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Home » Beer and Metal

Tag: Beer and Metal

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Metropolitan Brewing teams up with Pelican for the biere de garde Cold Hope

by Philip Montoro June 24, 2019August 18, 2021

Beer and Metal returns to review a long-gestating collaboration by beloved Chicago institutions Pelican and Metropolitan Brewing.

Posted inBlogs

Listen to the gorgeous black metal on Austin Lunn’s new Panopticon album—and drink his Viking beers

by Philip Montoro October 15, 2015August 18, 2021

Panopticon mastermind Austin Lunn is also the cofounder of Minnesota’s Hammerheart Brewing, whose excellent smoky beers draw inspiration from Norse and Celtic folklore.

Posted inBlogs

Local brewery Around the Bend debuts with an aggressive Thai-spiced pale ale

by Philip Montoro June 22, 2015August 18, 2021

The first two beers, available on tap only for now, are the galangal pale ale Silk Road and a Kölsch called Ghost of ‘Lectricity.

Posted inBlogs

Pipeworks’ big new brewery means Ninja vs. Unicorn in cans

by Philip Montoro June 15, 2015August 18, 2021

The economies of scale will let Pipeworks drop the retail price of their flagship beer by nearly 60 percent when they start selling cans next month.

Posted inBlogs

Transient Artisan Ales makes slow beer that sells out quick

by Philip Montoro May 29, 2015August 18, 2021

Transient’s small-batch barrel-fermented beers take ages to go from brew house to bottle, but they don’t stay on shelves for long after that.

Posted inBlogs

Thalia Hall’s Crap Beer Day asks: Does it even matter which cheap lager you drink?

by Philip Montoro May 21, 2015August 18, 2021

Sometimes you just want a cheap beer that you’re not supposed to pay attention to—and sometimes you do a blind tasting of seven of ’em that reminds you why you don’t pay attention.

Posted inBlogs

What’s the only beer on tap at Beard nominee Parachute?

by Philip Montoro May 5, 2015August 18, 2021

Illuminated Brew Works developed the Belgian-style farmhouse table beer Pareidolia with Parachute beverage director Matty Colston.

Posted inBlogs

Moody Tongue beers finally reach retail

by Philip Montoro April 20, 2015August 18, 2021

Jared Rouben’s culinary brewery ships four-packs of Sliced Nectarine IPA, Caramelized Chocolate Churro Baltic Porter, and Steeped Emperor’s Lemon Saison.

Posted inBlogs

Mikerphone Brewing launches with music-inspired beers and monster cans

by Philip Montoro April 17, 2015December 6, 2021

It’s been a tangled path for Slapshot head brewer Mike Pallen, but he’s finally found a place to turn his home-brewing operation into a commercial enterprise.

Posted inBlogs

Middle Brow Beer helps Jimmy Whispers celebrate Summer in Pain

by Philip Montoro March 23, 2015August 18, 2021

Half the profits from Middle Brow’s Summer in Pain Belgian-style IPA go to Cure Violence, a charity Jimmy Whispers has worked with before.

Posted inBlogs

Four years of preparation pay off in Alarmist Brewing’s Pantsless Pale Ale

by Philip Montoro March 20, 2015August 18, 2021

Gary Gulley’s attention to detail may have slowed down his brewery, but it’s done wonders for his beer.

Posted inBlogs

Should you buy the beer in the green Buddha bottles?

by Philip Montoro March 6, 2015August 18, 2021

Whether Lucky Buddha is worth the price depends on your fondness for middling Asian lagers and novelty glassware.

Posted inBlogs

Guess your beer blindfolded Sunday at the Map Room

by Philip Montoro February 27, 2015August 18, 2021

At the Map Room’s “Beers in the Dark,” the beers won’t actually be in the dark—but you’ll be in the dark about what they are.

Posted inBlogs

5 Rabbit bottles dessert with the ‘albino stout’ Arroz con Leche

by Philip Montoro February 20, 2015August 18, 2021

Brewed with vanilla beans and Mexican cinnamon, this beer pays homage to a beloved Latin American rice pudding.

Posted inBlogs

Forbidden Root launches its chocolate series with the imperial stout Heavy Petal

by Philip Montoro February 13, 2015August 18, 2021

If you can accept that it might be a good thing for a beer to remind you of the Palm House at Lincoln Park Conservatory, you’re going to want to try this one.

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