# This Week's Beer News from GuysDrinkingBeer.com

Love beer? So do we! We're curating beer news (craft, macro, import and others), reporting on the world of beer, sharing new labels, and passing along social media updates from breweries and others around Chicagoland, the Great Lakes and beyond.

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## [This Week's Beer News: RIP Earle Johnson, Who Broadened Chicago’s Beer Boundaries](https://karlgdb.substack.com/p/this-weeks-beer-news-rip-earle-johnson)

_2026-08-19_

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## ["We Hate to Admit…" vs. "Now Where Are You?"](https://karlgdb.substack.com/p/we-hate-to-admit-vs-now-where-are)

_2026-08-14_

Two breweries, two very different ways of asking the people who voluntarily give them money to keep showing up.

## [This Week's New Beer Labels: Pantsless Again](https://karlgdb.substack.com/p/this-weeks-new-beer-labels-pantsless)

_2026-08-12_

But first ... some storm damage, unforch

## [The Last Barrel of Schlitz in Chicago Is Being Tapped Wednesday](https://karlgdb.substack.com/p/the-last-barrel-of-schlitz-in-chicago)

_2026-08-10_

A century of Schlitz distribution ends Wednesday at House of Glunz. Plus Anthology Cask House opens and Bauhaus reopens under new ownership this Friday!

## [P3 Hits the River (Plus This Weekend's Beer Events)](https://karlgdb.substack.com/p/p3-hits-the-river-plus-this-weekends)

_2026-08-07_

There's more than just GTMW going on

## [This Week's New Beer Labels: You're Soaking In It](https://karlgdb.substack.com/p/this-weeks-new-beer-labels-youre)

_2026-08-05_

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## [This Week's Beer News: The Minocqua Revocation](https://karlgdb.substack.com/p/this-weeks-beer-news-the-minocqua)

_2026-08-03_

We've broken containment, people

## [Confirmed: Links Taproom Calls Off West Loop Brewery Project](https://karlgdb.substack.com/p/confirmed-links-taproom-calls-off)

_2026-07-31 · Karl Klockars_

Plus: Changes afoot on Zygmunt Circle

## [This Week's New Beer Label: Cussing the Moon and Lemoning the Pickle](https://karlgdb.substack.com/p/this-weeks-new-beer-label-cussing)

_2026-07-29_

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_2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_

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## [This Week's News: Mid-Summer Beer Map Updates](https://karlgdb.substack.com/p/this-weeks-news-mid-summer-beer-map)

_2026-07-27_

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