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 […]
Craft Beer News
Beer Festival
Urban Chestnut’s Lagerfest celebrates the hardest beer to brew
This summer, I found myself on a mission to rediscover lagers. Lagers, for many, define the essence of beer. For us who grew up in the city that Anheuser Busch built, you know what […]
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 […]
Beer Festival
Illinois breweries kick off Craft Beer Week with tribute to Brown Ale
When it comes to fall beers, Brown Ale clearly does not get a lot of love. What with Oktoberfest and pumpkin beers, Brown Ale just gets forgotten. But that ends this weekend, when half […]
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 […]
Beer Labels
Main & Mill releases 2nd series of beer art honoring Negro League stars
In April, Main & Mill Brewing Co. raised its label art game with the release of its first series of cans honoring and celebrating the Negro Leagues and its players. The first series featured four […]
Beer Festival
2nd Shift’s annual Caskfest returning in December
Bottle or draft? That is the question that many of us get when ordering a beer. 9 times out of ten, we just pick one over the other, not realizing that by picking one, […]
Beer Festival
4 Hands Brewing, 1220 Artisan Spirits, Withered oak hosting new “Fall Fest”
Moving ahead, we’ll just call them all the 4 Hands family of brands. That is what we’ll call 4 Hands Brewing Co., 1220 Artisan Spirits and Withered Oak, as they are all under the same family tree. And now, […]
Craft Beer News
Perennial’s Fish Drifter lager is back
I am not a born fisherman, but once my father-in-law took me out on the Louisiana bayou outside New Orleans, and showed me how to bait my hook with live shrimp, cast, and slowly reel […]
