Outdoor temperatures will soon head lower and these early days of fall mean one important thing to beer lovers: Oktoberfest! The Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa has several beer themed events scheduled in the coming weeks and invites you to join other party- goers as … [Read more...]
Rockford Brewing Re-brands as Prairie Street Brewing
Rockford Brewing Company, an up- and- coming craft brewery in Rockford, Illinois, is re- branding itself and launching a new logo under the new name, Prairie Street Brewing, in order to avoid confusion with another brewery and to create an identity all its own. It started … [Read more...]
Quad Cities Beer Week is Ready to Thrill and Amaze
Straddled on the banks of the northern Mississippi River are two Illinois and two Iowa cities that are often referred to as the Quad Cities. They share much in common with only a large, winding body of water separating them from each other. They are also home to a late spring … [Read more...]
Brickstone Restaurant & Brewery Wins Awards from the Beverage Tasting Institute
BrickStone Restaurant & Brewery , the suburban Chicago small town brewery that debuted in 2006 as a tiny, 5 barrel brewing system, just took gold at the Beverage Testing Institute’s 2015 World Beer Championships as it sets to debut a new fully-automated 50 BBL … [Read more...]
Goose Island Endless IPA: A Session Brew for You
There seems to be a trend in craft beer these days. Okay, there always seems to be some type of trend in craft beer but one that I see with greater frequency from the larger craft breweries is the releasing of so- called session beers: Beer products brewed to be a little less … [Read more...]