A proper English-style draft cider. With its hazy lemon hue, scent of ripe apples & just a touch of oak, it has a crisp, tart finish. The first release from former Goose Island beer visionary Greg Hall’s new venture. 6.4%
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Chocolate Camaro
At last, a true-to-style milk stout. Non fermentable lactose sugars added to keep alcohol mild. Creamy and roasty. Very limited. 5%
Coup d’Etat
Spring seasonal interpretation of a classic style, naturally fermented at higher temperature, creates more citrus hop character & a stronger earthy-spice aroma than most saisons. 7.6%
En Passant
Second in the Fulton & Wood Series is an English Mild Rye Ale w/blood oranges added for 2nd fermentation & orange peel for complex flavor, a nod to an Old Fashioned cocktail. Very limited. 4.5%
Chicago Lager Beer Riots Anniversary
In April 1855 tavern owners marched in protest of changing liquor laws that would have stunted the growth of beer culture in Chicago. Resistance was NOT futile! Shots fired, but our predecessors won! We are tapping and pouring Krombacher Pils to commemorate the event. Come raise a glass honor of their independent spirit and our [...]
Dogfish Head Ancient Ales Beer Dinner
Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione will join us for our first beer pairing dinner of 2012! A multi-course meal designed around and featuring the unusual Ancient Ales of Dogfish Head, whose recipes are reverse engineered from traces discovered at archaeological sites. The last Ancient Ales dinner was amazing and sold out. This one should be [...]
Hopleaf introduces Virtue Cider!
Hopleaf introduces Virtue Cider! Former Goose Island visionary Greg Hall’s latest venture is producing traditional artisanal cider from Michigan apples. Hopleaf is proud to introduce Virtue Cider’s first release, Redstreak. Greg Hall will be in to meet and greet. 7 PM.
Hopleaf welcomes Sixpoint Brewery to Chicago!
Hopleaf welcomes Sixpoint Brewery to Chicago! We’ll feature several great beers from their lineup on draft and in cans. 7 PM
Pictures of Hopleaf Expansion…
can be viewed at http://public.fotki.com/hopleaf/
Carnevale
For centuries Venetians lightened the dark of winter w/an elaborate upending of social order. A tribute to this grand celebration of the unexpected, this is a Saison-style blonde ale with American hops. 6.5%
Tuesday Funk Reading~~1st Tuesday of the Month
Tuesday Funk #45 Our 44th edition of Tuesday Funk, where we’ll feature readings from Susanna Lang, B.C. Bell, Julie Rosenthal, Tom Underberg, and Chris Mendius. Tuesday Funk is an eclectic Chicago reading series, bringing you a variety of fiction, poetry, and essays read live usually the first Tuesday of every month. In the upstairs bar. Tuesday Funk [...]
All Day IPA
An easy-drinking all-day IPA! Naturally brewed w/complex array of malts, grains & hops, balanced for optimal aromatics & a clean finish. 4.7%
Sorachi Ace
Classic saison—cracklingly dry, hoppy unfiltered golden farmhouse ale, but featuring rare Sorachi Ace hops & re-fermented w/Champagne yeast, emerging w/a bright spicy lemon zest aroma. Sorachi Ace, first developed in 1988 by a large Japanese brewery & was a cross between British “Brewer’s Gold” & Czech “Saaz” varieties, exhibited an unexpected quality—it smelled really lemony. [...]
AWP—A Reading from the Winners of the Crashaw Prize
Readings from the American Winners of Salt Publishing’s Crashaw Prize, including Rebecca Lehmann, Nathan Hoks, Jared Stanley, and Catherine Theis.
This Much is True ~ 2nd Tues. of Month
Reading series, every second Tuesday of the month Upstairs at Hopleaf for details see www.thismuchistruechicago.com
Feb. 20 is Dogfish Head Day!
President’s Day? Nope. Dogfish Head Day. Monday February 20. On tap: Faithful Pearl Jam 20 Bitch’s Brew Pangea Fort World Wide Stout 120 Minute IPA Hellhound on My Ale Noble Rot Palo Santo Marron Burton Baton ta’Henket Midas Touch Other Dogfish Head beers available in bottles: 60 Minute IPA 90 Minute IPA My Antonia Raison [...]
Raffle! 6-Liter St Bernardus Abt 12
Our Big Rare Beer Raffle #7: beautiful, huge, 6 Liter Bottle St. Bernardus Abt 12 (a methusalem!) in a box $10 ticket~~ask your bartender or server at Hopleaf~~drawing date TBD As always, 100% of the proceeds will benefit Helen J. Peirce International Studies Elementary School, 1423 W Bryn Mawr, to support and enhance quality public education in Andersonville & [...]
Three Floyds/Mikkeller Tapping and More!
We’ll be tapping the Three Floyds/Mikkeller collaboration brew Boogoop, a 10.4% barley wine style ale brewed with buckwheat. 80 IBU. We’ll also have Three Floyds Einhorn, Behemoth, Cimmerian Sabertooth Berzerler and Aotearoa on tap to make it a party!
Witte Lambic
Brewed by De Keersmaeker for their famous old school beer cafe in Brussels. Mildly tart, refreshing, and fruity without fruit. 5%
Wednesday Jan 11 Special He’Brew Beers on Tap!
Wednesday Jan 11, He’Brew’s Genesis 15:15, Hop Manna and RIPA—all on tap! All from He’Brew, The Chosen Beer!
Levitation Ale
Deep amber ale has rich & roasty malt flavors, big hoppy character, citrus overtones (courtesy of the hops & their house yeast), modest alcohol. Very easy drinker. 4.4%
Posca Rustica
Since 1983, Dupont has produced an era-appropriate beer especially for a Gallo-Roman site near the brewery where Iron Age life is interpreted. It’s a “Cervoise” beer spiced w/a gruit—an old-fashioned herb mixture used to bitter & flavor beer—popular before hops came to predominate. Sweet woodruff & bog myrtle are 2 of a dozen different spices [...]
6-Liter St. Bernardus! Our Big Rare Beer Raffle #7
Our Big Rare Beer Raffle #7: A HUGE bottle of St. Bernardus Abt 12—6 Liters! (that’s called a Methusalem)—that comes in its own big wood box. Impressive. Beautiful. Delicious. Tickets are only $10 each and the odds are really good! All proceeds, as always, go to Peirce Elementary School. Tickets can be purchased on-site at [...]
Palistorti
Sangiovese, Syrah, Merlot
Poggio di Paoli IGT
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Alicante
Etna Rosso
Nerello
Rosso Faye
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Lagrein
