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Review: Bell’s Oberon Ale

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Bell’s says:

“An American wheat ale brewed with Saaz hops. Spicy and fruity, Oberon is the color and scent of a sunny afternoon.”

Bell’s Oberon Ale Pale Wheat Ale, 5.8% ABV

Sayeth the Guys:

Karl: Oberon will always have a special place in my heart for a number of reasons.  I’ve spent numerous [...]

Review: Lakefront Brewery

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Last month I took a trip up to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to visit some friends. My only requirement for making this trip was that we’d have the chance to go on a brewery tour. I didn’t have a lot of time to research which tour would be the best, so I left it in the [...]

Video: Karl on WGN-TV

To coincide with Karl’s article in Chicago Magazine, and his subsequent supplemental followup article on this site,  he also made an appearance on WGN News to talk suburban brew with anchor Steve Saunders:

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Beer In The Burbs

Karl made a jaunt to Chicago’s suburbs to look at some of the best brewpubs you may have never heard of.  You can find his article in September’s Chicago Magazine, which is now available on news stands and online.

Here’s an excerpt;

Chicago’s beer renaissance focuses on city brewers such as Metropolitan, Half Acre, Revolution, [...]

Supplement: Chicago Mag’s Best Suburban Microbreweries

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I read a lot of food/beverage media around town, and for all the conversation about the new brewpubs and gastropubs (still hate that word) around the city, it struck me that there are a fair number of places in the suburbs doing their own brewing as well, without nearly as much fawning over it, likely [...]

Review: New Holland B.A.M.B

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New Holland says:

“This Belgian specialty ale has an unfiltered, hazy deep straw colored body. Clove dominates the aroma. The flavor is bready sweet with a spicy clove backbone. The profile has the malt com…plexity you would expect from a big Belgian Ale. It finishes with a slight fruity tartness from the addition of [...]

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