Tag: New Glarus
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Insider opinions: What is the best brewery you’ve hit on vacation?
Maui Brewing Co. This is the first in a series of articles on the best breweries that industry insiders and craft-beer enthusiasts have hit on vacation This is a tough one. The first that comes to mind is Maui Brewing Co. because it’s right by the airport. After being on that long flight, it’s great to ... -
Illinois Brewing Insider: Amanda Steinbraker from Church Street Brewing
Amanda Steinbraker Church Street Brewing Itasca, IL Favorite breweries: Besides Church Street Brewing Co., I love my lager friends! Close to home we love Roaring Table and Buffalo Creek. When we are out and about, I always try and make it to Skeleton Key, Bubblehouse, Art History and Brother Chimp. In Chicago, Old Irving Brewing ... -
Last Call: What’s your favorite Oktoberfest or fall beer?
The following version of our magazine’s popular Last Call section is from a special digital Oktoberfest issue we published in early September. Check it out here. The question: What’s your favorite Oktoberfest or fall beer? Every Oktoberfest beer is a good beer! The ones I make sure to grab every year are Lager Town from ... -
Illinois Brewing Insider Ted Perez on his favorite local breweries, Monk’s Pub, Sketchbook’s patio and honey basil ale, and fun beer experiences in Japan
Ted Perez Founder of the Evanston Homebrew Club Favorite breweries: Tough question! With over 300 breweries in the state, I know there’s always a brewery that I haven’t been to yet and looking forward to discovering. My most recent visits have been to, in no particular order: Off Color Brewing, Dovetail Brewery, Begyle Brewing, Half ... -
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. ... -
Last call: From Revolution’s Straight Jacket barrel-aged barleywine to Odell’s Isolation Ale and Pig Minds’ Joe Daddy coffee stout, we asked for your favorite winter beer
Last Call from our winter 2024 issue: What is your favorite winter beer? As someone who generally prefers double IPAs and barrel-aged stouts, I’ve got to say right now I’m really digging Flipped the Switch, our imperial dark Czech lager, which has some real depth with the maltiness and utilizes chocolate rye. It has some ... -
Last call: We asked craft beer insiders and enthusiasts for their favorite Oktoberfest and fall beers
The following Last Call article is part of our special digital Oktoberfest issue. You can read this special issue here. Party Hat, the Oktoberfest from Byers Brewing Company in DeKalb, is a great beer for fall. I had never tried it until a friend brought some to our NIU football tailgate last September, and I ... -
Illinois Brewing Insiders: The Midwest Brew Review guys on Maplewood and Art History doing great things, the charm of New Glarus, and how Horse Thief Hollow’s award-winning pilsner is ideal for summer
Insiders: Matt Psenicka, Billy Nauss, Brian Nauss Midwest Brew Review on You Tube Favorite breweries: Growing up and living around Downers Grove, we’ve had the pleasure of watching both Alter Brewing and Goldfinger turn into two outstanding breweries in their own right. Goldfinger’s rich tradition and strict discipline in their brewing process produce some of the ... -
Illinois Brewing Insider Mike Zoller on a love of Dovetail’s Czech dark lager, Chicago’s best barrel-aged options and the experience that is Treehouse Brewing Company
Mike Zoller Chicago, IL Midwest Editor at PorchDrinking.com Twitter: @mikezoller Instagram: @chicagobeer Favorite breweries: I think it’s always changing based on current preferences, but recently I find myself drinking a lot Revolution, Dovetail, Off Color, Cruz Blanca, Hop Butcher and Hopewell. But I don’t think there’s a brewery out there that if someone asked me ...
