Chicago is a fantastic place for craft beer connoisseurs to call home. With so many beer festivals going down this year, drinkers will have plenty of opportunities to taste the finest beers from around the country. Newcomers in 2013 are American Beer Classic, Wicker Park-Bucktown TAP and Logan Square Beer Fest. Here are the beer festivals...
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Beer Hoptacular 2012: 5 Rabbit’s ‘5 Lizard’ Wins Beer of the Year
5 Rabbit Cerveceria’s “5 Lizard” won Beer of the Year at the 2012 Chicago Beer Hoptacular Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Riverfront Theater. The same beer won a Gold Medal for best fruit wheat beer last month at the Great American Beer Festival. Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company’s “Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale” and Brewery Ommegang’s...
Beer Hoptacular 2012: Video Tour of a Tasting Session
What’s the atmosphere like at one of the Chicago Beer Hoptacular tastings? Here’s a video tour of Friday’s session at the Riverfront Theater. Now in its third year, the Chicago Beer Hoptacular offers craft beer enthusiasts their choice of over one hundred craft beers as they hang out, listen to music and compare beer notes.
Chicago Beer Hoptacular: Revolution’s Will Turner Talks Craft Beer
Revolution Brewing’s head pub brewer Will Turner talks about what the Logan Square company has in store for this year’s Chicago Beer Hoptacular and the city’s craft beer movement. The 2012 Chicago Beer Hoptacular takes place Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Riverfront Theater.
Chicago Beer Hoptacular! 2012 at Riverfront Theater
The Chicago Beer Hoptacular! 2012 will be held on Nov. 9 and 10 in a new location, the Riverfront Theater located at 650 West Chicago Avenue. Now in its third year, Beer Hoptacular! is a beer tasting event celebrating craft beers, homebrew clubs and Chicago beer culture. There are three sessions in two days at $45...
Chicago Beer Hoptacular! 2011 Winners
Chicago Beer Hoptacular! returned Saturday, Nov. 5 to the Aragon Ballroom for another round of craft beer appreciation and the event crowned Destihl Brewery’s Dosvidanya Russian Imperial Stout the Beer of the Year. 5 Rabbit Brewery and Piece Brewery followed with 2nd and 3rd place honors, respectively. 1. Dosvidanya Russian Imperial Stout » Destihl Brewery –...