Today marks the first official day of Chicago’s celebration of Craft Beer Week which kicks off with the Beer Under Glass event at Chicago’s beautiful Garfield Park. I’ve already detailed what I feel are some of the more interesting events this week will offer in several other posts and more events keep popping up. It’s [...]
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Dogfish Head’s Bitches Brew 40th Anniversary Beer
I picked up a bottle of Dogfish Head’s Bitches Brew 40th Anniversary Beer last week at West Lakeview Liquors out of present curiosities and a passing nostalgic impulse to celebrate Miles Davis’ amazing album. I can still clearly remember that hazy New Orleans morning that I lay on the floor groping at this maximalist homage [...]
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Half Acre’s Freedom of ’78
Friday saw the release of Half Acre‘s collective hat tip to America’s most sexually articulate rock duo, Ween. They had been hyping this collaboration with Short’s Brewing since Ween came to town back at the end of June. Right from the nose you know this is a Half Acre effort. Aside from the noticeable addition [...]
Dogfish Head Chica Explained
Interesting video here explaining the process of using enzymes from human saliva as a way to create the sugars for the new Dogfish Head beer, Chica. Chicha beer is Peruvian in origin and typically uses purple maize, but can have many other ingredients like yucca or strawberries in Dogfish Head’s case. I’m a big fan [...]
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