Nothing goes together in the summer like country music, barbecue, and cold beer. Windy City Smokeout comes back to town July 14-16 and we’re sending you and a friend to the festival with 3-day passes! Enjoy an incredible selection of over 50 different craft beers along with barbecue and country music from around the country. See the entire beer list and enter to win below. Winners will be notified via email on July 11. Must be 21+ to enter.
If you’ve ever been to Ravinia Festival, you know you can’t walk in empty-handed. As one of Chicagoland’s premiere music venues, Ravinia encourages lawn seat guests to bring food, beverages, blankets, and chairs to enjoy the performance. That’s why we teamed up with Goose Island to put together this Ravinia Picnic Pack for you and a friend to see Common at Ravinia on Saturday, June 24!
Beer and food not included. Enter to win using the form below. Must be 21 or over.
It wouldn’t be Chicago Craft Beer Week without an enormous dodgeball tournament, right? Right. Goose Island’s annual Battle of the Breweries Dodgeball Tournament is set for Sunday, May 21 and you can enter to win a pair of tickets right here.
In 1896, Joseph Theurer, President of the Schoenhofen Brewing Company, commissioned a beautiful Italian renaissance-style mansion in Lincoln Park. At the time, the Schoenhofen Brewing Company — which operated at 18th St. & Canalport Ave in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood — was one of the largest breweries in Chicago, producing about 180,000 barrels of beer annually. Not too shabby. Read More
Chicago is best known for several things and it’s not hard to see that pizza is one of them. There are hundreds of spots throughout the city to grab a slice of our beloved pie — whether it’s thin, deep-dish, or medium crust. And down at 84th and Pulaski stands one of the true legends of Chicago’s pizza scene: Vito & Nick’s. Specializing in thin crust pizza, Vito & Nick’s has been around for nearly 100 years and has been pouring Old Style beer “since day one.” We sat down with third-generation owner and operator, Rose George, to talk about pizza (duh), running a family business, and how she can spot a north sider a mile away. Read More
For the first four years of their existence, 3 Sheeps Brewing had been producing world-class beers for Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota on a 10 barrel system in the back of a sock factory. Not exactly glamorous. But as demand for their beers rose, they eventually outgrew the space and last year opened a new facility in a former Coca-cola bottling plant — more than doubling their previous brewing capacity. Read More