How good is this beer? Pretty fucking amazing, or so I hear. In fact, I’d heard so much praise that when I came across it at the store I was happy to pay $17 for a six pack. I was even happier driving home from work the next day imagining the tangy sweet hoppy deliciousness [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Beer Workers Stike Over Policy Change
The prospect of drinking beer only at lunch sent hundreds of Danish brewery workers out on the street in protest. For years, the Carlsberg brewery in Denmark had beer coolers placed around the workplace. The company has removed the coolers and limited beer to the lunch hour. Hear the whole story here
Beer Hoptacular Chicago
Beer Hoptacular is coming to The City of Broad Shoulders, June 4th and 5th at the Aragon Ballroom. It’s being billed as: “…a celebration for all true beer enthusiasts, kicks off its first year with beer samplings, demonstrations and fun from craft brewers, beer experts, home brewers, and local artisans. Attendees will enjoy a select [...]
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Chicago Ranked 10th Most Bike Friendly City
From the Chicagoist blog: Here’s the entire top 10: 1. Minneapolis 2. Portland 3. Boulder 4. Seattle 5. Eugene 6. San Francisco 7. Madison 8. New York 9. Tuscon 10. Chicago The magazine cited Mayor Daley’s enthusiasm for cycling, a growing network of bike lanes, and amenities like valet bike parking and indoor bike racks [...]
Happy End of Prohibition Day!!
77 years ago today we ended prohibition!! Suck it Carrie Nation! April 7th, 1933 – Prohibition ended on that date at midnight leading the nation away from 13 years without legal production or consumption of beer and all other alcoholic beverages. In 1898 there were 198 active breweries in and around the city making the [...]
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OPENING DAY – LET THE PAIN BEGIN
I know that Baseball isn’t generally our bailiwick here at OA but it’s a bright and sunny opening day here in the CHI and I must admit that when I awoke this morning, I allowed a bit of hope to creep into my heart, just a bit though. I’ve been down this road too many [...]
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Big Baby DIY Smoker!!
Can anybody – other than my wife, my landlord or my neighbors – give a a good reason not to build this bad mammy jammy?
Hipster Moonshine
That fella’s damn entertaining but he’s not the face of modern moonshine. It seems that making your own liquor, while illegal and quite dangerous, is gathering steam in some hipster circles. A new book called Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur Outlaw’s Adventures in Moonshine by a gentleman named Max Watman chronicles the recent rise [...]
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