This past Sunday West Lakeview Liquors hosted Jérôme Rebetez from BFM to tap and pour a wood cask of his 2010 Abbaye de St. bon Chien. As always WLV played the expert host, not only pouring the bon Chien, but also a Terrapin collaboration barley “ryne”, as well as BFMs entire bottle portfolio. There was [...]
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West Lakeview Liquors Is Why I Love Chicago
Posted in Beer, Event, Review Also tagged Abbaye de St. bon Chien, BFM, Jerome Rebetez, Jolly Pumpkin, Kristina Bozic, Stillwater, West Lakeview Liquors Leave a comment
Goose Island may sell beer & wine at Pritzker Pavilion concerts
Just saw this article on the Trib’s blog, and was nearly very angry at Goose Island and the city for fouling up something that’s been as much fun as I can remember having at a free event in this city. Luckily I read all the way through and the last line made the whole thing [...]
Rich, Unemployed Guy Acts Like a Dick
It’s not like I’ve never done anything that warranted me apologizing profusely to bartender and friends alike, but I just wanted to take this opportunity to point out that when Goose Island’s soon to be ex-Brewmaster Greg Hall pissed in a pint glass at Bangers & Lace on Saturday and told the bar tender it [...]
Goose Island Bought by Anheuser-Busch
It’s not terribly surprising that Goose Island was purchased by Budweiser this week, they’ve already been partially owned by them for several years via Oregon’s Craft Brewer’s Alliance. It also looks like Greg Hall is stepping down as brewmaster to be replaced by ex-Deschutes brewmaster Brett Porter. I’ve had a fairly manic opinion of Goose [...]
Posted in Beer, Event, Review Also tagged Anheuser-Busch, Brett Porter, Chicago, Craft Brewers Alliance, Deschuttes, Greg Hall 1 Comment
AHA Rally @ Goose Island Tomorrow
American Homebrew Association members are invited to a, uh, rally (?) tomorrow at the Goose Island brewery in the fulton market. It looks like the rally includes a brewery tour, complimentary samples of Goose Island beer, a meet and greet with the brewers and a chance to chat up some folks from Siebel and White [...]
7 Chefs, 7 Breweries @ Hot Chocolate
I just scrubbed this from Half Acre’s blog. Sounds awesome, almost awesome enough for me to jump on it despite it being so spendy. Check it out: Half Acre is taking part in a big collaborative beer dinner on Feb 22, 2010. Every year, Mindy Segal, owner of Hot Chocolate on Damen, throws a celebratory [...]
Posted in Beer, Event Also tagged Chicago, Half Acre, Hot Chocolate, Lagunitas, Mindy Segal, Revolution Brewery, Surly, Three Floyds Leave a comment
Chicago’s Bad Apple, Reviewed
Chicago has a new haunt for beer lover’s in the North Center neighborhood, the Bad Apple. Doing their best to take their place among Chicago heavy hitters like Kuma’s, Small Bar and the Map Room, Bad Apple tries to mix an educated collection of draught and bottled beers with tasty, beer friendly – and often [...]
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Interview with Half Acre Beer Company’s Gabriel Magliaro
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Posted in Beer Also tagged Brews Not Bombs, Chicago, Colorado, Daisy Cutter, Ellie's, Half Acre Beer Company, IPA, Metropolitan, Surly Furious, Two Brothers 3 Comments