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Beer

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Q&A With New Metro East Craft Brewery East Wind Brewing Company

    St. Louis is up to its ears in microbreweries. Everywhere you turn, there's a festival, tour or tap house promoting all the hops you can drink. So is all hope lost if you have the urge to brew? Luckily, even within this saturated market, drinkers and brewers alike are welcoming to brewers who are tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    The Seven Best Brewpubs in St. Louis

    Gut Check has been looking back on the Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2011, but we're also keeping an eye on the Best of St. Louis 2012 by nominating finalists for our awards this fall. To see hundreds more winners and finalists, suggest your own contenders and download the Riverfront Times Best ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    AB-InBev Wants You to "Track Your Bud"

    Look closely at that Budweiser in your hand. It has a German name. It was produced by Brazilians. Its brand-name used to be owned by the Dutch. But it's distinctly American. If you're confused, worry not. Anheuser-Busch InBev has launched a new software program called "Track Your Bud," allowing you ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2011

    Hop To It

    Look closely at that Budweiser in your hand. It has a German name. It was produced by Brazilians. Its brand-name used to be owned by the Dutch. But it's distinctly American. If you're confused, worry not. Anheuser-Busch InBev has launched a new software program called "Track Your Bud," allowing you ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2011

    Essen und Trinken

    Look closely at that Budweiser in your hand. It has a German name. It was produced by Brazilians. Its brand-name used to be owned by the Dutch. But it's distinctly American. If you're confused, worry not. Anheuser-Busch InBev has launched a new software program called "Track Your Bud," allowing you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    In Honor of St. Louis Craft Beer Week, Gut Check Plans to Launch Our Own Brew

    Image viaSt. Louis Craft Beer Week offers lots and lots of fancy-pants brew-centric events.​Call us crazy, but sometimes Gut Check International HQ misses the good ol' days when Anheuser-Busch drove this city like a team of clydesdales and you could actually buy a Busch beer at the stadium tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    The St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival Rolls In On a Wave of Inebriation This Weekend

    Courtesy of the Brewers Heritage Festival​Being a geek might not be so bad after all, especially if you're a "beer geek." And this weekend at the St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival, beer geeks from all over the city can indulge their inner nerd with beers from seventeen local breweries. This ... More >>

  • News

    May 26, 2011

    Beyond Schlafly: Three microbreweries for the St. Louis summer

    Courtesy of the Brewers Heritage Festival​Being a geek might not be so bad after all, especially if you're a "beer geek." And this weekend at the St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival, beer geeks from all over the city can indulge their inner nerd with beers from seventeen local breweries. This ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 14, 2011

    Six-Pack City: Six Row Brewing Company adds food to the equation

    Courtesy of the Brewers Heritage Festival​Being a geek might not be so bad after all, especially if you're a "beer geek." And this weekend at the St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival, beer geeks from all over the city can indulge their inner nerd with beers from seventeen local breweries. This ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2011

    Beer on the Half Shell

    Courtesy of the Brewers Heritage Festival​Being a geek might not be so bad after all, especially if you're a "beer geek." And this weekend at the St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival, beer geeks from all over the city can indulge their inner nerd with beers from seventeen local breweries. This ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 4, 2010

    Hill Brewing Company

    Courtesy of the Brewers Heritage Festival​Being a geek might not be so bad after all, especially if you're a "beer geek." And this weekend at the St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival, beer geeks from all over the city can indulge their inner nerd with beers from seventeen local breweries. This ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Nightclubbing: Six Row Brewing Company

    Grace Woodard​Six Row Brewing Company pays homage to the city's storied brewing history. They brew the sudsy stuff and serve it up cold in the historic Falstaff building on Forest Park Parkway, a place that still has the original Falstaff stained glass above the entry. Heck, the small microbre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Celebrate National Homebrew Day with Dave's Homebrewing in Belleville

    ​As if Craft Beer Week and Microfest aren't enough for small-batch beer lovers this weekend, tomorrow (Saturday) is also National Homebrew Day. The American Homebrewers Association dreamed up Big Brew, held on the first Saturday of May to commemorate the 1988 Congressional passage of National ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Craft Beer Week Starts Small Brew Celebration This Weekend

    Image viaA toast to Craft Beer Week​"In a nutshell, I created Craft Beer Week to celebrate craft beer in St. Louis," says Mike Sweeney, founder of local beer blog STL Hops. "Too often, I think people outside of St. Louis think of our hometown as the land of pale, fizzy lagers, when in reality we h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Photos From a Beer Fest: Schlafly's 'Repeal of Prohibition' Party at the Bottleworks in Maplewood

    Cheers! Drinkers celebrated 77 years of OK'ed imbibing on Saturday in Maplewood.Schlafly's Repeal of Prohibition Festival, held Saturday at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue) provided 25 brews, from Schlafly and three Michigan based micro-breweries. $25 got beer-drinkers a festival glass w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    20 Questions with Craft-Beer Maker Curt Guntzviller of Short's Brewing Company

    At Schlafly's Repeal of Prohibition festival on Saturday Gut Check caught up with Curt Guntzviller, a brewer from Short's Brewing Company out of Bellaire, Michigan. Short's was one of three Michigan breweries represented at the festival.Below are 20 questions one could ask a brewer, such as what do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Michelob's Ginger Wheat Beer Arrives in Stores

    Local beer lover Wade Abernathy attended the February 25 Michelob Wheatup preview of Anheuser-Busch's new Ginger Wheat beer. ​Says he: "The Ginger Wheat is an interesting twist on wheat beers. The ginger is refreshing and really makes for a nice drinking beer. I look forward to being able to pic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    The Beertender: Viva la Revolution!

    ​We're in the midst of a nifty little revolution here. After decades of blandness in our food and beverages, Americans have rediscovered their palates. Twentieth-century industrial better-living-through-chemistry innovated the flavor right out of a lot of our foodstuffs, especially beer. But now ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    The Beertender Celebrates Rauchbier, or Smoke on the Wasser

    Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons​One of the things that I love about beer -- and, truth be told, wine and spirits, too -- is the sense that I'm drinking history. When a beer is made according to a nearly-lost brewing tradition, drinking it allows you a vibrant, if brief, glimpse into another er ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Is AB-InBev Trying to Play Down the Belgian Roots of Bud Light Golden Wheat?

    anheuser-busch.com​On Monday, Anheuser-Busch-InBev announced the nationwide release of Bud Light Golden Wheat, the latest spin-off of the company's most popular brand (Chelada, anyone?) and another attempt by the world's largest brewer to break into the micro-brew market and quench the nation's ev ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 3, 2009

    Brew, Baby, Brew: The ranks of St. Louis' craft brewers are swelling as we swill

    anheuser-busch.com​On Monday, Anheuser-Busch-InBev announced the nationwide release of Bud Light Golden Wheat, the latest spin-off of the company's most popular brand (Chelada, anyone?) and another attempt by the world's largest brewer to break into the micro-brew market and quench the nation's ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    FoodWire: Some Love for Schlafly

    As Gut Check has noted several times, this is the first annual St. Louis Craft Beer Week. So it's nice to see St. Louis craft breweries getting attention outside the area.First up, we have a poll for "Best Midwest Craft Brewery" on the Web site the Full Pint. Schlafly won with 25% of the vote, edgin ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 27, 2009

    Gut Check: Raise a toast to departed restaurants — then have a beer or three

    As Gut Check has noted several times, this is the first annual St. Louis Craft Beer Week. So it's nice to see St. Louis craft breweries getting attention outside the area.First up, we have a poll for "Best Midwest Craft Brewery" on the Web site the Full Pint. Schlafly won with 25% of the vote, edgin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    We Owe Him Thanks

    As Gut Check has noted several times, this is the first annual St. Louis Craft Beer Week. So it's nice to see St. Louis craft breweries getting attention outside the area.First up, we have a poll for "Best Midwest Craft Brewery" on the Web site the Full Pint. Schlafly won with 25% of the vote, edgin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2009

    Bigger Beer Ain't Better Beer

    As Gut Check has noted several times, this is the first annual St. Louis Craft Beer Week. So it's nice to see St. Louis craft breweries getting attention outside the area.First up, we have a poll for "Best Midwest Craft Brewery" on the Web site the Full Pint. Schlafly won with 25% of the vote, edgin ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 11, 2009

    Tap City: How to approach Mattingly Brewing Company? Go for the beer. Stay for the beer.

    As Gut Check has noted several times, this is the first annual St. Louis Craft Beer Week. So it's nice to see St. Louis craft breweries getting attention outside the area.First up, we have a poll for "Best Midwest Craft Brewery" on the Web site the Full Pint. Schlafly won with 25% of the vote, edgin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

    Beer School, Week 3: Matt's Belgian Waffle

    As Gut Check has noted several times, this is the first annual St. Louis Craft Beer Week. So it's nice to see St. Louis craft breweries getting attention outside the area.First up, we have a poll for "Best Midwest Craft Brewery" on the Web site the Full Pint. Schlafly won with 25% of the vote, edgin ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 22, 2008

    Drink of the Week: North Coast Brother Thelonious

    The Stable
    1821 Cherokee Street
    314-771-8500

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2008

    Best Beer 2008 Ignites Historical Debate!

    The Stable
    1821 Cherokee Street
    314-771-8500

  • News

    April 2, 2008
  • Calendar

    August 15, 2007

    A Heady Heritage

    The Stable
    1821 Cherokee Street
    314-771-8500

  • News

    August 1, 2007

    The I-70 Series: Schlafly vs. Boulevard

    Will Boulevard's home-field advantage be enough to run the Lou's microbrew out of KC?

  • Dining

    May 16, 2007

    St. Louis dark lager

    Missouri History Museum in Forest Park.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2006

    Here's to Beer!

    Missouri History Museum in Forest Park.

  • Dining

    September 13, 2006

    One Burger, One Guac and One Beer

    Let's belly up to tLet's belly up to the William D. Alandale Brewing Co. in Kirkwood

  • Dining

    July 12, 2006

    Wheach Beer

    O'Fallon Brewery; 636-474-2337 or www.ofallonbrewery.com. Available at grocery stores throughout the area.

  • Calendar

    May 10, 2006

    Give Me Beer and Give Me Draught

    O'Fallon Brewery; 636-474-2337 or www.ofallonbrewery.com. Available at grocery stores throughout the area.

  • Dining

    April 26, 2006

    Roll Out the Barrel

    The kitchen’s a tad flat, but cheers to the beers at Square One Brewery

  • Dining

    April 19, 2006

    Trailhead Red Amber Ale / Lafayette Lager

    Trailhead Brewery, 921 South Riverside Drive, St. Charles; 636-946-2739. Square One Brewery, 1727 Park Avenue; 314-231-2537.

  • Dining

    July 27, 2005

    Xingu Black Beer

    Yemanja Brasil, 2900 Missouri Avenue, 314-771-7457

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2004

    Every Time a Bell Rings

    A monkey gets its wings

  • Dining

    October 13, 2004

    Anheuser World Select Lager Beer

    2004 Presidential Debate at Washington University, October 8, 2004

  • Dining

    September 15, 2004

    Czechvar Premium Lager

    Vincent's Market, 2400 South 12th Street, 314-772-4710

  • Dining

    June 9, 2004

    Expedition Reserve Pale Ale

    Schlafly Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest (at Manchester), Maplewood, 314-421-2337

  • Music

    September 24, 2003
  • Calendar

    September 17, 2003

    No Wining

    Bottoming-out in Augusta

  • News

    February 5, 2003

    Drinkin' Dirt

    Bargain brews such as Pabst Blue Ribbon are making a comeback in some of St. Louis' hippest clubs, but Anheuser-Busch isn't too worried

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 27, 2000

    Best Use for a Lemon

    Dropped Into a Schlafly Hefeweizen, St. Louis Brewery and Tap Room

  • Dining

    August 23, 2000

    Alternate Route

    Despite a new name and location, the sights are largely the same at Route 66 Brewery and Restaurant

  • News

    May 19, 1999

    Summertime St. Louis

    Despite a new name and location, the sights are largely the same at Route 66 Brewery and Restaurant

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