Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

moorsbeer A post shared by @moorsbeer They’ve been added to our Chicagoland Craft Beer Map. Go buy a few beers at any of these places if you can: Reminder: Only Premium Subscribers are being sent Wednesday label updates via email. Casa Humilde is offering beer pitcher and hot wing specials ($20 craft pitchers?

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Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

It wasn’t long ago when nonalcoholic beer options in the U.S. In fact, the fast-growing category of nonalcoholic beer now includes NA alternatives in most beer styles. Note: If a beer contains less than 0.5 left much to be desired. Fortunately, U.S. Here are some excellent low-proof brews hailing from around the globe.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 5, 2024

There’s no denying the supreme drinkability of a cold, crisp rice beer, as industry stalwarts like macro Japanese breweries Sapporo and Asahi demonstrate. But smaller craft brewers are increasingly tinkering with the style, recognizing the mass appeal of a clean, crushable beer while still experimenting with their own interpretations.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

In 2024, Ren Peir and trent (who goes by a single uncapitalized name) co-founded BABE , a series of wine-fueled pop-ups raising money for the brick-and-mortar queer wine bar of their dreams. Peir Ill taste through all our wines with the somms so they know how to talk about them. We curate all the wines for each event.

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VinePair

JUNE 2, 2025

Its no secret that adding sparkling wine to your cocktails is a fun way to celebrate summer. You shouldnt use just any old sparkling wine. You should use a premium Italian sparkling wine from the Asti DOCG. When it comes to choosing the right sparkling wine, Asti DOCG is a smart (and often overlooked) choice.

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PUNCH

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Described as the “the gamay version of a root beer,” L’Antidote has become a fashionable fixture in Paris, Copenhagen, London and beyond.

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Imbibe Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Despite its ancient roots and modern popularity, orange wine still lacks a legal definition and currently remains categorized under white wine. Sommelier Doreen Winkler leaned into the former, launching the first orange wine subscription service in 2019. I became obsessed with orange wine over a decade ago,” she says.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The sky is falling , or at least that’s the sense one gets when reading wine industry news over the past year. Every morning, my email inbox cues up yet another dirge of reports on grape gluts , government bailouts , bankruptcies , and generational reckonings for wine and alcohol in general. Charles Smith Wines is an iconic brand.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 12, 2024

If there is any place better to enjoy a crisp, refreshing beer than out in nature, I haven’t been there. And that is, fittingly, how I plan to enjoy my four-pack of Hopworks ‘ new Organic West Coast IPA brewed for the Earth to Beer campaign. For Earth Day, or any day, go drink some beer outside.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2024

A red wine grape with centuries of history throughout the Americas, Mission goes by several names. Next-generation Mission wines are a diverse lot, spanning zippy rosés, rich reds, and light-bodied, ruby-hued wines that are especially refreshing when chilled. 21.95, empirewine.com Scythian Wine Co.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Intrigued by the growing presence of Slovenian wine on store shelves and wine lists, we dove into the category in our March/April 2024 issue. Daniel Lukin-Beck, general manager of Vinum Imports , which has specialized in wines from the country for more than 20 years, offered an introduction in our “5 to Try” column.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 6, 2024

Burgundy “is the wine connoisseur’s region,” says Nikita Malhotra, head sommelier of Burgundy wine event, La Paulée. Since the wines are in a higher price bracket, learning to appreciate the region not only takes an investment of money but time and energy.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

For Jorge Riera , the headline-making, French-heavy wine lists he created for New York City’s Frenchette aren’t especially new—for him. To Jon Bonné, managing editor of Resy and author of The New French Wine (Ten Speed Press, 2023), the return of France as a dominant news peg in the wine world feels a little like a homecoming.

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 25, 2025

The wine list is approachable, sustainable, and curated with food pairings in mind. Beer lovers will find a thoughtful mix of local and international craft brews, including a special focus on Lambics from Brussels and crisp lagers poured from side-pull taps. Closed Mondays. Reservations available on Resy.

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Chilled Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The kale and cucumber juice pairs impeccably with the herbaceous notes of ginger beer. Sorry Mrs. Jamson Red wine and Autumn are a perfect pairing. On November 14, celebrate National Tempranillo Day with a cocktail highlighting this full-bodied wine.

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The caliber of many widely available NA sparkling wines has improved dramatically in recent years, making it easier than ever to pop bottles everyone can enjoy. It has the most wine-centric nose of the bottles we tasted, with white grape juice and tart lemon rind followed by faint floral and red berry notes. . $44,

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VinePair

JUNE 13, 2025

From backyard barbecues to beach days, beer is the perfect pairing for all things summer. To learn more about what the pros will be drinking to cool off this summer, we asked brewers from across the country to share the beers they’ll be keeping stocked in their coolers. Wow, that’s a solid beer! It’s just so drinkable.”

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 1, 2024

You may have noticed the increasing prevalence of wines from regions like Galicia or Catalunya on wine lists, or even the spate of locales leaning fully Spanish. In our March/April issue , Jennifer Fiedler explores the growing wave of Spanish wine bars and restaurants. The following are Spanish wine bars on our radar.

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Spiritz

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Café hoppers in select cities of Uttar Pradesh will soon have the option of ordering a beer or wine with their meal. According to the new UP excise policy for 2025-26, low-alcohol bars — which serve only beer and wine — will pop up in Noida, Ghaziabad, Agra and Lucknow.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 9, 2024

Odds are, your familiarity with Cava, the sparkling wine of Spain’s Catalonia region, may simply be as a cheap bottle of bubbles. Producers of the wine are pushing the regulating body, D.O. Cava, for stricter rules for quality, aiming to improve the wine’s global image and subsequent value.

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Chilled Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The convenience of the tiny, single-serving sherry/wine tulip glass, readily available in every drinking household, inspired its adoption for scotch whisky, and it’s usage spread to include most spirits. Problem Description: Decades of whiskey drinkers have been conditioned by tulips designed for 22% ABV (alcohol by volume) fortified wines.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Breaking news from Tilray, the new owners (relatively speaking) of Shock Top Brewing and many other former Anheuser Busch brands: Their Pretzel Wheat beer has returned , and with it, a chance to win a trip to Munich for this year’s Oktoberfest. Our Beer Map has been updated. We visited a while back and loved the hefeweizen.)

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

One of our 2024 Imbibe 75 Places to Watch, The Ruby Fruit —a buzzed-about restaurant and wine bar in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake neighborhood and the city’s first lesbian bar in years—is all about cultivating a welcoming, community-minded space. Terah Wine Co. Terah Wine Co. ’s Refreshing and light, playful yet serious.”

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2024

What might be more surprising is how much of a problem glass presents for wine, an industry deeply connected to the climate. I’ve seen estimates that glass is responsible for anywhere from 29% to 50% of wine’s carbon impact. As a result, ecologically minded producers are experimenting with new ways to package wines.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The 2024 Sun Wine and Food Fest at Mohegan Sun was a spectacular celebration of culinary excellence and fine beverages. The festival also featured an impressive selection of wines, beers, and spirits from top producers, allowing guests to sample and discover new favorites from around the globe. We can’t wait until next year!

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2024

Mohegan Sun’s 20th Annual Sun Wine & Food Fest is Thursday, January 25th – Sunday, January 28th Mohegan Sun Wine and Food Fest promises a weekend of culinary delights and exquisite libations. To commemorate 20 years of Sun Wine & Food Fest, guests can enjoy 20 events over the course of four days!

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2024

While wine making in Oregon may conjure notions of bucolic countryside and the verdant Willamette Valley, the operation at Division Winemaking Company looks a little different. Founded in 2010 by Thomas Monroe and Kate Norris, Division crafts their expressive, low-intervention wines in the heart of southeast Portland.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JULY 26, 2024

Some genuinely unfortunate news from Averie Swanson, owner of Keeping Together , the beer brand founded in Chicago that’s working to open a space in Santa Fe, NM. They actually sat down with the offending customer and had a beer together. You’ll get Dovetail beer and four samples of landjaeger, so how can you pass that up?

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 9, 2025

It’s a great place to grab a beer with friends and check out some live blues,” says Coy. “If Local beer and cider from Indy makers like Centerpoint and Ash & Elm are also available when you pop in for one of the regular live performances or listening parties. It’s a quaint spot with live jazz and history seeping from the walls.

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VinePair

MARCH 11, 2025

This is not to say that Russians themselves considered beer to be the same thing as soda, but the classification did allow for the sale and consumption of beer to be treated as such. The first measure, a 200 percent tax hike on beer, went into effect in 2010. and put restrictions on the advertisement of alcoholic beverages.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 24, 2024

. | Photos by Luca Savettiere In America, where we romanticize independence, and thus independent winemakers, we tend to belittle cooperatives, thinking of them as just bulk wine producers. But Italy’s cooperatives make more than half of the country’s wine, much of it offering quality and value. But our focus stays in Sicily.

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PUNCH

JUNE 5, 2025

In Madeira, the Nikita cocktail is a frosty summer treat that combines beer, wine, pineapple and ice cream and drinks like a Pia Colada.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 3, 2024

An advanced sommelier and alum of spots like New York City’s Eleven Madison Park, de Pano opened her wine shop in late 2022 and highlights terroir-driven wines, with a particular affinity for low alcohol and high acid. Who wants to crush a 16 percent bottle of wine when the sun’s blazing?” And clocking in at 10.5

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 10, 2024

In 2022, the duo built an outdoor wine garden in an empty Fishtown lot and poured glasses of minimal-intervention MCC wines—made with Pennsylvania grapes—from a refurbished trolley. By night, Forîn hosts residencies for local restaurants, and pours wine, beer, and cocktails, like an Espresso Martini with house coffee.

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Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

It wasn’t long ago when nonalcoholic beer options in the U.S. In fact, the fast-growing category of nonalcoholic beer now includes NA alternatives in most beer styles. Note: If a beer contains less than 0.5 left much to be desired. Fortunately, U.S. Here are some excellent low-proof brews hailing from around the globe.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 31, 2024

When its time to ring in the new year, most drinkers will probably raise a glass of Champagne , Prosecco , or some other sparkling wine. And then comes the beer. It is not a wine-beer hybrid, and it has nothing to do with Miller High Lifes claim to be the Champagne of Beers. But beer is more something I discovered.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Averie Swanson is one of the most respected brewers of mixed-fermentation beer in the country, yet she’s never had a brick-and-mortar location to call her own. Fans have been able to find Swanson’s creations in Chicago and at various festivals and events, but Keeping Together beers demand a dedicated place.

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