With the NATO summit winding down, we could use a beer and here are a few places offering some amazing specials today. more ›

Two Brothers has one barrel left of Hoodwink—and it's only a sixth barrel—they'll be tapping at 6 p.m. Thursday night at Cole's Bar in Logan Square. more ›

Chicago Foodies have a food truck event set for Wednesday featuring three food trucks, Two Brothers and one Green Lady. Tickets are still available. more ›

Jamie Gallant's film on Two Brothers Brewing Company packs more information into its nine minutes than many documentaries do over a two-hour period. more ›

Former Chicagoisto Todd McClamroch shared this "United States of GOOD Beer" map with us a few minutes ago (via Jezebel) that runs down great breweries by state. We think it's a testament to how fast and deep the craft beer industry in Illinois has grown that a brewery besides Goose Island is recognized with the inclusion of Two Brothers. more ›

Outstanding in the Field, which organizes farm dinners across the country matching local chefs with local farms, released its 2010 farm dinner schedule today. They'll be making two local stops in august. First, Paul Virant will handle cooking duties for a 4 p.m. dinner at Dietzler Farm in Elkhorn, WI on August 2. That'll be followed three days later by a return appearance of Mindy Segal and Aric Miech of Hot Chocolate at City Farm august 5 at 4 p.m. While we thoroughly enjoyed our dinner at Kinnikinnick Farm last year, the first-person accounts we heard about the City Farm dinner with Segal three nights later were overwhelmingly ecstatic, with praise for both the food the view of the Chicago skyline from the dinner. more ›

Our nose was assaulted by the scent of apples and spices from the moment we opened a bottle of Two Brothers Avalon. It was the olfactory equivalent to hearing Christmas carols in October, but much more pleasing. Avalon is another in Two Brothers' "Artisan Bottling" series — Bonfire Dunkle Weiss is part of that series. get past the nose of this beer and you'll immediately pick up a pretty serious hop flavor to Avalon. Most beers or ales brewed with apple cider or must err on the side of malt. Since there is a fair amount of spices in Avalon, the hops work to complement that aspect of the taste profile. more ›