5 tips for choosing better beer at the grocery store
Last weekend, I approached the beer coolers at my regular grocery store and chuckled to myself at the hushed line of…
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Drinkery is The Takeout's celebration of beer, liquor, coffee, and other potent potables.
Beer Of The Week: Jack’s Abby Post Shift pilsner is easy-drinking but far from boring
Despite my proclamation that craft lagers are certifiably a big deal, I realize we’ve been devoting an awful lot of news…
How to build your bar cart (slowly, strategically, whilst sloshed)
A bar cart is one of those pieces of furniture that makes a person feel very grown-up—at least, it made me feel very…
Change for the bitter: Can you learn to like a flavor you hate?
It was just one word, but it cut right to the bone.
Ask Kate About Beer: What are dry-hopped vs. wet-hopped IPAs?
Welcome to Ask Kate About Beer, in which The Takeout’s resident beer expert answers everything you’ve ever wanted to…
Why Chicagoans love to hate Malört
Of everything I wrote or filmed during my years as the nightlife reporter at Chicago’s commuter paper RedEye, nothing…
6 vodka recommendations from a fancy vodka shopgirlÂ
Previously, on recommendations from a fancy [insert spirit here] shopgirl, Allison Shoemaker suggested six whiskeys…
Ask Kate About Beer: What’s the best beer to cook with?
Welcome to Ask Kate About Beer, in which The Takeout’s resident beer expert answers everything you’ve ever wanted to…
5 rules for better drinking at a beer bar
I have a fridge full of beer at home, and yet I’ll still find myself out on a Friday night at my favorite bar in town.…
Booze you can use: 7 liqueurs good for more than that one cocktail
As with cooking, so with cocktails: Sometimes there’s a recipe you’re dying to try, and it sounds so good, and you’ve…
Looking back at Great American Beer Festival 2018, a sudsy crystal ball into the beers of tomorrow
This past weekend, I attended my fourth Great American Beer Festival, the largest beer festival in America. It’s held…
Brewers spill their tips for all-day beer drinking
I’m in Denver for the annual Great American Beer Festival, the largest beer festival in the country. More than 800…
Sour beers and rich seafoods are a pairing made for each other
While I’m in Denver for the three-day drinking marathon known as the Great American Beer Festival, beer and food have…
Beer Of The Week: SweetWater's G13 IPAÂ isn't just for stoners
Beers with a not-so-subtle wink and nod to marijuana are nothing new; after all, hops and marijuana are related in…
An Apple Old Fashioned is autumn on the rocks
Before we begin, I wish to make one thing perfectly clear: You can drink an Old Fashioned in absolutely any season. A…
How I quit whining and learned to like pumpkin beers
Beer drinkers will debate anything: whether beer flights are stupid, whether New England IPAs are an affront to the…
Ask Kate About Beer: What does “skunked” beer taste like?
My esteemed colleague Allison Shoemaker recently came to me with a bewildering story: She was pouring beer as a…
How to make a decent cup of coffee when you're out of filters
As chemically dependent as I am on coffee, I invariably run out of filters a couple times a year. Surely I have another…
5 rye recommendations from a fancy whiskey shopgirl
Previously, on recommendations from a fancy whiskey shopgirl, Allison Shoemaker suggested six whiskeys—mostly…
Wait, you can distill vodka from honey?
Vodka, we’re told, is flavorless. It’s wheat, rice, potatoes, corn, rye, sorghum, or any number of other plant rich in…