Table of Contents
Introduction ix
How to Use this Guide x
Glossary of Terms xi
Beer Styles xv
Chicago, North 1
Breweries
Alarmist Brewing 3
All Rise Brewing Company 4
Begyle Brewing Company 6
Empirical Brewery 8
Finch's Beer Company 9
Illuminated Brew Works 10
Goose Island Brewery 11
Half Acre Beer Company 13
Hopewell Brewing Company 15
Lake Effect Brewing Company 16
Maplewood Brewery & Distillery 18
Metropolitan Brewing 19
Middle Brow 21
Off Color Brewing 22
Pipeworks Brewing Co. 24
Revolution Brewing 26
Spiteful Brewing 27
Une Année Brewery 28
The Loop Bar Crawl 30
Chicago, South 33
Breweries
Argus Brewery 35
Baderbrau 36
Lagunitas Brewing Company 38
Marz Community Brewing 40
Motor Row Brewing 41
Moody Tongue Brewing Company 42
Vice District Brewing Company 44
Lincoln Square/North Center Bar Crawl 46
The 'Burbs: North, South, West, Northwest Indiana 53
Breweries
Alter Brewing Company 55
Blue Nose Brewing Company 56
Blue Island Beer Company 57
Buckledown Brewing 58
Church Street Brewing Company 59
Crystal Lake Brewing Company 60
Dry City Brew Works 61
18th Street Brewery 62
Exit Strategy Brewing Co. 63
5 Rabbit Cerveceria 64
Flesk Brewing 66
Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery 67
Hailstorm Brewing Company 69
Imperial Oak Brewing 70
Kinslahger Brewing Company 71
Lake Bluff Brewing Company 73
Light The Lamp Brewery 74
Lunar Brewing Co. 75
Metal Monkey Brewing 77
Mikerphone Brewing Company 78
Miskatonic Brewing Company 79
Noon Whistle Brewing 80
One Trick Pony 82
Only Child Brewery 83
Penrose Brewing Company 84
Pollyanna Brewing Company 86
Scorched Earth Brewing Company 87
Sketchbook Brewing Company 88
Solemn Oath Brewery 90
Temperance Beer Company 91
Ten Ninety Brewing Company 93
3 Floyds 94
350 Brewing Company 95
Tighthead Brewing Company 97
Two Brothers Brewing Company 98
Tribes Beer Company 100
Myths and Legends Brewing Company 100
Werk Force Brewing Company 101
Wild Onion Brewery / The Onion Pub 103
Zumbier 104
Independent Brewpubs 114
Andersonville Brewing 115
Burnt City Brewing Company 116
Band of Bohemia 117
Corridor Brewery & Provisions/DryHop Brewers 119
Eataly (La Birreria) 120
Forbidden Root Restaurant & Brewery 121
Gino's East River North / Gino's Brewing Company 122
Goose Island Clybourn 123
Greenstar Brewing Organic Brewery/Uncommon Ground 125
Haymarket Pub & Brewery 126
Hopvine Brewing Company 127
Horse Thief Hollow 128
The Lucky Monk 129
Mickey Finn's 130
Moxee Kitchen / Mad Mouse Brewery 131
Nevin's Brewing Company 132
Peckish Pig 133
Piece Pizzeria & Brewery 134
Revolution Brewing (Brewpub Location) 135
Smylie Brothers Brewing Company 136
Contract and Alternating Proprietorship Brewers 137
51st Ward 138
Around The Bend 138
Banging Gavel 139
Berghoff Beer 139
Big Shoulders Beer Company 139
Cahoots 140
Chicago Beer Company 140
Hopothesis 140
Twisted Hippo 140
Hop Butcher (For the World) 141
Veteran Beer Company 141
Chain-Style Brewpubs 142
Emmett's Brewing Company 144
Gordon Biersch 144
Granite City 144
Ram Restaurants 144
Rock Bottom 145
Metra Rail's Union Pacific-West Suburban "Crawl" 146
Beer Bars & Restaurants 150
Bad Apple 151
Bangers & Lace 152
Bar On Buena 153
Beer Bistro/Beer Bistro North 153
Beer House 154
Beer Geeks 154
Brixie's 155
Beermiscuous 155
Clark Street Ale House 156
Emporium Arcade Bar 157
First Draft 158
Four Moon Tavern 159
Fountainhead 159
The Green Lady 161
The Grafton 162
The Hopleaf 163
Howells & Hood 164
Jake Melnick's Corner Tap 165
Jerry's Sandwiches 166
Kaiser Tiger 166
Kasey's Tavern 167
Kuma's Corner 168
Links Taproom 169
Local Option 170
Long Room 171
Longman & Eagle 171
Map Room 172
Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar 173
Monk's Pub 174
Norse Bar 174
Old Town Pour House 175
Owen & Engine 175
Paddy Long's 176
Plank Road Tap Room 177
The Publican 177
Sheffield's 178
Twisted Spoke 179
Quenchers 180
Villains Chicago 181
Bottle Shops 196
Archer Liquors 197
The Beer Cellar 197
Beershop/The Open Bottle 198
The Beer Temple 199
Binny's 200
Bottles & Cans 200
Puerto Rico Food & Liquor 202
West Lakeview Liquors 202
Recipes from Beer-Friendly Restaurants and Brewpubs 207
The Publican's Mussels 208
The Publican's Barbecue Carrots 208
The Publican's BBQ Rub 209
The Publican's Dill Yogurt Sauce 209
Coffee/Stout Seared Steak Appetizer 210
Bacon Fat Popcorn 210
Spent Grain Pasta 211
Porter Braised Lamb Shank 213
Haymarket Brewpub's Ranch Chips 214
Homebrew Clone Recipes 215
Metropolitan's Krartkshaft Kolsch & Heliostat Zwickel 216
Spiteful Brewery's Alley Time 217
Corridor's Blame John Cusack 218
DryHop's Shark Meets Hipster 219
Imperial Oak: Billy Dee's Coconut Pecan Porter 220
Haymarket Pub & Brewery: Angry Birds American Belgo Rye Pale 220
Penrose Brewing Company: Deminimus Mandarina 221
Index 223
Acknowledgments 227
About the Author 228
