Beer, Bikes, and Bands at Brixie’s Saturday! - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Beer, Bikes, and Bands at Brixie’s Saturday! - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Brixie’s Beer Bar and Grill hosts its first annual "Beer, Bikes and bands" festival this Saturday, October 2, 4:00 to 11:00 p.m. 9526 W. Ogden Ave. in Brookfield, IL. For info, call (708) 387-0550

Chicago area craft beer events, Weekend of October 1-3 - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Chicago area craft beer events, Weekend of October 1-3 - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com Friday - Sunday, October 1 − 3
Oktoberfest 2010
Flatlander's Front Parking Lot, 200 Village Green, Lincolnshire, IL (847) 821-1234
Friday Oct 1, 2010
Oktoberfest Kickoff Party
SmallBar, three Chicago locations
5:30 - 11:30 p.m.
Harvest Ale Pub Crawl – Downtown Forest Park
and more!

Chicago area craft beer events, Week of September 27-30 - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Chicago area craft beer events, Week of September 27-30 - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com While the traditional German Oktoberfest celebrations are already underway, here's a new slew of events for the American "October" Fest — or is that "Rocktober?"

Flash: More Saturday Craft Beer events for September 25! - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Two devilishly tasty beers on sale at Flossmoor Station today, and following Ultimate Beer Bout II at Mokena's Tribes Alehouse, tickets go on sale for UBB III!

Chicago area craft beer events, weekend of September 24-26 - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Oktoberfest celebrations continue, plus fund-raising events and Ultimate beer Bout: Rogue vs. Dogfish Head!

Area Winners at the Great American Beer Festival - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Finally, here is the rundown of area winners from the Great American Beer Festival, held this past weekend in Denver, CO:

Lombard’s Rodney Kibzey wins his 2nd Sam Adams Longshot - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Rodney Kibzey of suburban Lombard has won his second LongShot with a Black IPA. His homebrew recipe will be “sized up” and brewed for the LongShot 2011 six-pack along with a Belgian-style IPA by Richard Roper of Georgia, and the Sam Adams Employee winner, “Honey Bee’s Lavender Wheat,” by Caitlin DeClercq.

Rodney previously won the 2007 LongShot (for production in 2008) with a Weizenbock

Chicago area craft beer events, week of September 20-23 - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Includes auditions for the next pin-up label for Original Sin Cider. - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Beer Alert! Bell’s 25th Anniversary Ale - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

We will keep an updated tally of where this beer has been found locally, and come back with a review when we get a hold of one. That's my service to you, the reader!

Chicago startup Finch’s Beer names brewmaster - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

There are now more breweries and brewpubs in the planning stages in the Chicago area than we can easily keep track of. One of these is Finch's Beer, in works to open next year in Chicago. Principals Benjamin and Paul Finch have announced one key addition to their operation this month:Read on…

Chicago area craft beer events, weekend of September 17-19 - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Oktoberfest: Go to some local celebrations if you can't go to Münich, or just check out some Oktoberfest celebrations. I can't go to the Great American Beer Festival either, but Beer Examiner Charlie Papazian has you covered.

Chicago area craft beer events, week of September 13-16 - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

More Oktoberfest celebrations coming up, more beer dinners, and cheese pairing this week. Read on…

Chicago area craft beer events, weekend of September 10-12 - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Hey Oktoberfest starts to kick off this weekend, and Bell's Beer celebrates its 25th anniversary. Sure, the Chicago Beer Society and Brewers of South Suburbia are also having their annual picnics, but there's enough going on all over:

Chicago area craft beer events, week of September 7-9 - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

I thought things would slow down after Labor Day, but no!

Drink Deck provides coupon savings - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Here's a chance to score discount coupons on 52 of Chicago's finer drinking emporia. It's like an Entertainment book, only you can deal blackjack with it. Debut party is Sept. 8.

Chicago area craft beer events, Labor Day Weekend 2010 - Chicago craft beer | Examiner.com

Events start to ramp down as the summer ends, but click on to see what's going on! Try the Iowa Beer Festival in Amana this weekend!