Beers for Winter at The Bluebird

The Bluebird
1749 N. Damen (at Willow) | Chicago, IL | 60647
Tuesday, December 15th
7:30 - 9:30 pm

Sample a variety of beers to keep you feeling toasty this winter at the Bluebird.  The main event will be a sampling of Two Brother's Brewery's just released beer called "Why Winter." It's a Barley-Wine Style Ale that's aged in oak for 18 months. They only produced 100 3-liter bottles.  Other beers include "Red Eye Porter" from Two Brothers that was released last February, the 2008 "Double Black Stout with Coffee" from Red Hook, Arcadia Brewing Company's "Cocoa Loco," Great Lakes "Christmas Ale," Avery's "Old Jubilation," Rogue's "Santa's Private Reserve Ale," Three Floyds "Alpha Klaus," Tyranena's "Sheep Shagger Scotch Ale," Almar Orchards "J.K. Scrumpy's Winter Solstice Cider," De Koninck's Winter Ale, and a two year vertical tasting of the "Barbar Winter" Ale from Brasserie Lefebvre (2008 and 2009 vintages, respectively).

Flatbreads and snacks will also be served.

$30 per person, reservations required. Email info@bluebirdchicago.com to hold a spot.

Alpha Beer at The Globe Pub

Think you know beer from A to Z? You will after this event! Sample a brew from every letter of the alphabet, poured lovingly by Eric Hobbs of Goose Island this Saturday at 6p at the Globe Pub. Cost is $40 per person.

You will taste:

A Anchor Steam USA 
B Belhaven Scottish Ale Scotland
C Carlsberg Denmark
D Dog Fish Head Brown Ale USA
E Eggenberg Doppelbock Austria
F Franziskaner Germany
G Goose Island 312 USA
H Hoegaarden Belgium
I Inveralmond Blachfriar Scotland
J Julius Echter Germany
K Kostritzer Black Lager Germany
L Left Hand Milk Stout USA 
M Murphy's Irish Stout Ireland 
N Northcoast Scrimshaw USA 
O Old Speckeled Hen England 
P Paulaner Hefeweizen Germany 
Q Quilmes Argentina 
R Rogue American Amber USA 
S Stiegl Austria 
T Tetley's English Ale England 
U Unibroue Maudite Canada 
V Victory Prima Pils USA 
W Wells Bombadier England 
X Xing Tao China 
Y Young's Chocolate Stout Endland 
Z Zywiec Poland






Registration is required

 

Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 6:00pm 

 

The Globe Pub

1934 W Irving Park Rd
Chicago
312.282.7466

 

Price: $40.00

A la Card Chicago - Pre-order Discount

I wrote in a previous post about my love for the A la Card and the restaurants that you can expect to see on the docket for 2010.  If you are planning to purchase the 2010 deck of cards, you should get on the ball this weekend while they are offering a 20% discount to those who pre-order by Sunday.  Use promo code 2010 for 20% off the $30 deck today and tomorrow. Buy online at http://www.alacardchicago.com/buy_online.html

Sheffield's Chili Cook-off

A 'Pre-festival' of Barrel Aged Beers

Can’t wait for FoBAB (The Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beers) tomorrow? The Beer School Bar at Sheffield's Lakeview will be tapping at least six wood or barrel aged beers, plus a Goose Island Bourbon County Stout Vertical at 9 pm of 06’, 07’, 08’, & 09’ tonight!

Friday, November 6th

Sheffield's

3258 N. Sheffield Avenue 

Chicago, Illinois

New Holland Brewery Tasting

On Tuesday, November 17th from 7:30p-9:30p The Bluebird will be welcoming New Holland's own Beervangelist, Fred Bueltmann, to host an amazing tasting of some very special beers.

The lineup includes New Holland's usual suspects: Mad Hatter IPA, Full Circle Kolsch, Sundog Amber Ale, and The Poet Oatmeal Stout. Also included will be Imperial Mad Hatter, Cabin Fever (winter seasonal), two different years of Dragon's Milk Barrel Aged Stout, and two different years of Pilgrim's Dole Wheat Wine. They will also be sampling out some of the New Holland Artisan Spirits Gin from the New Holland distillery.

The star of the tasting will be a few bottles of the Blue Sunday. This is the brewery's rare sour beer, of which only 5 cases have ever been in Chicago before!

Flatbreads and snacks will also be served.  $25 per person, reservations required. Call 773.486.BIRD or email info@bluebirdchicago.com to hold a spot.

Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer

We attended this event last year and enjoyed it enough to buy tickets again for this year.  The afternoon tasting session is already sold out, but tickets for the 6-10p session are still available for sale at Brown Paper Tickets for $35 per person.  The event takes place this Saturday, November 7th at Chicago Journeyman Plumbers Auditorium (1340 W. Washington Blvd.)  This is one of the larger beer festivals in the city of Chicago each year and is not to be missed if you are a fan of beer!

The Illinois Craft Brewers Guild invites you to the Seventh Annual Festival of Wood and Barrel-aged Beer, spotlighting beer that has been aged in a wooden barrel or in contact with wood. Enjoy a sampling from our selection of beers, which may or may not be available commercially from breweries Coast-to-Coast. You will be treated to a vast array of exotic flavors from some of the rarest beers you will ever find!

Enjoy beers aged in new or used wine, whiskey or Bourbon barrels that take on many of the characteristics of that libation. Brewers of traditional or not-so-traditional Belgian-inspired beers often prefer used barrels so different resident microorganisms will impart a refreshing tart and acidic character. Fruit, spices, coffee and syrup may compliment the already complex character of wood-aged beers.

Long before the advent of stainless steel, the use of wooden barrels imparted many unique characteristics to beer. In many ways, the U. S. craft brewer has come full circle, returning to the roots of brewing while demonstrating a creativity unmatched anywhere in the world!