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Be Sweet | Goose Island/Japanese Breakfast

Summertime in Chicago means one thing – music festivals. Lollapalooza remains the biggest one every year but, depending on the acts the bill, the Pitchfork Music Festival sometimes has the better lineup. (I would argue that case this year.) With...

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Better Distractions | Goose Island

Goose Island has a long history with the Pitchfork Music Festival. Before they were bought out by AB InBev in 2011, Goose Island supplied beer for the festival. Starting in 2011, Pitchfork switched over to Heineken for their beer needs....

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Episode 314 – More Brewing

Villa Park’s More Brewing made a big splash from the moment they opened their doors in 2017, due to their hiring of a rising star brewer and their embrace of big flavor beers. Much has changed in a few short...

Episode 182 – Dovetail and Riggs: Crossfire

Two Illinois brewing traditionalists inspired us to dig deeper into lagers and hefeweizens, so we pitted a bunch against each other in a goofy Crossfire showdown. Riggs Beer Co. from Urbana and Dovetail Brewery from Chicago know the German way...