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Blogs, Bleader May 29, 2018
When craft beer went corporate: Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out tells how Goose Island's sale transformed an industry

The first craft brewery to sell out to Anheuser-Busch triggered a landslide of similar sales across the country.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Books, Booze, Food & Drink, Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business, Josh Noel, Goose Island, John Hall, craft beer, Big Beer

Blogs, Bleader May 9, 2018
Goose Island is celebrating its 30th anniversary with new brews and events in Chicago all month long

Goose Island Brewery Co. is turning 30 and throwing a monthlong party in Chicago.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Food & Drink, News, Goose Island, Goose Island Brewery Co., Cubs, White Sox, John Hall, 312, IPA, ESB, Anheuser-Busch, craft beer, Battle of the Breweries Dodgeball Tournament, Goose Island Barrel House, Crosstown Classic, RJ Grunts, john hall, john keeling, fuller's brewery, action bronson, Concord Music Hall

Food & Drink, Bar Review Sep 20, 2017
With two new breweries, Pilsen is now the brewing capital of the south side

Lo Rez Brewing and Taproom and Alulu Brewpub and Brewery join Moody Tongue's tasting room to make Pilsen a beer destination.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Bar Review, Moody Tongue, Lo Rez Brewing and Taproom, Alulu Brewpub and Brewery, tasting room, brewpub, brewery, beer, craft beer, Pilsen

Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2017
There’s a pile of sacrificial severed heads on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was designed by Swedish artist and musician Axel Widén.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, Arts, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Axel Widén, Scorched Tundra, Empty Bottle, heavy metal, craft beer, Acid King, Minsk, Wolvhammer, Bottomed, Atomic Bitchwax, Fistula, Electric Hawk, Oxbow, Behold! The Monolith, RLYR

Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2017
Video
Chicago is suing the Department of Justice over federal funding for sanctuary cities, and other news

Also, Northwestern microbiologist Wyndham Lathem will make his first court appearance in California Monday morning.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, sanctuary cities, immigration issues, Jeff Sessions, Department of Justice, Byrne Justice Assistance Grants, lawsuits, Lollapalooza, Chance the Rapper, rap music, Ken Bennett, Wyndham Lathem, microbiologist, Northwestern University, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Andrew Warren, Oxford University, crime, John Lausch, Donald Trump, Kirkland & Ellis, U.S. Attorney's Office, Joel Levin, Zachary Fardon, Barack Obama, Chicago Police Department, Crowdfund, Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ale, craft beer, craft breweries, restaurant openings, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2017
Video
Four former cops turned aldermen push for police access to assault rifles, and other Chicago news

Also, Heineken acquires the rest of Lagunitas Brewing Co.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, City Council, Ed Burke, Anthony Napolitano, Christopher Taliaferro, Willie Cochran, Chicago Police Department, guns, assault rifles, gun violence, Donald Trump, Peter Roskam, Affordable Care Act, Bruce Rauner, Obama Presidential Center, Jackson Park, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Heineken, craft beer, Jesse Jackson, Richard Boykin, Facebook, Facebook Live, Nuevo León, restaurants, Pilsen, Mexican restaurants, Video

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Mar 9, 2017
The ultimate guide to Chicago brewery tours

The best tours for beer geeks who're also cat lovers, home brewers with a dream, gluten-intolerant cyclists, experts who think they've seen it all, and more
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, brewery tour, craft beer, three floyds, Three Floyds Brewing Company, Empirical Brewery, Greenstar Brewing, Off Color Brewing, Lake Effect Brewing Company, Hopewell Brewing Company, Sketchbook Brewing Co., Dovetail Brewery, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Half Acre Beer Company, Argus Brewery, 5 Rabbit Cerveceria, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Two Brothers, Moody Tongue, Temperance Beer Company, On Tour Brewing Company, Revolution Brewing, Begyle Brewing Company, Goose Island Beer Company, Metropolitan, Baderbräu, Cruz Blanca Cerveceria, Metropolitan Brewery, Begyle Brewery, Revolution Brewing Tap Room, Goose Island Beer Co, On Your Brewing Company, Cruz Blanca Cervercería, Lagunitas Tap Room, The Tasting Room at Moody Tongue, Two Brothers Brewing Company, Three Floyds Brewpub

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 12, 2016
People Issue 2016: Chris Quinn, the high priest of the Beer Temple
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, expansion, freshness, Half Acre, Insiders Roundtable, Lumpen Radio, Margaret Quinn, Mikerphone, Phil Kuhl, podcast, relocation, Revolution Brewing, video podcast, Avery Brewing, beer, Beer Temple, Chris Quinn, cicerone, craft beer, De Bier Tempel, distribution, Donn Bichsel, education, Elston

Blogs, Bleader Dec 1, 2016
Todd Ricketts tapped by Trump for Commerce Department, and more Chicago news

Trump passes on the bouquet to Ricketts scion Todd, bids him to say hello to the folks.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Donald Trump, Todd Ricketts, Chicago Cubs, Joe Ricketts, Bruce Rauner, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Republicans, Richard M. Daley, Jon Burge, police torture, Off Color Brewing, craft beer

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Oct 28, 2015
For Lagunitas founder Tony Magee, the word 'craft' has outlived its usefulness

The iconoclastic beer maker believes Brewers Association labels have "a frat party aroma."
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Booze, Tony Magee, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Chicago Humanities Festival, craft beer, microbreweries, Brewers Association, Friedrich Miller, Adolphus Busch, SABMiller, AB InBev, Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, Sierra Nevada, Heineken

Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2014
Looking for a Pitchfork pit stop?

You’re safe with beer and bacon at Kaiser Tiger.
- By Mara Shalhoup
- Tags: Food & Drink, Kaiser Tiger, craft beer, sausage, bacon, Pitchfork Music Festival, Beck, Green Stage, restaurant, bar, Union Park, Randolph Row, Randolph Street

Food & Drink, Summer Guide May 14, 2014
Chicago craft beer explodes—and Chicago Craft Beer Week almost keeps up

Eleven days of beer events featuring more snifters than one human should ever have to handle.
- By Philip Montoro and Julia Thiel
- Tags: Summer Guide, Chicago Craft Beer Week, craft beer, beer, craft breweries, breweries, Julia Thiel, Philip Montoro, Illinois Craft Brewers Guild, CCBW, Jonathan Surratt, Twitter, @beerinator, bars, brewpubs, restaurants, shops, venues, apps, Beer Under Glass, Beer in Your Glass, Unicornucopia: Deuce, Lagunitas Beer Circus, Beerfly Alleyfight, homebrew, food, FOBAB, Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer, Mini-FOBAB, Craft Beer Brewtality, Barrelling Down Division, Creative Minds on Tap, Tony Magee, Randy Mosher, Phineas X. Jones, Guys Drinking Beer, South of 80, New Brewer Showcase, Beasts of the Barrel, Comes in Waves, West Loop Craft Beer Fest, Battle for Lake Michigan

Blogs, Bleader Dec 20, 2013
Reader's Agenda Fri 12/20: Late-er Night Andersonville, Beerfest, and Taylor Bennett

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, December 20
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Andersonville, Late-er Night, Swedish, LivingSocial, beer, craft beer, Union Station, Evil Twin Brewing, Emmett's Brewing Company, Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, Taylor Bennett, Chance the Rapper, Reggie's Rock Club, rap

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 15, 2013
Recommended
Bohemian rhapsody at Dusek's

Jared Wentworth's new restaurant in Pilsen is more than just Longman & Eagle south.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dusek's, Dusek's Board & Beer, Punch House, Thalia Hall, Pilsen, developers, John Dusek, architecture, Empty Bottle, Bruce Finkelman, beer, bars, Jared Wentworth, Longman & Eagle, cocktail bars, meat, foie gras, off cuts, organs, chicken, burgers, beef, Slagel Farms, duck, tete de cochon, frog legs, pigtail, qual eggs, daikon, sausage, choucroute, sauerkraut, potatoes, apples, pork, craft beer, seafood, oysters, chowder, leeks, mackerel, gnocchi, mushrooms, beets, amuses-bouche, cuttlefish, tagine, couscous, vegetables, green beans, shallots, bar snacks, bar menus, menus, olives, crab dip, sorbet, Nightwood, punches, tea, churros, gentrification, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2013
How to grow pawpaws, and other food news bites

Urban gardens, Thai grilled chicken, craft beer, and other food news bites.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, pawpaws, craft beer, Thai grilled chicken, Charlie Trotter's

Food & Drink, Summer Guide May 16, 2013
Chicago Craft Beer Week's cup runneth over

The 11-day week may be too much for one beer-nerd brain to process.
- By Philip Montoro and Julia Thiel
- Tags: Summer Guide, Chicago Craft Beer week, beer, craft beer, 4 Paws Brewing, Begyle Brewing Company, Off Color Brewing, Metropolitan Brewing, Goose Island Beer Company, Rock Bottom Brewery, breweries, Atlad Brewing Company, Two Brothers Brewing Company, Half Acre Beer Company, Revolution Brewing, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Pipeworks Brewing Company, Jerry's, SmallBar Division, Mary's Attic Theatre, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Garfield Park Conservatory, Small Bar Division

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Apr 22, 2013
Howells & Hood fails the locavore test

Beer-focused restaurant in Trib Tower pays lip service to local and sustainable.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Howells & Hood, local food, seasonal food, beer, Tribune Tower, Scott Walton, Doubletree's Markethouse, Bottleneck Management, The Boundary, Trace, Sweetwater, craft beer, Guys Drinking Beer, taplines, sustainability, Bennigan's, menus, tomatoes, Carnivale, food sourcing, ingredients

Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2013
I tried Ommegang's Game of Thrones tie-in beer Iron Throne

Any excuse to drink-slash-talk about a really great show
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Arts, Television, Booze, Food & Drink, game of thrones, iron throne, ommegang, craft beer, hbo, walking dead, breaking bad, monks pub, Daenerys Targaryen

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Mar 14, 2013
Craft beer from the inside: A Gchat

To get a feel for the business, talk to the people doing the work.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, beer, Square Kegs Homebrew Club, Gary Gulley, Panic Brewing, craft beer, Kickstarter, business plans, brewing, Mikkel Borg Bergsø and Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø, Jess Straka, Evil Twin Brewing, Mikkeller, John Laffler, Anheuser-Busch InBev, ABV, alcohol by volume, TTB, Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Gchat, packaging, bombers, Meheen Manufacturing Inc., bottles, cans, interviews, Off Color Brewing, Twitter, Metropolitan Brewing, Goose Island Beer Company, gose, kottbusser, breweries, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Two Brothers Brewing Company, Dave Bleitner, Half Acre Beer Company, Revolution Brewing, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Pipeworks Brewing Company, 4 Paws Brewing, Black Rock Pub & Kitchen, Begyle Brewing Company, Map Room, Scrabble, Atlas Brewing Company, Metropolitan Brewery, Black Butte Porter, Huber, The Owl, Hopleaf, The Continental

Blogs, Bleader Mar 26, 2012
Was "Tastes Like Cat Piss" already taken?

MillerCoors launches a new ad campaign to stand up to the craft brewing bullies.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Seriously?, Food Chain, Food & Drink, craft beer, big beer, Miller Lite, ad campaign, marketing, BusinessWeek

Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2012
Entries wanted for new craft beer journal

Mash Tun, a new craft beer journal, is soliciting submissions
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Food & Drink, Books, Mash Tun, Lumpen, beer, craft beer, craft beer journal

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 29, 2011
Chipotle's Cultivate Festival

Celebrating food with Paul Kahan, Meyer Hawthorne, and more.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Cultivate Festival, Chipotle, Paul Kahan, Mayer Hawthorne, Calexico, White Rabbits, Rural Alberta Advantage, Cave Singers, Paul Virant, Tony Mantuano, craft beer

Blogs, Bleader Mar 9, 2011
One Sip: Firestone Walker Double Jack Double IPA

One of the latest west-coast breweries to enter the Chicago craft-beer market won the Golden Tut at the Night of the Living Ales with this imperial IPA.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Firestone Walker, Double Jack, double IPA, imperial IPA, india pale ale, craft beer, beer, Chicago Beer Society, Night of the Living Ales, Abacus, Parabola, Proprietors Reserve Series, Walker's Reserve Robust Porter, Firestone 14 Anniversary Ale, Firestone 14, Golden Tut

Blogs, Bleader Mar 3, 2011
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Carnaval, Fat Tuesday, Sunday supper at Vie, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Hal Barnett, Barnett Vineyards, wine dinner, D.O.C. Wine Bar, Rio de Janeiro, Carnaval, Portugal, Lent, festival, Brazil, SushiSamba Rio, Bloody Mary, Smoke Daddy, Miles Sullivan, Smokin' Bloody Mary, Vie, Sunday Supper, O'Donovan's, Fat Tuesday, crawfish, Mardi Gras, St. Baldrick's Foundation, Cactus Bar & Grill, Make-a-Wish Foundation, craft beer, Blokes & Birds

Blogs, Bleader Dec 22, 2010
One Sip: Bell’s Batch 10,000

The last beer of the Bell's Brewery Batch series nods to the shelf-clearing end-of-season homebrews of founder Larry Bell with a recipe that calls for 160 varieties of malt, grain, and hops.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Bell's Brewery, Batch 10000, Bell's Batch 10000, Larry Bell, Lush, Hopleaf, Twisted Spoke, beer, craft beer, insanity

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