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beer under glass 2026

Beer Under Glass 2026

Returning again to Millennium Park, Beer Under Glass landed on another perfect Spring-to-Summer transition weather day, with temperatures hovering around 60 under clear skies – with the help of some weather-ready tenting this year just in case. Outside of some...

lactose tolerance

Episode 640 – Lactose Tolerance

Some might say that using lactose is antithetical to good beer, but there’s some distinct purpose in using milk sugar in certain beers despite it causing all us 40-and-ups some real tummy troubles. For this episode, we try four lactose-enhanced...

barrel-aged hop butcher

Episode 624 – Barrel-Aged Hop Butcher

Compared to the pace at which Hop Butcher releases IPAs, their barrel-aged offerings might as well be Halley’s Comet. But when they do release a big beer aged in barrels, it’s absolutely worth tracking down, just like the four beers...

hop roundup premium hops

Episode 623 – Hop Roundup: Premium Hops

We settle for no less than the best when it comes to choosing beers for our semi-regular hop roundups, and these five locals more than rise to the occasion. With our white gloves on, we’re sampling some of the finest...