Fan Fiction for Beer Nerds
The home-brewed spinoffs of one of the world’s most sought-after beers have become collector’s items in their own right.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- illustration: Nick Hensley
Daily News: Red Wine Hot Chocolate, Goose Island’s New Locations
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - New research reveals that, while exiled in France, a group of 18th-century Yorkshire monks created original recipes for brandy and…
- story: Chloe Frechette
Daily News: Whisky Returns from Space, 50 Cent and Puff Daddy Continue to Beef
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - After a four-year journey through space, a vial of whisky has returned to earth with a "noticeably different" taste. -…
- story: Joanna Harkins
Daily News: Chance The Rapper, Beer Calorie Counts and Ireland’s Pricey Booze
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-osphere. - Chance The Rapper is partnering with Goose Island Beer Company to create a 5.3 percent Helles-style lager called "No Collar." -…
- story: Joanna Harkins
The Next Frontier in Barrel-Aged Craft Beer
Once an obscure beer geek obsession, beers aged in unorthodox barrels—from mezcal and aquavit barrels to those that once held Tabasco or Boulevardiers—have become the new frontier. Aaron Goldfarb on…
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Little Films
Learn the Secret Behind a Cult Barrel Aged Beer
Though a slew of copycats have followed since its invention over 22 years ago, Goose Island’s Bourbon County Brand Stout remains the gold standard when it comes to bourbon barrel-aged…
- story: Stephen Praetorius
