The Publican does custom beer!

I recently stopped by the Publican on Fulton Market and was blown away by their beer list! Wow! Did I just fly to DC and end up at the Brickskellar by accident? Anyone know of another restaurant in Chicago that can match their selection? If so, PLEASE let me know. I hope this is going to be the start of a trend for our fair city! Chef Kahan rocks!

Try Hopleaf.
5148 N Clark St
(773) 334-9851

What do you mean that they do custom beer?

Sorry about that. Apparently, they occasionally do a beer dinner where they pair whatever food they're serving with specific beer.

Was on their website to look at their beer list when I found this link:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicago-I ... 4296010628

Looks like they're brewing a custom biere with the New Holland Brewery for a dinner in late august. They've made two short videos showing a bit of the process and Exec Chef Paul Kahan looking like he's been enjoying "some beer," as he puts it.

There's already a few threads discussing the Publican. Check them out if you are interested. Here's one:

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=21380&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Thanks, though "few" is a bit of an understatement. Never knew the place had gained such notoriety!

seafoodjunkie wrote:Thanks, though "few" is a bit of an understatement. Never knew the place had gained such notoriety!

Oh, it's gained notoreity, alright.

Thanks for the link to the great NY Times article, Khaopaat!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/dinin ... .html?_r=1

Chicagoist's Chuck Sudo has an excellent series of posts about riding along with the Kahan/New Holland process, starting here.

http://chicagoist.com/2009/06/15/road_tripping_visiting_new_holland.php