It was a pub crawl led by a rugby team to 7 locations in the city and suburbs ( I cant make this stuff up). Norm Smyth and Jeff Friends are members of the Chicago Blaze. They did a great job of combining their love of sports and beer to …
I’ve always wanted to be in a really cool band. My friends Kent Weber, Mark Skala and I on occasion join forces as The Independent Beer Series to produce some wonderful content. In volume 2 of our series we focused on an event we all admire – The Festival Of …
As the resident fat boy of the Chicago Beer Geeks staff, it is appropriate that I bring you this story. We love to explore the harmony that beer creates with food. Beer is more versatile as a beverage for food than wine could ever be. With this article we …
Honorable Mention) The Umpteenth Annual Chicago Beer Society Picnic It’s at the same ole place, same old time every year. What it represents for me is the best way to end the summer festival season. The oldest beer appreciation group in the city knows how to party. The picnic also …
This is as unique a brewery as there is in Chicago. Recently 5 Rabbit Cerveceria opened the doors to its beautiful Bedford Park facility for a housewarming of sorts. A friendly private gathering that included a brewery tour, as well as a reception with Latin inspired cuisine to celebrate …
After the original Black Friday event of 2010, we left thinking it would be hard to ever top that experience. After all it was an event 25 years in the making…then this happened. Black Friday 2012 was even more insane than the previous two combined. A celebration of …
