The Sip

From beers and breweries to specialty cocktails and wine, here’s the latest news from the beverage industry around Chicago and around the world.

With enthusiasm for craft beer leveling off, Chicago’s Hopewell is on the vanguard of breweries venturing into this drink space — if they can cut the red tape, that is.
Bourbon on Division is offering Swifties an interactive night out during its limited-edition March pop-up in Wicker Park.
This radiant elixir is known by many names, including mulled wine and gluhwein; in Denmark, it’s called glogg.
For some great destinations that are off-the-beaten path, Lauren Viera suggests these.
While sloe gin is traditionally drunk over ice as a digestif, it is also versatile in modern cocktails.
The “Yellowstone” actor has partnered with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters to unveil a new line of “freshly inspired coffee blends.”
We offer 10 places in Chicago to celebrate Halloween with festive, frightening beverages,
The stars of FX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” — Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton — say their new whiskey, Four Walls, is a tribute to bars and how they’ve shaped our culture.
Are those lower-calorie menu drinks, including a “skinny latte” and various teas really a better option?
Korina Sanchez and Samantha Sanchez have taken the reins of their dad’s Third Coast Hospitality Group, using all of the experience they acquired while growing up in the restaurant business.
K-pop superstars TOMORROW X TOGETHER and NewJeans promise to be a big draw for fans at Lollapalooza.
The founders of Chicago’s Funkytown Brewery went from brewing beer in a garage to winning the national brewing competition.
With mid-shelf bottles of the basic liquors, some inexpensive dry and sweet vermouths, a bottle of Angostura bitters and a few inexpensive bar tools, you can craft popular cocktails at home.
The coffee is exclusively available for purchase online and at select Blue Bottle cafes.
The richer “electric” blue and black (now the color of Pepsi Zero Sugar cans) will be used across the portfolio to bring “a contemporary edge” to the brand’s color scheme.
We visited seven Chicago smoothie and juice bars to sample some fruit-filled goodness.
The rise to the top for spirit-makers was fueled in part by the resurgent cocktail culture — including the growing popularity of ready-to-drink concoctions.
Even though the Shamrock Shake was introduced more than 50 years ago, it was only in 2012 that the treat became available nationwide.
The Negroni’s origin dates back to 1919.