Get schooled at Pastoral
I was pleased to attend a beer and cheese class at Pastoral‘s Lakeview store on Tuesday. Beer buyer Ryne Schofstal lead a simple, elegant tasting involving Cheddars and beer. Readers may know that Cheese and Cheers conducts similar events on occasion. In putting them together, I always felt the challenge of limiting the selections to [...]
Surely you have met Pilsner
Ah Pilsner, the most ubiquitous beer in the world! For much of the 20th Century, this single style was simply synonymous with beer in the United States, and in any other part of the world that did not have its own strong beer culture. At its worst, Pilsner (or Pils, Pilsener, Pilz) is a pedestrian [...]
Shoot, that was fun!
The Chicago Beer Society, working in concert with local craft brewers, hosted the 14th annual Brew Pub Shootout Saturday at the Zhou B Arts Center in the Bridgeport neighborhood. Each winter around 15 brewpubs and craft breweries participate. They serve a beer or two while their chefs or chef partners heat up portable burners and [...]
