Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MAY 6, 2024

When spring finally kicks in, it’s a great time to be a beer drinker in the Midwest. With all that going on, allow yourself to be a little hopeful about craft beer this week. For us, the annual Beer Under Glass festival always serves as a kickoff for a great few months of warm-weather beer drinking and this year was no different.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It’s safe to say that the craft beer boom has now reached nearly every corner of the globe. This year’s list of the best beer destinations recognizes cities with up-and-coming craft scenes, many of which have exploded in recent years. Head to the taproom for crisp, low-ABV brews marked by notes of tropical fruits and citrus.

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VinePair

MARCH 12, 2024

In the age of over-the-top cocktail presentations and $30 Martinis , sometimes it’s just refreshing to indulge in a simple beer and a shot. That’s why one brave Reddit user took to the r/bartenders subReddit channel to pose the question: “ What is your go-to shot and beer combo?

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PubClub

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Beer lovers raise a pilsner at Pilsner Urquell The Original Beer Experience Prague. Photo: Pilsner Urquell The Original Beer Experience One of the fun things for PubClubbers to do when traveling is to take brewery tours. If you go at a certain time of the year.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JUNE 24, 2024

First up, some breaking news this afternoon: Short Fuse has announced that they were the ones who purchased the brand rights to Metropolitan Brewing , and will begin brewing Metro’s beers for sale from their Schiller Park taproom to start. Someone else making their beers without them being involved isn’t Metro to me.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 27, 2023

If you compiled all of the headlines covering craft beer over the past 12 months and gave your summation on the state of the industry, you might grumble something about a Bob Dylan song in between sips of your Flavortown spiked fruit punch. If you want great beer and good vibes, look no further: GOAL. What did I enjoy the most?

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MARCH 15, 2024

So if you see me out and about with a green beer in my hand, no you didn’t. But I might pop up at a beer bar or a brewery or two around the north side over the next 48 hours or so. Here’s something unique: Tomorrow night, Whiner Beer is hosting a St. In fact I’d bet on it. Banging Gavel’s gotcha.

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VinePair

JULY 10, 2024

Making beer has long been the proving ground for innovative technologies, from the earliest mercury thermometer and first saccharometer through the introduction of the cylindroconical fermenter and on to the modern hop torpedo. If you put 10 beers in front of them and one or two are molecular, they will not be able to pinpoint them.”

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PubClub

MARCH 28, 2024

The Karl Strauss Godfather Italian Pilsner recognzes the brewery’s master brewer. Karl Strauss Brewing has released a new craft beer, Godfather Italian Pilsner. The beer pays homage to the brewery’s namesake Master Brewer Karl M. The beer is 6.0% The proof is in the glass.”

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Cheers

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The beer industry’s struggles have continued this past year as consumers gravitate to spirits and cocktails and ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages, more of which seem to hit the market each week. But among the people whose drink of choice is beer, what are the favorite brands today? To commemorate its 195th anniversary, D.G.

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Cheers

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Beer sales have been less than desirable as of late, to put it mildly. beer industry’s volume consumption decreased 4.4% Just two beer segments — imported and flavored malt beverages (FMBs) — achieved any volume growth and that wasn’t enough to offset the significant decline of other domestic beer categories.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JANUARY 5, 2024

This is the perfect time to mention the ICBG’s January project to keep some cash flowing through small breweries around the state during what is traditionally beer’s slowest month. Each week, the owners of the two most dynamic Illinois beer fridges will win a $50 gift card to a local brewery. Seldom Beer Co.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JUNE 28, 2024

In business since 2017, Short Fuse has won GABF awards for their Tropical Hurt Locker and Vocal Jam beers, which helped them earn a Brewery of the Year award (2001-5000 Barrels) in 2021. Nick Teague is the owner and founder of the brewery, who got into craft beer while working in California. Talk to me about the whole process.

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VinePair

JANUARY 17, 2024

There’s no shortage of cheap beer out there, but 6-packs that hover below the $1 mark are practically unheard of. And while it may sound like an urban legend that one uncle likes to tell when he reminisces about his college days, it turns out such a beer did, in fact, exist. The Pabst-owned brew clocked in at 3.2 Even in the ‘70s, G.I.s

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

10th so if you want to pay homage to the place where Chicago’s craft beer scene really got its start, you should probably start making plans now. I think a lot of us receiving this email do, but the rest of the world will probably be just as happy to have fresh Goose beer on hand at a concert at the Salt Shed. So it goes.

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Dry Atlas

JANUARY 22, 2024

Mikey shares his journey from a seasoned bar industry professional to the non-alcoholic beer space. Mikey discusses the challenges of crafting a non-alcoholic beer that rivals traditional brews in taste and quality, plus his vision for making non-alcoholic options a norm in social settings. It was a throwaway.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Early Guinness slogans touted the beer as a strength-building brew that can wake you up and bolster your health. It’s pitch black, leading one to believe that its contents might go down more like a milkshake than a traditional beer. And filling or not, Guinness is arguably a “light beer” calorie-wise.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

On Monday, “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” aired a skit that came straight for pompous cocktail bars. While the lyrics rang true with some of the things we love to hate about today’s bar culture, much of its jokes instead brought us back to the early aughts mixology scene and the institutions it boomed in.

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VinePair

JUNE 4, 2024

Drinkers fetishize crisp pilsners topped with foamy poofs, while hard seltzers still bubble across a $3 billion landscape. Twisted Tea , which is owned by Boston Beer Company , has become a category-defining behemoth with broadly appealing flavors and, like iced tea, zero carbonation. These are interesting days for carbon dioxide.

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VinePair

MAY 29, 2024

Yet another beloved international beer loses its “import” status: on Wednesday, Molson Coors announced that it will begin brewing Peroni Nastro Azzurro stateside to supply the U.S. and in July 2023, Japan’s Sapporo started brewing beer in California. Supply issues and simultaneous brand expansion appear to be factors in the move.

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Bar Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Pretty Decent Beer Co (PDBC) is expanding its presence in East London with a brand-new taproom in a historic canal-side building by Victoria Park, set to open on Wednesday, 4th December. Guests will find a variety of beer styles, from hazy IPAs to fruit sours, alongside vegan, gluten-free, and alcohol-free options.

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Dry Atlas

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Beer, one of the oldest and most popular drinks in the world, has been around since as early as 9500 BC. The main ingredients in beer are water, malted barley, hops for flavor, and yeast for fermentation. Different cultures have created many types of beer by varying these ingredients and brewing methods.

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PubClub

MAY 23, 2024

The island of Hyar is a well-known world’s top party destination with a vibrant nightlife scene and in August it gets the jet setters and celebrities who like to spend a lot of their time at the Carpe Diem Beach Bar. Don’t worry, Hvar and this beach bar gladly accept us “ordinary” folks, too). Actually, it was.97

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VinePair

APRIL 25, 2024

I’m not sure why he does this and I wouldn’t dare ask, much like I wouldn’t question the way he pronounces the Canadian pilsner Labatt Blue — “Lay-BAHT” — before reciting something along the lines of, “It’s a good imported beer.” Drink them when you’re young and when you’re older.

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Dry Atlas

JANUARY 22, 2024

Mikey shares his journey from a seasoned bar industry professional to the non-alcoholic beer space. Mikey discusses the challenges of crafting a non-alcoholic beer that rivals traditional brews in taste and quality, plus his vision for making non-alcoholic options a norm in social settings. It was a throwaway.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Since the dawn of craft beer, bars have played a pivotal role in the boom of American brewing. Nowhere is this more true than at the more specialized spots: the beer bars, as we know them, with their thoughtful selections across tap lines and bottle lists, and their dedication to service, atmosphere, and education.

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Imbibe Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

soju, elevated cocktail bars roost in skyscrapers, and bands blare everything from Afrobeat to zydeco. But to Sarah Hallonquist and Loretta Andro Chung, one category was lacking: lesbian bars, of which just three existed as recently as 2022. Photo by Eric Medsker; Shift Beer at Hopewell Brewing in Chicago.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

When the VinePair team isnt busy working at HQ, were in the field doing what we do best: scoping out the best cocktails, wine, and beer in the five boroughs. And weve tried them all from buzzy pop-ups-turned-restaurants to two of the citys most highly anticipated new cocktail bars. Here, banchan are the stars.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

APRIL 22, 2024

It’s no Liquid Death, as branding achievements go, but moving that much product by only selling a single light lager … well, it tells you where the movement in craft beer is heading, isn’t it? Apologies to Hop Butcher and Miskatonic , who also also crafted a Hobson Oak beer way back in ‘18 along with Solemn Oath.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 16, 2024

La Ruina Built out in the historic (and long neglected) Robitzsch Brothers Building in San Antonio’s eastside, this cocktail spot from local bar veterans opened in the fall of 2022 and leans into its namesake vibes reminiscent of places like Old Havana and Colón, Panama. Künstler Brewing’s Cold School West Coast Pilsner.

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Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

1) A Bar Above Founded by the wonderful couple Chris & Julia Tunstall, A Bar Above is easily one of the best resources out there for bartenders. From learning how to break into the industry to becoming a barback, to eventually managing/running your own bar, A Bar Above has got you covered. Let’s get to it.

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Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Jeffrey Morgenthaler Author of ‘The Bar Book,’ Jeffrey Morgenthaler is one of the most influential bartenders/bar managers/owners in the industry. Punch Punch is a James Beard Award-winning online magazine that writes about wine, spirits, beer, and cocktails. Favorite Post : 5 Essential Soft Skills for Great Bar Managers 7.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JANUARY 31, 2025

At an independently owned restaurant, or brewery, or bar, from now until the end of March. Tomorrow afternoon, you can sample some great beers from breweries like Gnosis, New Oberpfalz and Blockhead Beerworks and listen to a Johnny Cash tribute band at the Big Barn Beer Fest at County Line Orchard in Hobart, IN. Twice a week.

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Imbibe Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

They invited customers to gather around crackling flames with strong imperial stouts, barley wines, and plum-flavored winter warmers set to be transformed by the centuries-old German tradition of bierstacheln , or beer spiking. They heated fireplace pokers ’til glowing red, then plunged them into the malty, belly-warming beers.

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Imbibe Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Neves points to early, influential spots like Bar X, opened in 2011. Water Witch When Water Witch opened in late 2016, the small but lively cocktail bar (“It’s easily the smallest bar in Salt Lake City,” says Neves) signaled a vibe shift on the local drinks scene. Today, options abound.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

With nearly 2 million residents in the city, everything in Arizonas capital is growing fastincluding its bar scene. Cocktail culture is strong, and is probably about as strong as its been in the last 10 years, says Mat Snapp, a partner in Barter and Shake, the consultancy behind Phoenixs award-winning concept bar, Century Grand.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MAY 12, 2025

Since we’ve been attending Beer Under Glass events for over a decade, it’s only right that I make you read my takeaways and thoughts on this year’s event the way we started: In a blog post. TLDR: Had fun, drank beer, great location. Craft Beer Week kickoff coverage came from Fox-32 Chicago , ABC-7 and WIFR.

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