GAY AGENDA! Friday Open Mic! Lollygagger! Witchcraft! at IBW!

Hello friends!!!

We've got a bunch of great events this week at IBW Lodge #1 that I'm excited to tell you about. But first!

That's right! Because we love you and because you DEMANDED, we've got both GAY AGENDAand SLUSHY 666 back in the rotation. Gay Agenda will be on tap tonight and available in cans TOMORROW. Slushy 666 will be available in to-go in cans and can pours TONIGHT.

To jog your crummy memory, SLUSHY 666 is a sparkling fruit beverage with about 30% fruits of Raspberry, Banana, Sweet Cherry and Marshmallow. Weighing in at 6% ABV, Drei Sexxxer - Germany's premier Hair Metal band of your mind who grace the cans - will be your tour guide to delights time and time again. Don't sleep on these!

 And, while you're here boning up on the Gay Agenda, we've got some stellar events for you to enjoy as well.

Richard Metzger's newest episode of MAGICK SHOW has been released and we're doing a FREE SCREENING of it at 7pm on Thursday. This episode is all on WITCHCRAFT. Pulling from over 50 interviews with many of today's most public practitioners, MAGICK SHOW takes you through the history, the present and the future of the arcane arts. Come by, enjoy the show on us and meet some other practitioners and curious folk alike.

Friday we've got the first of what will be a monthly OPEN MIC night. Come on out and show the world they were wrong!

And then Saturday we've got another FREE LIVE SHOW here at our humble little beer hovel.

That's right. Come get your fill of punk rock with LOLLGAGGER, THE ESTRANGERS and WON'T STAY DEAD while you get your fill of beer (and probably people, too).

And, of course, every Tuesday is TUESDAY TRIVIA NIGHT w/ MR. KING. The deadliest game of trivia in Chicago starts at 7:30pm every Tuesday!

What more do you need? I mean, really?

You can see all of our events on our event calendar 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

TRUST is back on tap & Happy Lobster Tonight!

Ladies and gentlenerds, THE LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER.... TRUST is back on tap at IBW Lodge #1.

I can't tell you how excited (and relieved!!) I am to have Old Faithful back in the house slathering her salacious sud-a-rific sensations on your saliva makers! Now get over here and drink some why don't you?

We also just put ORANGE SUNSHINE back on tap and in cans last night. And, just in time for the greatest holiday of the year, PAZUZU'S PEDALS is back here at the Lodge and in 4-packs to take home and apply for all your infernal affairs.

We still have some Ecto-Slushy here on the board and in the to-go cooler don't forget.

Mind you, IBW Lodge #1 is the ONLY place you can get 4-packs of Ecto-Slushy. All our off-premise accounts only have 2-packs. So, you terrible green-fiending freaks need to come to the horses, uh, mouth to get the volume you need. This is a once-a-year materialization and, when it's gone it's gone!

As if that isn't enough reason to come see me behind the bar tonight, we've also got HAPPY LOBSTER FOOD TRUCK here from 5pm - 8pm to give you something to shovel on top of your gallons and gallons of TRUST you are hammering back.

So, come on by tonight, go home, get some rest and then head down to Grant Park tomorrow to show you not only care about this grand American Project of democracy and cognitive liberty, but you're willing to DO THE WORK for it. And then, when you're done standing tall with your fellow brothers and sisters, come on back to IBW LODGE #1 and take a load off again! And, since you're already here, why not stay for the FREE live rock show Saturday night?

We've got TWO IBW work shirts left. You can come by today and get one for $55 when you buy a beer or six. This deal is today only, no rainchecks, no takesies backsies. These are normally $65 (plus tax, you know?).

See your real soon!

You can see all of our events on our event calendar 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

ECTO-SLUSHY RELEASE IS TONIGHT!

TODAY IS THE DAY!! 

This years ECTO-SLUSHY release starts at 4pm!

Get it on draft! Get it in 4-packs to go!

Mind you, IBW Lodge #1 is the ONLY place you can get 4-packs of Ecto-Slushy. All our off-premise accounts only have 2-packs. So, you terrible green-fiending freaks need to come to the horses, uh, mouth to get the volume you need. And I'd do it today as supplies are VERY limited.

And, why not stick around for the FREE live rock show tonight?

We've also got a very limited supply of IBW work shirts. You can come by today and get one for $55 when you buy a beer or six. This deal is today only, no rainchecks, no takesies backsies. These are normally $65 (plus tax, you know?).

See your real soon!

You can see all of our events on our event calendar 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

Keep the Glass Tonight at IBW Lodge #1!

Mock Turtlefest 2025!!!

First things first: TOMORROW NIGHT, that would be Thursday... I'm behind the bar and we're going to finally watch - on the projector - the greatest LSD comedy ever made (by Otto Preminger): SKI-DOO.

If you can imagine a film starring Jackie Gleason, Carrol Channing, Groucho Marx, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Mickey Rooney and a set-designed by the geniuses behind the Batman TV show where the 3rd act involves a whole prison of people in a song and dance number while tripping their faces off that you might (MAYBE!) begin to understand a fragment of this powerful piece of the American Cinema Canon. (or is that cannon?)

I'll start the show around 8pm. I will try to remember to pick up some popcorn to give you. All you have to do is bring a good attitude, a light heart, and a jelly roll full of $20 dollar bills to stick into my brazier. (is that how you spell that?)

There's no time like this chaotic, non-sensical, slightly terrifying and mostly annoying point in history to come out and have fun with people you love that you know or are about to know.

And speaking of non-sensical and slightly annoying:

It's that most magickal time of the year once again.... MOCK TURTLEFEST SEASON!

Yes. Yes. YES!!

Saturday, October 4th from 3pm - 11pm it all begins to happen again...

Here's the memo sent to all branches of our organization this morning at 6:36am:

STRANGE PEOPLE OF EARTH, 

LET IT BE KNOWN, BY HOLEY WRIT & SWEATY DECREE, THAT SATURDAY OCTOBER 4TH 2025 IS OUR 5TH ANNUAL MOCK TURTLE FEST.

YOUR ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED BY LAW.

EXPECT MANY A SAUSAGE AND PRETZEL A-PLENTY.

EXPECT STRANGE COMPETITIONS OF STRENGTH AND CUNNING (WE HAVE ELIMINATED THE GAMES OF WIT DUE TO CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES).

EXPECT STEINS OF AMERICA'S GREATEST FAKE MARZEN BEER MADE FROM A RECIPE DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED BY THE UNITED STATE'S FIRST AMBASSADOR TO CARCOSA, JOHN MAREK, ESQ.
EXPECT, IN TRIUMPHANT RETURN, THE FREAKING RON SMOLLEN ORCHESTRA, PLAYING ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE OOMPA OOMPA SONGS. SING-A-LONGS ARE NOW ENFORCED BY LAW.

THIS IS A HIGH ROLLING DAY OF RESPECT AND HONOR TO FASION'S FINEST BOUNTY: THE MOCK-TURTLENECK. WEAR ONE. OR WEAR SOME LIEDERHOSEN (SP?) OR WEAR ONE OF THOSE BLUE SKIRTS THAT ARE SO ADORABLE. WE WILL BE GRANTING PRAISE UPON THE WORTHY AND RETRIBUTION UPON THE HUMORLESS AND LAME.

JOIN US OR SURRENDER LATER. YOUR FUTURE IS IN OUR HANDS.

THE MGT

So, there you have it. All the information you need to properly free your mind, body and spirit. Oh, one other thing; NEVER LOOK A SEA MONKEY IN THE EYES!

See your real soon!

You can see all of our events on our event calendar 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