Check out the best Chicago Craft Beer Week events.
Tag: Firestone Walker
Northdown builds another ludicrous tap list for this Friday’s Lions, Tigers and Beers benefit
Highlights include the first Illinois appearance of Firestone Walker’s Helldorado barleywine and a one-off apricot sour from Side Project called La Fosse.
The Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer: Still completely ridiculous, still definitely great
The 214 entries at this year’s FOBAB included beers aged in gin and Tabasco barrels, in what I’m pretty sure was a first for the festival.
Off Color’s hibiscus gose: One of the 50 or so beers at Northdown’s amazing Lions, Tigers & Beers
Northdown’s mind-boggling tap list for its Lions, Tigers & Beers benefit includes several brewed for the event—among them a hibiscus gose from Off Color.
Drinking on Soldier Field: The first American Beer Classic
More than 100 breweries graced the football field this past Saturday.
Beer and Metal: The tenth annual Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer
FOBAB showcases some of the most awesomely excessive beers in the world, which is pretty metal if you think about it
One Sip: Firestone Walker Double Jack Double IPA
One of the latest west-coast breweries to enter the Chicago craft-beer market won the Golden Tut at the Night of the Living Ales with this imperial IPA.
Night of the Living Ales
Goose Island takes first and second place, Three Floyds wins the bronze, and Firestone Walker earns a special nod from the organizers.
Stone Beer Week in Chicago
California’s Stone Brewing Co. celebrates its arrival in Chicago with a week of events from Thu 4/1-Fri 4/9.