Author: Craig G.

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GABF 2024: Illinois Pour List Preview

The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is back again and with it the Illinois Pour List! Illinois will have 10 breweries pouring this year, including one that’s pouring there for the first time (Sketchbook). While the number of Illinois breweries...

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Episode 549 – Hoppy Reds (Directors’ Cut)

Though this was recorded in the early summer months, this episode explores a broad style designation that’s seeing a bit of a resurgence – and hopefully more so with the coming colder temperatures. We open five red ales to see...

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Great Taste of the Midwest 2024

As I walked near the entrance of the 2024 Great Taste of the Midwest, I came to the realization as to how well the whole festival is run. Every year I have the same expectations of the festival and each...

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Wisconsin IPA Festival 2024 | Third Space Brewing

For the 8th year running (that includes a virtual fest in 2020), Third Space Brewing once again hosted their Wisconsin IPA festival on August 3, 2024. Third Space’s parking lot turned into the festival grounds, with food trucks, brewery tents,...