New Beers~

Sierra Nevada Celebration, Dogfish Head World Wide Stout, and Affligem Noel 2009 will all be on tap tonight!!

New Draught

The magical St. Bernardus 12 is back. What a fantastic quadrupel!

Wheeeee!

Hi all, just wanted to drop a line on some new and upcoming beers for you at Firkin.

New On Draught

Bellhaven’s Twisted Thistle I.P.A. is now on tap. This hopped up English style pale is anything but average with a great complex bitterness that includes a hint of smoked peat.

Spaten Oktoberfest is back on tap as well as are Oktoberfests from HofBrau, Ayinger, and Hacker Pschorr!!! Get your malty goodness now.

We received another barrel of Green Flash West Coast I.P.A. for your enjoyment. Starts of all sweet like it’s your smooth hoppy friend then WHAM! Bitterness, chaos, anarchy, and strong as heck to boot.

Imperial Brown Goose is on draught. This beer hasn’t been brewed since 2006 and it’s also the first time it’s featured on draught only. Overheard statements about the beer from guests: “Whiskey in a glass!” “Sweet Jesus, wow, my taste buds are numb” “OMG, how much is it???”

Emmett’s Pale Ale on the Cask Engine should be ready by Friday morning!

Upcoming Goodness

Old Curmudgeon
Unearthly I.P.A.
Bitter End Cask
Pumking (10-31-09)
Harpoon I.P.A.
Matilda

More information to come available soon!

Cheers,
Dave

Party!!!

!!!!!SUPRISE!!!!!~~~~Tuesday October 6th at 6pm Goose Island Imperial Brown Goose Tapping Party~~~!!!

New Beers!

Hey everyone,

A beautiful day predicted today, Monday of course… We had a fantastic gathering with Brew Master Matt Long from Big Sky Brewing Company last evening. He was even gracious enough to sign bottles of the Olde Blue Hair Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine for our guests that came to hang out with us. Thanks also to Joe from Stoller Distribution for help making it happen. If you missed him he will be at the South Loop Binny's Tuesday night!

New on Draught & Cask from Big Sky Brewing Company:

Moose Drool
Big Sky Belgian Wit (limited production/not in market)
E.S.B. ***On Cask*** (limited production/not in market)


New On Draught:

Krankshaft Kolsch from Metropolitan has landed, literally the kegs were just filled and now it’s pouring into your glass at Firkin. I was very excited to tap this light crisp German style ale and then drink the hell out of it.

Tyranena’s Hop Whore has also landed at Firkin! This amazing double I.P.A. is part of their “Brewers Gone Wild” series and I hope this badass is going to be a solid beer in their yearly rotation!

Now, how about a little Captain Sig’s Deadliest Ale from Rogue in your glass? I’ve never been a fan of nautical themed bars, even though I thought Isaac was possibly the best bartender ever, but I’m ready to toss a ship wheel on the wall for this beer.


New in Bottle’s:

Tyranena’s Rocky’s Revenge
Southern Tier Porter 9-15-09
Southern Tier I.P.A. 9-15-09
Southern Tier PumKing 9-15-09
Fantome Saison
Plus more coming soon….


Coming soon on draught:

Southern Tier PumKing
Oaked Domaine Du Paige
Southern Tier Iniquity
Three Floyds Munsterfest
Hofbrau Oktoberfest
Rogue Maierfest (again!)
Spaten Oktoberfest


Cheers,

Dave

New Beers

On Tap:

Duchess De Bourgogne
Collaberation Not Litigation

On Cask:

Moaten!

BeerMail Resurrected!

Back from the depths of my weak computer skills I call forth thee BEERMAIL!!! That would’ve been a lot cooler if I had a sword and a wizard or tiger behind me when I spoke that…

So heelloooo everyone and welcome/willkommen back, if you would like to join our Beermail List then please send me an email Dave@Firkin.us so you can get the full monty like the example below instead of just the regular updates found on the blog.

BIG SKY PARTY!

When: Sunday, Sept 13th 4pm-???
Where: Firkin! 515 N Milwaukee Ave, Libertyville, U.S.A.
What: Come meet brewer Matt Long and Others from Big Sky Brewing Co

Long story short (get it) come on down to hang out with Matt and us while sipping their very tasty beverages. On tap we will have: Moose Drool, Trout Slayer, I.P.A., Olde Blue Hair Barleywine, and a special Belgian Wit. On cask we will have a treat because he’s bringing down a rare cask of their E.S.B. In bottles we will be featuring Bourbon barrel aged Olde Bluehair and more surprises!!

New on Draught:

Dark Horse Sapient Trip ale which is a pretty damn well made Belgian strong Abbey Tripel with nice pepper and candi sugar hints.


I Spyed/Heads Up!:

I found a couple of bottles of Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2008 on the shelves at Gold Eagle in Libertyville, looks like Goose had an extra case and shipped it to them. Also if for some reason you’re out in California in the next couple of weeks and can’t get to Russian River Brewing Co. might I suggest their online beer store… They will only ship instate, so my idea is go to the online store, buy it a week or two before the trip, have it sent to the hotel where they will store it for you until you arrive! Viola!

Cheers,

Dave

New on Tap

Dogfish Head Theobroma!!

New Beer and Must Attend Event!

Two Brother's Cane & Ebel is back on cask!

Don't forget that this coming Tuesday, August 4th from 6pm-8pm we will be welcoming Jason Ebel from Two Brother's Brewing Company along with ALLL the way from Belgium, Urthel Brewery's very own Hildegard Van Ostaden!! They will be pouring the collaboration beer Moaten, which is an oak aged Flemish style red ale that was brewed by Hildegard & Jason.

New Beers!

New on draught we have Pizza Ports 3rd Anniversary Double I.P.A., Bear Republic's Hop Rod Rye, and Southern Tier's Iniquity! If this doesn't make your weekend...

Upcoming taps:

Dogfish Head Theobroma