Chicago Craft Beer Week Schedule of events for May 20, 2010

Moonshine Celebrates Craft Beer
Moonshine Restaurant & Brewery

In honor of American Craft Beer Week, a nation-wide celebration of the art of craft brewing, Moonshine Restaurant & Brewery will showcase its new lineup of house brews by pairing them with delicious new dishes. The featured brew of the week will be a brand new, highly anticipated wheat beer, “Hymie Weiss,” aptly named after Al Capone’s bitter gangster rival! They say it’s “a beer you’ll kill for”!

This is a great chance for beer lovers to toast craft brewing and to commemorate the advanced beer culture here in Chicago,” says Moonshine chef Matt Wilde. The “mother of all beers weeks,” American Craft Beer Week is the largest national effort focusing on American craft brewers.

Moonshine has recently implemented a fully-operational in-house brewery, spearheaded by Brewmaster Bob Kittrell. The house-brew list consists of six diverse, hand-crafted beers, each priced at $5.

Moonshine Restaurant & Brewery
1824 W Division
Chicago

Monday, May 17 through Sunday, May 23
Lunch and Dinner (excluding Sunday brunch; hours of operation below)

**Moonshine Brewing Company is Chicago’s favorite urban roadhouse experience. Known for its handcrafted brews, fresh, locally-sourced ingredients and rock-n-roll, Moonshine is located in the heart of Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood at 1824 West Division Street, Chicago, Illinois 60622. Phone: 773-862-8686. Hours of operation: M 5p-2a; T-F 11a-2a; Sat 10a-3a; Sun 10a-2a.



Craft Beer Week Celebration at Tribes Alehouse
Each day [this] week, The Tribes Alehouse will offer beer specials from Michigan, Colorado, Wisconsin, Indiana and California Breweries!

The Tribes is located on the corner of Wolf Road and Rte 30 at 11220 W. Lincoln Highway in Mokena Illinois. We are a friendly, neighborhood bar and grill featuring an eclectic menu of great sandwiches, char-grilled burgers and a whole lot more. Most exciting of all, we have the largest and best craft beer menu in the marketplace featuring 42 handles of premium craft beer from some of the top breweries in the nation!



Two Brothers Rare Beer Night at Beer Bistro
Come try some rare offerings from Two Brothers and meet members of the Two Brothers Brewing Co. family. The beers will be tapped and ready as soon as the doors are open.



Amber Rye Tapping Party at Rock Bottom Chicago
Rock Bottom Chicago new brewmaster Chris Rafferty unveils his first beer, "My Oh My Amber Rye," at 6 pm. Be there!



Crown Valley Brewer Tasting at Binny's
Come meet Bryan Siddle, owner, operator, brewer of Crown Valley Brewing out of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri on Thursday May 20 at the Binnys at 1132 S Jefferson in Chicago. Bryan will be there starting at 6pm through 8pm talking about and sampling through all of his beers, in addition to a couple of specialty beers that are not yet available in Illinois. For more information contact Chris at Binnys Beverage Depot South Loop location at 312-768-4400.



Big Sky Brewmasters Dinner at Durty Nellies
Durty Nellies presents a Big Sky Beer Dinner, hosted by Big Sky Brewery brewmaster Matt Long. Sample all varieties of Big Sky beer plus 2 specialty, never before brewed beers while enjoying a fantastic dinner prepared by Durty Nellies' Head Chef!

Cost is $50 for the event. Tickets may be purchased at Durty Nellies or at Dobby's World-Wide Liquors, located at 15 S Brockway St, Palatine.



DLS Presents the Art of Farm Food at Terzo Piano
Join Goose Island and TimeOut Chicago as seven local farmers and Terzo Piano turn the best ingredients of spring into an unforgettable five-course meal with beer pairings. Matilda will be the beer choice.



Beer & Cheese Pairing at Limestone Brewing Company
Come on Thursday evening for a beer and cheese pairing at Limestone Brewing Company. All of the cheese selections will be made with the assistance of the owner of Wine & Cheese by TCC in Plainfield. More details to follow.



Historic Bars of Chicago Book Signing
Sean Parnell of the Chicago Ber Project will be on hand at the John Barleycorn Memorial Pub to sign copies of his newly-released book, Historic Bars of Chicago.

The book (published by Lake Claremont Press) includes reviews of the Top 100 most historic bars, taverns, nightclubs, lounges, dives, and bierstubes in Chicago. Many entries in the book serve craft beers and the book itself celebrates historic bars, just as ale aficionados (like Sean) celebrate craft beers.

Within the covers of this book, you’ll learn the stories behind Chicago’s best nightspots: how they came to be, their intertwining histories, uniqueness, celebrity clientele, and their place within the culture of the great city of Chicago. We even threw in the most historic suburban bars, taverns we miss the most, and do-it-yourself historic pub crawls.



Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Event at Guthries Tavern
Come help Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. celebrate Chicago Craft Beer Week at Guthries Tavern. Beers available will be the classic Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and draught offerings of Sierra Nevada Summerfest, 2010 Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest, and the very rare Sierra XXX Fritz & Ken’s Ale.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale highlights the bold flavors and piney-citrus aromas of whole-cone Cascade hops.

Sierra Nevada Summerfest features slight malt sweetness, delicate spicy and floral hop flavor, and a crisp refreshing finish.

Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest features fresh hops from New Zealand, where fall happens during our spring. These fresh whole-cone hops are picked, dried, and shipped to the brewery within days of the harvest. Tasting Notes: Toasty, caramel-like malts with a fresh hop flavor of peppery spice, and lemon with rose-like aromas.

Sierra XXX Fritz & Ken’s Ale is a rich and roasted stout, perfect for aging and worthy of your finest snifter. Fritz Maytag of Anchor Steam agreed to guest brew this very special ale with us in honor of our 30th anniversary.



California Alebration at SmallBar - Wicker Park
SmallBar - Wicker Park hosts a tasting of some of the finest in Cali brewing, featuring:

Lagunitas Hop Stoopid, Stone Oak Aged Arrogant Bastard, Green Flash Belgian Stout, Bear Republic Nor-Cal Pale, Moylan's Moylander IPA, North Coast Nitro Old Rasputin, Lost Abbey Devotion and a brewers choice cask from Stone Brewing.



Goose Island Clybourn Cocktail Party
In celebration of Chicago Craft Beer Week, Goose Island Clybourn will be featuring a "Goose Island Cocktail Party" on Thursday, May 20th from 7-9 pm. Goose Island Pub Brewer Jared Rouben and Chef/Certified Cicerone Andrew Hroza will be featuring four pub beers paired with chef-selected appetizers.

Menu:

Willow St. Wit-- Ginger coriander glazed chicken drummettes
Sovereign Bitter-- Braised pork belly lollipops with a cabbage and coriander salad
22nd Anniversary Pale Ale--Orange and Juniper ceviche
Maple Bacon Stout-- Dark chocolate bacon fudge truffle

Price: FREE
RSVP Required. 312.915.0071



Anchor Brewing Beer and Food Pairing at Sheffield's
Sheffield's will have six items paired with Anchor beers. $30 a person. Space is limited - get your tickets early.

1) Summer- Cedar Salmon on a cracker w/ lemon cream

2) Steam- Chili-bites

3) Bock- Sausage & Swiss "Kabob"

4) Humming- Chicken Flauta

5) Liberty- Sliced brisket w/dijon on rye toast points

6) Porter- Mud pie bites




Neighbor Night! Metropolitan & Half Acre Firkin Tapping at Fountainhead
Our two local Northside breweries will each be tapping a special firkin at Fountainhead. Brewers, owners and the founders from each brewery will be present to enjoy the evening and maybe a pint or two with you!

Metropolitan Brewing - 5121 N Ravenswood Ave (1.2 mi away)

Specially made as per Fountainhead Beer Director/Manager Phil Kuhl's whims, they've infused a firkin of I-beam, an Alt-style beer with ginger root to make Ginger Alt!

Half Acre Brewing - 4257 N. Lincoln Ave (0.4 mi away!)

Other specialty made firkin per-Beer Dude Phil. Extra Dry Hopped Daisy Cutter Pale Ale!



Three Floyds Beer Sampling Timothy O'Toole's
Join Timothy O’Toole’s Pub and Three Floyds Brewing for a casual beer sampling on Thursday, May 20th at 8:00PM. The following Three Floyds selections will be available for sampling:

* Alpha King
* Gumball Head
* Dreadnaught
* Robert the Bruce
* Black Heart

Light appetizers along with a few informational tidbits will be offered as compliment to each beer selection.

Please call today (312-642-0700) to make your reservation. Cost is $20 per person.



Half Acre Firkin Tapping @ Fountainhead
Phil will be tapping a firkin of Extra Dry Hopped Daisy Cutter. Tapping starts at 8pm and will be drunk until it is gone.



Sierra Nevada Night at Poor Phil's
Come out to Poor Phil’s (139 South Marion Street, Oak Park, IL) for Sierra Nevada Night, featuring Southern Hemisphere Harvest Ale and, from their Taproom and Restaurant at the brewery in Chico, CA, Best Bitter Ale on draft!

The Southern Hemisphere features fresh Pacific Hallertau, New Zealand Motueka and New Zealand Southern Cross hops, all from New Zealand. The fresh hops in this beer are dried right after being picked then shipped immediately to Chico for brewing so that they retain their peak aromatics and flavors. To ensure the freshest hops possible, we went to the added expense of flying these hops from New Zealand to Chico so we could brew with them the week after they were picked.

The Best Bitter Ale is brewed using imported English malts and hops, this medium-bodied, copper-colored beer is a great rendition of the popular English beer style. Our Best Bitter is a very drinkable yet flavorful ale. Also available will be Pale Ale and Porter bottles.



Big Sky Brewmaster and Special Beers at Quenchers
Quenchers Saloon invites you to meet Big Sky Brewery brewmaster Matt Long while enjoying Big Sky beer specials all night. Try specialty beers not currently available in Illinois!!!