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InfoMarz: How a “Very Strange, Very Fun” Collab Came to Be (opens the original)
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Before turning to writing professionally, I was originally in broadcast. Specifically, I grew up thinking I could maybe be a radio talk show host, and after cutting my teeth at WONC in Naperville I embarked on a brief but strange career doing just that - hosting a morning talk show on a now-defunct small AM station in Aurora called WBIG. When I took over the 6-10am slot, the first two hours were mostly straight newscasts but the hours of 8a-10a were scheduled as talk programming - an hour of int
Two New Breweries I Didn't Know Existed Until This Morning (opens the original)
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As someone who considers himself pretty plugged into the Midwestern beer landscape, I still love it when a new brewery pops up and surprises me with its existence.It’s not something that happens very regularly these days, but it just happened this morning, thanks to the forthcoming Spent Grain Brewpub opening soon in Arlington Heights. <a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UD-8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amaz
The Festing Will Continue Until The Marzen is Gone (opens the original)
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Happy Friday, friends. There’s a ton going on this weekend (again!) but I want to acknowledge something that seems extra special — and give you a chance to plan ahead for it. When Turner Haus Brewery announced plans last year to temporarily close their taproom and “reset, refocus and continue building towards the long term” I hoped it wasn’t just a way to soften the blow of an eventual closing.Well, good news — Turner Haus is coming back with an OkTurne
Why Summit Brewing's Crisis Feels Different (opens the original)
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The news about Summit Brewing potentially being foreclosed on was just breaking on Monday when we shared the first Star-Tribune story with you. Since then it’s become one of the biggest stories in Midwestern beer this year, with coverage coming in droves - we spotted stories from the Pioneer Press, the <a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2026/09/14/summit-brewing-foreclosure-lawsuit-filed
The Most Oktoberfest-y Weekend of the Year* Starts Tonight (opens the original)
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Hey, remember last week where we got to talk about four breweries who were working towards expanding or opening spaces around Chicagoland? Well, we’ll also have to take a different spot off the map in a couple of weeks. :(<img alt="" class="sizing-normal
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