All the cool kids are doing year-end lists, so we’re jumping on board this particular train as well. You may recall we recapped our Top 5 Beers after a year of being in existence, but we have a few notable brews floating around in our brains that are worth mentioning. True, we spent most of [...]
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 *This beer was provided by the brewer Schlafly Imperial Pilsner Imperial Pilsner, ABV 9% Sayeth the Guys: KARL: Before we cracked into this beer, I honestly didn’t have any idea what the actual purpose of an imperial pilsner was. The style, for me, is supposed to be light-bodied and crisp and generally [...]  Central Waters’ “Brewers Reserve” Bourbon Barrel Aged Cherry Stout Imperial Stout, ABV 10% Sayeth the Guys: KARL: …or “CWBBACS” for short. [...]  As beer-industry bombshells go, a pretty substantial one was dropped during a hearing last Wednesday involving Anheuser-Busch, distributors in Illinois and the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. We told you about the hearing last week, but to quickly recap, it was held to discuss A-B’s 30% stake in City Beverage, which is made up for [...]  What? There’s more? Wasn’t this put to bed over the summer when the Illinois General Assembly passed, and the governor signed, SB 754? Actually, no. Self distribution, craft brewers licenses and the barrel production limits to be considered a craft brewer in the state that came along with the aforementioned legislation was actually a [...]  This is not a picture of the Sarsaparilla Six. It's a crappy cellphone picture of the Too Cream Stout but they look pretty much exactly the same. KARL: When it comes to beer, I really try not to get my hopes up. The beers that you really want to be or expect to be [...] |  The pain of the day after an evening of RIS, BCCBS and specialty release tasting is well worth it. #foreshadowing #reviewscoming3 hours ago @UplandBrewCo Double weird is the fact that the #tbk hashtag seems to send me to nothing but Malaysian twitter updates.4 hours ago  RT @guysdrinkinbeer: Prepare yourselves accordingly. RT @beerad: Chicago craft beer week set for 11 days in May, the 17th - 27th. http://t.co/igmIBkvi5 hours ago Prepare yourselves accordingly. RT @beerad: Chicago craft beer week set for 11 days in May, the 17th - 27th. http://t.co/igmIBkvi6 hours ago | ||||
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