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5 Healthy-ish Beers for Your New Years Diet ›
On January 18, 2019  ·  in Brewery Ommegang, Founders Brewing Co., Guinness, Michelob Ultra, Wiseacre Brewing Company

So you started a new diet. First off, congrats. Best of luck to you on this carb-free endeavor. Secondly, after pizza, burgers, and ramen, you’ve probably cut out beer from your new regiment as well. Well let us be the bearer of good news and share with you five beers that won’t break your diet.

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6 Stocking Stuffer Beers from Lakeshore Beverage ›
On December 18, 2018  ·  in Holidays, Video

Stocking Stuffer Beers

It’s gift giving season and Santa is back for his annual list of beers for the beer lover in your family. Watch below and be sure to use our Beer Finder to locate one of these stocking stuffer beers near you. Read More


Win Tickets: BrewLights at Lincoln Park Zoo ›
On November 28, 2018  ·  in Giveaway

BrewLights presented by Lakeshore Beverage

There are beer festivals, and then there are beer festivals surrounded by 2.5 million Christmas lights and zoo animals. Say wha?! Back for its 5th year, BrewLights returns to Lincoln Park Zoo on Thursday, December 6 and Lakeshore Beverage is excited to be a part of this unique event.

BrewLights will feature 20 different craft beers along with 7 additional barrel-aged beers from Goose Island and Founders in the “Barrel Aged Pop-up Tent.”

Tickets can be purchased here but if you’re feeling lucky, you can enter to win a pair below. Winner will be notified on Monday, December 3.

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4 Beers We’re Drinking this Holiday Season ›
On November 26, 2018  ·  in Bell's Brewery, Goose Island Beer Co., Shiner, Stella Artois

Over here at Lakeshore Beverage, we’re into beer. And now that the holiday season is in full swing, there are more than a few opportunities to share a beer with friends. So whether you’re going to your fifth ugly Christmas sweater party or just hanging out in front of the fireplace, here are four beers we recommend trying this holiday season. Read More


Goose Island 2018 Bourbon County Stout Lineup ›
On November 13, 2018  ·  in Beer Review, Goose Island Beer Co.

Bourbon County Stout 2018

November is here and that means barrel aged beer season is upon us. And as Black Friday approaches, we have our sights set on one of Goose Island’s most ambitious years of Bourbon County Stout yet. 2018’s lineup features eight — yes, EIGHT — variants of the beloved Imperial Stout, each with its own distinct taste and character.

We were fortunate enough to sit down and taste through each of the variants with Goose Island’s brewing team and come up with this handy guide. Be sure to check out Goose Island’s Black Wednesday and Black Friday events right here. Read More


Guest Post: The Making of Founders Harvest Ale ›
On October 04, 2018  ·  in Behind the Beer, Founders Brewing Co.

A tour of Michigan’s hop industry leads to the release of Founders wet hopped Harvest Ale.

BY JACK MULDOWNEY OF THE HOP REVIEW

According to a recent report from Hop Growers of America, your next craft beer is more likely than ever to contain Michigan hops. In Grand Rapids, Founders Brewing Co. is celebrating the rise of local state hops with this year’s release of Harvest Ale–a wet-hopped IPA–working around the clock to add the un-kilned hops into the brew within hours of harvest. The beer, an annual mainstay at the brewery since the early 2000s, showcases a recipe complete with 100% Michigan hops for just the second time, after last year’s batch.

We recently followed the Founders team around the Great Lakes state, as we visited the three hop farms that would supply the Cascade and Crystal hops for this year’s ale: Northern Michigan’s MI Local Hops, and Southwest Michigan’s Hop Head Farms and Pure Mitten Hops. Each of these three operations provided a unique scale and approach to their harvesting techniques, allowing us several perspectives into the beauty of American hops grown right in the brewery’s home state.

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