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Now that we’ve had a chance to tidy the brewery back up, catch our breath, and our heads have stopped spinning from Saturday, we want to thank everyone for coming to this year’s Dark Lord Day.  The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and it looks like all of you had as much fun as we did.  There are still some small tweaks to be made but we think that you’ll agree that things worked out pretty well overall this year.  Thank yous go out to all of the attendees who kept it a safe and positive beer experience, all the breweries who sent guest beers, Bloodiest, Lair of the Minotaur, Sweet Cobra, Pig Destroyer, Municipal Waste, High on Fire, the Town of Munster, our organizational partners, and the tireless efforts and countless hours that our employees put into organizing such an overwhelming endeavor.  We look forward to next year and we hope you do too!

11 am Bloodiest

12:30 pm Lair of the Minotaur

2 pm Sweet Cobra

4 pm Pig Destroyer

6 pm Municipal Waste

8 pm High on Fire

We’re donating 2 pairs of Dark Lord Day tickets to benefit the Irving Park YMCA. You can bid on them here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DarkLord-Day-Tickets/171019701990?pt=US_Tickets_all_in_one&hash=item27d1918ee6
and here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DarkLord-Day-Tickets-/171019703182?pt=US_Tickets_all_in_one&hash=item27d191938e

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We’re incredibly excited to announce that we’re semi-finalists in the 2013 James Beard Foundation nominations. From the Tribune:

“Brothers Nick and Simon Floyd, and their father Mike, founders of Munster’s Three Floyds Brewing, are semifinalists in the Outstanding Wine, Spirits & Beer Professional category.”

We’re extremely honored to be nominated next to other Chicagoland area friends and number of other Beer Industry friends.

The full list can be found here: http://www.jamesbeard.org/sites/default/files/static/additional/2013-jbf-semifinalists-twitter.pdf

http://www.blackcatdc.com/shows/pig-destroyer.html

The Craft Brewer’s Conference is right around the corner, and this year it’s in D.C.  Join us and our BFFs Surly, as we present Pig Destroyer at the Black Cat.

Also featured will be our collaboration beer, Permanent Funeral.

Congratulations is in order for Hill Farmstead Brewery in Vermont for seizing the number 1 spot on RateBeer’s annual Best Brewers in the World List. We had been on top for a number of years, but Hill Farmstead has been steadily climbing the list and is now the best brewery in the world.

(our standings for the last few years) 2006: #2, 2007: #1, 2008: #2, 2009: #1, 2010: #1, 2011: #1, 2012: #1, 2013: #2

Wear the mantle well my friends, for it is a heavy burden carrying such a title.  Cheers guys, and congrats.

Three new editions to the gallery of fan tattoos.

Want yours added? email it to info @ 3floyds dot com

Here’s a look at our ever expanding forays into media domination.  Premiering at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, Drinking Buddies, is the newest offering from local Chicago filmmaker, Joe Swanberg.

“Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too long… you know what makes the line between “friends” and “more than friends” really blurry? Beer.”

and from the SXSW synopsis:

Joe is a longtime friend of our brewery production manager, Andrew Mason, who acted as brewery consultant for the film.  Olivia and Jake came down to Munster to get a hands on feel for what it’s like to work in a growing regional brewery.  In addition to hanging out with us, large portions of the film were shot at Revolution’s production brewery. Look for beers from us, Revolution, Half Acre, Bells, and Founders to be featured in the film.  We’re pretty excited to see how it turns out.

Also, you fans of Showtime’s Shameless should keep an eagle eye on the upcoming episodes.  If you think you see what we’re hinting at, take a screen shot and email it to info@3floyds.com  First correct reply will win a prize.