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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 [...]