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Urban Chestnut’s “Blues & Que” is back
For three Summer Sundays you can enjoy live music, barbeque and UCBC bier in the Biergarten! […]
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company
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Just released: What’s on tap at iTap’s Riverfront VIP Experience
Keep it fresh and keep it exciting. That is what keeps me interested in annual beer festivals. […]
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What you’ll find inside the Rare Tappings tent at Heritage Festival
Purchase Tickets: Click here to get yours One of the new things I’m most excited about for this year’s Heritage Festival is the “Rare Tappings Tent,” hosted by Ryan and Justin, the owners of Saint Louis […]
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Ring in spring with Urban Chestnut and Maifest
We’re half way to Oktoberfest, which means it’s time for Maifest. Maifest is one of mankind’s oldest traditions – the celebration of nature’s bright reawakening after winter’s long, cold darkness. Traditional Maifest celebrations in Bavaria […]
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How I grew up to love beer and stop fearing the Pinewood Derby
I thought I had suppressed the memory. I thought I buried it deep within the micro-depths of my subconscious mind, only to have it shoot straight to the top of my brain after receiving an […]
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Does St. Louis have the nation’s best brewpub or the ninth best?
Does St. Louis have the nation’s best brewpub or the ninth best? I seriously want to know, because I just checked the current standings in the new USA Today’s Readers’ Choice for the nation’s favorite […]
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New Old Bakery, Mt. Pleasant collab to mark brewers 2nd anniversary
In our house we called it the “terrible 2’s” but in Alton, they just call it another reason to party. The brewery that put Alton on the local brewing map is turning two and they’re […]
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How I rediscovered sours and where you can taste 8 of the best
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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The Wolpertinger Festival is something you should never miss
Outside of St. Louis, the city has been known as the beer capital of the world primarily because of the success of the Anheuser-Busch Company and its flagship brew Budweiser. But inside St. Louis, beer […]
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UCBC conducting beer tests – “holy crap I didn’t study” – Don’t matter? Whew!
You know that nightmare you have where you have a test, but you can’t find the classroom because you haven’t attended all year. This isn’t that. Rather, this is the test you wish you could […]
