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St. Louis breweries debuting new style Brut IPAs

New beer styles don’t come along every day, so when I first saw a beer called a Brut IPA, I needed to know more. I reached out to Rob Abel, head brewer at Ferguson Brewing and asked […]

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Urban Chestnut getting its circus on for Oktoberfest St Louis 2018

Urban Chestnut Brewing Company’s annual Oktoberfest St. Louis returns for its 8th year on Friday, September 28th, running through Sunday, September 30th, at its Midtown Brewery & Biergarten. The festival will span three full days, but with a brand […]

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St. Louis’ newest brewery opening next Friday

St. Louis’ newest brewery will begin pouring its first official beers on Friday, August 31, at 1 p.m., but the journey to the first pours for Mackenzie Brewing Company began back in 2011. Seven years […]

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How I learned to stop worrying and love sour beers

Sour beers have been commercially available in the U.S for nearly 50 years, but have been in existence for much longer.  But my introduction to them, admittedly, did not go well. I think now, my […]

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Mackenzie Brewing to offer Belgian and high-gravity brew, but no ‘glitter beer’ here

We are less than a month away from tasting new beer, as St. Louis County prepares to welcome a new brewery.  But the journey to the first pours for Mackenzie Brewing Company began back in […]