Located in the west burb of Downers Grove, 25 miles from downtown Chicago is Alter Beer. The name Alter refers to altering your life when you make the transition from working stiff to full time production brewery owner. We last caught up with this crew back in August ’18 when …
Gray Hotel is the youngest of Kimpton’s city locations. Chicago’s only Michelin Star brewpub, Band of Bohemia created a pair of bottles exclusively for the hotel’s three bar/ restaurant concepts – Vol. 39, Steadfast and Boleo. Vol. 39 (2nd floor) is home to nine different Old Fashioned varietals. Including one …
Empircal Brewery is back from the dead! The team who just last month decided to close operations at their second location in Rogers Park wins a bronze medal at Chicago’s signature event. It was a big day for Hopewell with the Logan Square brewery taking Best In Show Runner Up with …
The Stevens Point Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (SPACVB) is giving one lucky winner a chance to spend the weekend exploring the Central Wisconsin Craft Collective with three friends. Enter at StevensPointArea Members include Central Waters Brewing Company, Great Northern Distilling, Kozy Yak Brewery & Winery, O’so Brewing Company, …
This event was so good that I couldn’t even finish my route. With three sample pours at every location, merchants you normally walk past were transformed into tasting destinations!!! The Lakeview Chamber of Commerce got this one right. Diversey to Belmont (Route B) started at Beermiscuous. The craft beer café …
Up to this point the only notable beer party over this way is the annual Harvest HopDown Fest at The Plaza on Millennium Park. It’s an October gathering where Park Grill’s PR staff coordinates distributors to come pour packaged mainline offerings from popular regional breweries. It’s a decent party and …
