When it merits, we will bring you the relevant, generally-Chicago-centric information about what you’ll be imbibing around town. Here’s what’s running through our Mash Tun of Information: Way before the nation went Canadian Breakfast Stout crazy, the city of Chicago went mildly mad for Galactic Daisy Cutter, a specialty Half Acre brew “jam packed with [...]
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While some of us are still stinging from the cancellation of the very-similar-yet-far-superior “Perfect Couples” earlier this season, “Happy Endings” on ABC has been picking up the slack. Since it’s set in Chicago, they (just like nearly every other TV show set in Chicago) typically get just about everything about the city wrong. Ever seen [...]
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When it merits, we will bring you the relevant, generally-Chicago-centric information about what you’ll be imbibing around town. Here’s what’s running through our Mash Tun of Information: New Chicago Brewing Not New Chicago Brewing Any More Alas, New Chicago Brewing, we hardly knew ye. And welcome, New Chicago Beer Company. The Rebranding Police must have [...]
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KARL: We’ve been threatening to do this for a while now, and it started somewhere around the time we poured our first pint of Pumking for the year a few weeks back. Now that we have found a few different styles and offerings from this years crop, rather than spread it out over 2 weeks [...]
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KARL: It should come as no surprise that we like Shorts. Combine a minimalistic sensibility with an aptitude for amazing specialty brews and experimental fruit beers (paired with a little bit of demand from market limitation) and you’ve got a recipe for Shorts, and we like it. Despite being in Northern Michigan just a short [...]
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