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JULY 26, 2024

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! Four chefs, four dogs, one wiener. Next Week & Beyond: Like Jam Bands? Like craft beer?

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VinePair

JANUARY 27, 2025

Weve seen bourbon barrel-aging work its magic on stouts , the IPA has birthed multiple substyles , and the number of craft breweries in the U.S. Were not sure what events inspired this triple IPAs title, but we certainly have some questions. The beer industry has come a long way in the past 20 plus years. Other Half Brewing Co.:

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 24, 2024

Prior to the event, the garden’s horticultural staff toured area brewers and restaurateurs through the 900-plus species of flora, including hummingbird sage, snowberry, purple needlegrass, and California poppy. The youthful crowd is lively and engaged, and conversations run from conservation to why fruity hummingbird sage excels in IPAs.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

averieswanson A post shared by @averieswanson Another heartwarmer of an event comes from The Beer Temple , which is hosting a Pouring for Neighbors WNC Hurricane Relief gathering on October 26th with help from Half Acre, Cruz Blanca, Maplewood and others. Go lend a hand and have a few beers and bites. So, that’s nice!

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JANUARY 19, 2024

And I thought Halloween and New Years were busy — the next few weeks have so many fun-looking events at breweries that I apologize in advance for whichever ones I missed. Plenty of time to hop on the free shuttle and try all four variants of the Hop Frost Cold IPA. Half Acre’s Space IPA is back. Yes please.

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JUNE 21, 2024

It’s another crazy weekend for events at breweries all over the place. Werk Force kicked off their 10th Anniversary Extravaganza on Wednesday, and they’re carrying it all the way through Sunday with a special Sleepy Bear release and a special Thank You IPA release. I just pulled Lagunitas Chicago, for starters.)

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Reminder: This is not an all-encompassing list of Midwestern brewery events — just the ones that happened to catch my eye. “ Until this new hazy IPA from Lil’Why came out, at least. Temperance is coming out with a 10% ABV version of their award winning Gatecrasher IPA? Need even more gifts? Also yes please.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

Just wait until you see the list of Oktoberfest events, though.) These Friday emails remain free and unrestricted thanks to the generous support of our Premium Subscribers, because we want to give you a reason (or three) to visit a local brewery or beer event each week.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Converse is the hospitality & event manager for Solemn Oath and Hidden Hand and also the creator of FoBAB’s Lager Lounge. Everyone from beer makers, line cooks, event organizers, podcasters, bottle shop employees and others will be coming together tomorrow at Solemn Oath for an event that’s more than just a brew day.

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MARCH 8, 2024

Hi, all — Sharing this one with you a little early as I’m currently on the way to Kalamazoo, where I’ll be attending a pre-Oberon Day media event at Bell’s. Here’s a cool event happening on March 24th from Skeleton Key : They’re hosting a “Declutter Your Kitchen & Donate Hope!”

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APRIL 26, 2024

Old Irving Brewery’s Beezer beat out 325 other beers to earn the Gold Medal for Juicy/Hazy IPA. Also nice to see Sundial Brewing & Blending earning honors for their Table Coupage; big IPAs & stouts are great but small, delicate beers are very hard to do — so earning a national award is a pretty big deal.

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APRIL 19, 2024

We have already begun booking out brew days and release events across the city that will run through the rest of the year.” Slightly related (in that it’s a sportsy kind of beer), Atwater has a new Big Pick IPA out in plenty of time for the NFL Draft next week. Beers poured by them plus a demo? Yes please.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Hop Butcher cracked the Top 10 for IPA brewer with Bell’s a few ticks higher at #6. As always, you never need a reason to visit Delilah’s , but they are holding an “unprecedented” Bourbon County Stout tasting event on 11/24 that will cover two decades of BCBS. ” Yeehaw.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

That means that today is Haymarket’s 13th birthday, and they’re celebrating with some special gifts for us: Their award-winning Defender Stout and Matthias IPA. Okay, one last event to flag: Bell’s just scheduled this year’s Oberon Day for March 25th. Go tell ‘em we say hi. HBD, y’all!

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

Pacific Northwest-based Alaska Airlines serves Straightaway canned cocktails and Stumptown coffee from Portland, Oregon, as well as a custom-brewed IPA from Seattle’s Fremont Brewing and the nonalcoholic Electro Lime Cerveza from Northern California’s Best Day Brewing.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Specifically, a puppy “speed dating” event held with the Chicago Canine Rescue team. Lots of other breweries are hosting events on Sunday afternoon too, but in the grand tradition of wordplay akin to WWDITS’s Superb Owl day, only Illuminated Brew Works is hosting a Soup Or Bowl event.

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MARCH 15, 2024

” event to help support their 2024 non-profit partner Sharing Connections. ” Love these tasting notes for Twisted Hippo’s recently-re-released IPA. Here’s something unique: Tomorrow night, Whiner Beer is hosting a St. Paddy’s Day Drag Experience. Banging Gavel’s gotcha.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 18, 2024

Built out in a converted 1940s auto garage in downtown Tucson, Crooked Tooth Brewing incorporates an air of mysticism, from celestial artwork and events to the rotating monthly Full Moon Brew. Stop by the taproom for one of their signature Micheladas and an event like drag tarot bingo. s flagship hazy IPA. Exo Roast Co.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Moor’s Brewing Company is hosting a special Leap Year event on the 29th at VU, a rooftop bar in the South Loop. And now, let’s get to a big ol’ mess of: If you’re in the Mitten tomorrow, the Michigan Brewers Guild is hosting their annual Winter Beer Fest just outside Grand Rapids. ” Wow.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

A hazy IPA at Goose Island Clybourn shortly after their post-renovation reopening. Goose hosted a Last Call Beer Dinner event at Clybourn last night and it looks like Greg Hall, Randy Mosher and plenty of other beer folks were in attendance including ABV Chicago and Mike from Mikerphone. They close for the last time on Sunday, Dec.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Customers wear brewery merch and congregate in taprooms, bantering about smash-hit IPAs and others that swung for the fences but fell short. In 2012, Morgan Jappe co-founded the Brewery Running Series , whose first event was a five-kilometer run in Minneapolis that began at Fulton Beer. “It Let’s put them together.”

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MARCH 29, 2024

In advance of National Beer Day, a gathering of a couple dozen beer and beverage makers are gathering at Artifact Events on April 5th for something they’re calling New Beer’s Eve. Nice to have some long-awaited additions to the Chicagoland brewing scene finally open their doors. Early April is gonna be busy!

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MAY 31, 2024

And now, events! Looks like I missed Riverlands earning a 95/100 for their Drifting Canoe IPA. . “You had a hard time just throwing a rock across the building. I bought three go-carts and we had races inside. I did donuts in my Jeep.” ” Yep, sure sounds like him. Whole bunch of stuff going on in the next few weeks.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Bonfires Bring People Together During Winter Events have become integral to a brewerys success, be it a weekly trivia night or a skee-ball league. Throughout the year, Wayward Lane packs its event calendar with tricycle races, pottery classes, bands, pumpkin chucking , and mommy-and-me yoga. An upcoming burn, on Jan.

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APRIL 5, 2024

If it’s been a while since your last visit to Monk’s Pub in the Loop, stop by next Thursday (the 11th) for a pour of Allagash White at their Drink Beer Save Animals event. $1 On a similar note, Alarmist announced a “clear hazy IPA.” Looking for something lager-focused towards the end of the month?

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VinePair

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The annual event, held this year in Denver from October 10 to 12, celebrates small breweries across the U.S. Given the continued IPA craze, this year’s most-entered categories included Juicy or Hazy IPA , West Coast IPA, and American-Style IPA. Bronze: IPA for Aliens, Masthead Brewing Co., Yakima, Wash.

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MAY 24, 2024

If that interested you, you can attend their relaunch event at Emporium Arcade Bar in Logan Square on the 29th. ” Half Acre collaborated with Sierra Nevada to create a special Daisy Cutter Select Double IPA in celebration of the beer’s 15th birthday? And there’s a special Daisy 15 out there as well?

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 10, 2024

The cocktail menu rotates frequently, and the bar regularly hosts events like R&Divas, a burlesque and drag show. Rotating drafts include the brewery’s IPAs, lagers, English ales, and saisons, as well as collaboration beers with other Philly breweries like Second District Brewing and Carbon Copy.

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VinePair

JUNE 23, 2024

These days, the hordes still come flocking to Russian River Brewing during a two-week window every Spring to pick up a few bottles of the famous, crisp, and clean Triple IPA. While “Denver’s True Heavy Metal Brewery” is often raved about for its mixed culture beers, Nazareth is a testament to TRVE’s prowess in the IPA realm.

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PubClub

OCTOBER 21, 2024

” The 2024 event dates are Nov. 1-10 with the main event, the Capital of Craft Beerfest, set for Saturday, Nov. That event which features more than 30 local breweries plus live music, games and food trucks, and will be held in the backlot of Kilowatt Brewing in Kearny Mesa. Tickets start at $20.00

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JUNE 16, 2025

A bitter couple of weeks in the Western Suburbs (and not in the West Coast IPA kind of way) as Elmhurst Brewing Company draws to a close in the next few days, and now we learn that after 20 years in business, the Emmett’s Brewing Company in Downers Grove has also closed up shop as well. Exit, an Emmett’s. Enter, a Narrow Gate?

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VinePair

MARCH 8, 2024

Over the years, fans have fallen in love with the brewery’s pale ales and IPAs that are brimming with character and complexity, as well as the company’s clear dedication to the environment. has a vast range of beers, but its most renowned brew is its flagship IPA Lunch. Following the popularity of its premiere IPA, Maine Beer Co.

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Cheers

OCTOBER 22, 2024

“The line, which includes our award winning Non-Alcoholic Juicy IPA, is currently outperforming the rest of the non-alcoholic segment in the Northeast,” he notes. Balanced Beers, Lighter Styles Speaking of IPAs, the beer style remains popular, but there have been some shifts in preferences. The Hazy IPA isn’t going anywhere.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Brewery Saint X does, by the way, recognize its surroundings with a cocktail program better than any I’ve ever seen at a brewery, and the food is both a celebration of New Orleans and a selection of excellent accompaniments to their Czech-style dark lager, helles lager, West Coast IPA, and best bitter on cask.”

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Strange Brew’s flagship, the Jasmine IPA, is a must-try, offering aromatic tropical fruits and relaxing jasmine notes. To date, the brewery has put forth creations such as Bonk City, a double IPA made with Columbus Cryo hops, and Biggie Jumbo, a double stout with rich chocolate notes. Bow & Arrow Brewing Co. ,

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JULY 1, 2024

Axios Indianapolis praised Triton’s Rail Splitter IPA. Ales , the newest brewpub in downtown Bay City, is planning some big events during the upcoming July 4 weekend. OnMilwaukee was onhand to observe the brew day for MobCraft’s already-famous (Not So) Horrible City IPA. Now open in Belvedere : 5 Bines Brewery.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In a year when some breweries closed and others bought golf courses , when hazy IPAs matured and New Jersey‘s governor did exactly the opposite, a cornucopia of new beers came out (and promptly got checked in). Decoction mashing and most importantly the use of the floatation tank help to create a clean and refreshingly unique IPA.

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