The hubby and I used to go to the Chicago Rock Bottom all the time, pretty much every time we were downtown. It was the first brewery we went to in Chicago. It was the first mug club I ever joined and I have an embarrassingly large amount of Rock Bottom swag (my favorite of… Read more »
Posts Tagged: craft beer
Something Sour This Way Comes…
I have a confession: I am not a fan of sour beers. In fact, I pretty much hate them. Whenever I’ve had one, my reaction to them has typically been something like “Eww” or “Well, at least that wasn’t as bad as that one.” Not quite a winning endorsement. But when I heard that my… Read more »
Empirical Brewery: Applying the Scientific Method to the World of Beer
I first heard of Empirical Brewery over a tweet in August 2011, just a few days before the Great Taste of the Midwest: “Anyone going to #gtmw!!! Win a free Empirical tshirt by finding us in the crowd & tweeting me a pic of you w/ our staff!” Oh, I was on this. I will do (almost)… Read more »
Sunday Funday!
I learned an important lesson on Sunday: two beer events in one day is not a good idea. Especially when you have to function or at least be moderately coherent at work the next day. But despite my less than stellar Monday, Sunday was a blast! I got to hang out with the gang at… Read more »
4 Paws Brewing (Part 2)
Similar to the days of yore when families would anxiously await the delivery of fresh milk from the milkman, I had a similar experience Sunday morning. But I wasn’t waiting for milk; I was waiting for beer! Matt from 4 Paws Brewing sends out a feeler via email and those who are interested can reserve… Read more »
Brew and Brawl: Our First All-Grain Brew
Now that the hubby and I have educated ourselves by taking an all-grain brewing class (thanks to Dabble and Paul from ChitownOnTap) and a make-your-own-mash-tun workshop (thanks to David from CHAOS Brew Club), it was time for us to venture off and do our first all-grain brew all by ourselves. I was pretty intimidated; this… Read more »
“Collaboration is the New Competition”: A Meet & Greet with New Chicago Brewing Company
If you are even remotely interested in the ever-expanding beer scene in Chicago, you have heard or read about New Chicago Brewing Co, the sustainable endeavor dreamt up by brothers Jesse Edwin Evans and Samuel Evans. I’ve written before about my high opinion of the supportive business practices of the Chicagoland brewers and this sentiment… Read more »