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One of the more surprising developments that came from the brewing of Sai-Shan-Tea was the decision of Goose Island to showcase it at the annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver. The festival has grown by leaps and bounds over the past five years — this year's version sold out five weeks in advance — with an estimated 49,000 attendees. more ›

This year's edition of the Great American Beer Festival is in the books, and Illinois breweries racked up an impressive 16 medals. Both Pabst (their corporate headquarters are in suburban Woodridge, so they qualified as an Illinois beer company) and Goose Island took home four medals each. Pabst earned respective gold and silver medals for Lone Star and Old Style (American-style cream ale or lager), and repeated the feat for Old Milwaukee Light and PBR... more ›

The Great American Beer Festival was held in Denver over the weekend, and local area breweries came up big again. Goose Island brought home a gold medal (English-style Summer Ale) for their "312" Wheat Ale. Piece Pizza and Brewery took home the gold (Rye Beer) for its "Worryin'" Ale, and Flossmoor Station earned top prize (German-style Schwarzbier) for its "Black Wolf" Schwarzbier. Flossmoor Station and brewmaster Matt Van Wyk also were named Small Brewpub Company... more ›