Beer from A to Z
This morning AlphaBeer VII was featured on Windy City Live! Billy Dec featured it in his “What’s On Dec” segment. Tickets were already sold out, but we’ve reserved two for them to give away! Enter here and you could be the lucky winner.
In the meantime, check out the video (AlphaBeer is mentioned at 1:26).
AlphaBeer VII is now SOLD OUT! But, you can get on our waitlist in case any spots open up. You can also request to be notified of future events so you don’t miss out on the next round!
To get on our waitlist, visit thelocaltourist.com/alphabeer-waitlist
In the meantime, you can also enter to win one of ten spots at this Saturday’s event courtesy of Google Places! All you have to do is fill out this form and start reviewing Chicago area “brewpubs, breweries, bars, pubs, and beer joints” as you like. The more you review, the better your chances of winning!
There’s more than vodka in Russia; There’s Zatecky Gus. It’s a Czech style pilsner with a light flavor. Perfect for that heavy Russian cuisine.
This beer has “double chocolate” in its name. Do we need to say more? Didn’t think so.
Talk about people passionate about beer. Xingu Black Beer is the result of a couple from Vermont flying to Brazil to try to recreate a lost beer. The husband, a writer, had learned about a beer dating back to 1556 from the Amazon rainforest while researching an article on the history of beers in the world. They couldn’t find the original beer so they worked with a local as crazy as they were to find a brewery to help them bring it back to life.
The beer? It’s a dark, opaque rich brew with a touch of bitterness and some sweetness. Worth a trip to the Amazon? You decide.
Samuel Adams Boston Lager is the original beer for the incredibly successful Boston Beer Company. When we say original, we don’t just mean from 1984 when the company was founded. We mean way back to 1860, when Jim Koch’s ancestor Louis Koch brewed it up in St. Louis, Missouri. Koch (the younger) used the same recipe in his kitchen. Since then it’s been tightened up and the company’s been purchased by Anheuser-Busch, but Koch is still there maintaining the family legacy. They better keep him or he might throw his beer into the harbor; it is Boston, after all.