GOOD BEER HUNTING

Feb 18

A TEAM OF RIVALS — WIRTZ BRINGS TOGETHER WINES, SPIRITS + CRAFT BEER UNDER ONE  ROOF  As big beer fights the industry battle on every front, Wirtz changes the game in Illinois and brings craft beer into its growth portfolio, with Deschutes, Greenbush and more. 

A TEAM OF RIVALS — WIRTZ BRINGS TOGETHER WINES, SPIRITS + CRAFT BEER UNDER ONE  ROOF 

As big beer fights the industry battle on every front, Wirtz changes the game in Illinois and brings craft beer into its growth portfolio, with Deschutes, Greenbush and more. 

Feb 14

HUNTER/GATHERER #12 — HILLARY SCHUSTER She’s my wife, and she’s my Valentine. So while it may be long overdue, it’s also perfect timing to get her HUNTER/Gatherer outlook on the world of craft beer. 

HUNTER/GATHERER #12 — HILLARY SCHUSTER

She’s my wife, and she’s my Valentine. So while it may be long overdue, it’s also perfect timing to get her HUNTER/Gatherer outlook on the world of craft beer. 

Feb 12

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. – George Bernard Shaw”

Feb 11

HOMEBREWERS OVERWHELM AT UNDER THE INFLUENCE Some of the most ambitious recipes I had all year were done by self-described amateurs at the intersection of art, food and beer at Under the Influence show in Bridgeport.

HOMEBREWERS OVERWHELM AT UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Some of the most ambitious recipes I had all year were done by self-described amateurs at the intersection of art, food and beer at Under the Influence show in Bridgeport.

Feb 09

calumet412: Interior of a bar in the First Ward’s infamous Levee District, 1899, Chicago.

calumet412:

Interior of a bar in the First Ward’s infamous Levee District, 1899, Chicago.

Feb 05

SOLEMN OATH + LAGUNITAS LEVEL UP AT EMPORIUM One of Chicago’s best new breweries takes over the taps alongside one of Chicago’s future giants at the Emporium arcade bar — and we all get an extra life out of it. 

SOLEMN OATH + LAGUNITAS LEVEL UP AT EMPORIUM

One of Chicago’s best new breweries takes over the taps alongside one of Chicago’s future giants at the Emporium arcade bar — and we all get an extra life out of it. 

Jan 30

TURNING THE CAMERA ON BREW BOKEH — MICHAEL DONK’S EPIC BEER CELLAR  In an old farmhouse outside Grand Rapids, a fellow photographer and craft beer geek shares his passions,  his most prized possessions, and some good stories.

TURNING THE CAMERA ON BREW BOKEH — MICHAEL DONK’S EPIC BEER CELLAR 

In an old farmhouse outside Grand Rapids, a fellow photographer and craft beer geek shares his passions,  his most prized possessions, and some good stories.

Jan 28

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Jan 21

DRYHOP BREWERS IS GATHERING STEAM Still aiming for a Spring launch, I check in on progress in Lakeview’s newest craft beer destination with owner Greg Shuff and a busy crew. See more of the progress!

DRYHOP BREWERS IS GATHERING STEAM

Still aiming for a Spring launch, I check in on progress in Lakeview’s newest craft beer destination with owner Greg Shuff and a busy crew. See more of the progress!

Jan 11

PRESSING THE LAND — VIRTUE CIDER TAKES ROOT IN FENNVILLE, MI Part farm, part homestead, Virtue Cider starts turning the Michigan earth, and filling their tanks in anticipation of their first full year of cider making. 

PRESSING THE LAND — VIRTUE CIDER TAKES ROOT IN FENNVILLE, MI

Part farm, part homestead, Virtue Cider starts turning the Michigan earth, and filling their tanks in anticipation of their first full year of cider making. 

Jan 07

Timeout for a late-summer memory. The story about the first, and hopefully annual Good Beer Hunting x Buckshot Sonny’s weekend away at Wandawega has been told far and wide this year. But never has it been captured so beautifully than in Camp Wandawega’s own yearbook — the Style Files.  See more » 

Timeout for a late-summer memory. The story about the first, and hopefully annual Good Beer Hunting x Buckshot Sonny’s weekend away at Wandawega has been told far and wide this year. But never has it been captured so beautifully than in Camp Wandawega’s own yearbook — the Style Files. 

See more » 

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Jan 03

calumet412: Proud brewmeisters photographed with their “bock”, 1880, Chicago. The barrels are hard to make out, but “Chicago” can be made out on the left and “bock” on the right. According to the print on the back, the photograph was taken at a studio at 650 Milwaukee Ave, Chicago. via Langdon Road

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Proud brewmeisters photographed with their “bock”, 1880, Chicago.

The barrels are hard to make out, but “Chicago” can be made out on the left and “bock” on the right.

According to the print on the back, the photograph was taken at a studio at 650 Milwaukee Ave, Chicago.

via Langdon Road

BEERPIPHANY: Michael Kiser -

beerpiphany:

I grew up in Pennsylvania, so I was one of the lucky ones that always had a better alternative in Yeungling, or as we still call it back home: lager.

But my epiphany came during college when we’d drive 30 minutes to Williamsport, PA just to get Taco Bell. Seriously, my school, Lock Haven…

Jan 02

I got the cover of the January issue of Beer Advocate magazine! See more about it, and the Solemn Oath guys that inspired it here » 

I got the cover of the January issue of Beer Advocate magazine! See more about it, and the Solemn Oath guys that inspired it here »