Another Oktoberfest Weekend with Sox! October 2 - 4

More Oktoberfest and related events this weekend, and watch for Halloween this month.

Thursday Update: No sooner did I add the paragraph below about Sox playoffs, then I got the news that Black & Gray Brewing has shuttered:

Over the past two years we have watched brewery after brewery close, sharing the announcements with each other and saying, with a sense of impending doom, “there goes another one.”
Well, now it’s our turn.
After almost 8 years, Black & Gray Brewing has closed its doors for good. We will spare you the gory details, but suffice it to say that this was not a decision that we wanted to make, but one that—financially—we have no choice but to endure.
We are eternally grateful for this experience.
When we started Black & Gray, we wanted to be a different type of brewery: not so beer snobby, more blue collar. We wanted to be the neighborhood tap, the type of place where everyone knew you when you walked in the door. We wanted to create community. If nothing else, we accomplished that.
We fell in love with East Dundee, the people, our patrons, and our employees. We saw friendships form; first dates that turned into marriages, and then children; we raised funds for the local fire department, cancer research, and injured local first responders. We hosted weddings, reception dinners, baby showers, promotion, retirement, and birthday parties. And all of these over pints of what we liked to refer to as, “the best beer brewed in East Dundee.”
We want to thank our family. Running a small business can be all consuming most of the time and sacrifices get made. We appreciate the love and support throughout the years and hope, in the end, it was all worth it. We love you.
I will try to post any of my usual establishments that will be featuring the White Sox ALDS against Cleveland this weekend. Normally, playoffs on TV would just be assumed, but this time, the series is behind a paywall of TBS, truTV and HBO Max. Not every location would have access to those, or they’ll get it last minute. If local TV gets a “dispensation” to carry them, that would be helpful.

Header picture: Oktoberfest Panorama, Source: Wikimedia Commons.

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