Chicago craft beer fans have been eagerly following developments with Haymarket Pub and Brewery. This new brewpub is co-founded by Pete Crowley, the award-winning former brewmaster at Rock Bottom Chicago. Wednesday evening,…
Holiday beer roundup: He'brew Jewbelation 14
It is de rigeur to review some Christmas beers in December. But we need to start with a beer for another winter holiday, before I’ve missed all eight days! Shmaltz Brewing Company,…
Beer Alert! BrewDog's Penguin & Bismarck confirmed for Chicago
Following through with this silly thread I started, I can now report that two of the strongest beers ever made will be sold in Chicago soon. Binny’s Beverage Depot’s Assistant Beer Buyer,…
Beer Alert! Trader Joe's Vintage Ale
Maybe you’re not all that amped up about going out early tomorrow morning and waiting in a Black Friday-type crowd, all for the privilege of paying $43 for a bottle of Goose…
Beer Alert! Dogfish Head Bitches Brew
Okay, I’m about to reveal an embarrassing fact. I did not watch the premiere of “Brew Masters” on the Discovery Channel Sunday night. Dogfish Head Lead Brewer Bryan Selders measures out leaves…
Wanna buy Meister Bräu? You can!
The Meister Brau beer brand and trademark was sold at auction in 2010. What has happened since then?
Bell's Batch 10,000 heading to stores this week UPDATE
For years now, Bell’s Brewery of Kalamazoo has marked every 1,000th batch they brew with special, never-to-be-repeated beers in what’s become known as the “Batch” Series. Each beer, labeled simply as “Bell’s…
Rock Bottom and Gordon Biersch to merge
The two biggest brewpub restaurant chains in America are merging. The Beatles on iTunes? No, this is bigger news in beer circles. Two of America’s biggest operators and franchisers of brewery-restaurants will…