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Untappd Awards! Beer Events! Other Stuff!

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

The highest rated beer from Illinois this year belongs to Phase Three , whose Consume S-101 Stout broke the Top 20. I’m also now very interested in checking out Dimensional Brewing Company , based right across the Mississippi in Dubuque, which edged out P3’s ranking by just a hair for their Gladius Imperial Stout.

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Beer Events & Social Updates: A Busy Superb Owl Weekend

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And now our very busy February events schedule continues unabated with a ton of stuff this weekend. Definitely didn’t catch all of the events out there, but we’re still looking at a ton of stuff to do this week. Let’s check out some Superbowl events! Bookmark it if you haven’t already.

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This Week's Craft Beer Events & Socials

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Most everyone I know already has their OOOs set for Spring Break and my world’s feeling fairly slow heading into this weekend, but I do have a barrel-aged Odd Side stout with hazelnuts and bacon in my fridge, so I should probably tend to that today, huh? Beats shoveling the driveway. Saint Errant says yes you are !

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Oktoberfest Season Is In Full Swing: This Week's Beer Events & Socials

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Jake did a lot to pivot Windmill from a milkshake IPA and pastry stout destination to a place that could (and did) make delicious lagers, saisons and other less-hyped styles while also continuing that reputation for hazies and hefty beers. The busy brewery event summer continues this week. Nice to see. Tickets are on sale now.

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North Czar State: How Russian Imperial Stout Became the Sovereign Beer of Minnesota

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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.,

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This Week's Beer News: 2024 BCS Variants Officially Announced

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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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Some New "Spirits", Plus A Few Beer Events & Social Updates

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If you’re in Indy, Sun King is hosting a knife sharpening event at their brewery right now. Half Acre hosts their friends from Side Project this afternoon, and they’re tapping some of SP’s beers along with their stout collab. five milk stouts! Flossmoor Brewing Co. Wanna just drink … really good beer?

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