Hop Butcher beers coming from Abu Nawas!

HOP BUTCHER Hop Water 6/4/12oz CANS – Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Hop Water w/ Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado. 0% ABV – IL 

HOP BUTCHER Chicagohenge 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy Double India Pale Ale With Nelson Sauvin, Amarillo, Motueka. 7.5% ABV – IL

HOP BUTCHER Tree Flat 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy India Pale Ale With Simcoe, Amarillo, Idaho 7. 6.75% ABV – IL

HOP BUTCHER Almost Magical In Symmetry 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy India Pale Ale With Mosaic, Idaho 7, Sabro, Strata, Mosaic Hyperboost, Wet Chinook. 6.75% ABV – IL

HOP BUTCHER Tavern Cut 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy Double India Pale Ale With Citra, Vic Secret. 7.5% ABV – IL

HOP BUTCHER Lord Octopus 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy Double India Pale Ale With Mosaic, Mosaic Cryo. 7.5% ABV – IL

Clock House Brewing celebrating 8 years this Saturday! New beers coming!

Here’s what’s being released this Saturday at Clock House Brewing’s 8th Anniversary party!

Cahoots (Amber Lager) Smooth, moderate-strength amber lager. Clean, toasty malt character, balanced bitterness, finishes dry with just a touch of sweetness.

8th Anniversary Stout Long-boil Imperial Stout aged in 12-Year Elijah Craig bourbon barrels, then rested on toasted coconut, cacao nibs, and Madagascar vanilla beans. Decadent and bold with chocolate notes, bourbon warmth, and a smooth finish.

Peach Habanero Sizzler (Kettle Sour) Brewed with ripe peaches and fresh habaneros. Juicy peach up front, finishing with a spicy kick.

Pineapple Witch Slap (NEIPA Variant) Our flagship Witch Slap NEIPA taken to warmer places. Infused with pineapple during primary and secondary fermentation for a tropical twist on our hazy staple.

Bake N’ Shake: Lemon Cake (Dessert-Inspired Sour) Brewed with lemon purée and lemon cupcakes. Tart, sweet, and refreshingly indulgent.

October releases from Lion Bridge Brewing!

The Spice Must Flow! (Black Ale w/spices, 7.0%) – A melange of Maple and Saigon Cinnamon meld with a robust black ale to form this luxurious treat. “He (she) who controls the spice, controls the universe!”

House Project (West Coast Lager, 5.5%) – Clean and clear with high crushability. This beautiful beverage is hopped with Sterling, Idaho 7, and Citra. House Project is an always evolving beer where we can experiment with fun new ingredients and processes.

Comfy Pants (Winter Warmer 6.8%) – Work is done. Go ahead and slip into something a little more comfortable with a pint of Comfy Pants. This rich, full-bodied English Strong Ale layers a complex malt profile filled with dark fruits and caramel on top of a touch of floral hops. Sit down, relax, and Get Comfy!
AVAILABLE 10/8

GIVEAWAY TIME! 2 Tickets to Field Day Brewing’s Beer Dinner on Ocotber 2nd!

Short notice…BUT…I have two tickets to giveway for this coming Thursday Night’s beer dinner at Field Day Brewing! Simply respond to this post what you’re favorite Field Day beer is and tag a friend who you would like to join you on this beer dinner! Winners will be drawn and notified by Wednesday evening! Enter on my blog iabeerbaron.com, Facebook @Ben Beerbaron, Twitter @iabeerbaron, or Instagram! Details on the dinner below! Good luck!

Our Friends of Field Day Member Beer Dinner is usually exclusive, but we’re opening up a very limited number of public tickets. This is your chance to see what being a Friend of Field Day is all about while enjoying an incredible evening of food + beer pairings.

Thursday, October 2 | 6:30 PM | Field Day Brewing Co.

Four-Course Menu by Executive Chef Jake Wegmann:

First Course – Apple Salad

Granny Smith Apple, Walnut, Whipped Bleu Cheese, Parsnip Crouton

🍺 Paired with Spiced Apple Golden Lager

Second Course – Curried Squash Gnocchi

Spiced Parisian Gnocchi, Butternut Squash, Paneer, Cilantro

🍺 Paired with Brett Lager

Third Course – Herb Crusted Beef Tenderloin

Creamed Spinach Croquette, Root Vegetable Purée, Demi-Glace

🍺 Paired with Crimson Crystal

Fourth Course – Cream Puff

Toasted Coconut, Caramel, Dark Chocolate Ganache

🍺 Paired with Coconut Churro

Pipeworks and GO Brewing coming from Abu Nawas!

PIPEWORKS BREWING:
PIPEWORKS BEER 6/4/16oz CANS – It is BEER Say no more. An American Lager like the GODS intended! Simple in presentation and taste yet extremely refreshing and crisp lager brewed with slight corn sweetness. Well balanced and super crushable. 4.4% ABV – IL
PIPEWORKS Choice Rye Lager 6/4/16oz CANS – American Lager with Rye Malt. Caramel colored lager with subtle nutty flavor and a spicy backbone from the hearty rye addition. 5.5% ABV – IL
PIPEWORKS Order From Chaos 6/4/16oz CANS – Delicious Altbier Style Ale with Cloves and Allspice. Smooth amber style brewed with baking spices that imbue a pleasant warming character. 4.9% ABV – IL
PIPEWORKS $ell Ray Sour – 6/4/16oz CANS – Surprisingly delicious Celery and Celery Seed Sour Ale. Refreshingly tart gose style ale brewed with celery seed, celery juice and salt. Sounds weird but it all works! 4.5% ABV – IL
PIPEWORKS Close Encounter, Black IPA 6/4/16oz CANS – Black India Pale Ale. Brewed with dark and roasted malts, this classic style is both rich and complex and also hopped with classic piney and citrus hops. 6.5% ABV – IL
PIPEWORKS Horchata 6/4/16oz CANS – Horchata inspired ale with rice, lactose, vanilla beans, and cinnamon. Refreshing and comforting flavors of rice, vanilla and cinnamon. Horchata is a year round favorite! Currently the highest selling beer at the Taproom! 7% ABV – IL
PIPEWORKS Ninja vs Unicorn 6/4/16oz CANS – Double India Pale Ale. Hoppy Dry classic west coast style IPA with a light IBU bitterness and a strong citrus and dank hoppiness. Brewed with over five pounds of hops per barrel, this unfiltered double IPA is sure to please the most discerning hop lover. Whether you’re rooting for the mythical horned horse or the deadly assassin of the east, we hope you’ll enjoy Ninja Vs. Unicorn. 8% ABV – IL
PIPEWORKS Lizard King 6/4/16oz CANS – Mosaic Hopped Pale Ale. Light, crisp and refreshing. Mosaic hops make for one tropical, citrusy, and piney pale that gets our mojo risin’ 6% ABV – IL
PIPEWORKS NvU VS The Haze 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy Double IPA. Tropical and fruity aromatics over a full bodied and semi-sweet hazy. A temporary truce between the shadow warriors and the unicorns has been called. Though they are sworn enemies, they must join forces to defeat their trendiest enemy – The Haze! 8% ABV – IL
PIPEWORKS Blood of the Unicorn 6/4/16oz CANS – Hoppy Red Ale. Tastes of Hoppy, Berry, Citrus, Touch of malt sweetness. In this epic battle, the Blood of the Unicorn has been shed by the sword of the deadly assassin of the east. One sip of this aggressively hopped red ale clearly reveals what drives these, the greatest of, hop heads of lore. Is this the end of the mythical horned horse? Or will he rise like the phoenix to fight another day? 6.5% ABV – IL
PIPEWORKS Mini Unicorn 6/4/16oz CANS – IPA with Citra, Simcoe, Amarillo, and Mosaic hops. Refreshing lower ABV version of our famed Ninja vs Unicorn, this beer takes everything wonderful about NvU and makes for an easy drinking citrus and pine forward IPA. 5% ABV – IL

GO BREWING:

GO BREWING FREEDOM HAZY 4/6/12oz CANS –  The latest addition to the Freedom line-up. Freedom Hazy IPA w/ Citra & Nectraon Hops. It is a bold, hop-forward brew crafted without gluten. Bursting with juicy tropical notes of citrus and stone fruit, this instant classic delivers a soft, hazy body and a smooth, pillowy mouthfeel that’s anything but watered down. Crafted for beer lovers who crave a full-bodied IPA experience, Freedom is brewed to be inclusive— it’s everything you love about a hazy IPA, reimagined for a freer, lighter lifestyle. Just you, the horizon, and a full tank of possibility. 
GO BREWING FREEDOM AMBER 4/6/12oz CANS – GLUTEN FREE – Cool, confident, and unapologetically bold—Freedom Amber is brewed for those who carve their own path and do it in style. With rich toasty malts, a smooth backbone, and just the right amount of bite, this brew is crafted without gluten for those who refuse to be boxed in. Like the eagle on the can, kicking back in an ice bath, rocking shades and a gold chain, this beer is all about staying cool under pressure and enjoying the ride. Whether you’re chasing new horizons or just soaking in the moment, Freedom Amber is here to keep things smooth, bold, and always on your terms. Raise a glass. Embrace the chill. Break free. 

Lua Brewing 6th Anniversary set for October 4th!

Courtesy of Lua Brewing’s Facebook page:

Come on down to 1525 High Street on Saturday 10/4 because our 6th anniversary offerings are almost ready for ya!

Here are the sweet sweet details:

ALL (15.0%) 🫦

ALL 2025 is a double-barrel aged stout, first aged 20 months in Old Fitzgerald barrels, then 16 months in Weller barrels, before resting on coconut, Ghanaian cacao nibs, Korintje and Saigon cinnamon, and hazelnuts.

NARROW (13.8%) 🦦

NARROW is an English-style barleywine, conditioned in stainless steel for 20 months

MANTRA (15.5%) 🧘

MANTRA is a double-barrel aged stout, first aged 18 months in Heaven Hill barrels, then 16 months in Eagle Rare barrels, before resting on Windmill coffee, Madagascar vanilla beans, coconut, chai spice, and Ghanaian cacao nibs.

🍺 Bottle sets (all 375mL bottles) will be available for purchase in person here at Lua AND online via Toast on Saturday, October 4th starting at 9AM when we open for brunch service. Limits to be determined morning of!

👯‍♂️ Proxies are absolutely allowed. Just be sure to have their name & order number ready for us when you’re picking up 🥰. Bottle sets must be picked up by Sunday, October 12 by end of day

🥳 Draft pours ALL, NARROW, and MANTRA will be available all day long

Can’t wait to celebrate here with all of you who have made the last six years possible ❤️.

Urban Chestnut relaunching O’Fallon beers: O’Fallon Pumpkin ale coming to shelves!

  • O’Fallon Pumpkin Beer 4/6/12oz BT – Every season, we purchase hundreds of pounds of real fresh pumpkin to brew our beloved Pumpkin Beer as authentically as possible. The result is incredible! We season our beer with fresh cinnamon, nutmeg & clove to give this wonderful seasonal brew it’s unmistakable “Pumpkin Pie in a Bottle” taste. This beer continues to be our most popular seasonal offering, so grab it when you see it. It won’t last long! 5.6% ABV
  • O’Fallon Vanilla Pumpkin Beer 4/6/12oz BT – Vanilla has always been a popular request, so we set out and found a Vanilla that we thought was a perfect complement to our original spice blend of Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Clove. It is a cold pressed Madagascar Vanilla that delivers the perfect balance of Pumpkin Pie and Ice cream in a glass. 5.6% ABV 

Lion Bridge announces September releases!

Disaster at Meux (Brown Porter, 5.6%)

Brewed to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Great Porter Flood of 1814 that occurred in London at the Meux Brewery. Biscuity, brown malt character and a bit of chocolate malt make this a nice, quaffable brew. Gold Medal Winner at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival. Silver Medal Winner at the 2021 Great American Beer

Yield of Dreams (Light Lager, 5%)

Brewed to support the Iowa Brewers Guild. Made with Iowa grown blue carage heirloom corn.

Zombie Awakening (Black Ale w/Coffee, 7.0%)

In collaboration with Bloomsbury Farm. Black as the inside of a buried coffin, with enough Dash dark roast coffee to put a pep in the step of the even the most lumbering undead walker. AVAILABLE 9/9

Fat Orange Cat, Abomination, Pipeworks, Urban Chestnut, Skygazer, and Off Color coming from Abu Nawas!

  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Pumpkin Spice Latte 6/4/16oz CANS – Oatmeal Stout brewed with Pumpkin & Coffee. 6% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Cautionary Tale 6/4/16oz CANS – Pumpkin Ale with Vanilla and Spice. 8% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC I’m a Grown Ass Cat (Coconut) 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Stout Coconut Edition. 10.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC All Cats Are Grey in the Dark 6/4/16oz CANS – FOC Legendary White Stout – 7.2% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Skipping My 1st Marriage 6/4/16oz CANS – American Amber Ale. 5.2% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat Chonky Cat 6/4/16oz CANS – Double New England Style IPA w/ Citra & Mosaic. 8% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Baby Kittens 6/4/16oz CANS – Lovely Hazy New England IPA. with a tiny hint of sweetness on the nose. Up front we find a relaxed medley of fresh citrus, mangos, and pineapple. It finishes with a hint of pine and invigorating grapefruit with just enough bitterness to cleanse your palette and invite you back for another sip. 6.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat Baby Kittens MOTUEKA 6/4/16oz CANS – Baby Kittens with MOTUEKA Hops. Hazy New England IPA. 6.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC All The Kool Kats on the Back of the Bus 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial NE-IPA with Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic and Nugget. 8.4% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Someone In My Head MOSAIC 6/4/16oz CANS – A new Someone in my Head! DIPA Double Dry-Hopped with Mosaic. 8.75% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Walkabout PINEAPPLE 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale w/ PINEAPPLE. 5.3% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Walkabout Passionfruit Orange Guava 6/4/16oz CANS – Fruited Sour Ale with Passionfruit, Orange and Guava. 5.3% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Forbidden Pumpkin 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Milkshake IPA Double Dry Hopped with Citra and Mosaic then fermented atop a monstrous amount of Pumpkin, Spices, Vanilla, & Milk Sugar. This hazy IPA pairs perfectly with hoodies, fall hikes and nights out by the fire pit with friends! 9.3% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Midsomer’s Night Snack 6/4/16oz CANS – Stout Brewed w/ Chocolate, Marshmallow, Graham Cracker & Milk Sugar. 7% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Midnight Snack Tiramisu 6/4/16oz CANS – Double Pastry Stout Brewed with Mascarpone, Lady Fingers, Whipped Cream, Coffee & Cacao Nibs 🍰 14% AVC – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Make Sure It’s Dead 6/4/16oz CANS – Smoothie Style – Sour Ale With Soursop, Curuba And Pink Guava. 7.4% ABV – ABV – CT
  • Abomination Fog Juice (Key Lime) 6/4/16oz CANS – Double dry-hopped hazy IPA w/ Key Limes. 8% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Fog Juice (Key Lime) 1/6bbl KEG – Double dry-hopped hazy IPA w/ Key Limes. 8% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Tea Time Terror (Mango) 6/4/16oz CANS – Hard Iced w/ MANGO. 9% ABV – CT 
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Into The Fog TDH KRUSH 6/4/16oz CANS – DIPA Triple Dry Hopped with Krush Hops. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Drippy Popsicle Rocket Pop 6/4/16oz CANS – Fruited Smoothie Sour With Cherry, Blueberry & Raspberry. Tastes Just Like the Half Melted Rocket Pops We All Remember. POPSICLE AT HOME! 1. STICK CAN IN FREEZER 2. WAIT AN HOUR 3. OPEN, POUR AND SERVE! 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Drippy Popsicle Mango Sorbet 6/4/16oz CANS – Fruited Smoothie Sour Ale With Mango and Vanilla. POPSICLE AT HOME! 1. STICK CAN IN FREEZER 2. WAIT AN HOUR 3. OPEN, POUR AND SERVE! 5.5% ABV – CT
  • PIPEWORKS Pumpkin Spice Latte 6/4/16oz CANS – Oat Ale with Pumpkin, Coffee, Lactose, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Clove, and Ginger. Rich and full bodied oat beer with pumpkin, fall spices and coffee to elicit the warming and comforting taste of autumn. Can a beer be cozy??? Somehow this one is! 6.6% ABV – IL
  • PIPEWORKS Infinite Citra 6/4/16oz CANS – Citra Hopped IPA with citrus hop aroma that just goes on and on and on and on and… well, you get it!  INFINITE CITRA  7.0% ABV – IL
  • PIPEWORKS Mammoth Unicorn 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy DIPA with Idaho 7, Citra, Mosaic, Cryo Simcoe, and Cryo Mosaic Hops. Beautiful notes of ripe peach, strawberries, and guava sing out the juiciest and most delicious hops and more magic. 8.7% ABV – IL
  • URBAN CHESTNUT COUNT ORLOK 6/4/16oz CANS – Black Pumpkin Wheat Ale. “Nosferatu (Bird of Death), aka Count Orlok was The German Count Dracula. He was a blood-sucking vampire…but being German he must’ve enjoyed beer too, right? We believe it is so and thus have created a Black Pumpkin Wheat Ale in his honor…a ‘bier noir’ if you will.” 5.4% ABV – MO
  • URBAN CHESTNUT O-KATZ 6/4/16oz CANS – Oktoberfest Lager. The beloved yearly release of UC Festbier is malty yet well balanced like the bier traditionally served at Oktoberfest in Munich. 5.4% ABV – MO
  • Off Color Beer for Hot Dogs 6/4/16oz CANS – Kölsch inspired beer, light, clear and crisp beer will cut right through the rich, fattiness of a hot dog. A sweet, fruity essence from Applewood dried malt and a slightly spicy hop note from traditional German hops adds depth of flavor. 4.5% ABV – IL
  • Off Color Apex Predator 6/4/16oz CANS – Off Color Flagship Beer. American-Belgian hybrid style combines free rise fermentation with a traditional Belgian Saison yeast and a hefty, American style dry hopping. 6.5% ABV – IL
  • Off Color Double Predator 6/4/16oz CANS – The imperialized version of Apex Predator. Subtle notes of rose, lilac, and ripe pineapple, subdued prey you will soon become. This beast merely leaves a warming dryness as the only sign of the stupor to follow. Chinook and Audacia hopped. 9% ABV – IL
  • Skygazer Brambleberry Sour 6/4/16oz CANS – A departure from their heavily fruited Watercolors series. Tart Raspberries & Blackberries Sour Ale. 5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Go To’s Raspberry Peach 6/4/16oz CANS – Smoothie style sour ale w/ raspberry, peach and milk sugar. 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Kiwi Passion Fruit Punch 6/4/12oz CANS – Sour Ale with Real Kiwi & Passionfruit. 5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors Margarita 6/4/16oz CANS – A smoothie sour dedicated to one of the best cocktails of all time! The Margarita! Brimming with big flavors of Passion Fruit, Blood Orange, Mango, Lime, milk sugar and a little somethin extra to give it that Margarita vibe!  5.5% ABV- CT
  • Skygazer Summer Shandy 6/4/16oz CANS – Fact: beer + lemonade = joy!⁠ A warm weather crusher, perfect for the coming months!⁠ Made with real Lemon Juice. 4.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watermelon Strawberry Sour Spritz 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale w/ Watermelon & Strawberry. 4.5% ABV – CT