Beer Tourism

Millpond releases newest in its ‘Body Of Water’ series

  The town of Millstadt, Illinois has strong roots as a farming and milling community. At one time the town boasted three mills, and in a rare arrangement, these three mills shared the same millpond. […]

Beer Labels

Dancing with the Pumpkin King returns to Bluewood

  This time of year has to be a total drag for anyone who doesn’t love pumpkin beers. Social media is ripe with pumpkin beer haters, but hating a beer never made much sense to […]

New Releases

Switchgrass Spirits releases new 2022 American Single Malt

  Switchgrass Spirits has released the newest addition to its growing portfolio, American Single Malt. The new release was conceived a few years ago when Switchgrass partnered with eight St. Louis breweries to design a limited […]

Events

How to navigate the St. Louis Bourbon Festival

If you are over of bourbon, next weekend is your Super Bowl.  The St. Louis Bourbon Festival features 450+ Bourbons, Whiskeys, and Scotches from all over the world! This year’s festival has been expanded to […]

Craft Beer News

Time to howl again at this year’s Full Moon Festival at Schlafly

Schlafly Bottlework’s annual  Full Moon Festival is a free celebration of both beer and chili. And not just any chili, but pots of boiling goodness cooked up by St. Louis’ top chefs. The popular harvest celebration […]

Craft Beer News

Understanding Perennial’s Blue Origin even if you didn’t get any

  Perennial Artisan Ales creates so many fantastic beers, it’s hard to make all of them seem as special as they are. If you’re among those who got selected during their random drawing for bottles […]

Craft Beer News

Local beer to be highlighted at new Alamo Drafthouse

When the City Foundry originally opened last year, I had very high hopes that local breweries and distilleries would be highlighted, as I’ve seen at other similar operations around the country. I still harbor a […]