Beer Events Around Chicago, November 15-17

There’s just one shuffle in the beer lineup to report this weekend: Foreign Local Brewery & Taproom in Hammond announced on Wednesday that they were closing their bar and tap room at 489 Fayette Street. However, this closing is a prelude to a move to another facility in Hammond’s southeastern Hessville neighborhood.

We’re getting a lot of barrel-aged beer releases this weekend, and preparing for next Saturday’s Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers. Following that are plenty of Black Wednesday and Black Friday events, and not just for Goose Island beers. I’ll try to get a preview posted in this article soon.

Oh, and for what it’s worth? I am no longer posting from this blog on the Nazi-loving Bird app. I still post under my user handle of @HeyMcDermott, but you can also find it on BlueSky, Mastodon, and Threads. Come along!

This week’s “hero” image: Remembering Dick Butkus (here with Bubba Smith) from the era when the Bears were feared.

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Adams Street Brewery Alarmist Brewing All Rise Brewing Co. Alulu Brewpub Around the Bend Beer Co. Banging Gavel Brews Begyle Brewing Co. BiXi Beer Burnt City Brewing Casa Humilde Cerveceria Cider Brothers Corridor Brewery & Provisions Cruz Blanca Cervecería Dovetail Brewery DryHop Brewers Dutchbag Beer Co. Empirical Brewery Eris Brewery & Cider House Duneyrr Fermenta Winery and Brewery Burning Bush Brewery Forbidden Root Fine Botanic Beers Goose Island Beer Co. Great Central Brewing Co. Greenstar Brewing Half Acre Beer Co. Haymarket Pub & Brewery Hop Butcher for the World Hopewell Brewing Co. Horse Thief Hollow Brewing Co. Hubbard’s Cave Brewery Funkytown Brewery Illuminated Brew Works Is/Was Brewing Khaos Brewcade & Kitchen La Grow Organic Beer Co. Lagunitas Brewing Co. Lake Effect Brewing Co. Lake Zurich Brewing Co. Like Minds Brewing Co. Lo Rez Brewing Local Option Bierwerker Maplewood Brewery & Distillery Marz Community Brewing Middle Brow Midwest Coast Brewing Co. Midwest Meadwerks Mikerphone Brewing Moody Tongue Brewing Co. Moor’s Brewing Co. Off Color Brewing Old Irving Brewing Co. Old Town Abbey Ales On Tour Brewing Co. Open Outcry Brewing Co. Ørkenoy Piece Pizzeria & Brewery Pilot Project Brewing Co. Pipeworks Brewing Co. Printer’s Row Brewing Revolution Brewing Right Bee Cider Saint Errant Brewing Conrad Seipp Brewing Co. Spiteful Brewing Turner Häus Brewery Twisted Hippo Brewing Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery Whiner Beer Co. WarPigs Brewing Afterthought Brewing Co. Alter Brewing Co. Arrowhead Ales Brewing Co. Art History Brewing Bent River Brewing Co. Black & Gray Brewing Co. Black Horizon Brewing Co. Black Lung Brewing Co. Blue Island Beer Co. BrickStone Brewery Brother Chimp Brewing Broken Tee Brewing Co. Brothership Brewing Bubblehouse Brewing Co. BuckleDown Brewing Buffalo Creek Brewing McHenry Brewing Co. Church Street Brewing Co. Crystal Lake Brewing D and G Brewing Co. Destihl Brewery Double Clutch Brewing Co. Elmhurst Brewing Co. Emmett’s Brewing Co. Energy City Brewing Evil Horse Brewing Co. Excel Brewing Co. Flapjack Brewery Flipside Brewing Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery Foreign Exchange Brewing Co. Garage Band Brewing Go Brewing Goldfinger Brewing Co. Granite City Food & Brewery Hailstorm Brewing Co. Half Day Brewing Co. Hopvine Brewing Co. Hickory Creek Brewing Co. Holzlager Brewing Co. Hop District Community Brewing Co. Harbor Brewing Co. Grainology BrewStillery Crust Brewing Ike & Oak Brewing Co. Imperial Oak Brewing Itasca Brewing Co. Kinslahger Brewing Co. Kishwaukee Brewing Co. Lake Bluff Brewing Co. Light the Lamp Brewery Liquid Love Brewing Lil Beaver Brewery The Lucky Monk Macushla Brewing Co. Mad Hatchet Brewing McHenry Brewing Co. Metal Monkey Brewing Miskatonic Brewing Co. More Brewing Co. MyGrain Brewing Co. Nik & Ivy Brewing Nik & Ivy 9th Hour Brewing Co. Noon Whistle Brewing Obscurity Brewing One Trick Pony Brewery Wild Onion Brewery Oswego Brewing Co. Penrose Brewing Co. Phase Three Brewing Co. Pig Minds Brewing Co. Pollyanna Brewing Co. Prairie Street Brewhouse 93 Octane Brewery Rabid Brewing Ravinia Brewing Co. Riverlands Brewing Co. Roaring Table Brewery Scorched Earth Brewing Co. Scratch Brewing Co. Sew Hop’d Brewery & Tap Room Short Fuse Brewing Co. Side Lot Brewery Skeleton Key Brewery Sketchbook Brewing Co. Solemn Oath Brewery Soundgrowler Brewing Co. Sundial Brewing and Blending Tangled Roots Brewing Co. Temperance Beer Co. Ten Ninety Brewing Co. Tighthead Brewing Co. Transient Artisan Ales Two Brothers Brewing Co. 2 Towns Ciderhouse Une Année Brewery Urban Forest Craft Brewing Werk Force Brewing Co. Will County Brewing Co. Wild Onion Brewery Wolfden Brewing Co. Sturdy Shelter Brewing Whiskey Hill Brewing Co. Two Hound Red Brewing Co. Back Road Brewery Bare Hands Brewery Burn ‘Em Brewing Byway Brewing 18th Street Brewery Four Fathers Brewing Ironwood Brewing Co. Misbeehavin’ Meads New Oberpfalz Brewing Off Square Brewing Shoreline Brewery Three Floyds Brewing Co. Wildrose Brewing Co. Windmill Brewing Co. Zorn Brew Works Gnosis Brewing