple, a flavored lager that was discontinued in 2022.

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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. Athens, Greece Credit: Athineo / Constantinos Kollias via Unsplash Beer production in Athens dates back to 3300 B.C. In 2010, there were roughly 70 breweries scattered across the country.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

10th so if you want to pay homage to the place where Chicago’s craft beer scene really got its start, you should probably start making plans now. Reminder: This is not an all-encompassing list of Midwestern brewery events — just the ones that happened to catch my eye. They close for the last time on Sunday, Dec.

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MARCH 4, 2024

If you have ten minutes to kill and you feel like reliving a beer event from 2013, give it a watch. A quick programming update: I’m still determining what Friday’s email will look like, as I’ll be attending a pre-Oberon Day media event at Bell’s in Kalamazoo. You might recognize some familiar faces.

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AUGUST 16, 2024

The Democratic National Convention is the biggest political event to happen in Chicago in decades, so if there’s a craft beer angle to that gathering, we’re going to cover it. Ray Stout, executive director of the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild , chatted with us about just that.

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JULY 15, 2024

As if you needed more evidence that the American Midwest is a pretty great place to be a craft beer drinker, here are the nation’s top ten breweries, according to the 2024 U.S. Open Beer Championship : 1. Burgeon Beer Co. Big Grove Brewing is now the official craft beer of University of Iowa athletics.

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