NYE @ IBW Lodge #1 @ THE OVERLOOK HOTEL!

Make sure to cancel all of your plans for New Years Eve and come to IBW Lodge #1 for our NEW YEARS EVE WINTER GALA in the GOLD ROOM @ THE OVERLOOK HOTEL!

Join your troubled friends at Illuminated Brew Works & Aeriz Cannabis for a lovely evening of drinking & dancing at the Overlook Hotel's historic Gold Room.

Venture up to the historic mountainside resort, the Overlook Hotel, and enjoy an evening with ghosts & ghouls & friends & family and, most importantly, beer.

Formal wear (however crummy!) is encouraged though not required. Dance away this godawful year of war, pestilence & famine to the big band sounds of the 20s, 30s & 40s.

We'll have some snacks for you to chew on, plenty of beer to wet your whistle, a midnight toast, shenanigans and plenty of other surprises including a hedge maze, some Shining specific games/compeitions, a blood fountain and perhaps a visit or two from some strange party goers.

Make sure to stay for the midnight toast to get your limited edition Overlook Hotel glassware!

Here's the Facebook event link if you need it.

Come play with us forever and ever and ever and ever...Still looking for that last minute gift for the beer lover in your life? We're here to help. From today until December 25th, we're going to offer our few remaining War on Xmas Box Sets to the good folks of this email list for 10% off the normal $60 price. Use discount code WOX22 when checking out to receive your discount.

If you don't know already, for $60 ($54 with the discount!) you get a War on Xmas! 4-pack, War on Xmas! t-shirt, either 2x IBW tulip glasses or 1x IBW stein, some stickers, a War on Xmas button and it's all boxed up in this lovely little hand-stamped IBW gift box.

New this year, we've also got some other gift options as well including a Shirt, Glass & Beer Can special and, if you need it shipped, just a Shirt & Glass Special.

You can get these off of our hyper-janky WEB STORE or you can come by the Lodge and pick one up anytime, even at the Holiday Pop-Up Shopping this Sunday!

You can see all of our event calendar for the month at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/events

You can see what's currently on tap at IBW LODGE #1 at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/whats-on-tap

6186 N Northwest Hwy, Chicago, IL 60631

Tuesday, 4pm - 11pm
Wednesday, 4pm - 11pm
Thursday, 4pm - 12am
Friday, 12pm - 12am
Saturday, CLOSED XMAS EVE 
Sunday, CLOSED XMAS DAY
Monday, 6pm - 10pm

Saturday, Dec. 17 DIMO'S PIZZA is back at IBW Lodge #1

This Saturday, December 17th, Dimo's Pizza is going to be back for another round of slinging their fantastic slices. They'll be here from 5pm - 8pm, make sure to come on by and eat 5 or 6 pieces.

We dropped a couple beers this week, one brand new and one favorite.

Peacock Angel is an 8% Double Dry Hopped Double IPA made with Mosaic Incognito, Waimea, Vic's Secret & Rakau. That Mosaic Incognito gives a full and bright hop character that we're very excited about and the color on this one is just about perfect. Give it a shot.

The Ballad of the Peanut Butter Pony is back in all of its 13% glory. We added more peanut butter and more cocoa to this batch to really bring this little stag up to it's full and great potential.

Both of these are available in 4-packs to go. Peanut Butter Pony is on draft right now and Peacock Angel should make its way to the taps just after Xmas.

That viking shield in the background of the photo was made by one of our Cult Members, Paul Hejnowski. It's all hand-built and apparently spot on to traditional specs. Come by and check it out at the Lodge along with all the other oddities and entities we've got running around here.

Speaking of our Cult Members, did you know our 2023 CULT MEMBERSHIPS are LIVE and ready for you to sign up for this year's adventure? We've got 3 different membership levels this year, from the level for cheap and/or broke folks, all the way to the lifer level of Secret Chief that will keep you clothed and schwifty all 365 days of 2023. Read more about it here and sign up.

Ask any of the Cult Members from this year, there's really nothing else like it available anywhere.

I don't know what your plans are for New Years Eve, but you should spend it with the fine-feathered freaks here at IBW. We're going to take another shot at doing our "The Shining" themed NYE Party that we had to bag last year due to the on-going pandemic. It's gonna happen this year, so make sure to lock us in. More info will be coming soon.

Have you bought your WAR ON XMAS box set yet?

If you don't know already, for $60 you get a War on Xmas! 4-pack, War on Xmas! t-shirt, either 2x IBW tulip glasses or 1x IBW stein, some stickers, a War on Xmas button and it's all boxed up in this lovely little hand-stamped IBW gift box.

New this year, we've also got some other gift options as well including a Shirt, Glass & Beer Can special and, if you need it shipped, just a Shirt & Glass Special.

You can get these off of our hyper-janky WEB STORE or you can come by the Lodge and pick one up anytime, even at the Holiday Pop-Up Shopping this Sunday!

You can see all of our event calendar for the month at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/events

You can see what's currently on tap at IBW LODGE #1 at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/whats-on-tap

Chicago Tribune Loves War on Xmas & So Can You!

Howdy!

Chicago's chrome-domed taste-maker, Josh Noel, over there at that hippie-run liberal hack-rag the Chicago Tribune said some very nice things about this year's WAR ON XMAS white peanut-brittle stout and put us in with some wonderful company in this article released today: Beery Christmas and Hoppy New Year: 10 festive beers to stuff in your holiday stocking.

Click the link and read all about it. And then hop on over to IBW Lodge #1 (or your favorite local bottle shop) and grab yourself a 4-pack or 3 and get to making your spirits bright.

Or, better yet, why don't you get over here and buy a WAR ON XMAS box set?

If you don't know already, for $60 you get a War on Xmas! 4-pack, War on Xmas! t-shirt, either 2x IBW tulip glasses or 1x IBW stein, some stickers, a War on Xmas button and it's all boxed up in this lovely little hand-stamped IBW gift box.

New this year, we've also got some other gift options as well including a Shirt, Glass & Beer Can special and, if you need it shipped, just a Shirt & Glass Special.

You can get these off of our hyper-janky WEB STORE or you can come by the Lodge and pick one up anytime, even at the Holiday Pop-Up Shopping this Sunday!

You can see all of our event calendar for the month at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/events

You can see what's currently on tap at IBW LODGE #1 at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/whats-on-tap

Upcoming Events @ IBW Lodge #1

Howdy!

I hope you all survived your Thanksgiving benders in one piece. Now that you've had a few days to catch your breath, I wanted to plug you into some events we have coming up. Read on...

TONIGHT, we're tapping SECRET SPICE SOCIETY at the Lodge. This is a Gose with Fernet spices that we made in collaboration with Lake Effect Brewing. This delightful little monster has notes of citrus and anise and a nice tart finish. Get it while you can.

To celebrate our collaboration, Clint from Lake Effect will be at IBW Lodge #1 tonight around 6:30 to have a couple two-three pops. Come knock glasses with him and wish him well on his new brew space that should be open soon on Belmont Ave.

Thursday, December 1, we've got the 2nd installment of NIGHT BEAMS: AN EVENING OF MODULAR SYNTH JAMS. The last one we had in September was a blast, this one should prove to be just as grand!


This Sunday we have a Holiday Shopping Pop-Up event from 2pm - 6pm. Stop by both IBW Lodge #1 and WineStyles for some unique, Chicago-borne gifts for your friends and enemies. Beer and Wine specials to help your shopping go smoothishly.

Remember that WAR ON XMAS! box sets are back and ready to head into your happy homes. If you don't know already, for $60 you get a War on Xmas! 4-pack, War on Xmas! t-shirt, either 2x IBW tulip glasses or 1x IBW stein, some stickers and all boxed up in this lovely little hand-stamped IBW gift box.

New this year, we've also got some other gift options as well including a Shirt, Glass & Beer Can special and, if you need it shipped, just a Shirt & Glass Special.

You can get these off of our hyper-janky WEB STORE or you can come by the Lodge and pick one up anytime, even at the Holiday Pop-Up Shopping this Sunday!

You can see all of our event calendar for the month at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/events

You can see what's currently on tap at IBW LODGE #1 at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/whats-on-tap