Illinois Beer Reviews
Beer is booming in the state that so famously defied Prohibition.
by Tom Smillie | Illinois, Mug, Rye Beer / Roggenbier, Two Brothers Brewing Company, United States |
After a long weekend, I found myself searching for a local favorite in the fridge and coming up huge. A couple weeks ago I had stashed a delicious brew by Two Brothers (see brewery tour article). The name (Cane and Ebel) is rather catchy, using the brother’s surname...
by Taylor Birkey | Adjunct Lager, Illinois, Pabst Brewing Company, Pilsner Glass, Pint Glass, United States |
Tonight, I came home and I needed a beer. It was one of those days. A million things going on at work, hardly any time to focus on anything but work. No time to catch my breath. My computer was being slow all day, it was just awful. I used to work construction: people...
by Tom Smillie | Biére de Garde, Illinois, Tulip, Two Brothers Brewing Company, United States, Wine Glass |
Well, after getting some burritos and having a mini marathon of MacGyver with my roommate it has officially become a lazy Sunday afternoon. The temperature outside dropped and with a fire going inside I decided to crack open a beer. I believe a nap is in line after...
by Tom Smillie | American Wheat Ale, Flossmoor Station Brewery, Illinois, Mug, Pint Glass, United States, Weizen Glass |
Finally! I get another extended weekend to relax. Fortunately, I already had plans for New Year’s Eve so the yearly last minute dilemma of where to go and what to do is gone. Although it was a shortened week at work, it was probably more stressful that the last 3 week...
by Michael Larson | American Brown Ale, Goose Island Beer Company, Illinois, Mug, Pint Glass, United States |
Its 1991, I’m eight years old and my family and I are gathered around the Christmas tree in the basement of our split level home. The fire is crackling in the fireplace, the remnants of gifts so carefully wrapped, lay strewn about and the smell of Swedish tea...
by Tom Smillie | Belgian Pale Ale, Blonde Ale, Illinois, Mug, Pint Glass, Snifter, Tulip, Two Brothers Brewing Company, United States, Wine Glass |
In my neck of the suburbs there is a prairie path that stretches for miles connecting multiple towns and giving eager runners, walkers, and bikers a place to get the iron out. Illinois was once host to a vast prairie of tall grasses and wild plants. In celebration of...