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5/27/25 - The Top 30 Breweries In Illinois Ranked (#3 Hop Butcher For The World) | My Bartender
5/8/25 - Illinois Craft Beer Week Kicks off Tomorrow For Hop Enthusiasts Everywhere | Fox Chicago
5/8/25 - Illinois Craft Beer Week Doesn’t Fall Flat | Fox Chicago
3/19/25 - Ale Max Brings Sneakers and Craft Beer Lovers Together For Nationwide Events | Complex
2/19/25 - Hop Butcher Explores The Weird Side of Beer | Chicago Magazine
11/14/24 - Best In Beer 2024 (# Favorite Small Regional Brewery + #13 Favorite Hazy IPA Brewery) | Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine
9/30/24 - The Best Places To Drink Along Malt Row in Ravenswood | The Eater Chicago
8/13/24 - The 6 Best Things I Drank At Great Taste of The Midwest | For The Win
7/29/24 - Has The Great Hazy IPA Debate Finally Been Settled? | Insidehook
2/28/24 - Chicago Honors Tom Skilling’s Last Day With Beer, Bobblehead - And Deeply Bizarre Weather | Block Club Chicago
2/22/24 - Video - Local Brewery Releases ‘Tom Freaking Skilling’ Beer In Honor of Beloved Meteorologist | WGN & YouTube
2/21/24 - Local Brewery Releases ‘Tom Freaking Skilling’ Beer In Honor of Beloved Meteorologist | WGN
2/15/24 - Is the fountain of youth in a Cook County Forest Preserve Water Pump? | WGN TV
1/31/24 - Hop Butcher Uses Water From Schiller Woods’Magic Pump’ In Newest Beer | Block Club Chicago
1/24/24 - Chicago Brewery Brews Up ‘Regeneration Station’ Beer With Water From City’s ‘Magic Well’ | Fox32 Chicago
12/8/23 - Podcast Episode 334: Hot Takes on Cold IPA with Firestone Walker, Hop Butcher, and Heater Allen | Craft Beer & Brewing
10/30/23 - Hop Butcher For The World & Frango Set To Release Third Year of “Minted” | Brewbound
8/31/23 - Brewers Tell All: Superdelic & Motueka Bring the Flavors | Craft Beer & Brewing
3/6/23 - The Best Cold IPAs We Drank the Last Two Years | Hop Culture
2/20/23 - Stainless Steel Is Forever: A Story of Well-Traveled Gear | Craft Beer & Brewing
1/6/23 - Chicago History and Hoppy Beers Inspire Local Brewery Hop Butcher For The World | WTTW
12/13/22 - French’s Mustard Beer and 8 Other Fun Brand-Brewer Collabs | Muse by Clio
12/7/22 - Iconic Orange Garden Neon ‘Chop Suey’ Sign Restored And To Be Unveiled At Its New Home Near Chicago | Chicago Tribune
11/30/22 - Popular Chicago holiday beer tastes like Frango Mints | Fox 32 Chicago
11/9/22 - Hop Butcher For The World Set To Open Chicago Taproom November 10 | Brewbound
11/8/22 - Best In Beer 2022 | Craft Beer & Brewing
11/7/22 - Hop Butcher For The World’s Northcenter Taproom Is Opening This Week | Eater Chicago
11/7/22 - Hop Butcher For The World Will Open Its New Taproom In Chicago | Chicago Tribune
11/2/22 - The Beer Boosting Power of Phantasm Powder | Heavy Table
2/2/22 - Hop Butcher Buys Second Brewery In 3 Months, Taking Over Former 5 Rabbit Space In Bedford Park | Chicago Tribune
12/22/21 - The Best IPAs of 2021 (Be The HBC) | Wine Enthusiast
12/21/21 - A Beer Writer Ranks His Favorite American Craft Beers of 2021 | Uproxx
12/14/21 - Hop Butcher For The World & Garrett Brands Join Forces To Brew and Release ‘Minted’ | Brewbound
12/6/21 - Hop Butcher & Frango Mints | Minted (Holiday Imperial Stout) | Porchdrinking Chicago
12/1/21 - Tasting Frango Minted Beer By Chicago’s Hop Butcher | Chicago Tribune
7/29/21 - 2021 Can Can Award Winners (Out Yonder-Gold NE Style DIPA, Neon Green Relish-Silver NE Style DIPA, Grid-Gold Pale Ale)
7/26/21 - Bands and a New Trend Brewing | SPIN
5/7/21 - After 13 Years, Half Acre Beer To Leave Lincoln Avenue | Eater Chicago
5/7/21 - Hop Butcher Moving Into Half Acre’s Lincoln Avenue Brewery And Taproom | Block Club Chicago
5/7/21 - Half Acre Selling Lincoln Avenue Site To Hop Butcher | WGN Morning News
5/7/21 - Hop Butcher Is Taking Over Half Acre’s Lincoln Avenue Brewery
5/6/21 - Half Acre Agrees To Sale Off Lincoln Avenue Brewery | NBC Chicago
2/2/21 - 15 Essential Super Bowl Beer Pairings (Kielbasa King)
12/29/20 - The 25 Most Important IPAs Right Now, Ranked (Neon Green Relish)
10/23/20 - The Best 20 Beers In 2020 | Craft Beer & Brewing (Run To Daylight)
10/19/20 - We Asked 12 Brewers: What Brewery Makes The Best Hazy IPAs?
8/31/20 - Review: The Beerists | Hop Butcher For The World
8/26/20 - Butcher & Revolution Brewing | Collaboration Series
8/3/20 - Chicago Brewery Crafts Beer For Hat & Beard Fall Release (Dark Black)
7/16/20 - Review: Hop Butcher Run To Daylight | Craft Beer & Brewing
4/28/20 - Breakout Brewer: Hop Butcher For The World | Craft Beer & Brewing
2/26/20 - 2020 Uppers and Downers - Event Recap
12/31/19 - Chicago Breweries And Beer That Made Biggest Impact In 2010s
11/14/19 - Staff Picks | The Festival of Barrel-Aged Beer’s (FoBAB) Best of the Best
9/17/19 - Review: Hop Butcher Halogen Farm | Craft Beer & Brewing
9/17/19 - Review: Hop Butcher Neon Green Relish | Craft Beer & Brewing
8/17/19 - Beer Baron Great Taste Recap: Rule-breaking with delicious results
8/12/19 - Beer Heaven - A Look Back At The 2019 Great Taste of the Midwest
3/20/19 - Logging On, Filling Up - Social Media Taps New Life For Beer Enthusiast Culture
1/31/19 - We’ve Created A Monster - What Does It Mean To Talk Flagship Fatigue?
1/4/19 - Some 2018 Tasting Notes
1/1/19 - BeerMenus Top 50 Beers Of The Year (#9 - Tavern Cut)
12/28/18 - How I Learned To Stop Apologizing And Love The Pastry Stout
12/19/18 - Another Taste of the Hobson Oak
12/13/18 - Where To Find The Best Breweries In Chicago And Illinois
9/23/18 - Looking back at Great American Beer Festival 2018, a sudsy crystal ball into the beers of tomorrow
9/20/18 - A GABF 2018 guide to the best beers for everyone — from hazy IPAs to sours
9/19/18 - BEERS YOU SHOULD HUNT DOWN AT THE GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL
9/18/18 - 26 breweries to try at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival
9/10/18 - Beer with Schooley: The World’s Colombian Coffee Exposition from Hop Butcher and Hero
8/28/18 - Chicago-style hop gods
7/17/18 - Review: Hop Butcher The Jewels | Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine
6/23/18 - Photos: Good times flow as hundreds enjoy WeldWerks Brewing’s first invitational
6/22/18 - Belt’s Beer Garden: Keepin’ it positive
5/15/18 - VIDEO: HOP BUTCHER FOR THE WORLD AND THEIR PORTILLO'S CHOCOLATE CAKE STOUT
3/28/18 - Beer Baron: New breweries, new categories and the return of past favorites
3/26/18 - Georgia breweries snag top 3 spots in USA Today award category
3/9/18 - The Hobson Oak Beer is Here
2/13/18 - Naperville's beloved Hobson oak tree finds new life in beer, handcrafted art
1/18/18 - VIDEO: Hop Butcher For The World: Brewing Up Chicago History (the JAM)