• Hopleaf Bar

    Promoting Better Beers, Wines & Spirits in Chicago since 1992.
    Belgian-inspired Kitchen featuring our famous Mussels & Frites.

  • Past Events

    • KBS Release Day Tappings

      3/15/19

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

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    • Pi Day (The Ides of Dark Lager)

      3/14/19

      Tapping of Spiteful Dark Lager and Dovetail Czech Dark Lager 6pm.
      And Pi Day specials for dinner —Shepherd’s Pie (local boar & ribeye) w/ramp mashed potatoes. And Blueberry-Beer Pie w/sourcream-whipped cream. Both made w/ Spiteful Brewing Dark Lager.

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    • Flagship February

      Feb. 1 - Feb. 28

      Canadian James Beard Award-winning beer writer Stephen Beaumont recently wrote about the decline of classic “flagship” beers. His writing has inspired many bars across the nation to feature some of the great historical flagship beers in the month of February—Hopleaf is happily joining in. In our early days many of these beers helped define Hopleaf and were instrumental in building our business. We have decided to pick some of the best flagship beers from breweries that we’ve had long relationships with. Click through top the detail page for more info and the list of beers we’ll be featuring on the first “Flagship February”!

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    • Our Collaboration Beer with Dovetail

      Friday Feb 15

      At 6pm Friday Feb 15 we will be tapping our Dovetail Special Collaboration Blend, which was developed between Hopleaf’s Michael Roper and Joe Huminiak and Kaiser Tiger’s Pat Berger, with Hagen Dost at Dovetail. It is funky, complex and mildly tart, and compares with many of the Belgian Gueuze beers we have carried for many years at Hopleaf. Click through for more info…

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    • Taproom Exclusive Release and Panel Discussion

      Thurs. Feb 7

      Solemn Oath’s “Taproom Exclusive” debuts on tap Thursday Feb 7—this is the COLLABORATION RYE STOUT we brewed with them and Bavarian Lodge. Our release event—a panel discussion, in which Michael Roper will take part, is at 7pm in the upstairs bar. See event page  for all the details!

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      • RECURRING EVENTS:
        Bottle Mondays—every Monday prices on bottled beers are discounted.
        Kegs For Kids Pour of the Week—sponsored kegs change as they run through, all proceeds go to Peirce Elementary School

        Recurring Reading, Storytelling, Performance Events:
        Tuesday Funk (1st Tuesday of Month)
        This One Woman (4th Monday of month)
        Do Not Submit/Open Mic (4th Wednesday of month)
        Check out their own websites for details and to confirm dates.

        YEARLY EVENTS:
        Super Stout Sunday—a collection of stouts, inc. Goose Island’s BBSs, presented on tap at noon on Super Bowl Sunday.
        Kegs for Kids/ Peirce Day—*all* proceeds all day to Helen C. Peirce Elementary School (last Sunday in April or thereabouts)