Beer from A to Z
Our Expert
Our AlphaBeerMaster is Chef Jill Houk. She’s a lively, entertaining woman who loves sharing her passion for beer. She’s a home brewer who’s hosted beer appreciation events and gives presentations on beer, wine, and food. She’s appeared on Good Morning America, the Cooking Channel, Lifetime, and NBC5, to name a few, and recently hosted 24 shows on delish.com. She was also known to smuggle Bell’s Two Hearted Ale from Michigan when they weren’t selling it in Chicago.
This is the only event that teaches you about 26 beers - one for every letter of the alphabet! The focus is on craft brews and the experience is led by an expert who truly appreciates fine beer. It’s a three hour tour of hops and barley and lagers and ales, and everything is crafted by masters who are passionate about their beers.
Tickets are $40 for this unique tasting event.
BONUS: Bring 5 friends and you get to go free! A table of 6 is only $200.
Here’s the list, from A to Z:
A Abita Jockamo IPA
B Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye
C Capital Brewing Pilsner
D Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale
E Ebel’s Weiss, Two Brothers
F Founders Pale Ale
G Goose Island Green Line
H Hofbrau Oktoberfest
I Iniquity, Southern Tier
J Jolly Pumpkin Oro De Calabaza
K Krombacher Pilsner
L Lagunitas Pilsner
M Miller High Life
N Number 9, Magic Hat
O O’Fallon Wheach
P Pyramid Haywire Hefweizen
Q PranQster, North Coast (this was changed at the last minute & would normally not be considered a “Q” beer
R Rogue Juniper Pale Ale
S Samuel Adams Boston Lager
T Three Floyds Alpha King
U Breckenridge Lucky U
V Victory Prima Pils
W Whitsun Ale, Arcadia
X Xingu Black Beer
Y Young’s Double Chocolate Stout
Z Zatecky Gus
Previous AlphaBeer events have been hosted by Eric Dobbs from Goose Island, Ed Kane from Louis Glunz, Jim McCabe from Milwaukee Brewing Company, The Boozehound Kyle McHugh, and most recently Christopher Tourre of the soon-to-be-launched Arcade Brewery.
Welcome to AlphaBeer.com! We’re getting ready to host our sixth event and learn about a whole new batch of craft brews. We’ll try 26 beers - one for every letter of the alphabet - on September 17 at Cactus Bar & Grill in downtown Chicago. Between now and then we’ll post about each one (except for our “M”ystery Beer)!
We hope you’ll join us at this unconventional tasting of craft beers. Cheers! [Read more…]