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  • Anchor Steam Week

    Celebrating one of the granddaddies of our wonderful workld of craft beer, San Francisco’s Anchor Steam. $4 Anchor Steams all week, glassware and swag giveaways, plus a special tapping of Barrel-Aged Porter on Tuesday night. The illustrious and fun Karl Braun will be in-house  for that!

  • Spiteful Poker Ride 2019

    August 10th – 2:00-6:30pm

    • $20 entry covers first beer at Green Lady and gets you into the ride and your first beer!
    • After modest expenses are covered, all proceeds will go to Meals on Wheels.
    • Each rider receives (1) playing card per stop.
    • Free set of bike lights for first 30 riders!
    • Awesome bike- and beer-centric prizes for top poker hands.
    • Delightful raffle prizes from neighborhood friends of Spiteful.

    2:00 – Check-in at The Green Lady, riders receive first card
    3:00 – Check-in ends
    2:15-5:45 – The Long Room –> Fountainhead Chicago -> Hopleaf -> Fireside Chicago. Recommended order, but not required. Receive one playing card at each stop
    6:00 – Poker hands (five cards) have to be handed in at Spiteful
    6:30 – Prizes awarded to top poker hands at Spiteful

  • SQUOKE—Off Color Pre-Release Tapping

    A preview tapping before it’s official release—Squoke, new from Chicago’s Off Color Brewing:  The very first batches brewed here at Mousetrap, aged in the first fill of one of OC’s 14-yr-old Barolo foedres for multiple seasons (20 months) to eke out every last bit of their essence. Dry, but wonderfully fruited vinous character is supported by a complex wood tannin structure, while barnyard earthiness plays off ripe pineapple & nectarine notes from mixed fermentation of Brettanomyces claussenii, mango-like farmhouse ale yeast, and acidic wild cultures. Initial blushes are of nectarines, strawberries, and blackberry jam with a deeper base of soil, mahogany, and India ink. These are followed by a quick nip of nectarine-like acidity expanding to an expressive meadow of over-ripened peach flesh, angelfood cake, and summer harvest honey. The finish is a long, meandering affair of tannin, slate-like minerality, pie crusts, and black cherry.

    Also on tap will be Good Listeners. Off Color says:

    The Rowley Farmhouse Ales team came up from New Mexico to brew this reimagining of a Biere de Miel using cactus gunk instead of honey. (But we still added some desert blossom honey because we support the bees, yo.) Bright cracked pepper and Meyer lemon peel aromas from some of our wild yeasts meander into a deceptively intense juiciness from the Prickly Pear cactus fruit, Dragonfruit, and agave nectar.

  • Cabin & Cottage Release

    Join us as we raise this beer high to toast Abraham Lincoln, an honest leader who aimed to forge a nation of equals. History tells us that beer, like Lincoln, has its own distinct way of bringing us to the table. A union seemed only natural.

    Cabin & Cottage is a Berliner-style Weiss beer and is a collaboration between the Chicago Brewseum, Rolling Meadows Farm Brewery in Springfield, IL, Powers Farm & Brewery (VA), and President Lincoln’s Cottage (DC).

    The official Chicago release of Cabin & Cottage happens at HOPLEAF, one of Chicago’s best and most historic beer bars. We will gather with Rolling Meadows Farm & Brewery owner, Caren Trudeau and Head Brewer, Deion Corley along with Liz Garibay and Michael Roper of the Chicago Brewseum to discuss the collaboration, the beer, and its connection to Abraham Lincoln.

    This event is free with beer available for purchase. Cabin & Cottage sales for the evening benefit the Chicago Brewseum.

  • Belgian National Week

    5 DAYS OF FABULOUS BEERS

    Monday Trappist Day July 15
    Featured Drafts
    Chimay Red and Doree. Westmalle Double

    Bottles:
    $2 off all Trappist bottles (Chimay, Rochefort, Westmalle, Zundert, Tre Fontane, Orval, De Koningshoeven, Stift Engelzell) Yes, some of them aren’t Belgian, but why why discriminate? Pages 10 and 11 in the bottle menu.

    Tuesday Saison Day July 16
    Featured Drafts
    St. Feuillien Saison
    St. Feuillien Blonde
    St. Feuillien Tripel

    Bottles:
    $2 off St. Feuillien Grand Cru
    $2 off all Saisons
    Page 4 in the bottle menu.

    Glassware giveaways.
    8pm—Opening a Jeraboam 3L bottle to share!

    Wednesday Abbey Ales July 17
    Featured Drafts
    St. Bernardus Wit, Pater 6, Averbode, Val Dieu Grand Cru, Corsendonk Tripel, Tripel Karmelite, Leffe Blond, Maredsous Brune.

    Bottles:
    $2 off Abbey Style Ales
    Page 12 in the bottle menu

    Thursday Belgian Lambics July 18
    Featured Draft
    Boon Oude Kriek
    Bottles:
    $2 off all Belgian Lambics
    Pages 7-9 in the bottle menu

    Friday Belgian Week Wrap Up
    Featured Drafts
    Maredsous Brunne
    Cherry Chouffe
    Goudenband
    Duvel Single

    Bottles:
    $2 off Duvel small, $4 off Duvel Large bottles.

  • Christmas in June with Debuisson

    6:30pm—Enjoy the exquisite  barrel-aged rarities of Debuisson and meet the brewery’s Export Director Stijn Destadsbader. Scaldis Noël & Pêche Mel, and Cuvée des Trolls.

  • NEW BELGIUM ENGRAVED GLASS GIVEAWAY

    New Belgium will custom-engrave your glass before you take it home!
    Fill that glass with Mural, La Folie, 1554, or the blackberry-whisky-barrel-aged Oscar, avasilable on draft while they last. You may have forgotten how great these beers are. You should remind yourself!

  • Chimay in May

  • Hacienda Beer Co.’s Chicago Debut

    Down from Door County comes Hacienda Brewing to make its Chicago debut at Hopleaf! We’ll have 5 of their beers and from 6pm on we’ll have brewers and owners in house pouring samples and talking with patrons.
    The 4 on draft:
    • “It Just Does Weird Things”—a Juicy IPA brewed with Mosaic, El Dorado, and Citra hops.
    • “Everything Eventually”—a Juicy Pale Ale brewed with Citra and Strata hops.
    • “L’Hiver”-a Dry Saison
    • “Am I Coming in Clear”—a Saison dry-hopped with Motueka hops and naturally conditioned with a blend of Brettanomyces.
    PLUS a limited supply of 500ML bottles of:
    • “Strange Waves”—Mixed fermentation saison aged in white wine barrels and dry hopped in the barrel with Azacca hops.

  • The Return of Pinky!

    Pinky returns to our backyard patio Sunday May 5. Come drink a DT or two and pose for fab photo ops with Delirium Tremens’ pink elephant mascot! All day and night.