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Feb 8 2010

Chicago Tribune Beer of the Month: Meantime London Porter

The Chicago Tribune has recognized London Porter from the Meantime Brewing Company in London as its beer of the month for February.  Meantime London Porter is a traditional English Porter, not to be confused with some of the more amped up and modernized American porters.  In the 1700’s English porters were a blend of three different styles of beer...

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1 comments - Posted by Kyle Fornek at 3:35 PM - Categories: Beer

Feb 6 2010

New Belgium Releases an IPA

New Belgium Brewing has answered questions from their “Rangers” (New Belgium staff in the field) and from fans as to why their portfolio didn’t include a hoppy beer.  Ranger IPA, by far the hoppiest offering ever from the New Belgium Brewery, hit Binny’s earlier this week.  Unlike the majority of New Belgium’s beers, Ranger is not a Belgian styled beer.  Rather, it fits the profile of an American IPA...

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0 comments - Posted by Kyle Fornek at 3:58 PM - Categories: Beer

Feb 2 2010

Sierra Nevada Releases New Seasonal: Glissade

Sierra Nevada is offering a brand new seasonal for spring, just as they did last year.  Glissade Golden Bock is now available, and it presumably takes the place of Sierra Nevada’s previous one year stint spring seasonal ESB (Early Spring Beer).  ESB was a very tasty offering from Sierra Nevada, and many were surprised to see it axed after only a single year...

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0 comments - Posted by Kyle Fornek at 11:42 AM - Categories: Beer

Jan 30 2010

Green Wine: Organic Certification and Labeling

As part of our ongoing discussion on green wine, let's take a look at the legal definitions of different kinds of organic wine, to get a more clear understanding. As mentioned on the Binny's Wine Blog before, the term "organic" is often ...

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0 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 4:33 PM - Categories: Wine

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Jan 28

2007 Bordeaux

Bordeaux accounts for about a quarter of the wines I have in my cellar. It's my first love. The Union des Grand Crus 2007 Bordeaux tasting was earlier this week, and it's always great to...

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Jan 28

Big Sky Doing Big Things

Big Sky Brewing Company out of Missoula, Montana is making a name for itself.  Several weeks ago their delicious imperial stout Ivan the Terrible hit the market, in addition to Smoove Cherry Ale.  Ivan was extremely limited and is all but gone, while Smoove Cherry is still available at many locations.  This week, two additional Big Sky beers are making a splash in Chicago...

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Posted by Kyle Fornek at 1:52 PM - Categories: Beer


Jan 23

Magic Hat Continues to Fine-Tune Seasonal Lineup With Vinyl

We finally have a suggestion for the weekly customers who come into the store and ask where the Yuengling is (Yuengling is extremely popular on the east coast, but is unavailable in Illinois). Vinyl is the newly released spring seasonal from Magic Hat Brewery, and, just like Yuengling, Vinyl is an amber lager...

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Posted by Kyle Fornek at 12:21 PM - Categories: Beer


Jan 22

Rogue Unveils Barrel Aging Series

Many beer enthusiasts know that Rogue Brewery in Oregon brews over 30 craft beers.  What some don’t realize is that Rogue also makes six different spirits:   two gins, three rums, and a whiskey.   The two head honchos of Rogue, brewmaster John Maier and spirits master distiller John Couchot, have teamed up in the creation of a brand new series of beers called John John Ales...

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Posted by Kyle Fornek at 12:45 PM - Categories: Beer


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