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NPR On the Ball

May 15, 2008 – 5:38 pm

Commentator (and Chicagoan) Dennis O’Toole had a spot-on piece on All Things Considered tonight. He managed to bring together the global hops shortage, Obama, PBR, and a knock on hipsters all in one brief piece. Give it a listen.

In related beer news, Larry Bell (of Bell’s Brewery) is growing some of his own ingredients now, [...]

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The Epicenter of Drinkable Tastiness

April 15, 2008 – 2:24 pm

From the You Learn Something New Every Day dept: The ultimate sources—the headwaters, if you will—of two of Chicago’s biggest players in the good-things-to-drink market are located on the same block. Intelligentsia’s roasting plant and Goose Island’s main brewery are both on the 1800 block of Fulton Street.

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