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National Craft Beer Review

Craft beer review: Sixpoint Brewery arrives in Chicago

Earlier this week Ipassed along the info about the Chicago debut of Brooklyn's Sixpoint Brewery. They are having a major rollout in bars and...
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Craft beer review: Two Brothers Reprieve Schwarzbier

I'm pounding away at some more beer reviews, and I want to make sure I get some more locals in the mix. Two Brothers of Warrenville, IL...
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Flag Porter is an excellent taste of history

Michael Jackson, the great beer connoisseur, not the pop star, once said of porter, “No style of beer is so shadowy or elusive.”...
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Craft beer review: Lagunitas Zephyr Ale

Here’s a beer that's making the rounds of Chicago's craft taps: Lagunitas “Frisco to Chicago” Zephyr. This beer is named...
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Kelpie Seaweed Ale offers a little taste of the sea

Unique beers are an attraction for this beer drinker. So, when I first heard of Kelpie Seaweed Ale, I knew if I ever saw it I was going to try it....
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Stone’s Belgo Anise Imperial Russian Stout is a deliciously “odd beer”

Last year, Stone Brewing Company announced that two of their most respected beers, Old Guardian Barleywine and Stone Imperial Russian Stout, would...
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Craft beer review: 3 beers from Mikkeller

There are two beverage-related subjects that are the hallmarks of a lazy columnist. One is the discovery that "hipsters" are drinking...
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Thursday Tastings: He'Brew Vertical Jewbelation 2011

There are two ways to experience He'Brew's Vertical Jewbelation. One is to go back in time and buy yourself a great Hannukah present (no...
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Craft beer review: Unibroue La Fin du Monde

It looks like that so-called Rapture never happened. But hey, to paraphrase Alan Jackson, it's always "six o'clock somewhere." We...
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