Tag: IPA
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Illinois Brewing Insider Nader Kardoush on his fun history with Black Lung Brewing and Mikerphone, the stellar lagers and English ales from Roaring Table, the anticipation surrounding Foreign Exchange’s taproom, and discovering a speakeasy at San Diego’s AleSmith
Nader Kardoush Proprietor of The Beer Bazaar in north suburban Grayslake, IL Favorite breweries: Running a bottle shop (Beer Bazaar) as long as I have, I’ve come to make a lot of lasting friendships and connections in the industry and have also continually developed my palate with styles that trend and changes in personal taste. ... -
Spotlight on Two Hound Red: West suburban Glen Ellyn is home to this visually striking brewery with an innovative menu and a focus on lighter, simpler flavors of beer
Two Hound Red Brewing Co. 486 Pennsylvania Ave. in Glen Ellyn 2HoundRed.com Tuesday-Thursday: 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Sunday: 11:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. History in short: Head brewer Steve Woertendyke’s brewing career got off to a rather inauspicious start to be sure. Stationed at Ft. Lewis in Washington, he would drive around Washington and ... -
Illinois Brewing Insider Geoff Hutchins on a love of Hubbard’s Cave’s dessert-style stouts and Phase Three’s Pixel Density Lite, breweries on vacation, and finding Goose Island Green Line again
Photo: Une Année/Hubbard’ Cave patio Geoff Hutchins, 62 Park Ridge, IL Favorite Illinois breweries: It’s always tough for me to go against Phase Three (Lake Zurich). They really just do consistently high-quality and consistently great beer styles and innovations. Their new Pixel Density Lite still has all the complexity of one of their regular hazy ...