The Beer Blog

We’re pleased to announce that Motor Row Brewing Company, the brand new South Loop brewery, has joined the Lakeshore Beverage family and will begin distribution across Chicago this month. Who is Motor Row? Well, they’re kind of small. I mean, there’s only three people there… but don’t let their size fool you, they are mighty and make mighty good beer.

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Just Enough of a Good Thing: The 12th Annual Festival of Wood & Barrel Aged Beer

I’ve never been to Comic-con. I’ve seen photos and read articles but I’ve never actually been there. Yet I think I might have a pretty good sense of what it’s like. If one were to take all the limited-edition merchandise, summer blockbuster previews, movie star panels, and passionately costumed cosplayers, and replace them with beer, beer, beer, and passionately bearded men, then the experience would be just about identical to that of attending FoBAB. Read More

Whether you’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner at your place this year (you poor, poor soul) or packing the kids into the car and heading over to see your family, you’re going to need beer. And because you’re a discerning soul of good taste, you’re going to need GOOD beer.

“But the traditional Thanksgiving meal is so hard to pair with! With all of the large and varied flavors on the same plate, how can I possibly find the right beer for me?”

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In a time when the Festival of Barrel Aged Beer is the hottest ticket in town and most every brewery worth its salt has a barrel aging program of some kind, it’s hard to imagine a time before barrel-aging beer was a thing. But that was the case in 1992 when the Goose Island Clybourn Brewpub set out to brew its 1000th batch. Read More

Last night, the Lakeshore Beverage team spent some quality time in Pilsen at the Brooklyn Brewery Flight Night at Dusek’s. Read More

Andrew Maxson of the Brooklyn Brewery recently sat down with me to talk about a flight night he’ll be hosting on Tuesday, 10/21 at Dusek’s. The night will feature three very special beers, including Brooklyn Sorachi Ace, Brooklyn Silver Anniversary Lager and Brooklyn Companion. Read More