Tag: White Oak Brewing
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Last Call: What was your favorite craft beer experience of the summer?
Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison, WI The question: What was your favorite craft beer experience of the summer? That’s easy for me. It’s always the Great Taste of the Midwest up in Madison. The weather was perfect this year, everyone is having a good time, and it’s a very welcoming, well-laid out event. ... -
Spotlight on White Oak Brewing in Normal
White Oak Brewing 1801 Industrial Park Dr. in Normal WhiteOak.beer History in short: With its early beginnings as a homebrew shop dating back to 2011, White Oak officially started making beer in 2015, opened the taproom in 2016 and expanded to the back half of the building in 2023, remodeling it along the way in ... -
Brewer’s Choice: Q&A with Keg Grove Brewing Company’s Jeff Mroz
Jeff Mroz Co-owner and brewer Keg Grove Brewing Company Bloomington and Morris, IL The last really good beer I drank was… Most recently, I was very impressed with Black and Cyan from Industry Ales in Chicago. It was an impressively well-balanced, blended beer. I would highly recommend trying one. What fellow Illinois breweries and specific beers ... -
Last Call: From Bufflehead brown ale at Kishwaukee Brewing to enjoying the Great Taste of the Midwest, Friday Night Flights and brewery tours in Bloomington-Normal and St. Charles, we asked craft beer enthusiasts and industry professionals for their favorite beer experiences of the summer
From our big fall issue: What was your favorite beer experience of the summer? “The Great Taste of the Midwest festival in August. It was the best weather we’ve had in 10-plus years up there. There’s just so much great beer in the Midwest to celebrate, and it has a somewhat local feel to it. ... -
Brewer’s Choice: Illuminated Brew Works’ Brian Buckman on White Oak Brewing’s Casual Jesus saison, pushing the boundaries on unique marketing ideas, and what figures to be a wild anniversary party Sept. 21
Brian Buckman Illuminated Brew Works 6186 N. Northwest Hwy in Chicago IBW-Chicago.com The last really good beer you drank was… White Oak Brewing’s Casual Jesus saison. Light and refreshing with notes of lemon, banana, clove and some light black peppercorn on the back end. A Belgian-inspired rye saison that’s bold in its experimental stretch to ... -
Brewer’s Choice: Millpond Brewing’s Bryan Schubert on some great beers from Mikerphone, White Oak, White Rooster and Blue Jay Brewing, as well as his own expansion and work with an environmentally friendly wheat grass
Millpond Brewing Co. Bryan Schubert Owner and brewer Millpond Brewing Co. in Millstadt, IL MillpondBrewing.com The last really good beer I drank was… a Munich-style helles lager called Milkpond that we recently made through a collaboration with Little Lager, a Czech and German-inspired bar in St. Louis. We usually release it in May each year, ... -
Last call: From White Oak and Roaring Table to Hopewell and Kinslahger, we asked craft beer enthusiasts and industry professionals for the most underrated breweries in Illinois
Spring issue question: What is the most underrated craft brewery in Illinois? “White Oak Brewing down in Normal. Scott and his team are consistently doing awesome beers. We’ve collaborated with them on a beer and scheduled to do another one. I don’t know if it’s mid-state thing or whatever, but I don’t feel like they’re ... -
Brewer’s Choice: White Oak Brewing co-owner and head brewer Scott Schahrer on Destihl’s Dosvidanya stouts, an appreciation for Triptych and Roaring Table, and his own taproom expansion and Rippin’ Lips sessionable pale ale
Scott Schahrer Co-owner and head brewer White Oak Brewing 1801 Industrial Park Dr. in Normal, IL WhiteOak.Beer The last really good beer I drank was… when I attended Destihl Brewery’s Dosvidanya Day here in Bloomington. Their coconut variant of the Russian imperial stout was really rich, had good barrel character and the toasted coconut put it ... -
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 ... -
Brewer’s Choice: Door 4 Brewing’s Justin Curtis on Twisted Hippo’s dark lager and Noon Whistle’s hop water, Old Irving making their guest tap list, and excitement for patio season in Decatur
Justin Curtis Head brewer at Door 4 Brewing Co. Decatur, IL Door4Brewing.com The last really good beer you drank was… I had the opportunity to go to Asheville (N.C.) and do a collaboration with Eurisko Beer Company this winter. Zac had a killer pilsner that we drank off the tank all day. I’m also still a ...
