Articles Posted in the Midwest Category

  • Announcing The Great Lakes Water Conservation Workshop

    Announcing The Great Lakes Water Conservation Workshop

    by Wenchie on Feb 10, 2010 | No Comments

    Back in November I had the opportunity and honor to attend as well as give a presentation at the Great Lakes and Craft Brewers Water Conservation Conference in Milwaukee, WI. The conference has resulted in a tremendous momentum towards water conservation and sustainability in the craft beer industry. I’m very pleased and excited to announce [...]

    Posted in Beer News, EVENTS, Industry Conferences, Midwest

  • Waterstreet Cafe & MdV Beer Dinner

    Waterstreet Cafe & MdV Beer Dinner

    by Wenchie on Sep 21, 2009 | 1 Comment

    During my visit to the Midwest, I took a little road trip from Milwaukee to the city of Peoria, IL for a beer dinner at Waterstreet Wines & Cafe. The dinner showcased several beers from the portfolio of  Merchant Du Vin — a specialty beer importer based in the U.S. Waterstreet Wines & Cafe is [...]

    Posted in Beer Dinners, EVENTS, Midwest

  • Greetings From The Midwest

    Greetings From The Midwest

    by Wenchie on Sep 16, 2009 | 2 Comments

    Where in the world is The Wench? After driving across country, I had a little less than two weeks of “down time” (and by “down time” I really mean spending time trying to adjust to my new scenario) before embarking on a beer themed trip to the Midwest. At first, I was only going to [...]

    Posted in Beer Weeks, EVENTS, Midwest

  • NRA Chicago – Day Three

    NRA Chicago – Day Three

    by Wenchie on May 23, 2008 | 3 Comments

    Although the two previous days in Chicago were spectacular, from the perspective of The Beer Wench – the third evening was “la piece de resistance.” (For those of you who did not grow up spewing out French sayings, I’ve attached the definition …) pièce de ré·sis·tance n. pl. 1. An outstanding accomplishment: “The bison is [...]

    Posted in Cooking With Beer, EVENTS, Industry Conferences, Midwest

  • NRA Chicago – Day Two

    NRA Chicago – Day Two

    by Wenchie on May 22, 2008 | No Comments

    As I’m sure you can imagine, we were quite exhausted after the first evening in Chicago. Luckily, I was able to sleep in a little before hitting the floor at the NRA show. The show was held at McCormick Place — which consists of approximately 2.7 million sq. ft. of exhibit halls. The show was [...]

    Posted in EVENTS, Industry Conferences, Midwest

  • NRA Chicago – Day One

    NRA Chicago – Day One

    by Wenchie on May 21, 2008 | No Comments

    Now, usually I only write about food when it has relevance to beer. However, I cannot resist writing about my experience at the National Restaurant Association Show this past weekend in Chicago. (Disclaimer: there will be much blogging about beer experiences as well. I had the honor of meeting and drinking with what I would [...]

    Posted in EVENTS, Industry Conferences, Midwest

  • The Tour of Barley’s Beer

    The Tour of Barley’s Beer

    by Wenchie on Mar 02, 2008 | 1 Comment

    We had a huge turnout for “Drink With The Wench” – Tour de Barley’s on Friday evening. Many were familiar faces: Mandy, Josh, Jim, Keith, Roland, Jessica, and the Wench — as well as some newbies: Somer, Lauren, Sara, and Vivian. We were a bit nervous about hosting the event at Barley’s — since the [...]

    Posted in Beer Tastings, EVENTS, Midwest