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As I discussed last Monday everything connected to beer is a business. What type of business depends on your relationship to beer. If you are a store, bar or restaurant you sell to consumers. Distributors have to convince those outlets... 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 »
Each year the Chicago Beer Society (CBS) holds the Day & Night of The Living Ales: A Celebration of Real Ale. This event features real ale, also known as cask beer. Real ale has no carbon dioxide added and the beer naturally carbonates,... 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 »
After my run in with Garrett Oliver (see here) I delved into craft beer with no end in sight. I used to scrape together enough change to go to Goose Island for a beer. After I got to know the bartenders they would occasionally let a free... read more »
Since my first trip to Goose Island I asked Beer Bitch to take me back each time I came to town. Sometimes she caved; sometimes she didn’t. I ended up finishing my degree and moved to Chicago to be with her. I have a day job that... read more »
Over the last several months both Goose Island and Rock Bottom in Chicago changed their head brewpub brewers. One brewery approached the change in a manner designed to keep customers happy. The other brewery lacked discipline and control... read more »
I do not know if it was the holidays or the fact that I am getting older, but I decided to write a series of posts about memorable moments in my craft beer life. Some of these moments where sad, others happy. The posts are not meant to... read more »