Viewing by month: March 2010

Escaping Consumerism, Celebrating with Sparkling Wine

My fiancee and I recently came to an important milestone in our relationship: together we let our membership to our bulk-buy, warehouse-style superstore expire. After enduring a year of two-hour-plus shopping excursions...

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0 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 5:10 PM - Categories: Wine

SIerra Nevada's 30th Anniversary Series

Sierra Nevada is celebrating 30 years of brewing, and what better way to do that than launching a whole new series of beers.  Sierra Nevada’s 30^th Anniversary series will consist of four beers, the first of which was released this week.  Fritz and Ken’s Ale is the inaugural beer of the series, and is available now in very limited quantities...

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0 comments - Posted by Kyle Fornek at 5:26 PM - Categories: Beer

Chupacabras Invades Binny's

The first Mexican craft beer has hit Binny’s shelves, in the form of Chupacabras Pale Ale from Cucapa Brewing Company. Cucapa Brewing is located in Mexicali, which is a stones throw away from California and is the northernmost city in Latin America...

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0 comments - Posted by Kyle Fornek at 5:07 PM - Categories: Beer

How Good Is 2009 Bordeaux?

We will find the answer to the above question soon as three of us from Binny's leave for Bordeaux on Saturday and taste the new 2009 barrel samples. 2009 is already being reported as being a very good year for Bordeaux, but as the first reports are coming out of Bordeaux, the hype is starting to grow....

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4 comments - Posted by Bill Newton at 12:01 PM - Categories: Wine

April is Craft Beer Month At Binny's

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3 comments - Posted by Kyle Fornek at 2:17 PM - Categories: Beer

Wilco Tango Foxtrot

Lagunitas is at it again, this time releasing a brand new beer titled Wilco Tango Foxtrot. It is a 7.83% ABV Imperial Brown Ale, a style few and far between. Wilco is part of Lagunitas’s 22oz seasonal beer line, and is scheduled for an annual March release...

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2 comments - Posted by Kyle Fornek at 2:20 PM - Categories: Beer

Two New Beers From Two Brothers

The week between Christmas and New Years was a busy one for Two Brothers Brewing, as they were piping in their new oak foudres. Foudres are enormous oak barrels that are widely used in the Rhone Valley of France, so you can imagine what a pain staking process it was for Two Brothers to get these barrels to their brewery in Warrenville, IL. The hard work has paid off for Two Brothers...

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0 comments - Posted by Kyle Fornek at 5:12 PM - Categories: Beer