After spending a wonderful Saturday in LaSalle, IL watching author James Kennedy read from his endlessly rich and wonderfully hilarious YA book Order of Odd-Fish we had to rush back to Chicago so my wife could assist in the birth of her friend’s son. After about 6 hours of natural birthing she was more than [...]
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Baphomet @ Revolution!
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Outside In New York Pt. 2 – Fette Sau
It’s true that Chicago has, in the past few years, seen a relative spike in BBQ joints, but going from nothing to some is only slightly encouraging and, while the numbers have increased, the bar for quality has remained pretty modestly median. I still haven’t made it over to Smoque for their brisket yet which [...]
Posted in Beer, Grilling, Review, Smoking Also tagged Brand BBQ Market, Brooklyn, Fat Willie's, Fette Sau, New York, Pork, Revol, Rocking Horse, Smoque 1 Comment
Brewing Season is Upon Us
Before I left for Belgium we brewed what would be our first and final beer for the summer of 2010, a delicious and successful Saison. When I returned from my trip I learned that we had lost our sweet brewing space. Fortunately, we’ve got another lined up, it’s just not quite as cherry (or close) [...]
Posted in Beer, Grilling, Review Also tagged 14th Anniversary Emperial IPA, Bad Man Old Rye, BeerAdvocate.com, Belgium, Chicago, Homebrewing, Ichibad, New Holland, Porter, Repo Man, Saison, Stone Leave a comment
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, Goose Island, Half Acre, Hot Chocolate, Lagunitas, Mindy Segal, Surly, Three Floyds Leave a comment