Our only question: Are there enough tattooed metal-heads qualified to make and serve beer in our fair city? We shall see. more ›

Today in restaurant news: Hot Chocolate is closing for two weeks to renovate, Aviary is starting a new beer program and the former Aja is reconcepting into Argent. more ›

The all-local-food dinner service will have 20 spots each night on Fridays and Saturdays. more ›

"To Alcohol! The cause of... and solution to... all of life's problems." - Homer Simpson more ›

The Gravity Bar experience in Dublin is hard to duplicate anywhere else, but the folks at Guinness are making a go of it, bringing the interactive experience to Chicago for you to try. Best of all, the experience (and the beer) is free. more ›

Beer geeks rejoice! Sixpoint, one of the Northeast's best craft breweries, will hit shelves and taps in Chicago next month. more ›

Today in restaurant news: It's an opening frenzy! Long-awaited Balena opens, Old Town Pour House Opens with over 100 taps and The Peasantry is coming to Lincoln Park. more ›

Have you abandoned Goose Island since its sale to A-B InBev last March? Good. More for us. Old Town Yard is our beer of the week - and one hell of a Helles. more ›

Best Buddies Illinois has teamed up with Small Bar to serve up a special brew from Metropolitan Brewing. more ›

It's getting hard to find a good bar in town that isn't pouring Metropolitan beers. So we jumped at the chance to see the spot cranking out all that Krankshaft. more ›

We sat down with Forsythe at the Winter Brew last week and talked about homebrewing, upcoming beer events and why he thinks Lincoln Square is the most exciting neighborhood in Chicago for beer. more ›

The donation went to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. The Christmas Ale is long gone, but a new highly anticipated brew, their Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout, releases this week. more ›

Tickets are now going for as high as $60/pair on Craigslist. more ›

As if eating a huge bag of sliders wasn't enough to make one ill, now you'll be able to wash it down with red wine. more ›

For those of you looking for a low-impact workout where you can wear ironic t-shirts with the reward of a delicious yet watered down American draft beer, we have the perfect sport for you: Beer Pong! more ›

Walking around Brew & Grow's sparks ideas. You'll find yourself motivated to take on a roster of new homegrown projects, from growing your own greens hydroponically to brewing your own beer. more ›

A six-course meal, all paired with Belgian beers; tickets are still available for seatings tonight. more ›

Time doesn’t exist in the windowless auditorium of the Chicago Journeyman Plumbers’ Local Union 130 in the West Loop, but we’d wager we were two hours deep into our kid-in-a-candy-store tasting spree of the 172 wood-aged brews from 62 breweries in 22 states. We had tried a lot of beers already. more ›

This Saturday, scarf down all the pig you care to eat, courtesy of John Manion and Rob Levitt. more ›

12 different Two Brothers beers on draft, including some only available at the brewery. And all for $5. more ›

More accurately, it's More Than 30 Beers For A Few Hours, but that doesn't sound as catchy. more ›

Finch's Slackjawed Dunkel and Carburetor Rye Bock #58 launch next week. more ›

It's not just the internet that runs on cute kitties! more ›

Chicago breweries made an excellent showing at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver this weekend. more ›

It's October (ok, almost) so it's time to drink an Oktoberfest beer. more ›

Bluebird continues to throw some of the best beer events in town. Next Tuesday, September 13, they are hosting a tasting of "Belgian" beers. Why the quotation marks? These beers are Belgian-style, but they come from everywhere but Belgium. 12 different beers will be available to taste. The price? Just $30. more ›

A sushi chef's table in Evanston, a mysterious Bell's beer release at Binny's and City Provisions turns one by bringing in the vendors who made it possible. more ›

Under dozens of kitchen sinks and tucked behind countless closet doors, something is brewing in Chicago. It's beer. More precisely, it's home-brewed beer. And with more and more beer enthusiasts adopting the hobby of fermenting their own suds, Chicago home brewers Jared Saunders and Whit Nelson realized the community begged for a place to gather, learn, talk shop and gear up. From that idea, Brew Camp was born. more ›

We found out earlier in the week that City Provisions would be serving limited edition beers on tap brewed by Cleetus Friedman and local breweries. The first beer, a cherry dunkelweiss called Kirsch von Blucher made with Flossmoor Station, got rave reviews - and it turns out that this is going to be a monthly affair. more ›

Today is National IPA Day, a celebration of all things India Pale Ale. more ›