Special Tapping—Toppling Goliath!

Join us and Toppling Goliath at 7pm Thursday October 18 for the tapping of Mornin’ Delight, their new American Imperial Stout brewed with maple syrup and coffee ! Yowza!

ZUNDERT —US Launch of the newest Trappist Beer

As is required to be an Authentic Trappist Ale, this beer is brewed by the monks of the Zundert Trappist Monastery, located among the forests and pasture lands of the Netherlands. Be among the first to try this newest Trappist beer! Zundert—the “slightly unruly” Trappist ale—will be $10/bottle. (And it will be Trappist Bottle Day—all other bottles $2 or $4 off depending on format.)  NOTE! EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. THE DATE NOW SHOWN IN TENTATIVE. Check back in to be sure.

Garrett Oliver’s Ghost Bottle Night

Garrett Oliver, the illustrious brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery brings his special project beers to share with us!  He refers to them as “Ghost Bottles” and they are not available commercially. Some are barrel-aged. All will be very special. This is a ticketed event upstairs in the private party room, $15, proceeds going to RAICES. Space is very limited so don’t delay! Tickets available at https://ghostbottle.bpt.me

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Deliria Release Party

Allagash Rare Beer Share

Allagash and Hopleaf have been friends since all of our early days! Allagash Brewmaster Jason Perkins joins us Sunday afternoon 1-4. We’ll have three Allagash on tap —White, Belfius, Little Sal—plus rare bottles at special prices.

The Belgian Beer Project’s US Launch

The Brussels Beer Project is coming to Chicago and launching their US presence at Hopleaf! It’s a new urban brewery injecting new energy into the Belgian beer world and collaborating with other breweries all over the world! Sebastian Morvan (Owner) and Max Pecsteen (Export Director) will join us in the evening. We’ll have 6 of their beers on tap. Be among the first to experience BBP!

What is the Brussels Beer Project? “It’s a collaborative project using co-creation to become more innovative & daring and to bring fresh air into a sometimes conservative Belgian craft brewing scene. With their new urban brewery, situated in the heart of a Brussels neighborhood, they move on to the next level in co-creation by inviting brewers from all around the world to come experiment with them and push the boundaries of beer. They brew about 30 new recipes and about 750,000 bottles every year.”

During the day they’ll be at Half Acre collaborating on a beer, and then afterwards coming to Hopleaf!

We’ll be tapping:
Delta Pale Ale– Saison/IPA hybrid 6.5%
Grosse Bertha– Belgian Hefeweizen 7%
Babylone– Bread bitter/ESB style. The first beer to be made with recycled bread. 7%
Red My Lips– Belgian session/pale 4.7%
Jungle Joy– A passion fruit & mango dubbel 6.6%
True & False– Imperial blond stout (?!) crazy! 8.3%

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Earth Day Farm Dinner with Virtue Cider

Virtue Cider is made on a working farm that, besides growing apples, also raises farm animals including the Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs that live on their 48-acre orchard. The breed was popularized in the early 1900s as a farm animal that would graze on agricultural byproducts like fallen apples, which is when they also earned the nickname Orchard Pigs. Within a few decades, farmers realized the pigs were not only useful, but also produced some tasty and lean bacon. By the mid 1900s, however, these foraging fiends nearly went extinct as the mass pork production industry replaced them with pigs more suited for captivity. At Virtue these hogs mostly eat the post-crushing apple pulp, along with spent grain from local breweries, and what they can find rooting around the farm. Their rooting around helps naturally control pests.

Our friends at Hopleaf acquired one of these hogs and is making it the centerpiece of a 6-course* farm dinner paired with Virtue Cider. Our founder Gregory Hall will host. Appropriately, this dinner will be on Earth Day 2018. The natural agricultural practices at Virtue Cider are examples of the environmentally friendly farming regimens that are in line with the Earth Day founder’s hopes.

*Menu details coming soon! Chef Brett says all 6 courses will incorporate the pork!

Anniversary of Hopleaf being Hopleaf

Feb 20, 2018 is the 25th anniversary of Hopleaf’s Grand Opening weekend.