By Trent Modglin Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling recently acquired the former Alarmist Brewing space, which will be its fifth location and first in the city of Chicago Q. How long has this expansion idea been lingering for you, and when did you begin to explore the Alarmist space? Weidner: Expanding Pollyanna’s footprint beyond the suburbs ...

Une Annee Brewery in Niles Favorite breweries: It’s always tough for me to go against Phase Three. They just really do consistently high-quality and consistently great beer styles and innovations. Their Pixel Density Lite still has all the complexity of one of their regular hazy IPAs, but it’s more drinkable in the summer at 4.5%.  ...