The Red Eye Picks IBW/TDS Brunch for the Weekend

Thanks to everyone who came out to Fountainhead last night, we did indeed shoot the moon.

And we're not done yet.  The Red Eye listed our Sunday Brunch at Table, Donkey & Stick as one of the top things to do in the city this weekend!!

 

There's still a few seats left. If you want to grab a ticket go here. 

We couldn't be more excited about the menu Chef Scott put together:

  • Charcuterie Board paired w/ Holy Mountain (Table Beer)
  • Gravlax & Roe with a lemon cream sauce paired w/ Orange Sunshine (Citrus Saison)
  • Blood Sausage Biscuits & Gravy paired w/ Brown Reason to Live (Belgian Brown)
  • Chocolate Rhubarb Crepes with Creme Fraiche paired w/ Templeton Rye Barrel Aged Black Maw

All of this for $50.  $5 from every ticket goes to La Casa Norte, a Humboldt Park organization that supports youths and families affected by homeless.  Get your tickets here.

There's nothing better to do on a Saturday in Chicago in the Spring than drink outside.  The only way you could punch that up more is to start before noon.  Which is exactly what you can do at the Welles Park Festival and after party take over of the Grafton & Mash on Saturday.  Without very much planning you could concievably clock over 12 solid hours of drinking at at least 3 locations.  Men have been knighted for lesser things.

And, last but assuredly far from least, we are stoked to be a part of Local Option's "The Day After" event.  Let the best beer bar in the country put the final nail in your Craft Beer Week.  

This tap list is insane:

Alpine Beer Company Alpine Ale
Alpine Captain Stout
Alpine Duet
Alpine Hoppy Birthday
Alpine Nelson
Bell's Brewery, Inc. (Official) Wild One
Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Parabola
Founders Pale Ale *Nitro*
Founders Brewing Co. KBS
Goose Island Beer Co. BCBS Backyard Rye
Goose Island BCBS Coffee
Goose Island BCBS Proprietors
Goose Island BCBS Vanilla Rye
Half Acre Beer Company Galactic Double Daisy Cutter
HammerHeart Brewing Company Barrel Aged Dublin Raid
Hitachino Nest Beer Anbai
Hoppin' Frog Brewery Barrel Aged B.O.R.I.S
Hoppin’ Frog Barrel Aged D.O.R.I.S
Jolly Pumpkin Brewery Saison X
Illuminated Brew Works LLC Orange Sunshine
Local Option Bierwerker Dampf Loc
Local Option Bierwerker die Königin
Local Option Bierwerker Mourning Wood
Local Option Bierwerker Outlawger
Local Option Bierwerker Voku Hila
Local Option Bierwerker Walk ov Shame
Maine Beer Lunch
Pipeworks Brewing Company Raspberry Truffle Abduction
Pipeworks Sure Bet
Surly Brewing Company Blakkr
Surly Todd The Axe Man
3 Floyds Brewery Skull’Ole


You might want to go back and read that again, maybe spend some time visualising your experience there.  You should optimize your frail and mortal self to properly indulge in all of those world class beers.

It's been a hell of a week.  You've all done a great job.  Now rub some dirt on it and get back in there.

Everything, All the Time

It's been an incredible few months here at the IBW compound.  And, from the looks of this dot matrix feed spitting from our crystal ball, this madness will be stopping no time soon.

First things first: meet Big Ed.  He's big, shiny and the newest addition to the cast of our Meatballs the movie remake.

This 15bbl beauty was bought from the wonderful people at Atlantic Brewery Supply and is the key to the next phase of our diabolical plan. 

This past weekend we brewed Pareidolia, our collaboration with Parachute Restaurant.  Pareidolia is a belgian summer crusher, a citrus and floral beauty designed to haunt lovingly along with Bev & Johnny's unparalleled menu.  Pareidolia will replace "Brown Reason to Live" at Parachute on Friday May 1st and will be available exclusively at Parachute until it is gone.

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Chicago Craft Beer Week will soon be up on us again.  We're still putting together our complete scheduling, but here is what we have booked so far in addition to at least 1 mid-week fire that we will announce closer to the event:

  • Friday, May 15th - Release party for our 3rd collaboration with Dryhop Brewers "50% Chance of Life".  This will be a farmhouse made with grape must and edlerflowers.  The party is at... Dryhop Brewers.   Other surprises to be announced later.
  • Thursday May 21st - Fountainhead Tap Take Over.  We'll have 6 beers upstairs and downstairs.  There will be burlesque dancers, 2 bands performing acoustically under the stars on Fountainhead's fantastic rooftop deck.
  • Saturday May 23 - 47 Fest.  This is the beer festival to officially bring a close CCBW.
  • Sunday May 24 - Brunch with Table, Donkey & Stick.  4 IBW beers will be paired with a 4 course brunch designed by Chef Scott Manley.  
  • Monday May 25 - The Day After.  Local Option's opportunity to prove definitively that it don't need no stinking Craft Beer Week to have a balls forward tap list.  

And, if that isn't enough, you will start seeing IBW in bottles around the first of May!!! We couldn't be more excited about this and we can't wait to share with you the artwork Mark Ludeman did for our first release, Orange Sunshine.  Keep your eyes on your favorite bottle shops around the city to get yours.

Please check out our website for a relatively accurate listing of all the bars and restaurants around the city where you can find us on tap.  We're very proud of the accounts we've curated, we've made sure that where ever you can find IBW you can find a proprietor that knows how to pour that beer for your best experience.

Finally, we've got 2 great events coming up.  Tonight, Tuesday April 7th from 7pm - 1am we have Boilermaker Part 4!  @ Fountainhead where the wizards at Fountainhead will pair our beer as well as Begyle's beer, 21st Amendment and Oskar Blue's beer with Whisky from New Holland, Few, Glenfiddich.  This is always a great event and a great way to enjoy several lovingly made beverages at the same time.

On April 24 we will have Kallisti and Orange Sunshine on tap at Local Option's Catalina Wine Mixer Part 2.  We're in good company at this event, don't miss it.

Ok, that's it.  2015 just keeps getting better!!