Just a few more days until the 25th Anniversary Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison and, despite hitting a near unprecedented saturation on stupid fun this summer, I must say I’m real stoked for this thing. It is a bit strange to spend 2 weekends in a row in our rural penal colony to [...]
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Information on the Great Taste of the Midwest
Posted in Beer, Event Also tagged Acre, All Grain Brewing, Central Water's, Great Taste of the Midwest, Half Acre, Madison, Nebraska, New Chicago Brewery, Olin-Turville Park, Short's, Tyranena Brewing, Wisconsin Leave a comment
Lagunitas Zephyr, Stone Dinner & Logan Square Free Concerts
I’m so bloody tired all the time lately it’s driving me up a slippery wall. I’ve had to learn the hard way that, despite my doctor’s recommendations, I apparently can’t replace a 6 hour R.E.M. cycle with pure amphetamine salts and vick’s vapor inhalors. That’s the last time I trust a surgeon I meet at [...]
Posted in Beer, Event, Review Also tagged Big Star, Brewniversity, Empty Bottle, Lagunitas, Logan Square, Public House, The Publican, Zephyr 1 Comment
My Chicago Craft Beer Week Marathon Schedule
Here’s all the events I’m planning on hitting for Chicago Craft Beer Week. I am very excited for this. My liver, on the other hand, is trying desperately to back away from me. MAY 19 Firestone Walker Guest Tap Take Over (Revolution) – Because of the Collaboration brew between Firestone Walker and Revolution Brewing Dos [...]
Posted in Beer, Event Also tagged 3 Floyd's, Chicago Craft Beer Week, Disc Golf, Firestone Walker, Half Acre, IPA, Revolution, Rock Bottom 1 Comment
Paste Magazine’s Top 25 Beers of 2010
Here is Paste Magazine’s Top 25 Beers of 2010. Read it and weep, I know I did. If anybody knows how to get a hold of some of that Surly 4 we should talk.
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, Revolution Brewery, Saison Leave a comment