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Untappd Awards! Beer Events! Other Stuff!

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Now, onto this weekend’s events! Pick up a few boxes and pair them with Shamrock Stout at The Open Bottle -Tinley on Sunday starting at noon. Next Week & Beyond: Goose Island’s fine dining event with Vienna Beef is sold out but they’re still celebrating 312 Day with $3.12 Need to prep for St. Very clever.

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Our Chicagoland Oktoberfest Event Roundup

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Because this week is already abnormal, here’s the full list of Oktoberfest events that I’ve rounded up over the past few weeks. 21: The Open Bottle hosts Opentoberfest in Tinley Park. Need someplace to stop in between weekend events? 21: Noon Whistle Lombard. 21: Soundgrowler O’fests also.

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A New Low for Local Beverage Imagery (+ Unrelated Events & Socials)

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Alter Brewing has produced a special beer for DNC events hosted by JB Pritzker called JBeer. Brewery events have slowed down a lot this weekend for one very good reason: This Weekend: Great Taste of the Midwest takes place on Saturday afternoon with approximately 1400 beers available for sampling. I need an actual palate cleanser.

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Oktoberfest Season Is In Full Swing: This Week's Beer Events & Socials

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The busy brewery event summer continues this week. You’ll want to be at this year’s Dancing in the Streets event on Aug 2-4, hosted by the Chicago Brewing District. On August 16th, Spiteful Brewing’s Cheeseburger And a Pair of Dice event returns after a four-year hiatus! Nice to see. Tickets are on sale now.

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This Week's Beer Events & Socials: Keeping Keeping Together Together

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Congrats to our friends at ABV Chicago , who are hosting a 10th Anniversary Party at Beer on the Wall tomorrow starting at 4pm with a wicked draft list and bottle pours. You’ll want to be at this year’s Dancing in the Streets event on Aug 2-4, hosted by the Chicago Brewing District. Go tell ‘em we say “sup.”

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This Weekend's FestBier Events & Socials

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Hammond’s Foreign Local hosts their BURN THE BARREL event to celebrate their 2nd birthday on the 28th as well. If all that marzen is too much sweetness, The Open Bottle - Tinley is hosting a pickle beer tasting on the 28th as well. and is hosting their Liquid Dreams festival at the Mothership.

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Is All Bottled-in-Bond Whiskey as Transparent as It Was Intended to Be?

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So they lobbied the government to intervene, and in 1897, the Bottled-in-Bond Act became law. Often hailed as the first consumer protection law in the United States, the act established a category of whiskey called bottled-in-bond. Beam Distilling Co. Most of the time, anyway. But is their intent true to the original law? “If

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