First things first: You might want to take off your shoes. Pressing cider by hand involves no small amount of exertion, and things are going to get a ...
Posted 11.09.2011
As happy as Chicago may be to find a break in the sweltering heat this week, seasoned pros know the blustery breezes of fall foreshadow the creeping a...
Chris Kompanek | Posted 08.17.2011
Celebrate Brooklyn kicked off their season of free outdoor shows last week with an opening gala featuring Andrew Bird. His set was dominated by the excellent songs of his last album, Armchair Apocrypha.
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Lauren Drell
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Posted 07.18.2011
If the rainy, cold Chicago "spring" has made you thirsty for booze, you are in luck. Temperatures are supposed to climb in the next few days, and the ...
Posted 06.12.2011
It's been a real up-and-down couple of weeks for Greg Hall. The brewmaster at Goose Island announced in late March that he'd be leaving that role, ...
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Ben Worcester
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Posted 05.29.2011
On Monday, Chicago-based brewery Goose Island issued a press release, stating that Anheuser-Busch will purchase the company for around $39 million. Th...
Posted 05.28.2011
Anheuser-Busch announced Monday that it was spending nearly $40 million to buy Goose Island, one of the country's pre-eminent craft brewers, in a play...
The Huffington Post | Will Guzzardi | Posted 05.25.2011
In the past few years, the nation-wide trend of craft brewing has developed a following of aficionados as zealous, finicky and committed as its counte...
Posted 05.25.2011
The pork trend doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Nor does the Logan Square and craft beer trend. So, it's not very surprising to see two of Chicago's...
Posted 05.25.2011
Wicker Park's beloved Big Star celebrates its one-year anniversary Monday with a special menu and a customized Goose Island bew. The anniversary par...
Gapers Block | Posted 05.25.2011
Proving the old adage that the third time is, indeed, the charm, Chicago Gourmet seems to have finally hit its stride. The balance between food and dr...
Posted 05.25.2011
As another hot, muggy summer weekend approaches, you could be one of the people who is already longing for sweatshirts and Bears games (cough cough me...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011
After four days of beer, beer and more beer -- from Belgian stouts to barrel-aged barleywines -- the Craft Brewers Conference ended here Saturday nigh...
Posted 05.25.2011
If coming up with clever names for alcoholic beverages is your thing, Goose Island Brewery has just the contest for you. Goose Island head brewer Ja...
Gregory Daurer | Posted 05.25.2011
It was a competition held at the same time as the Winter Olympics, involving an activity in which many spectators and TV viewers indulge in while watching the games: beer drinking.
Posted 05.25.2011
Just after releasing their new "sustainable" beer, Green Line Pale Ale, Chicago's very own Goose Island Brewery announced Wednesday that they are also...
Chicago Tribune | Mike Hughlett | Posted 05.25.2011
With an ugly recession raging this spring, Goose Island Beer Co. launched Sophie, a high-end Belgian-style brew with a retail price of $8 to $9 per 22...
New York Times | Ari Bendersky | Posted 05.25.2011
As Chicago has morphed from a meat-and-potatoes town to one claiming some of the country's best chefs, consumers have started demanding better beer. W...
Crain's Chicago Business | Meghan Streit | Posted 05.25.2011
President-elect Barack Obama may feel a little more at home in Washington, D.C., now that he can enjoy Goose Island beer in the capital. The Chicago-...
Chicago Tribune | Michael Lev | Posted 05.25.2011
They raised a glass in celebration at Goose Island Beer Co.'s pioneering North Side brew pub Tuesday night: The well-known spot isn't going to close a...
Gapers Block | Posted 05.25.2011
Brewmasters Dinner/Green City Market Benefit @ Goose Island Chefs from culinary powerhouses Vie, Custom House, 312 Chicago and Publican will be cooki...
Time Out Chicago | Posted 01.14.2012