The New Class: Atlas Summer Local Beer Showcase

      The Summer Local Beer Showcase event was at Atlas Brewing, one of the many breweries that have popped up across Chicagoland over the past 2 years.  We really dig this place, they’ve done a great job making a name for themselves.  Recently their Hyperion Double IPA was …

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The 27th Annual Great Taste of the Midwest

      My friend said it best about Wisconsin. They don’t have the big, international city but they do have a nice collection of small towns where you can have a kickass time. The peak of the summer for most Americans is around the July 4th weekend. But in …

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Michigan Beer Trip

This past weekend my buddies and I piled into the car for my bachelor party/road trip to Michigan. The goal was to spend two days hitting up some of my favorite Midwest breweries: Three Floyds, Greenbush, Bell’s, Brewery Vivant and Founders. The first stop on the way out of town …

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The Off Color Brewing Open House

As far as I can tell this is the only brewery event that included rainbows and a hidden beer garden. As a follow up to their insane 2 day, 5 session beer launch at Black Rock in March, the Off Color Brewing team held an open house recently at their …

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Summer Wit – Wild Onion Brewing Co.

As I’m sure you have seen many posts in regards to, we recently did a collaboration beer with Wild Onion Brewing Co. out of Lake Barrington. If you have not tried Deception yet, a damn tasty Black IPA, I strongly encourage you to seek some out. Alright, enough self-promoting, let’s …

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Urbs In Horto

  It’s no secret that this is one of our all time favorite events. Beer Under Glass ranked number 2 last year on our 12 most awesome of 2012 list. BUG is the only time all year that we get to venture to the west side of Chicago for a …

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