The Rise of Craft Beers

In 1989, Chicago was the host city for the Craft Brewers Conference, a few years before the term Craft Brewing truly caught on. Fritz Maytag of Anchor Brewing Co. was the keynote speaker, and all 125 or so attendees were transfixed by his story. Those were the early days, the frontier of craft brewing. 

Fast-forward to April 2010: The Craft Brewers Conference was back in Chicago for the first time in 21 years, this time sold out, with over 3,000...