This party is a friendly reminder that January is the last month we will be without baseball until November! The 2020 version of your annual kickoff of the baseball season moved to the Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place this year from its previous location at Hilton Chicago. It’s a wild experience leaving the water fountain…
Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame Inductee and Angel’s Envy, Co Founder Wes Henderson landed in Chicago one day before from his trip to NYC. A vertical of cask strength releases isn’t something Wes typically does given it might influence the opinions of the current year release. However, at The Franklin Room in River North, him and…
The Black Bourbon Society’s mission is to advocate and educate through it’s series of events and excursions. The crew arrived in Hyde Park, Chicago recently to celebrate one of greatest wins in recent bourbon history. Chef Erick Williams’ Virtue Restaurant was the scene for a celebration in collaboration with Makers Mark to commemorate The Black…
Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’ whispered gently as you entered the event space downstairs at The Gage on Michigan Ave. Veronica Hinkle’s celebration for her book, The Last Night on The Titanic: Unsinkable Drinking, Dining & Style was the most incredible program. Revisiting Chicago connections of the fateful trip, as well as signature…
The 360 Observation Deck on the 94th Floor of the John Hancock Building is on its way to Quintessential Chicago status these days. You get to be a tourist in your own city for a bit and witness the global impact of Chicago because there are literally visitors from every corner of the earth sharing…
Jim Beam Bourbon Whiskey is the top selling bourbon in the world. However, the finest whiskey in the Beam catalog is their Knob Creek offering. If you’re a bourbon fan, you don’t look for the lightest option available to you. Big bold flavor and something you can taste is your mission. ‘The Kentucky Hug’ is…
We had no idea what to expect when the Hennessy Le Voyage appeared on the calendar. It’s been at least 10 years since I danced with any cognac. A sidecar of the Henny V.S. and a bottle of Budweiser Select was the scene at my sister’s house party on the westside in Douglas Park back…
When they opened back in 2008, Koval was this city’s first craft distillery since basically the mid 1800s. Founders, Robert and Sonat Birnecker would head down to Springfield and lobby antiquated production laws to lift the ban and make distilling legal within city limits again. After a year of battling these prohibition era rules, they…
Metallica kicked off 2019 with Enter Night Pilsner, a collab with Stone Brewing. As National Bourbon Day rapidly approaches (June 14th) it was time for the legendary whisky bar, Delilah’s to revisit the precursor to that launch by celebrating Blackened. A late 2018 blended whisky finished in black brandy casks and blasted with its own…
The Mayor of The Block, Esam Hani offered a glimpse at his sixth location on the strip that runs from Kedzie up to Diversey along Milwaukee Ave in Logan Square. Saba Italian Bar + Kitchen joins a collection that includes Café Con Leche, The Walk In, Red Star Liquor, The Harding Tavern and The Old…