The first local installment of Scorched Tundra will host heaviness by the likes of Bongripper, Monolord, and False.
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Bourgeois blues for Boka and Brgrbelly, and other things to read and do
Name changes, Harper’s hates on fine dining, Eater hates on food writing, Big Gay Ice Cream is coming, and more.
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Take a ‘Walk ov Shame’ to the Local Option for the Catalina Wine Mixer
This fruity Belgian-style saison is one of 31 beautiful beers the Local Option will be pouring all night.
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Four Chicago bars were you can drink old-fashioned beer
Read about how Chicago breweries are reproducing long-forgotten beer styles. Local Option 1102 W. Webster localoptionbier.com Many of the beers that Local Option contract brews (and serves) are older styles, including a barrel-aged version of Kentucky Common (brewed in Louisville before Prohibition); Dampf Loc, a dampbier (originally brewed by medieval peasants in Bavaria); and Schmetterling […]
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Dark Lord Day 2014: Three Floyds tweaks the festival’s new model for speed
More than you could conceivably want to read about Three Floyds’ 2014 Dark Lord Day—but there are lots of pictures too!
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American Muscle returns to the Local Option
The Local Option’s 12.5 percent double IPA makes its third appearance, and it’s as burly, bitter, and complicated as ever.
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Norway’s Kvelertak and Local Option’s Voku Hila: Metal makes beer taste better
Local Option tapped its Voku Hila maibock at Sunday’s Kvelertak show, and the combination was one of few things that could’ve improved either.
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Off Color Brewing’s “Mischief” pop-up bar: You will want to drink all their beer
Off Color Brewing debuts with four tasty collaborations: a pink pilsner, a smoked bock, a half bock, and a potent French-Belgian chimera.
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Kosmyk Charlie’s Y2K Catastrophe Ale from Central Waters: It’s a mouthful
Central Waters first brewed Kosmyk Charlie’s barleywine for Y2K, but luckily they kept going.
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Beer and Metal: Bourbon Barrel Aged La Petite Mort by Central Waters and Local Option
A German-style dark wheat beer brewed with Belgian yeast and aged in Heaven Hill barrels
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The Fuckin’ Catalina Wine Mixer and other food and drink events
An apple fest, German lager courses, rib cook-offs, ice cream socials, a dessert crawl and more
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The Cajun ‘Wich
West Loop sandwich vets go NOLA at Mac and Mins; Mia Figlia, a trattoria from a Tizi Melloul vet; and fancy pancakes on Taylor Street at Stax Cafe. Plus: 13 southern restaurants