Greg Hall is best known for Goose Island Brewing. Since the sale of the brewery to AB, the question remained what Greg will be doing now. The answer is surfacing. Cider. Specifically – farm to table ciders.
Virtue Ciders is on Continue Reading →
Most beer geeks will tell you don’t pasteurize your beer. (Heating it up to kill bacteria. See: Milk) What works for your fruity pebbles doesn’t really do that well with beer’s like Goose Island Brewing’s Sofie. The brewery has had Continue Reading →
Goose Island Brewing was purportedly making King Henry Barleywine back in 2008. Rumor has it, Dominique rose in it’s place. There has been a couple of small sightings at festivals, but it now looks like the King Henry will take Continue Reading →
Goose Island Brewing had an exhausting news day. Finally GI opened up a bit via Twitter with a few calming statements (listed by each tweet):
In response to today’s deal with AB…This will allow us to make more beer as opposed Continue Reading →
This is my first Op-Ed on this site. (And probably my last.) A lot of people are probably going to hate me for saying this.
By now I’m sure you know the “news that rocked the beer world” aka Goose Island Continue Reading →
Coming soon from Goose Island Brewing is “Big John” imperial stout. The name “Big John” refers to the John Hancock Building in Chicago, Illinois. The label depicts the pattern on the building. The Hancock Building is built with X Continue Reading →
Getting the behind the scenes tour at Goose Island Brewing (Chicago, IL) was enlightening. They are growing so fast it’s hard to keep up. The operation is very efficient for sure. I got to meet a few Continue Reading →
