PIPEWORKS NINJA VS. UNICORN
Kid Carboy Jr. tastes the first beer from Chicago’s Pipeworks Brewing Company and has his palate scorched.
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CHICAGO’S BREWERS REACT TO LAGUNITAS ANNOUNCEMENT
Kid Carboy Jr. tracks down most of Chicago’s brewers to see what they all think of the announcement of Lagunitas’ huge new Chicago brewery.
SIX BREWS FROM CENTRAL WATERS
Kid Carboy Jr. samples half a dozen brews from small Wisconsin brewer Central Waters.
5 RABBIT CERVECERIA 5 VULTURE: “OAXACAN-STYLE DARK ALE”
Kid Carboy Jr. tries an ancho chile brew from Chicago and is suitably impressed.
TWO LAGERS AND A KOLSCH FROM CHICAGO’S METROPOLITAN BREWING
Kid Carboy swallows his pride by swallowing some brews from Chicago lagermeisters Metropolitan Brewing.
TRIPTYCH BREWING: ANOTHER KICKSTARTER SUCCESS STORY
Kid Carboy Jr. chats with the founders of new central IL production brewery Triptych Brewing, who successfully have raised $20,000 on Kickstarter.
FOUNDERS ALL DAY IPA
Kid Carboy Jr. taste-tests Founders’ new “session” brew, All Day IPA.
NEW BELGIUM “BELGO” IPA
I don’t usually go out of my way to try new beers from New Belgium, but in my central Illinois city there is very little beer variety in the local liquor stores (I go out-of-town to stock up). On Super Bowl Sunday I found myself browsing through the usual suspects at the local store, and […]
BUD LIGHT PLATINUM: MORE BS PER COMMERCIAL SECOND
Kid Carboy dissects a Bud Light Platinum Super Bowl commercial. Can you conjecture a guess as to whether he liked it or not?
CHICAGO’S BREWERY PILEUP, i.e. 20 NEW ALE FACTORY PROFILES
Kid Carboy Jr. dives headfirst into the dozen or more upcoming and planned breweries in and around his Chicago hometown.
TWO BROTHERS, BRASS BALLS
Kid Carboy Jr. cuts to the chase about Two Brothers Brewing’s new canning initiative and their daring choice of beer to put in a can.
SO IT TURNS OUT KRASH BREWERY ACTUALLY EXISTS
Kid Carboy Jr. is as surprised as anybody to learn that real, if rather oddball, people are actually still operating a brewery with one of the worst websites in the business.
SCHLAFLY BREWING SELLS OUT “THE RIGHT WAY”
Kid Carboy Jr. explains why the pending sale of St. Louis’ Schlafly Brewing is actually a good sign for craft beer.
TEN OF THE WORST BREWERY WEBSITES
Kid Carboy Jr. returns with a look into ten of the very worst brewery websites. It gets ugly—real ugly.
WHAT MAKES A GOOD BREWERY WEBSITE?
Kid Carboy Jr. points out what some of the best brewery websites are doing right, and how to build the ideal brewery website.
ALEHEADS STEEL CAGE BATTLE ROYAL
Kid Carboy Jr. answers every Alehead reader’s burning question: “Which pro wrestlers most closely relate to each Alehead?”
11.5% ABV MEXICAN CHOCOLATE STOUT = PERENNIAL ARTISAN ALES
Kid Carboy Jr.’s final interview from his Saint Louis beer vacation, with the pioneers at Perennial Artisan Ales. Mexican chocolate stout!
FRESH HOP EXPLOSION: FOUNDER’S HARVEST ALE
Kid Carboy Jr.’s face collapses into a permanent hop pucker after sampling this year’s batch of fresh-hopped Founder’s Harvest Ale.
EXTREME ST. LOUIS: AN INTERVIEW WITH 4 HANDS BREWING
Kid Carboy Jr. talks hops, Goose Island and sweet potato beer with the founders of St. Louis soon-to-be 4 Hands Brewing.
SAINT LOUIS SESSION BREWS: AN INTERVIEW WITH CIVIL LIFE BREWING
Kid Carboy Jr., journalist extraordinaire, interviews the men behind St. Louis’ brand new Civil Life Brewing.
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