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First Look: Alpha Brewing Company Opens on Washington Avenue

Just when you thought you've tried every beer there is in St. Louis, Alpha Brewing Company (1409 Washington Avenue; 314-651-093) opened its doors on Wednesday, April 10, and gave you ten additional craft brews to add to your tick list. Tucked away just off bustling Washington Avenue, the brewery an ... More >>

Taste Test: A-B's New Budweiser Black Crown

Earlier this week Gut Check reported that Anheuser-Busch Inbev will release a new beer, Budweiser Black Crown, on Monday, January 21, just weeks before its debut commercial during the Super Bowl. A-B bills the new brew as a golden amber lager with "two-row caramel malt and four types of domestic hop ... More >>

Eins, Zwei, G'suffa

Built to Suit: BrickTop's is based in Nashville, but it hits home at Plaza Frontenac

Survey Finds Busch Stadium Food, Drink Prices Above MLB Average

A couple of weeks ago, Gut Check tried the new "St. Louis Dog" from the Food Network's hot dog cart at Busch Stadium. The hot dog wasn't as awful as its toppings (barbecue sauce, Provel and crumbled Red Hot Riplets) might lead you to believe, but the real outrage was the price: $11. This year's edi ... More >>

A Certified Cicerone™ (Beer Sommelier) Speaks

Screenshot: www.cicerone.org​With the ongoing boom in the craft-beer market, the once simple beer list (Bud? or Bud Light?) can seem as intimidating as the fustiest tome of Bordeaux verticals. That's where a Cicerone -- or, if you like, a beer sommelier - can come in handy. The Cicerone pro ... More >>

Cops: Underage Kids Beat up Mom After She Tosses out Beer

Warning: This might make your 20-year-old daughter upset.​After their mother took away their beer because they were underage, a daughter and son allegedly beat her up, leaving her bleeding, scratched and bruised, and then fled from the house before the police arrived, Sgt. Mike Hundelt of the ... More >>

Holiday Cocktail Countdown #13: Sanctuaria's .38 Special

Like any red-blooded American, Gut Check uses liquid medication to cope with holiday stress. Not only does a good winter cocktail make it possible to tolerate family members, say, inquiring about your procreation plans, it helps keep you warm, too. From now until Christmas, we're calling upon local ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: December 2-4

Friday (Dec. 2): Candlelight Christmas Walk @ Mount Pleasant Estates Enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride and freshly roasted chestnuts, hop aboard the antique trolley for Christmas shopping, and partake of a dinner buffet with award-winning wine over live music during this holiday event. Buffet is $ ... More >>

Lauren Stafford Wants to Be a Cards Fan

Lauren Stafford, 22 Washington Ave. and Tucker Blvd. ​​In an effort to celebrate the people who keep our city interesting, Daily RFT is launching a new weekly blog post, "Bold Types," featuring photos and street interviews with the fashionistas, fresh faces and free spirits of our town. So ... More >>

Beale Street Music Festival: Lessons Learned By An Unwitting Music Writer (Part One)

From Beale Street in an equally wet previous year. Photo by theogeo​Be prepared. Every festival-goer should take to heart this bit of Boy Scout zen. But when a pair of multi-day passes for the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee fell into my lap on Friday afternoon, I had too lit ... More >>

Why Not Sell the Naming Rights to the New Mississippi River Bridge?

newriverbridge.orgHere are some ideas: Bud Light Bridge; Monsanto Round-Up Ready Bridge; Go See Ray Bridge ​Yesterday the Missouri Senate killed a bill that would have named the bridge under construction in north St. Louis after two local politicians and -- almost as an afterthought -- everyone wh ... More >>

At the Scottish Arms They'll Kilt You With Kindness

Kristen Klempert​The Joint: The Scottish Arms 6-8 South Sarah Street; 314-535-0551 The Hours: 3-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Late-night happy hour 10 p.m.-close The Deal: $3 rails, $2 off draft beers, $1 off wine by the glass, $2 baskets of crisps. Late-night happy hour: Specials including $4 wee bombs ... More >>

Happy Hour of the Day: Herbie's Vintage 72

In this week's print edition, we're rolling out the Riverfront Times' comprehensive list of the best happy hours in St. Louis. (And no, this isn't only being done as a public service to you, dear reader -- we're also promoting the very cool free smart-phone app that includes our fascinating fin ... More >>

Recount, please! Readers quibble with of our Best of St. Louis picks.

Gata Kamsky Wins U.S. Chess Championship, "Armageddon" Controversy Ensues

Image sourceGata Kamsky is da champ.​If you think NFL's "coin-flip" overtime system is controversial, wait till you hear what they do in the world of competitive chess and how it decided the sport's championship yesterday.Twenty-four players from across the country competed in the U.S Championship ... More >>

At your local watering hole, it's all fun and games until...nah, it's all just fun and games

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 >>

The Dive Bomber Turns Tail and Runs at Behrmann's Tavern

There's a man perched on a barstool at Behrmann's Tavern, nodding off between sips of his Jack and Coke. He hardly flinches when a couple walks by, setting off a frenzy of angry barking from what sounds like a pack of dingos next door. image creditEven the Dive Bomber just has to skedaddle sometim ... More >>

The Dive Bomber Learns the State of the Union at LaRocca's

If you want to learn political theory, go to school. If you want to learn about the reality of politics, go to a neighborhood bar.I arrived at La Rocca's ten minutes into the State of the Union address. Five men sat at the bar, silent, engrossed in the speech. They turned to look at me as I tiptoed ... More >>

Navy's Newest Attack Sub, U.S.S. Missouri, To Get all Wet and Sticky This Weekend

​After five years of construction the U.S.S. Missouri, the latest of the Navy's nuclear attack submarines, will be officially christened Saturday in Connecticut.And the spirit that will be smashed across the bow of the vessel? A 12 oz. can of Missouri's finest -- Bud Light. No, we jest. The Navy h ... More >>

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

Carlsbad, New Mexico: No Longer a Bud Light Kind of Town

Even with the InBev buyout of Anheuser-Busch last year, it's safe to say that St. Louis will forever be a Budweiser town. The same cannot be said for Carlsbad, New Mexico. Following public outcry, the city's A-B distributor covered up a billboard this week that greeted motorists to Carlsbad with the ... More >>

AB/InBev Loves It Some Futbol, err, Football

The economy has several advertisers sitting out this year's Super Bowl, but not AB/InBev. The Belgium-based brewer of Bud Light and everyone's favorite, Hoegaarden, has bought four-and-a-half minutes of time during the February 1 contest. The company's creative director, Bob La ... More >>

What's All the Racquet? Gather 'round and hear how Unreal laid down our life for Anna Kournikova.

Last Night: Guitar Hero at the Tin Can, St. Louis

Sot in the City: It's time to hit the bottle — not the beach!

Landshark Lager

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights
314-298-9944

St. Louis Mardi Gras Jäger Bomb

SLU Basketball Billikens: Misery Loves Company (and Media Scrutiny)

SLU Basketball Billikens: Misery Loves Company (and Media Scrutiny)

Unreal News Challenge 2007

Week of December 27, 2007

Cedric the Keggler

Alvear Pedro Ximénez Solera 1927

Parker's Table
8137 Maryland Avenue, Clayton; 314-863-4090.

Buggers

For once, Unreal is scared to get between the sheets. Plus: Anheuser-Busch gets buzzed, and the Francis Howell School District plans to take back Christmas.

St. Patrick's Day Column

Letters

Week of June 22, 2005

Show and Attell

Comedian Dave Attell rolls into town

There Is No Rex Kwon Do

At the Midwest Winter Open

Lofty Aspirations

Lucas Park Grille might be downtown's hottest new spot -- but not because of the food

Boilermaker

The Cat's Meow, 2600 S. 11th Street, 314-776-8617

Anheuser World Select Lager Beer

2004 Presidential Debate at Washington University, October 8, 2004

Gabba Gabba Henh

The Ramones bopped toward history and an unhappy end

Letters

Week of August 25, 2004

Culture Clash

Expensive entrees and Bud Light hoisters just don't jibe at this Cajun cafe

Sounds, Suds & Sweat

Rockin' on the Landing

Black and Tan

John D. McGurk's Irish Pub, 1200 Russell Boulevard, 314-776-8309

Hot Damn! Cherries

Hill Bar, 2225 Macklind Avenue, 314-773-4455

Bangin' Bubbles

Michael's Bar and Grill, 4630 Lindell Boulevard, 314-361-9777

Best Name for a Bar

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