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Tuesday Funk Reading~~1st Tuesday of the Month
Tuesday Funk #42 This month Tuesday Funk #42 presents Julia Borcherts, Lauryn Alison Lewis, Kristin Lueke, and Dustin Monk. 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 is the official reading series [...]
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!
Fou’ Foune
Very rare apricot lambic from the classic producer. Very tart. A unique and special experience. We don’t see this often, so if you like the style & are intrigued, it is worth the splurge. 5%
Witte Lambic
Brewed by De Keersmaeker for their famous old school beer cafe in Brussels. Mildly tart, refreshing, and fruity without fruit. 5%
Dunegrass IPA
Combining west coast & noble hops to create an IPA with a shining finish. Grain: Golden Promise, Gambrinus, Munich, Belgian Aromatic, Crystal 60L. Hops: Columbus, Amarillo, Cascade. 6.7%
Aetearoa
Medium-bodied deep amber ale brewed w/100% aromatic malts & all New Zealand hop varieties. 6%
Alpinglo
Called a winter glider, this draft-only Winter Dark Ale is a concept reserved for the haul, the long push, the times when the day extends into the night. Roast punch and hop slice make this black ale your solution to winter sessions. 3.5%
Daly Double
Dedicated to the late Terry Daly, fan of the hop & daily visitor to Half Acre’s Lincoln Avenue brewery. He’d have loved this one. We have but 50 pints of this to pour! 7%
Imperial Stout
A fine companion to end a meal with or for relaxing in front of the hearth, this is one robust stout . Brewed w/10 varieties of malted barley; extremely smooth, complex & rich in body. Ultimate winter warmer. 10.5%
Kasteel Rouge
Kasteel Brown Ale matured 6 mos. w/sour cherries. Good as aperitif or dessert. 8%
Breckles Brown
Brewmaster Mark Carpenter’s special blend of roasted malts, inspired by the all-malt brown ales in Anchor’s brewing archives. Coppery brown, deep-flavored & rich w/out heaviness. Citra hops alone are used for brewing & dry-hopping. Every bit an Anchor product. Refined and delicious. 6%
Maracaibo Especial
Rich brown ale inspired by the enigmatic monastic brews of Belgium & the mysterious mist-shrouded jungles of the tropics. Brewed w/real cacao, spiced w/cinnamon & sweet orange peel. 7.5%
Hop Slam
Possesses the most complex hopping schedule in the Bell’s repertoire—starts w/6 different hop varietals in the brew kettle & culminates w/a massive dry-hop addition of Simcoe hops, selected specifically for their aromatic contributions—a pungent blend of grapefruit, stone fruit, & floral notes. A generous malt bill & a solid dollop of honey provide just enough [...]
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%
Corne du Diable
“Horns of the Devil” A French Canadian interpretation of the classic English India Pale Ale: a red ale expressing caramel flavours from the malt, sharp bitterness & powerful hop aromas, thanks to dry-hopping. 6.5%
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
Vin de Pays d’Oc
Merlot, Grenache, Syrah, Carignan
Corbieres
Pinot Noir
Cuvée Cournoise—Vin de Pays du Gard
100% Cournoise
Côtes de Castillon
Merlot
