So, yesterday afternoon was Day(and Night) of the Living Ales. It’s a great event put on by the Chicago Beer Society, featuring cask-conditioned ales from various local breweries and some out of state ones, as well. There were 43 beers and during the 4 hour session, I ended up sampling 17. My favorites are in bold:
- Bourbon McElroy Imperial Stout (Flossmoor Station)
- Joppy Joppy Joy Joy Jalapeno IPA (Flossmoor Station)
- Oaky Rose Flemish Brown (Goose Island)
- SupercalifragilisticCITRAalidocious (Goose Island)
- Traditional Honker’s Ale (Goose Island)
- A belgian blonde named Citrus (Goose Island Clybourn)
- Coffee-infused Schwarzbier (Gordon Biersch Bolingbrook)
- Ginger Twin India Red Ale (Half Acre)
- Bighead APA (Mickey Finn’s Liberyville)
- Hopsickle XXXIPA (Moylan’s Brewery)
- Coffee Oatmeal Stout (Rock Bottom Chicago)
- Argus’ India Brown Ale (Rock Bottom Lombard)
- Imperial Stout (Rock Bottom Orland Park)
- King of Hearts Imperial Red (Rock Bottom Warrenville)
- Darkness (Surly)
- Tea Bagged Furious (Surly)
- Resistance IPA (Two Brothers)
