This Weekend's Beer Events: News on PPW and 930-E
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Howdy, friends - our Friday email is coming to you a little earlier this week as I’m about to head out to celebrate my birthday today. On deck: Some kayaking, some hamburgers, some cake, and quite possibly some beer drinking in the sunshine. You know, the summer birthday basics.
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Here’s a photo of my last (real, non COVID) birthday in Chicago, spent at the lost and lamented Metropolitan Brewery taproom. That place ruled.
Good times.
A couple quick pieces of intel to pass along this morning:
Pilot Project Wrigleyville is officially open!
Premium Subscribers saw us reading the tea lives on Wednesday, but 93 Octane also directly confirmed that they were taking over the Elmhurst Brewing space and that they “are setting [it] up right now!” So look forward to that sooner rather than later, I think.
is/was reached out to let me know that at their upcoming first anniversary party on August 16, they will be introducing their very first canned beers into the market. Kinda wild that there’s still brewery that I so associate with bottled beers (and saison as a style speaks “bottle” to me) but they’ll have a bunch of Will Be saison cans available in a few weeks plus some other fun stuff we’ll mention closer to the event date.
You can expect an official announcement about a certain well-known barrel-aged beer series next week!
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This Friday / Starting Friday:
Head to Downers Grove to celebrate Goldfinger’s 5th Lagerversary with Bock Bombers and Sparkling Lager; the fest starts tonight and runs through Sunday.
Inside city limits, Horner Brew Fest brings nearly three dozen beverage makers to pour in Horner Park.
Saturday, July 19:
Heading to Phish tonight? Get a jumpstart on things at Haymarket starting at 1pm, where they’re hosting the reunited Hack & Wheeze, “Chicagoland's premier Phish cover band" for a no-cover pre-party.
Similarly, Links Taproom & Brewery isn’t open yet, so they’re joining Midwest Coast for a Phish concert pre-party at MCBC on both Saturday and Sunday (more info here). Also of note: Kaiser Tiger has a shuttle to the show and a Philet-o-Phish sandwich on the menu.
Ravenswood On Tap also takes place this weekend, featuring the brewers and distillers of Malt Row. They’ve even kindly prepared a beer list for the festival.
is/was releases Mooncusser, a saison brewed with oyster shells and sea salt, while Dovetail is pouring Gluhslushies for their Xmas In July gathering.
Kolsch service returns to Roaring Table from 3-7pm.
Whiner Beer turns nine, and the building they operate in - The Plant - turns a hundred!
In Verona WI, Lake Louie Brewing hosts Hefe Day with three different hefeweizens on tap.
Watermark Brewing is partying for their for their ninth birthday, with an event that promises “shenaningans” and “swashbuckling surprises.”
Sunday, July 20:
If you haven’t hit up the Goldfinger Lagerversary or Ravenswood on Tap, you’ve still got today to do it.
Next Week:
On Monday, Hopleaf hosts Belgian National Day, taking $4 off all Belgian beers (draft and bottle) and they’re clearing out their vintage glassware as well - go have a good beer and take home a beer-appropriate drinking vessel.
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