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The GABF 2023 Roundup of Great Lakes Medal Winners
30 Breweries. 18 Holes of Golf. One Awesome “Chicago Brews Back” Event.
2023 World Beer Cup Midwestern Winners
Sunsets & Sap Beers: A Trip to Emancipation Brewing Company
Bell’s Hazy Hearted IPA: I Like It, But…

The Lagunitas Taproom Reopens This Week — Here’s a Preview

Illinois Craft Beer Week 2023 Is Coming May 19-26

Open Outcry Brewing Now Self-Distributing

Our “Best of 2022” Everything-Beer-Related Post

The GABF 2022 Midwestern Medal Roundup

Press Release: Pilot Project Acquiring MKE Brewing Facility with Plans to Go International

Introducing “Logan Square Beer Week”

Goose Island 2022 Bourbon County Variants Announced


From The Cellar: Founders Nemesis 2009
The Guys

Review: Short’s The Magician
Ryan

Pumpkinsanity Review: Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela
The Guys

From the Cellar: Arcadia Cereal Killer Barleywine
The Guys

Review: Heineken Dark Lager
The Guys

From The Cellar: Bell’s Eccentric Ale 2008
The Guys

Snowed In With Short’s: Uber Goober Review
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Review: Sam Adams Noble Pils
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ABOUT GUYS DRINKING BEER
Guys Drinking Beer began in 2010 around dining room tables in the Chicago neighborhoods of Lincoln Square, North Center and Roscoe Village: the epicenter of the city's original craft beer boom.
Our premise was simple: 3 Guys, Drinking Beer, while taking notes on those beers (oh, and also playing video games).
What started as a parade of beer reviews turned into advocacy and education when small craft brewers nearly lost their right to self-distribute. We took our Save the Craft campaign (#savethecraft) and branded it as a beacon for those seeking real beer journalism, drafted from the halls of the statehouse and Chicago newsrooms.
From there, we pivoted to highlighting some of downstate Illinois' best and brightest craft brewers at our annual Chicago Craft Beer Week event - South of 80.
We cut our teeth in some of Chicago's most well-respected newsrooms. Now, we write about beer. Sure, we do other stuff too - jobs that put food on the table and keep the lights on. But if there's a pint and pen nearby, you can bet we'll be scribbling tasting notes, sharing stories and swapping intel on the latest brewery news.
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