New at Firkin

A couple of new beers on tap to talk about but first; What's got two thumbs, is listening to The Specials "Stereo-Typical" and is drinking a bottle of Stone Smoked Porter right now while being geeked that Greg Koch posted on their blog??? THIS GUYYYY!

New on Tap:

Pepe Nero! This limited run Belgian style black saison brewed with rye from Goose Island Brewing Company is not only fantastic, but great for an hours worth of playing "I taste this!" at the bar.

Founder Red's Rye (are the rye beers a theme this week?) is back and ready for you to get your hop fix on with.

Dark Horse Brewing Company's Plead the 5th is baaaaaaaaccckkk!!! This Russian Imperial Stout which is the 5th in their series of 5 beers for winter pulls no punches and leads to no doubt in your mind that this will be one of the best beers you will have all year long!


I want to thank Josh from Great Lakes Brewing Company for letting us have the honors of pouring one of the two barrels of Lake Erie Monster to be pre-released this past Wednesday, and breaking a Firkin record for the fastest floated keg in the history of the Firkin. I apologize for all the poor souls who came in just a couple of hours after it was tapped just to be told, "Sorry, it's gone.."


Don't forget:

This coming Monday at 7pm, we have Michael Brackett from Magic Hat Brewing Company stopping by with his Amazing Craparatus to release their new beer Vinyl.

Stone Brewing Company is just days away from selling their tasty tasty beverages at Firkin, including on Saturday, April 3rd where we will have 11 different Stone Brew's on tap at once including a mini Barleywine festival with their vintage Stone Old Guardian Barleywines and much much more!!

Lake Erie Monster!

Holy &%$*!! Lake Erie Monster has landed!! A fantastic and uber fresh Double I.P.A. from Great Lakes Brewing Company and available for ONE DAY ONLY! Do NOT miss this beer.

Also the Duvel girls will be stopping by to say hi and sample some tasty Duvel Green tonight and tonight only.

Cheers!

The Irish in us

All of our new St. Patricks's day food special are now available including Shepards Pie, Corned Beef Sandwich, Beef Stew, Horseradish Encrusted Salmon, and Bangers and Mash.

Stone is coming!

We are officially part of the Illinois "Stone Week" ladies and gentlemen. What this means is that Saturday April 3rd from around 1-3pm you will be able to meet Greg Koch, CEO and beer legend of Stone Brewing Company while trying 11 of his beers on draught including a vertical of their Old Guardian Barleywines! Yep, you heard me, we're turning it to 11.

Some of the beers that will be available for the day on tap are:

Stone Pale Ale
Stone I.P.A.
Stone Ruination
Stone Levitation
Arrogant Bastard
Stone Cali-Belgique
2007 Stone Old Guardian Barleywine
2008 Stone Old Guardian Barleywine
2010 Stone Old Guardian Barleywine
Stone Smoked Porter
Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous


Quite a bit of alright if you ask me. So join us that Saturday. We're also doing the "Buy a pint and keep the glass" on all Stone beers including some sweet ass Old Guardian snifters, a must for any collector.

Cheers!