Saturday – March 2, 2019 1:00-5:00pm & 6:00-10:00pm

Bottom Lounge 1375 W Lake Street – Chicago

Vote for the Champion Beers of Chicagoland! Check out CBS swag and cast your ballot … Winners announced at 9:00 PM 2

Please respect your fellow attendees and sample responsibly. Be aware of the beer’s alcohol content by volume (abv). Inebriation will not be ​ ​ tolerated – you will be cut off and asked to leave.

Real ale, living ale, and cask ale all refer to beer that has been naturally ​ carbonated by yeast still in the cask (or bottle) without any added C02. The yeast that fermented your beer have been working at what they do best until days - or perhaps even less - prior to tasting your beer today. Beer that has not quite finished fermenting is added to a cask where the yeast completes its mission and produces a gentle stream of natural carbonation. Finings, which attract yeast like a beer geek to a barleywine, are also added to the cask, and draw the yeast to the bottom when their job is finally complete. For this reason, casks sit in stillage for up to a week prior to serving, so as not to upset the contents. When you see a cellarman artfully tilt a cask during the event, this is to ensure these remnants remain on the bottom. All this magic works best at cellar temperature - about 52-54F. So, while you may be a bit chilly, rest assured that your beer is lounging in absolute comfort. Great real ale is bright with a gentle carbonation served at cellar temperature, but this is affected by the condition of the beer put into the cask, when the brewery filled the cask, and when the cask was delivered. Our cellarmen each have over a decade of experience at caring for real ale; having learned much of what they know from the legendary Mark Dorber at the White Horse in London, at the Great British Beer Festival, and our own Real Ale Festival in Chicago. They have been working all week to bring you the best real ale possible!

Chicago Beer Society appreciates Bottom Lounge working with us to continue to hold this event. Thanks Mike Miller, Natalie Meletsis, Glenn Goloven, and all the Bottom Lounge staff. 3

Casks – Upstairs at Bottom ​ ​ Lounge Alphabetically by Brewery or Brewpub

All Rise Brewing Co, Chicago IL allrisebrewing.com ​ 1. Hooligan (Best Bitter) – Biscuit, black tea, floral – 4% abv ​

Alter Brewing Co, Chicago IL alterbrewing.com ​ 2. Hotel Lobby Milk Stout – Clean, roasty, chocolatey, smooth – 6.5% abv ​

Church Street Brewing Co, Itasca IL churchstreetbrew.com ​ 3. Brimstone IPA – Strong coffee flavors/aromas, peat, chocolate, smoke, roast. – 6.5% abv ​

Empirical Brewery, Chicago IL empiricalbrewery.com ​ 4. Isotope Alt (Altbier) – Malt forward, toasted pretzel with a crisp, clean finish. – 5.2% abv ​

LAST CALL: 20 mins before end of session ​ TAPS OFF: 15 mins before end of session ​ ​ 4

Finch Beer Co, Chicago IL finchbeer.com ​ 5. Cave Man (English Brown Ale) – Fall release of an English brown ale that was aged for 3 months in oak barrels, with black tea added in the cask – 6.0% abv ​

Goose Island Beer Co, Chicago IL gooseisland.com ​ 6. Daisy (English Style Golden) – Brewed with English barley and Invert sugar #3. Expect mild florals and moderate malt finish. – 3.8% ​ abv 7. Summer Stout (Session Stout) – Robust roast character and ample body. Brewed with flaked barley and a single Fuggle addition in the start of boil. – 3.3% abv ​

Goose Island Clybourn Brewhouse, Chicago IL gooseisland.com/brewhouse-clybourn ​ 8. Honkers (English Bitter) – Toffee, earthy, dry bitterness. – 4.6% abv ​

Hailstorm Brewing Co, Chicago IL hailstormbrewing.com ​ 9. Dry Hopped Haus Helles (Munich Helles) – Crispy, malty, bready, clean, moderate spicy Saaz hop aroma/flavor. – 5.0% abv ​

Half Acre Beer Co, Chicago IL halfacrebeer.com ​ 10. Saker Brown Ale – Creamy, coffee notes, dark cherry, chewy malt, sweet toffee/caramel – 5.5% abv ​

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Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Chicago IL halfacrebeer.com ​ 11. Crowley's Dry Irish-American Stout (Irish Stout) – 4.9% abv ​

Hopvine Brewing Co, Aurora IL hopvinebrewingcompany.org​ 12. Hibernal Porter – Mild roast, cocoa – 4% abv ​

Illuminated Brew Works, Chicago IL ibw-chicago.com ​ 13. Pazuzu Petals (Black Farmhouse Ale) – Black Farmhouse Ale with Coffee and Cinnamon – 6% abv ​

Imperial Oak Brewing, Willow Springs IL imperialoakbrewing.com ​ 14. Czech Your Head (Czech Style Pilsner) – Well-balanced, with a clean, bready malt character from Pilsner and a bit of Vienna malt. Just enough hop presence to give the beer a crisp, dry finish. – 5.2% abv ​

Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee WI lakefrontbrewery.com ​ 15. Two Penny Black Ale – 5.5% abv ​

Maplewood Brewery & Distillery, Chicago IL maplewoodbrew.com ​ 16. Foeder Aged Sour – 18 month foeder aged with peaches. – 5.9% abv ​

LAST CALL: 20 mins before end of session ​ TAPS OFF: 15 mins before end of session ​ ​ 6

Metropolitan Brewing, Chicago IL metrobrewing.com ​ 17. Ironworks (Dusseldorf Altbier) – Cask-hopped with whole cone Mt. Rainier hops. – 5.8% abv ​

Mickey Finn's Brewery, Libertyville IL mickeyfinnsbrewery.com ​ 18. Barmy Army Special Bitter – Open Fermented with Yorkshire Ale yeast, dry-hopped with Styrian Celeia – 5.5% abv ​

Middle Brow Beer Co, Chicago IL middlebrowbeer.com ​ 19. Bungalow Light American Lager –Bright, lightly sweet, toasted malt, crisp. – 4% abv ​

Noon Whistle Brewing Co, Lombard IL noonwhistlebrewing.com ​ 20. Da Percolator (Scotch Ale w/coffee) - Coffee notes on the nose, following with a sweet malty finish. – 7.3% abv ​

Off Color Brewing Co, Chicago IL offcolorbrewing.com ​ 21. Emotional Men (American Wild Ale) – George Clinton in a barn. Wearing a horse blanket. Eating peach pie. – 7.0% abv ​

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Open Outcry Brewing Co, Chicago IL openoutcrybrewing.com ​ 22. Open Outcry Irish Dry Stout – Traditional Irish style – 4.9% abv ​

Pig Minds Brewing Co, Chicago IL pigmindsbrewing.com ​ 23. Coconut Bitch Slap (American Irish Red Ale) – Sweet and fruity. Malt forward. Low Bitterness. – 5.2% abv ​

Prairie Street Brewing Co, Rockford IL psbrewingco.com ​ ​ 24. Prairie Street IPA – Floral, grapefruit, pine, and dry-hopped with Cascades. – 6.4% abv ​

Revolution Brewery, Chicago IL revbrew.com/brewery ​ 25. Paddy Wagon (Irish Dry Stout) – Our Dry Irish Stout is very much the traditional experience. Brewed with Irish Malt, and English hops and yeast, the cask treatment allows you to experience this world-popular style the way it was served for hundreds of years. Base malts from Malting Co. of Ireland are combined with roast barley and crystal malts for roast, bitterness and a touch of sweetness. Flaked barley provides rich breadiness and increased body. Fuggle hops provide a bitter backbone to this smooth, roasty, rich, but extremely quaffable stout. – 4.6% abv ​

Rock Bottom Brewpub, Orland Park IL rockbottom.com/locations/orland-park​ 26. Lemondrop Pilsner – Bright citrus lemon hop character with subtle herbal notes, pilsner malt for balance with a crisp dry finish. – 5.0% ​ abv

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Sketchbook Brewing Co, Evanston IL sketchbookbrewing.com ​ 27. Nightgame Double IPA (Imperial IPA) – Tropical fruit, citrus and floral flavors and aroma of a single hop. The malt is simple and lends a drier and refreshing IPA. Honey rounds off mouthfeel. – 8.8% abv ​

Spiteful Brewing, Chicago IL spitefulbrewing.com ​ 28. Farthing Dark Mild (English Dark Mild) – Nutty, biscuit, and toffee aroma. Chewy malt flavor, with a round body. – 3.5% abv ​

Temperance Beer Co, Evanston IL temperancebeer.com ​ 29. ¡La Sorpresa! Might Meets Right (Barrel Aged Imperial Stout) - Aged in Heaven Hill barrels for 11 months w/roasted cacao, toasted cinnamon, vanilla beans, espresso, and Ancho and New Mexico chilis. – 12.3% abv ​

Tighthead Brewing Co, Mundelein IL tightheadbrewing.com ​ 30. Scarlet > Fire Red Ale (Irish Style Red Ale) – Roasty ale, with hints of caramel and floral East Kent Goldings hops. – 5.6% abv ​

Two Brothers Artisan Brewing, Warrenville IL twobrothersbrewing.com ​ 31. Domaine DuPage with Tart Cherries (French Country Ale) – Sweet, malt forward base beer with tart cherries to balance it. – 5.9% abv ​

LAST CALL: 20 mins before end of session ​ TAPS OFF: 15 mins before end of session ​ ​ 9

Twisted Hippo, Chicago IL twistedhippo.com ​ 32. Borlaug's Excellent Miami Adventure (Hoppy Wheat Ale) – Fruit tea infused hoppy wheat ale. – 5.8% abv ​

Urban Renewal Brewery, Chicago IL urbanrenewbrew.com ​ 33. Cask O’Luck (Irish Dry Stout) – A dry roast-forward beer providing notes of coffee and chocolate.. – 4.8% abv ​

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Bonus Cask – Not a contender Do not vote for this beer, just enjoy it

Chicago Beer Society, Chicago IL chibeer.org ​ 34. No Deal Fear (Scottish Heavy) – Light toasty nuttiness that is refreshingly dry. Wee bit o’heather added at flameout... in case the scabby numpties restrict the hop imports. – 3.8% abv ​