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 Arcadia says: “Aged in in 22 year-old Bourbon Barrels for almost two years.” Arcadia Bourbon Barrel-Aged Shipwreck Porter Baltic Porter, 12% ABV Sayeth the Guys: Karl: This was a fun one simply based on style variation. Almost by muscle memory alone, when you say “bourbon barrel aged,” one almost immediately follows [...]  In central Illinois there exists, what we would consider, a craft beer desert. Sure, you can find beer from the likes of Schlafly and Boulevard – two Missouri based breweries – on store shelves and on tap at bars, but there is no local brewery or brewpub in the state’s capitol of Springfield. In [...]  Goose Island says: “Bourbon County Brand Stout spiced with fresh vanilla beans.” Goose Island Bourbon County Vanilla Stout Imperial Stout, 13% ABV Sayeth the Guys: Karl: It’s a shame that Goose Island doesn’t plan on making any more of this, because I’d love the chance to bust out a vertical of [...]  KARL: When I first heard about Dark Lord Day in probably 2006 or so, it was a time far in advance of my craft beer epiphanies, a time when I was barely aware of things like porters and IPAs, let alone something like a Russian Imperial Stout. Indeed, Dark Lord was the only example [...]  KARL: When it comes to “drinking green,” we’d like you to first put aside all thoughts of whatever terrible swill you may or may not have ingested around St. Patrick’s Day. Sure, we maybe have missed Earth Day by a full weekend, but we figured it might be high time anyway to acknowledge and further [...]  KARL: Far be it from me to agree with just about anything Indiana does ever, but they do seem to know a thing or two about handling their craft brewing scene. The Times of Northwest Indiana reported recently that Three Floyds was creeping in on the current 20,000 barrel limit for microbreweries. According to [...]  Shawn Connelly, a craft beer ambassador in southern Illinois writes, well, a lot of things. He has his own beer blog, The Beer Philosopher, and he writes about beer styles for Beer Connoisseur Magazine. He’s also the guy behind the Aleuminati, “the (not so) secret society of better beer drinkers.” And he’s also been [...]  Updated 4/20/11 to include former State Rep. Coy Pugh, former House Democratic staffer Liz Brown, Barbara Staples King and Jennifer Morrison. A little over a month ago we told you about the “Anheuser-Busch Bill” and some of the players that factored in to the legislation. There is still no language for the bill, [...]  Orange Blossom Pilsner says: “When you make a pot of coffee, but only use half the water, you get some pretty rich coffee. That’s the approach we took with our latest offering. OBP Squared, with half the water, has 11% alcohol by volume – twice that of original OBP. The result is [...]  What started as a somewhat promising week in the Illinois legislature ended with a disappointing fizzle. A new senate bill was introduced, amended and cleared committee but was stalled on the Senate floor. The Illinois Craft Brewers Guild was against it while the Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois were in favor of it. We’ve [...] |    | ||
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