I bought some Kalamazoo Stout today and got to thinking: why are year-round and seasonal (non-BA or imperial) stouts so rare in the Chicago MSA...
Last year, a Binny's employee told me the harvest wasn't great hence a downturn in the number of available fresh-hop beers packaged for retail....
I am drinking a Destihl "The Haze Between" DDH IPA. Destihl is well-established in Chicago, has some beers in supermarkets, and is overall +...
There was a post that said Cold IPA's a Portland OR thing, and that brewers in the northeast weren't doing well with the style. Are there any...
While thinking on how to approach this, I subbed wine for beer and decided you wouldn't give an alien Yellow Tail chardonnay, so that ruled out...
Was too broke at college to drink craft beer in bars -- splurges were on Guinness at the Murphy's. But in high school during the 90s, we were...
I haven't read all the posts so sorry if someone else mentioned. . . . Binny's rep told me that the wet hop harvest wasn't very good this year and...
Charles Rosen wrote this about art criticism; not sure it totally applies here, but I like it: “You do not have to love a work of art or a style...
BCBS apart -- I feel like it's within ImBev's power to retain Goose's local brand but they just don't. Revolution, Half Acre, Two Brothers, etc.,...
I've never paired beer with music, but it got me to thinking of alcohol/music memories. Fondly recall Pantera tossing full plastic pints into the...
Not even beers I love, there are a lot that are decent that just don't make sense at the price point. In Chicago, we're spoiled to have so many...
I just want to add that while I never really chased (I'm the old man who scoffs at the $10 bomber: Used to be able to buy a case of Zombie Dust at...
Relying on the BA list of most popular beers would be like reading Pitchfork and gleaning that the greatest band of all time was Kraftwerk....
"Are we killing beer?" I love that we live in a world where that's an actual question.
You equate beer with having sex? Your profile photo is more autobiographical than you know . .
Before heading to the eastern Carolinas from Chicago last summer, I did some research and found some beers I wanted to try while there (Beaufort,...
Been noticing several Jewel/Oscos putting mainly Xmas, but many other beers on clearance prices. Nabbed some Dark Penance and Double Trouble for...
Schneider-Weisse is truly wonderful for a wheat, and it fits nicely in the budgie. Special mention to Fuller's London Pride (especially if you can...
There are some Jewel-Oscos in the Chicago area (Mariano's has a great mix-6 section, too) where the selection is outstanding and filled with...
There's some folks who started bashing US Cellular: there's a whole article in the Tribune today on the difference between Sox and Cubs. Sox have...
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