Two food related news stories the Tribune couldn’t resist giving headline puns to.
Dispute taps Bell’s out of the Illinois market “Experts said state beer-distribution laws were intended to protect small distributors from massive, bullying beermakers after Prohibition. But with the rise of microbrews like Bell’s, and the growth of distributorships into billion-dollar businesses, many argue the law has become antiquated.”
Lawsuit over sausage cuts family links at plant, stores “Families have business spats, of course. They just usually don’t end up in federal court, where “Exhibit A” in the filings consist of page after page of culinary descriptions, from “Old Style Polish Sausage” to “Smoked Pork Tails.”"
If you’re worried about the availability of good local beer and sausage in Chicago, just head over to Goose Island and get yourself a Dunkelweissenbock and a Paulina Brat. I’ve mentioned the Paulina Brat before, but it’s been years since I’ve been able to get to Goose Island during the right season, before the Dunkel taps are drunk dry. The Dunkel has more citrusy sourness than I remember, but still has the dark, sweet banana-vanilla complexity.
