Illinois Beer Reviews
Beer is booming in the state that so famously defied Prohibition.
by Tom Smillie | Goose Island Beer Company, Illinois, Pint Glass, Russian Imperial Stout, Snifter, Spirit-Aged Beers, United States |
Goose Island BCS Rare! The last of three special BCS beers released in 2010. What makes this beer different is that it was aged for two years in Bourbon barrels that had previously been filled with spirits in 1985 and emptied in 2008. I was lucking enough to get a few...
by Matt | American Pale Ale (APA), Illinois, Mug, Pint Glass, United States, Wild Onion Brewing Company |
It has been a long time since I’ve written about beer. Life has been chaotic in my world, but not chaotic enough to give up drinking beer, just a bit tough to consistently write about it. Here I am reviewing a beer that is local to Chicagoland, brewed by the Wild...
by Team | Goose Island Beer Company, Illinois, Pint Glass, Russian Imperial Stout, Snifter, Spirit-Aged Beers, United States |
Tom: When Goose Island announced that they were going to release variations of their famous Bourbon County Stout in 2010 I’m sure a lot of craft beer fans around the world got excited. Surprisingly, it did not produce a wellspring of emotion (positive or negative)...
by Team | Illinois, Mug, Pint Glass, Pumpkin Ale, Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable Beers, United States, Wild Onion Brewing Company |
Taylor: Last weekend Michael, Tom, Barry and I went to a beer tasting at Binny’s in St. Charles, Illinois. We anticipated a bunch of Oktoberfest/Marzen/Pumpkin brews, and were not incorrect in our anticipations. We sampled from serious, well-established brewers...
by Tom Smillie | American Brown Ale, Cascadian Dark Ale / Black IPA, English Brown Ale, Half Acre Beer Company, Illinois, Mug, Pint Glass, United States |
Sticky Fat! What is that? I had the same question when I read Half Acre Beer Company’s blog about a month ago. According to the legend, it is a bear that loves to steal ready-to-pick hops right off the vines. This beer is only available on-tap on the brewery and is an...
by Noel | Blonde Ale, Half Acre Beer Company, Illinois, Mug, Pint Glass, United States |
As the weather undeniably fades to Fall here in Chicago, and beer interests begin to turn to Oktoberfests and Pumpkin Ales…there comes a brew to salvage the waning memory of the hot, humid, and hoppy Summer that was. To be fair, Half Acre’s Gossamer Golden Ale is...