Another stellar year for local craft beer. There were more events this year than probably ever before. Chicago’s craft beer landscape is constantly evolving, this gives us the opportunity to rediscover this amazing city and its surrounding suburbs one glass at a time. This year’s list has 5 new entries. …
I think our guy Beer Dude Phil described it best when he said The Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beers is both our Christmas and our Family Reunion. In the modern day context (since Bourbon County Stout ’92), you could argue that the birthplace of barrel aging beers …
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 …
181 Barrel Aged Beers, 62 Breweries from 21 States. It is simply the standard for festival awesomeness in our city. The Festival of Wood And Barrel Aged Beers was the centerpiece to a weekend the likes of which I don’t think we have ever seen before. Breweries brought double …
