Event

2016 Day of the Living Ales - Evening Session

The national drink of Great Britain, cask conditioned ales have been served for centuries. Before brewers fell in love with artificial carbonation and filtering, beer was naturally conditioned by yeast in the cask, and served at a temperature warm enough to actually taste the beer. A properly served cask ale is neither cloudy, flat, nor warm; rather it is bright, with a gentle carbonation, and served at cellar temperature.

Sample a vast array of different beers at our walk-around tasting featuring the best cask conditioned ales from Chicagoland breweries and specially selected guests. Food will be available for purchase.
Casks are handled by the Chicago Beer Society's own experienced cellarmen, trained in the UK to care for and serve real ale. Attendees will select from among the beers The Champion Real Ales of Chicagoland for 2016!

Admission includes souvenir tasting glass, program & beer samples. All ticket sales and sessions chosen are final.

Participating breweries:

5 Rabbit
Alarmist
Alter
Aquanaut
Argus
Around the Bend
Atlas
Banging Gavel
Begyle
BuckleDown
Destihl
Emmett's
Goose Island Clybourn
Goose Island
Half Acre
Illuminated Brew Works
Imperial Oak
Lagunitas
Maplewood
Metropolitan
Mickey Finn's
Middle Brow
Miskatonic
Noon Whistle
Off Color
One Trick Pony
Revolution
Rock Bottom Chicago
Rock Bottom Lombard
Rock Bottom Orland Park
Solemn Oath
Spiteful
Temperance
Three Floyds
Tighthead
Two Brothers
Urban Legend
White Oak
Wild Onion