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Bleader
May 23, 2018
Wait till you see the other six samurai on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed for Dark Lord Day by local poster artist Dan Grzeca (which rhymes with "jetsah").
By Luca Cimarusti
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Gig Posters
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Music
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Visual Art
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gig poster
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gig posters
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gig poster of the week
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Dark Lord Day
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3 Floyds Brewing
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Dan Grzeca
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Ground Up Press
Blogs
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Bleader
May 17, 2017
A zombie rides Pegasus into the sun on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Dan Grzeca of Ground Up Press.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Gig Posters
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Music
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Visual Art
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Arts
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gig poster
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gig posters
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gig poster of the week
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poster art
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Dan Grzeca
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Ground Up Press
,
Dark Lord Day
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3 Floyds Brewing
Blogs
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Bleader
May 18, 2016
Dark Lord Day pays homage to
Blade Runner
on the gig poster of the week
This week's gig poster was designed by local artist Dan Grzeca of Ground Up Press.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Gig Posters
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Music
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Arts
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Visual Art
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gig poster
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gig posters
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gig poster of the week
,
Dan Grzeca
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Ground Up Press
,
Dark Lord Day
,
Three Floyds
,
Dark Lord Day with Skeletonwitch
,
Eyehategod
,
Municipal Waste
,
Plague Bringer
,
Barrier
,
Lord Mantis
,
beer
,
heavy metal
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 26, 2014
Beer and Metal's best of 2014, chosen by you
It was a good year for Beer and Metal, and an even better year for beer. And for metal.
By Philip Montoro
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Beer and Metal
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Year in Review
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Food & Drink
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Beer and Metal
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beer
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metal
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year in review
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best of 2014
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favorite
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most read
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Lagunitas
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tap room
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Goose Island
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Bourbon County
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Dark Lord Day
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Smylie Brothers
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Aquanaut Brewing
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Greenstar Brewing
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Empirical Brewery
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Beermiscuous
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FOBAB
,
Superchrist
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Horrendous
,
Ecdysis
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 30, 2014
Gig poster of the week: The Dark Lord of Three Floyds welcomes you
This week's gig poster was designed by and screen-printed by local artist Dan Grzeca.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Arts
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Music
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Visual Art
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gig poster of the week
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Dan Grzeca
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Dark Lord Day
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Three Floyds
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 28, 2014
Dark Lord Day 2014: Three Floyds tweaks the festival's new model for speed
More than you could conceivably want to read about Three Floyds' 2014 Dark Lord Day—but there are lots of pictures too!
By Philip Montoro
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Beer and Metal
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Music
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Food & Drink
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Beer and Metal
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beer
,
metal
,
Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout
,
Dark Lord Day
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Three Floyds
,
Munster
,
Boom Over Pow
,
Yum Yum
,
Deesko
,
Ham on Rye
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Corrections House
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Vulgaari
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High on Fire
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Eyehategod
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Brain Tentacles
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Baller Stout
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Bruce Lamont
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Dave Witte
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Sanford Parker
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Scott Kelly
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Mike IX Williams
,
Ed Knigge
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Bloodyminded
,
Russian River
,
Supplication
,
Bruery
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Windowsill
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Perennial
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Proprietor's
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Heady Topper
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Black Note
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Chocolate Rain
,
Rue D'Floyd
,
Kuhnhenn
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21st Amendment
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Local Option
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New Belgium
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DryHop
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Kuma's
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NBB Love
,
Lost City Zero
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 14, 2014
Spiteful Brewing celebrates the end of winter with Dibs Are for Dummies
Spiteful says good-bye to winter with an English-style barleywine—and looks forward to summer with enough new tanks to double its capacity.
By Philip Montoro
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Beer and Metal
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Music
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Food & Drink
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Beer and Metal
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beer
,
metal
,
Spiteful Brewing
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Dibs Are for Dummies
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Spiteful
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barleywine
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English
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Brad Schaffer
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Jason Klein
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Calvin Fredrickson
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Alley Time
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Diggable
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In the Weeds
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Fat Badger
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Worst Driver Award
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Bitter Biker
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Ghost Bike
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Idiot Awards
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Dark Lord Day
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Corrections House
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High on Fire
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Eyehategod
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Vulgaari
,
Todd Haug
,
Surly Brewing
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 11, 2014
Locally Brewed
paints a portrait of some of the midwest's best breweries
Local author Anna Blessing's new book,
Locally Brewed: Portraits of Craft Brewing from America's Heartland
By Julia Thiel
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Locally Brewed: Portraits of Craft Brewing from America's Heartland
,
Anna Blessing
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August Schell Brewing Company
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Bell's Brewery
,
New Glarus Brewing Company
,
Founders Brewing Company
,
Three Floyds Brewing Company
,
Dark Lord Day
,
Short's Brewing Company
,
Great Lakes Brewing Company
,
Lakefront Brewery
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 30, 2013
Video
Beer and Metal's year in review
This year's ten most read Beer and Metal columns include two of the
Reader
's top five blog posts of 2013.
By Philip Montoro
Tags:
Beer and Metal
,
Music
,
Food & Drink
,
Beer and Metal
,
beer
,
metal
,
Year in Review
,
Redd's Apple Ale
,
Goose Island
,
Bourbon County Brand Stout
,
Gillian
,
Cthulhu
,
DryHop
,
Off Color
,
Mischief
,
18th Street Brewery
,
Forbidden Root
,
FOBAB
,
Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer
,
Cerveza de los Muertos
,
Super Brew 15
,
Three Floyds
,
Pelican
,
Immutable Dusk
,
Dark Lord Day
,
Final Countdown
,
Day of Reckoning
,
Faustcoven
,
The March of Cloven Hooves
,
Pentagram
,
Victor Griffin
,
Video
Best of Chicago
,
Music & Nightlife
Jun 19, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Outcall Soundman
Elliot Dicks of Elliotsound
By Philip Montoro
Tags:
Music & Nightlife
,
Best of Chicago 2013
,
Elliotsound
,
jumping around on stage
,
rock shows
,
Elliot Dicks
,
live sound
,
Czar Bar
,
Fireside Bowl
,
The Empty Bottle
,
Che Arthur
,
Steve Moore
,
Gary Schepers
,
block parties
,
festivals
,
Do-Division
,
West Fest
,
Tortoise
,
The Sea and Cake
,
Shellac
,
Steve Albini
,
Yob
,
Flat Iron
,
Dark Lord Day
,
High on Fire
,
Critics' Picks
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 29, 2013
Dark Lord Day spreads out and levels up for 2013
In which our correspondent attends the annual festival of beer and metal that revolves around Three Floyds' notorious Russian imperial stout.
By Philip Montoro
Tags:
Beer and Metal
,
Music
,
Food & Drink
,
Beer and Metal
,
beer
,
metal
,
Dark Lord
,
Dark Lord Day
,
Dark Lord Russian Style Imperial Stout
,
Three Floyds
,
Munster
,
Munster Indiana
,
High on Fire
,
Matt Pike
,
Des Kensel
,
Pig Destroyer
,
Scott Hull
,
J.R. Hayes
,
Bloodiest
,
Sweet Cobra
,
Lair of the Minotaur
,
Deesko
,
Michiana Power
,
Space Station: Middle Finger
,
Permanent Funeral
,
Toxic Revolution
,
Municipal Waste
,
Tiberian Inquisitor
,
Mikkeller Spontandoubleelderflower
,
Local Option Sweet Leaf
,
Greenbush Doomslayer
,
Pipeworks Raspberry Truffle Abduction
,
Founders KBS
,
Bourbon County Brand Stout
,
Pipeworks Flower Child
,
Surly Syx
,
Half Acre Quakerbridge
,
Elliot Dicks
,
Che Arthur
,
Steve Moore
,
Sanford Parker
,
Sei Jin Lee
,
Micha Ward
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 26, 2012
This week's food and drink events
Pizza-making, beer art, cheese, and more cheese highlight this week's events.
By Daniel Gerzina
Tags:
Food Chain
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Food & Drink
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Frasca Pizzeria and Wine Bar
,
Beehive Cheese Company
,
Jason Ring
,
Pat Ford
,
Eno Wine Room
,
Maxwell Street
,
Kendall College School of Culinary Arts
,
Goose Island
,
Metropolitan Brewing
,
Dark Lord Day
,
Pilsen Social Club
,
House of Glunz
,
Domaine de Lancyre
,
Domaine Cabirau
,
Bistrot Margot
,
Pastoral
,
Chicago French Market
,
Stephanie Izard
,
Mike Sheerin
,
Saturday Night Live
,
Nora Dunn
,
Project Runway
,
Peach Carr
,
Chicago Human Rhythm Project
,
Lane Alexander
,
Paul Kahan
,
Publican Quality Meats
,
Mayne Stage Theater
,
Charlie Trotter's
,
Chicagogourmet
,
David Downie
,
River East Arts Center.
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 6, 2011
Tickets to the Three Floyds XV Anniversary Party go on sale Monday
Expect the musictoday.com website to start crashing at 1:01 PM Monday
By Julia Thiel
Tags:
Food & Drink
,
Three Floyds XV Anniversary Party tickets
,
Three Floyds Brewing
,
15th anniversary party
,
Dark Lord Day
,
XV
,
XV beer
,
Three Floyds anniversary beer
,
Surly Darkness
,
Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch
,
De Struise Black Albert
,
Dark Lord Imperial Stout
Blogs
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Bleader
Sep 14, 2011
Three Floyds 15th anniversary party
Three Floyds announces a party for its 15th anniversary, featuring a special-edition beer.
By Julia Thiel
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Food Chain
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Food & Drink
,
Three Floyds Brewing
,
15th anniversary party
,
anniversary
,
Dark Lord Day
,
XV
,
XV beer
,
Three Floyds anniversary beer
,
Surly Darkness
,
Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch
,
De Struise Black Albert
,
Dark Lord Imperial Stout
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 28, 2011
Metal: Brand-new Bones, Live Superchrist, and Evil-powered Beer
By Philip Montoro
Tags:
Beats
,
Crickets
,
Music
,
Bones
,
Planet Metal
,
Chris Black
,
Jon "Necromancer" Woodring
,
Nachtmystium
,
"Carcass" Chris Svoboda
,
Eternal Hatred
,
Joe "Warlord" Schaeffer
,
Christina Caperson
,
Matt "Putrid" Carr
,
Kommandant
,
Red Line Tap
,
Three Floyds
,
Amon Amarth
,
Dark Lord Day
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 11, 2011
Dark Lord Day Requires Tickets for Admission This Year
Three Floyds announces a new development for Dark Lord Day this year.
By Julia Thiel
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Food Chain
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Food & Drink
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Three Floyds
,
Dark Lord
,
Dark Lord Day
,
Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout
,
tickets
,
Dark Lord Day tickets
,
admission tickets
,
Dark Lord Day 2011
,
Dark Lord Day 2011 tickets
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 23, 2010
Monotonix to Play Dark Lord Day
The special secret unannounced band at Dark Lord Day 2010 in Munster is Monotonix.
By Philip Montoro
Tags:
Food Chain
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Music
,
Food & Drink
,
Monotonix
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Dark Lord Day
,
Three Floyds
,
Munster
,
Indiana
Food & Drink
,
Food & Drink News
Mar 18, 2010
The Dark Side
Standouts at Goose Island's Stout Fest 2010
By Philip Montoro
Tags:
Food & Drink News
,
Goose Island
,
Stout Fest 2010
,
Bourbon County Stout
,
Dark Lord
,
Dark Lord Day
,
Rind Grind
,
Irish Rose
,
Blueberry Bourbon County Stout
,
Greg Hall
,
Tom Korder
,
Goose Island's Night Stalker
,
Revolution Brewing
,
Black Power Oatmeal Stout
,
Big Hugs
,
the Roundhouse
,
Captain Fantasy
,
Lombard Rock Bottom
,
Abduction
,
Pipeworks
,
Goose Island Brewpub
,
Revolution Brewing Company
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 17, 2010
Dark Lord Day Tickets (Probably) Go on Sale Today
Three Floyds announced via Twitter that Dark Lord Day tickets will go on sale later today.
By Julia Thiel
Tags:
Food Chain
,
Food & Drink
,
Dark Lord Day
,
Dark Lord
,
Three Floyds
,
Three Floyds Brewing
,
Twitter
,
golden ticket
,
Dark Lord Day ticket
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 27, 2009
Dark Lord Day 2009: way less terrible than last year
The lines were bearable, the music was good, the beers were (as always) amazing, and the storms held off till late.
By Philip Montoro
Tags:
Food & Drink
,
Food Chain
,
Pelican
,
Waco Brothers
,
Surly
,
Three Floyds
,
Dogfish Head
,
Dark Lord Day
,
Popskull
,
Dark Lord
,
Golden Ticket
,
Munster
,
Sybris
,
Bible of the Devil
,
Hyena
,
Omeganaught
,
Arrogant Bastard
,
Stone Brewing
,
Behemoth
,
Furious
,
Tea Bagged Furious
,
Canadian Breakfast Stout
,
Founders
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 22, 2009
This week's food and drink events
Alice Waters at Green City Market, buses to Dark Lord Day, a champagne and french fry tasting, and more.
By Julia Thiel
Tags:
Food & Drink
,
Food Chain
,
Bruce Kraig
,
Green City Market
,
Alice Waters
,
Lush Wine and Spirits
,
Uncommon Ground
,
Drinks Over Dearborn
,
Greenheart Shop
,
Dark Lord Day
,
Hot Dog: A Global History
,
Goose Island Brewmaster dinner
,
Parrot Cage
,
Washburne Culinary Institute
,
Wine Consortium
,
Living la Vida Verde
,
bus
,
The Edible Schoolyard
,
Timothy OâTooleâs Pub
,
Guinness 250 Anniversary Stout
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 7, 2009
Dark Lord Day 2009: people are insane
Three Floyds created its Golden Tickets for DLD 2009 to try to cut resellers out of the picture, but a $20 pair is already approaching $15,000 on eBay.
By Philip Montoro
Tags:
Food & Drink
,
Food Chain
,
Ebay
,
craigslist
,
Three Floyds
,
Dark Lord Day
,
Dark Lord
,
Golden Ticket
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 27, 2009
Three Floyds announces new ticketing system for Dark Lord Day
By Julia Thiel
Tags:
Food & Drink
,
Food Chain
,
Three Floyds
,
Dark Lord Day
,
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