Chicagoland Suburbs - Special Releases

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  1. beerbelly_mike

    beerbelly_mike Initiate (0) May 19, 2016 Illinois

    So Chicago is pretty well-represented on Beer Advocate. But many people seem to forget that there are many ChicagoLAND breweries out there and are putting out some pretty solid beers. So I figured it is time the Suburbs get a little bit of love and get their own thread. I know Imperial Oak and Metal Monkey have their own, but there are some other awesome breweries in the burbs. So this thread is for Special release announcements or if you just want to show some love. Alter Brewing, Miskatonic, Skeleton Key, Buckledown, Open Outcry, Horse Thief Hollow, Blue Island Beer Co, Myths and Legends, Black Horizon etc...
     
    #1 beerbelly_mike, Oct 25, 2017
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  2. beerbelly_mike

    beerbelly_mike Initiate (0) May 19, 2016 Illinois

    To start off, this week has a few releases going on.

    Alter Brewing will be releasing Barrel Aged Smash Tun this Thursday (tomorrow). BA Imperial Stout at 11% - $16/bottle no limit

    Buckledown on Friday will be releasing Barrel Aged Awkward Exchange. BA Dark Strong Ale w/Blackberries 11.1% - $15/bottle no limit.

    Imperial Oak will be releasing BA I must Break you on Saturday. BA Imperial Stout at 10%. - $15/bottle limit to be decided on Saturday.
     
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  3. Jplachy

    Jplachy Pooh-Bah (1,848) Feb 12, 2012 Illinois
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    Tomorrow Noon Whistle releases Hop Prism Blue in 360 cans. I'll be swinging by to grab a 4 pack.
     
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  4. eppie82

    eppie82 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,377) Apr 19, 2015 Illinois
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    I haven't heard of even half of those, and I live in the suburbs. I can definitely see this thread being of good use. Good idea.
     
    #4 eppie82, Oct 26, 2017
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  5. beerbelly_mike

    beerbelly_mike Initiate (0) May 19, 2016 Illinois

    Oh wow then this thread will hopefully be more beneficial then I intended. Below is a quick list of breweries and where they are located:

    350 Brewing - Tinley Park
    Alter Brewing - Downers Grove
    Black Horizon - Willowbrook
    Blue Island Beer Co - Blue Island
    Blue Nose Brewery - Hodgkins
    Buckledown - Lyons
    Hailstorm - Tinley Park
    Horse Thief Hollow - Beverly (Chicago) Not a burb but pretty much.
    Imperial Oak Brewing - Willow Springs
    Lunar Brewing - Villa Park
    Miskatonic - Darien
    Metal Monkey - Romeoville
    Myths and Legends - Westmont
    Noon Whistle - Lombard
    Open Outcry - Beverly (Chicago) Not a burb but pretty much.
    Skeleton Key - Bolingbrook
    Soundgrowler - Tinley Park

    If there are anymore, please add.
     
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  6. GrumpyGas

    GrumpyGas Grand Pooh-Bah (4,579) Apr 7, 2009 Illinois
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    Great idea. I know nothing about planned releases, but here are a few to add.

    Church Street     - Itasca
    OneTrickPony - Lansing
    Pollyanna - Lemont (and soon to be a new fermentarium in Roselle ”Roselare”)
    Tribes - Mokena
    WerkForce - Plainfield
     
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  7. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    Kinslahger - Oak Park
    Flap Jack - Berwyn
    Exit Strategy - Oak Park
    Blue Nose - Hodgkins
     
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  8. GuyFawkes

    GuyFawkes Grand Pooh-Bah (5,630) Apr 7, 2011 Illinois
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    At some point let's get these all into one post! This is very needed.
     
    #8 GuyFawkes, Oct 26, 2017
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  9. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    @beerbelly_mike

    thats the tough thing with threads like this - there isn't a sticky top post that you can keep an uptown date list. I guess if we did monthly (or every other month) thread for the Chicago Suburbs we could cultivate an initial post that has a (mostly) up to date list of breweries ...
     
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  10. csmakio

    csmakio Zealot (707) Nov 26, 2016 Illinois

    Penrose - Geneva
     
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  11. FleskBrewFan

    FleskBrewFan Zealot (636) Aug 4, 2016 Illinois
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    Flesk - Barrington
    Scorched Earth - Algonquin
    Solemn Oath - Naperville
     
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  12. beerbelly_mike

    beerbelly_mike Initiate (0) May 19, 2016 Illinois

    I can somewhat understand that. I also, don't know if this thread will be used as often to make it hard to look at the first page. But if we do get a lot of pages quick we can definitely move this to like a quarterly thread.
     
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  13. Jaycase

    Jaycase Grand Pooh-Bah (3,858) Jan 13, 2007 Illinois
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    Wouldn't it be easier to link to already existing lists of breweries? Like here or here or even Wikipedia?
     
    #13 Jaycase, Oct 26, 2017
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  14. dpittnet

    dpittnet Initiate (0) Dec 6, 2015 Illinois

    Tighthead - Mundelein
    Temperance - Evanston
    Prairie Krafts - Buffalo Grobe
     
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  15. LongTaco15

    LongTaco15 Savant (1,200) Feb 4, 2016 Illinois
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    Roaring Table - Lake Zurich
    Only Child - Gurnee
    Light the Lamp - Grayslake
    Zumbier - Waukegan
     
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  16. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    Cant see the Trib list unless you have a subscription.

    The wiki list was cool - didn't even know that was there.
     
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  17. mando31

    mando31 Savant (1,132) Oct 15, 2009 Illinois
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    Lots of breweries by me I had no idea existed. Good info guys!
     
    #17 mando31, Oct 26, 2017
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  18. Jplachy

    Jplachy Pooh-Bah (1,848) Feb 12, 2012 Illinois
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    Mikerphone - Elk Grove Village
    Une Anee - Niles
    More - Villa Park
     
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  19. Hang_Over

    Hang_Over Aspirant (271) May 12, 2017 Illinois

    Lunar. Villa Park
     
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  20. beerbelly_mike

    beerbelly_mike Initiate (0) May 19, 2016 Illinois

    Remember too guys, this isn't just post what breweries there are. This is to give these breweries attention by talking about their special releases or beers that you don't think get enough love. We have had a few people say they live in those areas and didn't know these places were around. Now some, may not be your favorite, but let's talk about the one's that are.
     
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