Looking for a reason to drink good beer? Hate prohibition? Like the 30s? Then check out Lucky Bucket’s Speak Easy Party April 17th at the brewery. Here is the press release.
Lucky Bucket Brewing Company & Sòlas Distillery are hosting a “Speak Easy” Costume Party on April 17th from 8pm until 1am at their brewery located [...]
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Two From Chicago – Podcast
Posted By John on May 27th, 2009
Episode 142
We finished up the beers Ryan acquired on his trip to Chicago this week. We enjoyed a bready farmhouse ale and a very stout brown ale. Always nice when both beers are tasty. We are sure the good people of take pride in their local breweries. No time for music to drink to this week, but we’ll see if we can’t fit it in next week.
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Beers of the Week:
Beer: Domaine Dupage
Brewery: Two Brothers Brewing in Warreville, Illinois
Grade: B+
Full Review
Beer: Pullman Brown Ale
Brewery: Flossmoor Station Brewing Co. in Chicago Illinois
Grade: A-
Full Review
Do you have a suggestion for a beer we should try or any other comments? Send them to info@brewcast.net or call 402-817-0351 and leave us a voicemail.
Thanks for listening
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History of Goose Island Brewery
Posted By Ryan Cairns on April 14th, 2009
Goose Island first opened it’s door in 1988 but the story behind the brewery begins with John Hall and a Delta airlines magazine. John was traveling extensively with his career in packaging industry and spent an extensive amount of time in Europe. During these travels he noticed that everywhere he went their was always a local beer available except for in
the United States.
Now back to the magazine….. In 1986 John was on a plane in the Dallas airport in which his flight was delayed because of inclement weather. While waiting he flipped through a in-flight Delta Airlines magazine where he found an article on boutique beers. This article struck up an idea of creating a brewery all of his own. After two years of planning and research quit his 20 year career with Container Corporation and he opened the original Goose Island Brewpub at 1800 Clybourn Avenue. (more…)
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