At one minute after midnight, Dec. 5, 1933, Chicago celebrated the first legal tapping of a beer keg after the ratification of the 21st Amendment, ending Prohibition.
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Can you tell a 12-year-old scotch from a 21-year-old? Sample the smoky flavors of Scotland at these upcoming Chicago events: Timothy O’Toole’s Pub in Streeterville hosts a tasting of The Glenlivet at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, $20. Winston Evans, brand ambassador, leads “Scotch 101″ with pours of The Glenlivet 12-, 15-, 18-, 21- and [...] Celebrate the ‘Celtic Muse’ at Davenport’s, Wicker Park, 8 p.m. tonight and Friday, March 19, $15 plus two-drink minimum. Gillian Kelly and Claire Bigley perform Irish favorites such as “The Nightingale,” “Finnegan’s Wake,” and “The Rising of the Moon.” $3 Harps and Guinness, too. Visit the Irish American Heritage Center, Irving Park, through March 20. [...] If you don’t start in the morning, you can’t drink all day. Binny’s Beverage Depot celebrates St. Patrick’s Day from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, with a free breakfast open house featuring Irish scones and coffee made with Feckin’ Irish Whiskey, plus music from the City of Chicago Pipers. The event takes place [...] Cheers! Cityscape Bar in River North hosts free drinks tastings: Wine tasting, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21. Varietals include Marchetti Verdicchio Classico (Italy), Fess Parker Chardonnay (Santa Barbara County, California), Celler el Masroig Sola Fred (Montsant, Spain), Fattoria Bibbiani Chianti (Tuscany), Elizabeth Spencer Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley, California), and Max Ferd. Richter Mulheimer [...] Mix Armagnac in a cocktail? Sacre bleu! France’s oldest and most artisanal brandy, Armagnac is traditionally drunk straight, from snifters, as a digestif. The very idea of stirring such carefully crafted spirits into, say, a brandy old fashioned sweet is enough to make one shudder. Yet promoters, evidently trying to expand the brandy’s audience, hope [...] |
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