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Tapping Berghoff: New Look & New Recipes Rolled Out This Week in Chicago

Ryan — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:30:26 +0000

In April we told you about the complete makeover of Berghoff’s beers, which included new, colorful packaging and zippy beer names, in hopes of breathing new life into the brand. This week, Berghoff’s revival takes center stage at Sheffield’s, in Lakeview, where six new beers will debut.On tap, Thursday, beginning at 6:00 pm: Solstice Wit [...]

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Is Goose Island Clybourn Flying the Coop?

Karl — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:00:15 +0000

Yesterday, Chicago Real Estate Daily reported on the rent troubles being had by the Goose Island Clybourn brewpub. Back in 2008 (three years before Anheuser-Busch bought the brand, but not the brewpubs) they went through a similar debacle but managed to come to a solution that allowed the brewpub to continue to operate on the [...]

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Post-Perennial Beer Dinner Roundup: Beer, Butter and Birds

Karl — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:22 +0000

We checked out our first Beer Dinner in quite a while and lived to tell the tale of Perennial Artisan Ales and Perennial Virant, teaming up to produce awesomeness.

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IL June 2013 Beer Labels (10)

Ryan — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:00:01 +0000

Beer labels approved, so far this month, from Off Color and Pipeworks.

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The Legal Battle Over IL Distributor City Beverage Finally Comes To A Close

Ryan — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:13:08 +0000

With a few flicks of a pen today, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed HB 2606 into law effectively ending Anheuser-Busch’s minority ownership — and majority control — over distributor City Beverage. The legislation, approved overwhelmingly by the Illinois House and Senate during the spring legislative session, would prohibit a brewer from owning a distributor. Introduced [...]

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