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Still on the market for a really good (and consistent) Non-Alcoholic beer? Well, I found another one, this time in Illinois in Go Brewing.
They have a Witbier, hazy IPA, pilsner, IPA and a nitro coffee N/A beer amongst other members only beers.
I looked through the Best of listed from Craft Beer & Brewing magazines lists (organized by barrel size) and plucked out three breweries to highlight this month, starting us off is Hop Butcher for the World.
Hailing from Darien, Illinois and taking their name from poet Carl Sandburg this brewery which is lauded in the less than 15K barrels category has very distinctive branding.
Here are the beers that I would try first and the hops in each beer for this hop-centric brewery…
Supreme Being Pilsner – Saaz, Select & Monroe
New Oklahoma Pale Ale – Barbe Rouge & Mosaic
Lush Terrain IPA – Mosaic, Wai-iti, Motueka, Waimea & Moutere
Blazed Orange DIPA – Citra & Strata
Our final stop takes us to another brewery that is set to open in the near future (you know how dates are moving targets in the craft beer world).
Check out this recent article on Bruce Dir and like Tighthead on Facebook to stay in the loop on what happens next.
Looks like my adopted state of California ran away with 45 medals in Chicago and my home state of Oregon was 2nd with 13. With the Trailblazers beating the Lakers yesterday, I think we are even.
For a great statistical (yes, numbers and math) round-up, check out the great Brookston Beer Bulletin HERE.
Two new beers from two heretofore unknown (to me) breweries.
First up is the selection for the Garden State from Cricket Hill Brewing.
Then we head to one of the midwest’s hot hop spots, Illinois for a taste of weiss from Two Brothers Brewing.
Whenever I feel a hankering for something different than what is in my local go to beer stores, I start searching the internet to see who ships and if they have something that I haven’t had before. Usually I end up ordering from Liquid Solutions (which is great) or from my parents (which is great because they charge way less).
For my Holiday beer tasting I wanted something really new and luckily I found Archer Liquors. They are based in Illinois and they have a really cool selection of stuff plus the people there are really nice.
