Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

.” That “thing” might be a new brewpub location that can offer food plus a full bar, as indicated in this Block Club story on the closure. The New Illinois Beer Label of the Week: I’ve been following Illinois labels for quite a while and I don’t remember seeing much from the Springfield Beer Co. ,

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JULY 8, 2024

John, we thought we’d take a few minutes to poke around on the status of a few things in Northwest Indiana’s once-thriving craft beer scene. Most-clicked link in last week’s email : Who Killed Craft Beer from Time Out London. Thank you for reading This Week's Beer News from GuysDrinkingBeer.com.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

You never know where you’re going to find beer news. I search through a lot of sources to build this email every week, but over the weekend I read something surprisingly well-reported about beer history and it came from a business-focused website. One of those big declines was also in the Midwest.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Craft Beer & Brewing’s annual Best in Beer issue has dropped , and with it come a number of accolades for Chicagoland and Midwestern breweries. (No Hop Butcher cracked the Top 10 for IPA brewer with Bell’s a few ticks higher at #6. Sounds like a great reason to crack open a beer or two. ” Yeehaw.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JANUARY 19, 2024

This Friday email has never been an events catch-all (otherwise you’d stop scrolling after the third screen of Beer Yogas and Trivia Nights) but there’s a ton of cool stuff happening over the next four weeks. Plenty of time to hop on the free shuttle and try all four variants of the Hop Frost Cold IPA. Yes please.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The day after that, Anheuser-Busch announced that they’d be shuttering Miami’s Wynwood Brewing , with some of their beers moving to Veza Sur , a brand created by A-B in 2017. Interestingly, Veza Sur was originally positioned as a collaborative project between Colombia’s Bogota Beer Co.

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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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Cheers

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Italian cruise line Costa Cruises this fall announced unique new ways guests can enjoy beer on board with a diverse and international selection in its restaurants, bars and lounges. For instance, Costa Toscana, the flagship of the fleet, boasts the first floating Heineken Star Club & Bistro in the world.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MARCH 8, 2024

This year’s Pink Boots Society beer releases today at Dovetail and both Miskatonic spaces. The women of Half Acre and Reyes also brewed their own beer using the Pink Boots hop blend, called BREAK THE GLASS , which is available now, as is UnstHOPable , the Pink Boots collaboration from Alter Brewing. Language is fun!

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Since excessive drinking has been on the rise during the pandemic, we really want to focus on how to make delicious, spirit-free cocktails and enjoy other beverages such as nonalcoholic beer and wine. Top with ginger beer. MIXERS Ginger beer : Our community group of bartenders specifically recommends Fever Tree.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

APRIL 1, 2024

2 Subscribe now Block Club previewed the upcoming historical tour of Englewood hosted by Moor’s Brewing Company. How about a Dilla/Moor’s collab beer?) No pumpkin beer ever? Racket asks : “Did THC Beverages Save MN Craft Beer?” Thank you for reading This Week's Beer News from GuysDrinkingBeer.com.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MAY 13, 2024

Any time we lose someplace with nearly 40 years of beer history in Chicago, even if their profile has dropped off a lot over the last decade, I think it’s still worth acknowledging. My favorite place to be was the in cellar/basement when we received new stock of delicate, intentionally crafted, beer from around the world.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JUNE 17, 2024

Not many craft beers get 30th birthdays, but up here in northern Michigan, today we celebrate three decades of Manitou Amber Ale. Originally brewed by Traverse Brewing, the beer moved to Brewery Terra Firma when they opened up shop about a decade back. Ballast Point (and, one must assume, their Kings & Convicts beers also?)

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Now open in Woodstock : MobCraft Beer Woodstock! But after the year in beer that we’ve had, I’ll take positivity where I can find it. But after the year in beer that we’ve had, I’ll take positivity where I can find it. “ Until this new hazy IPA from Lil’Why came out, at least.

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Drinkhacker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The Portland distillery releases numerous excellent expressions for wider distribution, but saves some of its more limited and unique whiskeys for paying members of the Westward Whiskey Club. The newest offering for Whiskey Club members is a bottled in bond expression with maturation beyond 7 years. Taylor be proud?

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

AUGUST 5, 2024

Stockholm’s Restaurant & Brewery in downtown Geneva has been around and making beer in their front window since 2002; they described it as a temporary closure, so hopefully they’ll be back up and running soon. The truck drivers that haul Great Lakes Brewing Company beer around have joined the Teamsters Union.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The social media era may be coming to an end, but the residual marketing power that The Platforms™️ deliver to small businesses in general and beer brands in particular will likely stick around for awhile after normies deactivate their accounts and the extremely online depart for digital walled gardens. Matt Brewing Company.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A hazy IPA at Goose Island Clybourn shortly after their post-renovation reopening. 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. Lakefront Brewing celebrated their 36th birthday by giving out free beer , naturally.

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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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PubClub

JANUARY 23, 2024

In the bustling landscape of modern hobbies and social gatherings, the world of craft beer stands out as a unique and vibrant community, especially among students. This isn’t just about sipping on hoppy IPAs or exploring the depths of stout flavors; it’s about the friendships that ferment in these shared experiences.

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Bar Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

BrewDog to become the Official Beer Partner to Lord’s Cricket Ground from January 2025 In a landmark move for the brand, today, BrewDog is delighted to announce its new partnership with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to be the Official Beer Partner at Lord’s Cricket Ground, in a four-year deal which starts early in the new year.

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Dry Atlas

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Source: BevNet BrewDog partners with Sunnyside for Dry(ish) January BrewDog, a leading global craft brewer, has partnered with Sunnyside, the mindful drinking app, to launch a non-alc IPA. This collaboration aims to support those looking to start the new year with a more intentional approach to drinking.

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PubClub

MARCH 24, 2024

The Smoking Gun is smokin’ for the Padres home opener with specials on hot dogs, beers and palomas. There is also beer pong, a Sonoran hot dog cart and drink specials like the Pina Machado, Fernando Tatini and Joe Musgarita upstairs. Away from the ballpark in Mission Beach, Miss B’s Coconut Club has.394

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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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Dry Atlas

APRIL 16, 2024

From pioneering North America’s first non-alc e-commerce platform to building his own brand, Ted Fleming shares his compelling journey into the non-alc beer space—which began long before it soared in popularity. Even on the beer side, there was very little choice. Ted, you started your career in the energy sector, of all places.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

His intimate Los Angeles bar, Alma’s Cider & Beer , which opened in 2021, is a 558-square-foot jewel box bathed in three shades of blue, decorated with quirky dioramas and a chandelier evoking flying saucers. Alma’s Cider & Beer in Los Angeles: Anxo Imperial Cider (left). Craft beer distorts the concept of locality.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The big story in Chicagoland beer this week happened about 30 miles directly south of downtown, where the long-awaited Homewood Brewing Company finally opened their doors. For Chicago Magazine, I got to write about a few beers hitting taplines and cans in November, including offerings from Guinness Chicago and is/was brewing.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MARCH 11, 2024

If the amount of news is any indication, taprooms will soon start filling up and plenty of beer will be flowing from draft lines across the country, because we have over four dozen pieces of beer news in this week’s email (and that doesn’t include the handful of links that got left on the edit room floor).

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Cheers

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Egg white Soda Absinthe mist Instructions Pour a bit of club soda into a Collins glass. Print Game Time Shandy Course Drinks Keyword bourbon, grapefruit, honey syrup, IPA Ingredients 1 oz. Honey syrup IPA of choice Instructions Shake bourbon, juice and honey with ice for 5-10 seconds.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The idea of spiking caffeinated beverages with booze, or even packaging it up in a beer-like format, wasn’t new when Four Loko first started showing up on store shelves near America’s college campuses. ounce, 12-percent alcohol-by-volume can. I can’t think of another example where you can kind of self-dispense an energy drink,” Temple added.

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Dry Atlas

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

While she’s absolutely loving craft non-alc beer these days (check out her top 12 picks here), she loves highlighting liquids from other categories. oz of The Pathfinder with a splash of lime juice and a touch of simple syrup in a 2 oz shot glass and serve alongside a Good Times IPA. Good times indeed. Top with a splash of fresh lemon.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

On Monday, we shared with you our best beer experiences of 2024. None of those experiences included our best beers of the year, which goes to show (again) how much placement and timing can affect how we interact with a beverage. This Week's Beer News from GuysDrinkingBeer.com is a reader-supported publication.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

A look at the beers available on my last Pilot Project visit. No specific address was mentioned in the piece, and it doesn’t appear that they’ll be brewing on site, but it’d be fun if a beer maker ended up back in the same spot that Goose Island Wrigleyville once occupied. Short answer: Nothing good.

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VinePair

MARCH 19, 2025

One of the major takeaways from craft beers enduring haze craze is that many drinkers are creatures of habit. Theres nothing inherently wrong with that, but theres a lot of opportunity for discovery in the beer space, and many incredible styles go largely ignored in the thickets of hazy IPAs , stouts , and macro lagers.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MAY 5, 2025

In a week where thousands of representatives from breweries around America gathered en masse in Indianapolis for the annual Craft Brewers Conference, the biggest news from the world of beer was … Anheuser-Busch’s announcement that Busch Light Apple would be returning for a little while. That makes me happy.

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VinePair

APRIL 9, 2025

With thousands of breweries worldwide, craft beer has become a global sensation. Many of these producers are tucked away in destinations one may consider craft beer meccas. Thats why were sharing the very best destinations for beer travel that venture off the beaten path.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JANUARY 27, 2025

As such, they’ve been added to our Chicagoland Craft Beer Map. We saw this just last week with Ten Ninety but we’re also looking into some breweries that may have pivoted away from making their own beer to just selling beer made by others. I very much enjoy the name of this Eagan beer festival: Winter SKOLstice.

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