The human eye detects differences in beer color that are missed by equipment currently used in breweries, according to brewing expert Charles Bamforth of the University of California, Davis. Brewers ...

I thought I’d experienced the spectrum of shady beer — gold, red, brown, black, sparkly and even (gak) green — until last week, when I popped open a bottle of Local Relic’s Butterfly Pea Saison and ...

The color of beer run the whole gamut from colorless to almost black. We have red beers—think Irish Red or other amber style beers—and white beers. In the latter case, however, we are usually talking ...

The beer: Scurry (Off Color Brewing, Chicago), a dark ale made with honey, oats and molasses. The back story: When Off Color launched in 2013, it did so with two wildly out-of-the-box ales with German ...

Imagine the following scenario: a group of college students walk into a liquor store looking for refreshments to last them through the night. All of a sudden, the students come across a case of beer ...

Wednesday, Aug. 10: The Wine Spot will hold "Verging On Indecent: An Off Color Brewing Tapping" 6 p.m. to close. Beers from Off Color Brewing of Chicago will be served: Dinosmores Imperial Stout, ...

Off Color Brewing, which makes some of Chicago’s boldest and most creative beer, is putting some of it in a uniquely small package: 250-milliliter bottles. Compared with the 12- and 16-ounce bottles ...

St. Patrick's Day is a worldwide celebration of Irish culture and religious traditions, marked by festivities and parties. In the United States, this includes lively parades and indulging in green ...