Mark McDermott's Beer Page

In my quest for new challenges, I became a homebrewer! I started with the local Brew on Premises, but when they closed down, I got myself everything I need at home to whip up a batch of beer. But even more fun than making beer is designing the label to stick on the bottle! Sure beats collecting stamps! Okay, my homebrew labels have been pushed down the page by my writing about beer in Chicago. Give me more time to square this page away, and you'll see them again!

Jul 14, 2012

Baderbräu Returns! A talk with new owner Robert Sama

Finally got this interview up, now that Baderbräu bottles are in stores.

Jul 10, 2012

One-Take Beer Review: Baderbräu Chicago Pilsener

A pioneering Chicago craft beer returns!

Jul 3, 2012

Pictures - 10 Best Chicago Summer Beers

I've put together a slide show of my 10 picks for great Chicago beers for this hot summer!

Jul 2, 2012

Craft Beer Preview: Newcastle Summer Ale

Here's one summer beer suggestion, just in time for the Fourth of July holiday week!

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Red: States I’ve not yet "sampled."

Blue: Number of beers from that state reflected in %age of blue.

Yellow: Breweries/Brewpubs I’ve Visited:

Arizona

Beaver Street Beers

Colorado

Hops (2000)

Illinois

Bent River / Beers
Blue Cat (2000)
Brickstone / Beers
Carlyle / Beers
Emmett’s: Downers Grove / West Dundee / Beers
Flatlanders / Beers
Flossmoor Station / Beers
Glen Ellyn (Closed)
Goose Island: Clybourn / Wrigleyville / Beers
Harrison’s / Beers
Illinois Brewing Co. / Beers
Limestone / Beers
Lucky Monk / Beers
Millrose / Beers
Mickey Finn’s / Beers
Moonshine / Beers
Walter Payton’s America’s Brewpub / Beers
Piece / Beers
Revolution / Beers
Rock Bottom: Chicago Beers / Orland Beers / Warrenville Beers / Yorktown Beers / “Corporate” Beers
Taylor Brewing / Beers
Two Brothers / Beers

Indiana

Iowa

4th Street, Sioux City (2000, closed)
Court Avenue (1998)
Front Street / Beers
Millstream / Beers
Olde Main / Beers

Michigan

Missouri

Minnesota

August Schell / Beers

New Mexico

Blue Corn Cafe (2001, Closed) / Beers
Eskes (2000) / Beers
Kelly’s (2001) / Beers

Ohio

Oklahoma

Bricktown (2001) / Beers

Wisconsin

Hops Haven (currently closed) / Beers
Northwoods / Beers

Austria

Puntigamer, Graz (1978)

Russia

Tinkoff - St. Petersburg / Beers

My beers too old to be rated:
Belle Dock Barley Wine, New Haven, CT
Bert Grant’s Spiced Ale, Yakima, WA

Milestones:

1st Rating: Capital 1900

100th: Point Special

200th: Bell’s Batch 6,000

300th: Tequiza (Tinkoff version)

400th: Old Rasputin

500th: 3 Floyds Alpha Kong

600th: Founders Breakfast Stout

666th: Moorhouse’s Pendle Witches Brew

Oct 26 2005 (White Sox Win World Series): John’s Generations White Ale

700th: Bell’s Batch 7,000

800th: Olde English 800

900th: Cantillon Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru

1,000: Gales Millennium Brew

1,100: Flossmoor Station Blanche DuBois

1,200: Mc Chouffe

1,300: Avery Thirteen

1,400: Bell’s Batch 8,000
1,500: Avery Fifteen
1,600: Flossmoor Station Collaborative Evil (100th Flossmoor Rating!)
1,700 (50th birthday): Honey Sun ¡qhilika Herbal Mead
1,800: Three Floyds Mikkeller Oatgoop
1,900: Bell's Batch 9,000
2,000: Brooklyn Local 1
2,100: Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout
2,200: BrewDog Tactical Nuclear Penguin