This content was originally published by The Hop Review, a digital magazine that joined the Hop Culture family in March 2020.
This piece was written by Tom White.
This week’s Hoplinks focus on both the near and far. A Chicago brewery finally opens its doors to the public, another invites you to join their exclusive club, and Trader Joe’s gets a new house brew.
Read about all of this and more in this week’s Hoplinks. Let us know what we missed in the comments!
DryHop Brewers in Lakeview is celebrating their first anniversary with the launch of the DHB Beer League. The $30 yearly signup fee includes, among other things, a free growler, a custom glass, a take home mug, and enrollment in their loyalty program. Make sure you get there early as space is limited to fifty people.
Temperance Beer Company (who’s Gatecrasher we just named as our June Beer of the Month), has announced they’ll be starting beer tours this Saturday. Hop on the Red/Purple lines to Evanston to check our their beautiful space.
Firestone Walker has announced that it will be phasing out its contract programs which includes the Trader Joe’s in-house brand, Mission St. Los Angeles brewery Golden Road will be picking up the slack with their new, Trader Joe’s only brand, Ol’ Burro. They will produce three brews, all in four packs of 16oz cans.
California based Brewery The Bruery announced they are forming a new brand called Bruery Terreux (Earthy Brewery). The new branch will focus solely on farmhouse-style ales fermented with wild yeasts as well as oak-aged sour ales. Hopefully this will help them improve their notoriously bad contamination track record.
The next in line of the popular Stone Enjoy By IPA series was just just released and is being met with rave reviews. Get your hands on the latest batch before July 4th when it’s gone forever.