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Get 20% off for 1 year Last night’s birthday beers included a Gnosis Brewing Gnack lager, a Farm Club Schwarzbier and a Hop Butcher Grid IPA. This year’s Ravenswood On Tap craftbeer and music fest takes place tomorrow and Sunday, and the poster for this year’s event is awesome. Like craftbeer?
Monkey Club From the beer-and-shot specials at Bob & Barbara’s in Rittenhouse Square, to the 75-cent hot dogs at McGlinchey’s , Philadelphia dive bars are legendary. Monkey Club is Ducos’ go-to in Fishtown. You can get cheap beer and even fancy craftbeers for under $7,” he says.
All of them have been gathered together for a project that’s the brainchild of Charolette Converse that will see 113 women, non-binary or trans participants (as of publish time) joining together to not just make a one-off beer, but to create a community to “network, educate and inspire their fellow women in the craftbeer industry.”
<shakes fist at cloud> Back in December we showed Premium Subscribers a label for an “all grey everywhere ipa” from Fair State , which made us remark that they might want to invest in one of those sad lamps. Well, maybe this beer, called Sad Lamp from Modist, could also do the job. Dancing until 1am on a Wednesday?
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In the bustling landscape of modern hobbies and social gatherings, the world of craftbeer 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.
Block Club reported on the closure of Howard Street Brewing Company. Also at Block Club: Breweries and restaurants in industrial spots or manufacturing areas (like Alarmist ) can keep their patios , the city said. This week’s CraftBeer & Brewing podcast features a conversation with Tom Beckmann of Goldfinger Brewing.
Not many craftbeers 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. Vinepair’s podcast asks: Has craftbeer gotten boring ?
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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 craftbeer scene. Most-clicked link in last week’s email : Who Killed CraftBeer from Time Out London. Kinda glad to see y’all making it through our entire email to find that.
CraftBeer & 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. No surprise there; we’re the best.)
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My favorite place to be was the in cellar/basement when we received new stock of delicate, intentionally crafted, beer from around the world. “It was truly a magical time for craftbeer. It will be missed but its impact on the Chicago beer scene will live on.” Here’s what they thought.
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2 Subscribe now Block Club previewed the upcoming historical tour of Englewood hosted by Moor’s Brewing Company. Racket asks : “Did THC Beverages Save MN CraftBeer?” one of the state’s oldest craft breweries, is set to open a new taproom outside Columbus this week. .” Paul in 2025.
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Subscribe now Block Club Chicago got the first inside look at Demo Brewing , which recently had a soft open in advance of their official grand opening at the end of the month. Elburn’s group of Obscurity brands started with beer and mead, but now has rolled out a new line of ciders. That’s crazy.
Share This Block Club story about the efforts to remove a “dry precinct” status in Ravenswood is interesting enough on its own, but I was surprised by the neighborhood’s random connection to beer baron Augustus Busch that popped up about halfway through. We’ll keep you posted. You should!
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Subscribe now While I still believe that winning a GABF medal remains the highest honor that can be bestowed in craftbeer, earning acknowledgement from the annual CraftBeer & Brewing Best of the Year list is quickly becoming a close second. Join up for about $1 per week with a few cents thrown in for the landlords!
As such, they’ve been added to our Chicagoland CraftBeer Map. Subscribe now Block Club checked out the recent updates to Maplewood Brewery , like the new private events space and a garage door opening up to the patio. Looks like they were ready to go a little earlier. Let us know.
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So, happy National Beer Day, friends. Go buy a few beers from one this week if you can. Subscribe now Block Club covered the opening of the new Crust Brewing taproom in Irving Park. The hot dog AND the beer.) Tangled Roots CraftBeer & Kitchen will open on Wednesday in Washington, IL. Thanks for reading!
First came the coverage of the Metropolitan announcement, which came from the Tribune , Block Club , NBC Chicago , Axios , Hoodline , Patch , WGN-TV , and others. Hey - at least CraftBeer & Brewing readers named Chicago the #1 beer city in America. We saw a few places close up shop at the end of last year.
Modern brewing boomed in the 2010s by extending beer to extremes. Excess equaled excellence in IPAs and imperial stouts, and customers craved more, more, more. Drinkers emerged to an altered alcohol landscape, one where moderation and wellness aligned with a recovering society, and newly tasty NA beers ably scratched that IPA itch.
Let’s support that , rather than just matching our calendars to the dates where a trade organization decided years ago where to put American CraftBeer Week. This is a perilous winter for American craft breweries. Hell, the BA doesn’t even have this year’s beer week on their calendar yet. Good news (?):
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