When Goose Island opened in 1988, there were fewer than 100 breweries in the country. Most wholesalers, retailers and beer drinkers treated us a curiosity if they were aware of us at all.

The brewery hosts the popular 312 Block Party each year, and this spring Goose Island became the official craft beer partner of the Chicago White Sox (sorry, Cubs fans). The Chicago Marathon ...

When Chicago's Goose Island Brewery became the ... is that it's aged at least two years in white oak barrels, which are charred to some degree. So, the beer gets the oak notes, which can also ...