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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 28, 2012
One Sip: Perennial Artisan Ales

Phil Wymore, onetime Goose Island and Half Acre brewer, now has a brewery in St. Louis
- by Julia Thiel
- Tags: One Sip, Booze, Food & Drink, Perennial Artisan Ales, Budweiser, St. Louis, Phil Wymore, Peach Berliner Weisse, Saison de Lis, Hommel Bier, Peace Offering, Aria, Heart of Gold, IPA #4, Abraxas, Half Acre, Two Tugs

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 26, 2012
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Beer and Metal: Pipeworks Brewing's Citra Ninja

Our correspondent discovers a new favorite hoppy beer from Chicago, and also that the word "ninja" is not the best sign when it comes to metal
- by Philip Montoro
- Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, Beer and Metal, beer, metal, Pipeworks, Pipeworks Brewing, Beejay Oslon, Citra Ninja, Abduction, Ninja vs. Unicorn, Zombie Dust, Vallejo, Half Acre, Three Floyds, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 5, 2012
Beer and Metal: Perennial's Heart of Gold wheat wine

Saint Louis brewery Perennial won a silver medal at the Great American Beer Festival with its Heart of Gold wheat wine
- by Philip Montoro
- Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, beer, metal, Beer and Metal, Perennial, Perennial Artisan Ales, Heart of Gold, wheat wine, Phil Wymore, Cory King, Goose Island, Half Acre, Great American Beer Festival, Fister, Rites of Impiety, the Lion's Daughter, Saint Louis

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Blogs, Bleader, May 4, 2012
Korean bars and other food news bites

Nella's back, BLT American BIstro shutters, local blogs win national awards, and more food news bites.
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, LTHForum, She Simmers, Lottie + Doof, Saveur, Green City Market, Spiaggia, Sarah Gruenberg, Nella Grassano, Three Floyd's, Half Acre, Laurent Tourondel, BLT American Bistro, SmallBar, Beer Bisrto North

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 29, 2012
This week's food and drink events mostly about drinking, really

The Lincoln Square Wine Stroll, free oysters, the Chicago Beer Festival, and more.
- by Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Lincoln Square Wine Stroll, Amy's Candy Bar, The Grafton, Ruff Haus Pets, The Perfect Cup, Pizza D.O.C., Old Town School of Folk Music, Pro-Holistic Institute, Planet Access, Beans and Bagels, A Perfect Cup, Femme Du Coupe, Mad Men, Fleur de Lis Flower Shop, Greg Koch, Stone Brewing Co., The Craft of Stone Brewing Co., The Brewer's Apprentice, Round Lake Beach Cultural and Civic Center, Timothy O'Toole's, Three Floyds, Half Acre, New Belgium, GT Fish and Oyster, Chicago Beer Festival, 5 Rabbit, Goose Island, Strange Pelican, Magic Hat, Sierra Nevada, Guinness, Sapporo, Thumbs Up, Dodo, Irv and Shelly's Fresh Picks, Mana Food Bar, Bleeding Heart Bakery, Shedd Aquarium, Fenn Valley Vineyards, Fountainhead, Allagash, Victory Brewing Company, The Lost Abbey, Letizia's Fiore, Hum, Armagnac, Paul Virant, Vie, Kate Leahy, The Preservation Kitchen, Dupage Medical Group Charitable Fund, D.O.C. Wine Bar, Molly's Cupcakes.

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 15, 2012
This week's food and drink events

The Good Food Festival, a curling and lasagna event, Saint Patrick's Day specials, and more.
- by Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Girl and the Goat, Kilgus Farms, Stillwater Artisanal Ales, Virtue Cider, Underground Goat, Cityscape Bar, Graystone Wines, Italiasia, Sheffield's, Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Good Food Festival, Localicious, Autre Monde Cafe, Big Bowl, Big Jones, Chicago Diner, City Provisions, Duke's Ale House and Kitchen, Province, Trattoria No. 10, the Bedford, Saigon Sisters, Browntrout, Uncommon Ground, Revolution Brewing Company, Half Acre, Goose Island, Templeton Rye, Sunnyside Up, Real Dirt on Farmer John, Markethouse, Lent, Bell's Ale, Green Line, Good Food Festival, Bruce Sherman, North Pond Restaurant, Mark Mendez, Vera, Rob Levitt, Butcher & Larder, Paul Virant, Vie, Culinary Historians of Chicago, Jennifer McLagan, Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, Chicago Curling Club, Twisted Butter, World Senior Curling Championship, U.S. Curling Team, Ram Brewery, Saint Patrick's Day, 25 Degrees, The Gage, Pizza Persona, The Southern, Jerry's Wicker Park, Renaissance Hotel Chicago, Dinner Tales, Blackbird, Paul Kahan, Mercadito, Patricio Sandoval, Olmeca Tequila, Chichicapa Mezcal, Double A, Firestone Walker XV, DJ Grimsborg, Mas de Gourgonnier, Daniel Hodge, H2Vino, Les Baux de Provence, Bistro Campagne.

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 17, 2012
Half Acre's Cipher beer

Half Acre's newest beer, Cipher, contains an actual cipher
- by Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food, Half Acre, cipher, code, beer

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Best of Chicago, Food & Drink, Jun 23, 2011
Best local brew

Half Acre's Daisy Cutter Pale Ale voted best local brew
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best local brew, Readers' poll, Half Acre, Goose Island, Daisy Cutter Pale Ale, 312, Matilda

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Music, Nightlife, May 26, 2011
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Bottoms up for Craft Beer Week at Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar and Co-Prosperity Sphere
- Tags: Nightlife, Craft Beer Week, Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Half Acre, Three Floyds, Dogfish Head, Lord of the Yum Yum, Maria’s Packaged Goods & Community Bar, Slideshow

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 6, 2011
Night of the Living Ales

Goose Island takes first and second place, Three Floyds wins the bronze, and Firestone Walker earns a special nod from the organizers.
- by Philip Montoro
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Night of the Living Ales, Day of the Living Ales, Chicago Beer Society, beer, cask ale, real ale, living ale, cask-conditioned ale, firkin, finings, isinglass, Goose Island, Three Floyds, Firestone Walker, Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout, Scully, Zombie Dust, Double Jack, Hissyfit, Callow Knife, Half Acre, Metropolitan, Rock Bottom, Flywheel Bright, Ironworks, Arcadia, Haymarket, Founders, Red's Rye, Two Brothers, Bitter End

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 17, 2011
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A national coffee expo, a local food film screening, a Texas barbecue dinner, and more.
- by Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Stems, West Town, tea pairing, Liif Tea, Kissel's Spiced Jam, the Great American Cheese Collection, Coffee Fest Chicago, Navy Pier, coffee, latte art, Coffee Fest, Alpana Singh, Check, Please!, champagne brunch, Chicago French Market, Alpana Pours: About Being a Woman, Loving Wine, and Having Great Relationships, Polar Beer Fest, Rock Bottom Brewery, strong beer, winter ale, Logan Square Kitchen, Robert Bates, Ingredients, local food, Matt Maroni, Gaztro-Wagon, Local Food Wisdom, Jim Javenkowski, Texas, Texas barbecue, Sheffield's, Founders, Destihl Triton Barley Wine, Emmett's Russian Imperial Stout, Half Acre, Thunder and Son Brown Ale

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 13, 2010
Pipeworks Brewing Needs You!

Beejay Oslon and Gerrit Lewis are ready to give Chicago another top-shelf craft brewery—they just have to hit their Kickstarter target by the end of the year.
- by Philip Montoro
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Pipeworks Brewing Company, Pipeworks, beer, Beejay Oslon, Gerrit Lewis, Pastrami on Rye, Abduction, West Lakeview Liquors, De Struise, Half Acre, On Photon, growlers, Kickstarter

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 23, 2010
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Chicago Food Film Festival

Documentarian George Motz and chef Harry Hawk bring New York's Food Film Festival to Chicago for the first time this Friday and Saturday.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Food Chain, Film, Food & Drink, Food, Mark Irving, Eat Your Fill, Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, Obsessive: Soda Pop, TG Herrington, Mr. Okra, Craig Noble, Perfect Oyster, John D. Reilly, Celeriac, Michael Gebert, Pie as a Lifestyle, Orrin Zucker, Death and Life of Ice Cream, Museum of Contemporary Art, MCA Warehouse, George Motz, Hamburger America, Joe York, CUD, Food Film Festival, NYC, Heaven Hill Distilleries, Ultimate Elixirs, Lush Wine & Spirits, DMK Burger Bar, Stone Brewing, Two Brothers Brewing, Half Acre, Telegraph Brewing, Carol's Cookies, Joe York, CUD, Harry Hawk, Schnack, Water Taxi Beach, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 2, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Beer tastings, Polish cuisine, a lobster boil, and more.
- by Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Secret Spirits Society, Palmer House Hilton, Potter's Lounge, Brewmaster Tasting Series, beer, Abita Brewing Company, Goose Island, Samuel Adams, Leinenkugel, Half Acre, Taste of Polonia, Polish food, Poland, Eastern Europe, pierogi, Kasia's Deli, Sami Swoi Restaurant, ToTo Cafe, River's Grove, Copernicus Center, arcade games, folk dancing, Distillery Tour, Koval Distillery, spelt whiskey, pear brandy, rye vodka, Andersonville, In Fine Spirits, Corner Cooks, Labor Day Lobster Boil, Inspiration Corporation, Taste of Inspiration, homelessness, Green City Market, Locavore Challenge, Locavore Fair, Locavore Chef Challenge, Peggy Notabaert Nature Museum

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 26, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A spirits dinner, a pig roast, a beer party, and more.
- by Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, ChicaGourmets, Argentine Steak and Wine Dinner, La Nina, Tango Sur, Uncommon Ground, Death's Door Spirits, The American Family Farm, family farms, Jon Hoek, pig roast, Belstra Milling, Belstra Farm, Kennedy-King College, Revolution Brewing, Half Acre, Three Floyds, Goose Island, Belgian Fest, Purple Asparagus, Corks & Crayons, Uncommon Ground on Devon, Chicago Gourmet, Dine Around

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News & Features, Our Town, Mar 18, 2010
Green Carts, Shared Kitchens, Backyard Chickens, and Whole Hogs

Reporting from the FamilyFarmed Expo
- by Martha Bayne
- Tags: Our Town, FamilyFarmed Expo, FamilyFarmed, CSAs, food policy, community-supported agriculture, Green Carts, Karen Karp, Sabrina Baronberg, Kathleen Merrigan, Sarah Eichberger, food security, Heartland Alliance, community gardens, shared-use kitchens, Kitchen Chicago, Alexis Leverenz, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, Jim Javenkoski, Chapter 4-4-020, food license, snout-to-tail, artisanal charcuterie, Rob Levitt, Mado, Paul Kahan, Blackbird, Avec, the Publican, Ehran Ostrreicher, E & P Meats, Greg Gunthorp, Gunthorp Farms, Mike Sula, whole-animal cooking, offal, backyard chickens, Angelic Organics Learning Center, Martha Boyd, drinking locally, Half Acre, Koval Distillery, Metropolitan Brewery, Goose Island, Greg Hall, Adam Seger, Nacional 27, North Shore Distillery, Joy Neighbors, White Owl Winery, Brian Ellison, Death's Door Spirits, Washington Island

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 14, 2010
Reviewed: Goose Island Stout Fest

Night Stalker, Rind Grind, and Abduction, oh my!
- by Philip Montoro
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Goose Island, stout, Stout Fest, Goose Island Stout Fest, Bourbon County, Revolution Brewing, Half Acre, Rock Bottom, Pipeworks, Roundhouse, Tom Korder, Greg Hall, Night Stalker, Abduction, Big Hugs, Captain Fantasy, Rind Grind, Black Power

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 4, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Empty Bowls, the history of Chicago cuisine a la Berghoff's, cooking demos at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show, and more.
- by Sam Worley
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food, Empty Bowls, Lillstreet Art Center, First Slice Pie Cafe, Mambo Blonde, Half Acre, Ginger Twin, Gossamer, Jake Melnick's, Carlyn Berghoff, Berghoff's, Culinary Historians of Chicago, Nancy Ross Ryan, Barbara Olson, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Gale Gand, Tru, Ina Pinkney, Ina's, Randy Zweiban, Province, Phillip Foss, Lockwood, David Romanelli, Yoga for Foodies, Anson Mills, Sabor Saveur, Yanitzin Sanchez, One Sixtyblue, Michael McDonald, Goose Island

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 8, 2010
1/9 — Free Half Acre Brewery Tour

The Half Acre Brewing Company hosts a free tour of its facilities on Sat 1/9.
- by Robyn Chang
- Tags: Free Shit, Swag, The Empty Sea, Half Acre brew tour, Half Acre Chicago, Chicago breweries, free, beer, brewery, Half Acre, tour

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 18, 2009
12/18 — Free Half Acre Beer Tasting

Free samples of Half Acre's Big Hugs Fri 12/18 at West Lakeview Liquors from 6 to 9 PM.
- by Robyn Chang
- Tags: Food Chain, Free Shit, Food & Drink, Food, Swag, Half Acre, Big Hugs, free samples, free beer, West Lakeview Liquors

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