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Beer has played a role in medicine and health since it was invented. Everyone knows you are supposed to eat your grains daily, and early beer was a source of grain based nutrients. It is even possible the first beer was consumed like porridge... read more »
Many bars and brewpubs have age limits for entry. Owners and managers need to determine if having an age limit works for them. Without this balance owners could be costing themselves revenue from the pro-kid camp or pro-kidless camp. A bar... read more »
Hey you! See that glass to the right? You do? Good! That is not a stinking pilsner glass! Got it? Good! Sorry for being aggresive, but I can not tell you how often people mistake a Vase a.k.a Weissbier glass as an appropriate vessel... read more »
American Craft Beer Week (ACBW) is a way to set aside a special time to celebrate craft beer. Personally I think every week should be beer week, but the powers that be decided we need a dedicated national time. ACBW is not the same as your... read more »
I gathered my notes to write on Firestone Walker’s Double Jack and then discovered that it is Chicago Tribune’s Beer of the Month for February. Firestone Walker is a newcomer to the Chicago beer scene, but has been taking the beer... read more »
As craft beer becomes bigger business, a few breweries become shady. Some of the larger mass production brewers are making a line of more flavorful beer, but distancing themselves from the new brand to make it look like it is a hometown beer.... read more »
Stemmed Tulips are a fancy little glass. Like other specialty glassware they typically look more expensive than they really are. The name is based on the silhouette of a tulip and is evident when you look at the glass in profile. The... read more »
St. Louis Brewhouse Believe it or not, Anheuser-Busch might not be as bad as you think. The whole operation gets a pretty bum wrap about their beer based on their flagship beers Bud and Bud Light. Many find it appalling that... read more »
Goose Island’s Honker’s Ale for all intents and purposes was my first love of craft beer. I used to be blown away by its’ hops and when I have it now I laugh at how I used to think it was mind blowing. I do not think Honker’s... read more »
