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Overview Looking for a beer to try? Pintley just might be the app for you. Like a first date, Pintley starts out with 30 simple questions to get to know you better. Unlike many other first dates, this will result in a second date. Pintley... read more »
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At this time all articles have been transfered to the new system. I expect there to be a few dead links and formatting issues I apologize for this. I will spend the next week or two reformatting each of the old articles in my free time. I... read more »
Clown Shoes is a new brewery in the Chicago market. When I was deciding which of the four Clown Shoes beers to buy the label on Brown Angel caught my eye. I am not usually a sucker for labels, but I wanted to write about this one. The... read more »
After my last Goose story I was prepared to steer away from Goose Island. Personally, I feel the topic is getting somewhat old, but the Hall’s seem to have a miraculous ability to keep generating stories for this blog. The Chicago... read more »
I needed a desert for a meal the other day. To be honest I did not feel like baking which is my default. I was feeling lazy. I happened to read over the weekend about all these breweries making beer ice creams. I once enjoyed Edmund... read more »
I know this is a bit of an old story. Several other beer news outlets put the word out that Binny’s was ordering Boulevard. I have a source with a few more details including that Boulevard will be in stores the last week of April and... read more »
Anyone who reads this site quickly knows that I like food and beer pairings. One of my go to resources is The Best of American Beer & Food by Lucy Saunders. I feel this is a must buy for the recipes it contains. The book has two main... read more »
Alright-you should be sitting down for this: Beer is business. It has become more and more obvious that breweries are big money makers. Sales at places like Dogfish Head and Allagash have increased so much that in order to meet demand they... read more »
Wow-March blew me away. Very Small Beer had a one month record of 2,770 hits with a one day record of 435 hits on March 28 when the Goose Island buyout story broke. If you missed it you can still read my initial andmore thoughtful reactions. A... read more »