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  • Welcome Neighbors!

    Frio Gelateria opens just two doors north of Hopleaf

  • SO FRESH! Lexical Gap

    Just ONE DAY from being put in the keg, Pollyanna’s Lexical Gap will be tapped at Hopleaf . That’s FRESH, Baby!

  • Gouden Carolus SINGLE MALT RELEASE

    FRIDAY APRIL 12—the Gouden Carolus Single Malt debuts in Chicago at Hopleaf! It’s distilled from GC Tripel, which we’ll be pouring, as well as the classic GC. We’ll be featuring, specially-priced: the “Belgian Handshake“— a neat pour with a Golden C. Classic; and the “New Fashioned“—with housemate cherry simple syrup and house orange bitters.

  • Death By Cheese

    Death by Cheese
    Presented upstairs at Hopleaf by Solemn Oath, War Pigs, and Cheese Sex Death!
    With:
    Hopleaf’s famous Stilton Mac and Cheese, because yes.
    Prairie Breeze Plate with all the condiments and accoutrements.
    Drizzle some extra crispy fries with Jasper Hill Harbison? Yes.
    Raclette Station manned by Cheese Sex Death’s Erika!
    What the hell, another cheese (a goat cheese this time). Why TF not?
    And Hopleaf-s soon-to-be-famous Goat Cheese Cheesecake!

    Solemn Oath White Van, Punk Rock for Rich Kids, and Questionable Couch.
    And of Course, War Pigs Lazurite, Foggy Geezer, and Salmon Pants.

    With Joe from Hopleaf slinging drinks, Shaun and Whitney on hand to tell you all about the beer, and Erika Kubick of Cheese Sex Death to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about passion for cheese.

    $45 tickets available at https://deathbycheese.bpt.me

  • Half Acre Decades

    Celebrating Half Acre’s Daisy Cutter on its 10th birthday. On tap on April 20:
    Daisy Cutter
    Double Daisy Cutter
    Fully Saturated Galactic Double Daisy
    Quad Cutter
    Smoking Daisy

  • Pucker Up for Tax Day

    In “honor” of tax day. For fans of libations on the sour side, especially the Belgian kind. On tap—more than 10 rare, unblended, and still, Lambic and Gueuze style beers. Puckery, sour delights. Here’s the lineup:
    Del Ducato Chrysopolis
    New Belgium La Folie Grand Reserve PX Nitro
    Gueuze Boon Selection
    Still Lambic Boon Ale
    Verzet Oude Cherry
    Lindeman’s Young Lambic
    Two Towns La Mure
    Oude Beersel Still Lambic
    Oude Beersel Unblended Gueuze
    Elgood’s Coolship
    Prestige 2017
    Lagunitas Brett Stout
    Dovetail Barrel Select (our collaboration)
    Plus some other local treats.

  • COFFEE STOUT SUNDAY BRUNCH

    We’ve accumulated a collection of coffee stouts in our coolers. All very sought after and rare. We’re going to tap them all at the same time, at noon on Sunday, March 31st, the day before April Fools Day. We’ll have 2 special brunch items on the lunch menu, quiche and waffles.

    Mornin’ Latte from Toppling Goliath
    Coffee Dino S’mores from Off Color
    Most Important Beverage from Solemn Oath
    Coffee Fun Size from Pollyanna
    Coffee Nephilim from Central State
    KBS from Founders

    Quiche—Smoked brisket, chives,  cheese(possibly gouda), & a petite salad
    Waffle—Brown sugar waffle, maple mascarpone,  blueberry thyme compote, fresh mint

  • Orval Day!

    Orval Day: Saturday, March 23, 2019
    Orval Day celebrates a global flavor touchstone, a beer brewed within the walls of a Belgian monastery with a thousand-year history: Orval Trappist Ale.  After a trout returned a lost golden ring to a princess 1070 AD,
    she gave the “Golden Valley” to the church in gratitude. The current monastery has ancient ruins outside the walls and a brewery within that brews this bold, spicy, deeply appealing ale. The extravagant head, compelling bouquet, rich body, and sharp hint of sourness in the finish of Orval make it a favorite of professional brewers everywhere.

    First imported to the US 35 years ago, Orval is widely available. Merchant du Vin and its partners—the thousands of stores, bars restaurants, and wholesalers that sell Orval—invite you to join them to celebrate this  amazing beverage.

    A purchase of Orval always supports Notre Dame d’Orval Monastery—and delights your taste buds— but for every bottle of Orval sold on  Saturday, March 23, 2019, Merchant du Vin will donate 50 cents to Safe Water Network, a Charity Navigator Four Star non-profit organization providing clean, safe water to people in Ghana and India. Win win!

  • Timmermans Lambic

    FRIDAY March 15, 6-9pm~~Brand Ambassador will be on hand. Timmermans has been brewing lambics since 1702!

  • KBS Release Day Tappings

    Founders KBS 2019 is March 15. We’ll also have KBS 2018, CBS 2018 & 2017, and All Day on tap too starting at noon.