2010 November

Join us at 5 pm here in Munster to celebrate the latest collaboration between us and Milton, DE’s own Dogfishhead.

“A deep, golden ale spiced with cardamom and fermented using a robust Belgian yeast strain. One third of the volume was then aged for 6 months in oak brandy barrels. Spice, esters, and sweet brandy dominate the aroma. A robust 10% abv is rounded by caramel and vanilla notes from the wood with a slight spiciness coming from the yeast.”

We will have draught and bottles as well as other Three Floyds and Dogfish head beers on in the pub.

See you there.

We will start with a beer and appetizer reception at 6:30 and dinner to follow immediately after. Reception and Dinner are only $69!

Call 312.669.9900 to make a reservation, space is limited so call us soon!

Congrats to us. We won two silver metals at the Eighth Annual Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer this past weekend.  For those of you who haven’t been before, it’s one of the best beer festivals in the midwest every year that it’s thrown.  Two sessions for a great price, and barrel aged beers from around the country.  Here’s how the Illinois Craft Brewer’s Guild describes it:

The Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer^SM is not only about sampling many of the rarest beers anywhere. Before any beer is tasted by the public, a panel of industry experts judge each beer in the National Wood Aged Beer Competition against a set of standard guidelines. Each judge has experience with barrel aging or significant sensory experience, and the panels award gold, silver and bronze medals in ten categories. Rather than beers being judged largely on wood aging and strength, we have broken our categories down to also reflect the underlying beer style. Each beer is judged on the basis of how that underlying style reflects the expression of wood and/or barrel character. Several of the most experienced judges then select a best of show from all the category winners: The Champion Wood Aged Beer for 2010!

We won silver for Chocolate City, our Robert the Bruce Scottish style ale aged in a bourbon barrel with Marion Berries, and also for Conquistador de Muerte, our Mokolo Milk stout aged in a bourbon barrel with brandy soaked Mexican chilies.

Go to http://illinoisbeer.com/ for the full results.

Here’s Cool Breeze braving the hail storm yesterday to see if it’s safe.