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One of the agenda items left on the table when Paul Kahan and his entourage returned to Chicago from New Holland Brewing was finding a name for the biere de garde they brewed for their August 23 beer dinner at the Publican. Kahan and New Holland's Fred Bueltmann were riffing on mutual jazz musicians they were fans of, before the New Holland Knickerbocker gin and Zeppelin whisky took the riffing to a very dark-but-funny place.

                     

A few weeks ago, our Chuck Sudo went on a road trip to Holland, Michigan with Publican mastermind Paul Kahan to get a behind-the-scenes look at the pairing between Kahan and New Holland Brewing for their special beer dinner in August. It was an excellent series and we were worried about it getting lost in the shuffle so we've gathered up all the links here. If you haven't gotten a chance to read through it, we highly recommend you bookmark this post so you can come back and read each part at your leisure. Above are new pictures from Chuck that we didn't run the first time around on these posts, so enjoy those as well.

Many local beer drinkers owe their first experience with New Holland Brewing to Larry Bell. It was in October 2006 when Bell decided to pull his beers out of Illinois as a protest of the Illinois Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act. October in Illinois is premium weather for hoppy ales such as Bell’s Two-Hearted ale and Bell’s decision (which was equal parts protest, fit of pique, and masterstroke of marketing) left bars, restaurants and liquor stores throughout the city scrambling for a replacement.

If you're looking for a beer to stimulate your appetite, saisons make a wonderful aperitif. The tartness imparted from Brettanomyce yeast prepares an eater for anything from barbecue to a multiple-course tasting menu. If sour is the new hoppy, then consumers should focus on diversity.

There are a lot of fixed price dinners happening around town these days, but Bella Bacinos (75 E. Wacker Dr., 312-263-2350) is not one of the places we would immediately associate with hosting one, let alone a beer dinner.