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When bands are on tour, they submit lists of requirements (or in some cases ‘demands’) to the concert venue of items for their dressing room, on stage, and for their tour bus when they hit the road. There are obscure requests... read more »
White Castle, known for their low-cost sliders is adding beer and wine to their menu. The test run in Lafayette, Indiana is know as Blaze Modern BBQ and is a combination of White Castle and a BBQ restaurant. I had to call to find out what... read more »
In the history of beer the important ingredients were water, hops, barley, yeast, and women. The Sumerian beer drinkers worshiped the goddess of brewing, Ninkasi. The Hymn to Ninkasi is a nineteenth-century BC recipe for beer found inscribed... read more »
For a few years now Goose Island brewed the award-winning IPA at an East coast Craft Brewers Alliance brewery and part of the Honker’s Ale at the same facility. I should note that CBA is partially owned by ABinBev. Following my post... read more »
I originally commented here on a distinct possibility that some of Goose Islands beers would not always be locally produced. What I did not see coming and what may be a marketing victory for ABinBev is to clone the beer under multiple... 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 know you are all sick of hearing about Goose Island and the Anheuser Busch acquisition. I think every beer blogger, writer and news outlet wrote knee jerk responses. I stand by my previous post, but I wanted to write a more thoughtful... read more »
On Thursday March 21 I posted a more thoughtful second look. Given today’s breaking news I have opted for a second hastily written Tough Topic post. You should still check out my post on Brewery Tours. In what is a historic announcement... 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 »
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 »