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.
Now through May 16, or while supplies last, U.S. residents 21 and older can enter the “Reunite with Buds” giveaway with proof of vaccination.
After a workout, beer-makers want you to think about having a beer with electrolytes added to it rather than swigging water or Gatorade to replenish what you sweated away.
Researchers in Bordeaux, France, are analyzing a dozen bottles of the precious liquid — along with 320 snippets of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon grapevines — that returned to Earth in January after a sojourn aboard the International Space Station.
Aimed at the growing number of people exploring sobriety, the bars pour adult drinks like craft cocktails without the alcohol.
After rave reviews from family members, brewery co-founder Steven Turner decided to make his beer dreams a reality.
The company is giving away 50 bicycles to celebrate “312 Day” on March 12, to anyone who can find and redeem one of 50 giant lemons strategically scattered across Chicago, to coincide with the release of 312 Lemonade Shandy beer.
Jay-Z’s Armand de Brignac, known familiarly as Ace of Spades because of its distinctive label, is produced in France’s Champagne region by a father and son who are 12th- and 13th-generation wine growers.
The light green shake is made with vanilla soft-serve ice cream, artificially flavored Shamrock Shake syrup and whipped topping.
In March 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the city, craft beer makers Jay Westbrook and Sam Ross created one of Haymarket Brewing’s best-selling beers.
All 12-ounce cans have 69 mg of caffeine while Coca-Cola says the same serving of a Coke has 34 mg and a Diet Coke has 46 mg of caffeine. The average cup of coffee has 95 mg.
None of the bottles will be opened until the end of February. That’s when Space Cargo Unlimited will pop open a bottle or two for a wine tasting in Bordeaux by some of France’s top connoisseurs and experts.
Mtn Dew Major Melon will give soda fans a watermelon flavor, and will also be available with zero sugar.
One expert says that the ingredients that make up a hot toddy can help you feel better — though he doubts a doctor would prescribe the drink as a “cure-all.”
As part of an ongoing partnership, 25% of proceeds from the sale of Space for Everyone beer will support the planetarium’s digital programming.
One expert helps explain some of the history behind kosher wine, a popular drink for the eight nights of Hanukkah celebrations, which starts on Dec. 10 this year.
Amid the pandemic, celebrate and support America’s small and independent breweries through carryout, curbside pickup, delivery, pop-ups, local retail outlets and more.
Tab debuted in 1963 as Coca-Cola’s first diet soda. Sweetened with saccharine, and promising zero calories, it was initially targeted to women. Though it was eventually surpassed by Diet Coke, it held onto a loyal band of fans for nearly six decades.
The “Dew Garita” will be rolling out to select restaurants throughout September and is expected to be available nationwide by the end of 2020.
The non-alcoholic, butterscotch-flavored beverage is brewed in the U.K. and comes in souvenir glass bottles with a collectible label.
The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States found that nationally, craft distillers will see an estimated 41% of their sales — worth more than $700 million — evaporate because of the pandemic.
Drinkers — both at-home and at restaurants — are moving beyond margaritas and frose and adding beer, hard seltzer and other booze to their alcoholic slushie repertoire.
France’s Champagne producers expect about 100 million bottles to be languishing unsold in their cellars by the end of the year.
The beer’s name is an ode to the days of Prohibition.
The group, which includes representatives of the Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu and Jain religions, is calling on Belgium-based brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV to rename its Brahma line, a favorite in Brazil.
Harold’s ’83 Honey Ale is named for the year Chicago elected its first Black mayor, Harold Washington.
Corona is selling big, but so are Coors Light and Miller Lite, and consumers are buying in bulk, with sales of cases of beer on the rise.
Here are cocktail recipes you can mix up during your next Zoom happy hour or socially-distanced cookout.
The dimly-lit and intimate tavern, dating back to the 1930s, was a venue where some of the city’s musicians and sound selectors curated jam sessions.
Today, the margarita is among the most popular cocktails around the world. This year, it ranked No. 7 on Drinks International’s list of the world’s 50 best-selling cocktails.