Chicago’s Craft Beer Week Goes to 11!
I just downloaded my Android app for this year’s Chicago Craft Beer Week and started loading events I might want to attend. It’s the fourth year of CCBW’s collection of events, and many in the beer community are really looking forward to another chance to celebrate our city’s beer. Among the the big and outstanding [...]
Louis Glunz Beer Keeps Bringing New Producers and Products
Louis Glunz Beer held its annual Global Beer Expo early this week, and I was fortunate enough to attend and find out about some of the new things that the distributor and its portfolio of brewing companies are contributing to Chicago’s beer scene. The expo, held at the Rosemont Convention Center, allows off-premise and on-premise [...]
Pairing No. 20: Bijou and Pepe
Look at what I found in the fridge today! The amazing Bijou from Vermont Butter and Cheese Creamery, and the equally wonderful Pepe Nero from Goose Island Beer Co. (a unit of some big company that used to be based in St. Louis). First the beer: Pepe Nero is a black saison-style beer. Goose says [...]



















