Half Acre Lager Returns
56 days agoHalf Acre Brewing revives their lager this week….… Read the rest
Half Acre’s Chocolate Camaro Parks On Friday
72 days agoHalf Acre releases Chocolate Camaro this Friday. Camaro is a sweet stout.
We’re rolling out the muscle of love, Chocolate Camaro. This year, this tubbed out guzzler of choco thrust … Read the rest
Half Acre’s Double Daisy Returns 2/26
86 days agoHalf Acre Brewing’s Double Daisy Cutter returns on February 26th, 2012. Double Daisy is a big edition of the brewery’s popular Daisy Cutter Pale Ale. Above is the 2012 artwork by Octophant.
Each time we throw this fatty around our brewery it brings a certain glow to the place. Lets all celebrate the sludge and chime in for the double headed donkey who touts the clusters of craze, Doble Cortador!
Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft.
Arrival: 2/26/12. Limited 4 bottles, $9.99 each.… Read the rest
Half Acre Remembers When It Was Easier Being A Kid
98 days agoDo you remember when growing seemed a little simpler? Kids could get in fights after school without going to jail, you could bring a plastic knife in your lunchbox without going to jail, you could skip school without going to jail. Half Acre Brewing does. On Friday the Chicago based brewery debuts The Hammer, The Bullet, & The Vise. The beer is a reminder of a simpler time when kids were free to be kids, before Facebook, cellphones, bike helmets and a claustrophobic false sense of security.
There was a time when children ran around loose and fearless, getting filthy and being perfectly reckless. Kids kicked the crap out of each other and instantly let it go, they built … Read the rest
Half Acre’s Cipher Is A Beer & A Hidden Code
99 days agoHalf Acre Brewing will be releasing Cipher in the coming weeks. The name is an homage to something you use everyday but might not think about – computer code.
Computers dominate even the most basic of tasks. Almost everyone uses a device that can do amazing things to connect us to information and people. These tasks are carried out by simple or complex computing devices that rely on code. Code consists of basic numbers or letters that are arranged to form very complex ideas. You use code everyday. Code is running in and around us all the time.… Read the rest
Perennial & Half Acre Collaborate On Plan B
127 days agoOne of St. Louis, Missouri’s newest breweries Perennial is collaborating with Half Acre Brewing (Chicago, IL.) The beer is dubbed Plan B, is the first collaboration by Perennial. Brew day is this Friday according to the brewery. “B” will be a sour mash Belgian Dark Ale, brewed with black currants. Currants are perennial berries, with a sweet taste.
Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale (w/ Black Currants)
Availability: 750ml bottles.
Arrival: Bottling in January, 2012. Distribution through Perennial’s channel.
8% ABV… Read the rest
Half Acre Daly Double Arrives Friday
134 days agoHalf Acre Brewing is in the process of brewing Daly Double, … Read the rest
Half Acre Heads To Philly
156 days agoIn 2012 the City of Brotherly Love will be among the lucky ones who will be able to buy Half Acre Beer. Gabriel Magliaro of Half Acre has come to an agreement with Bella Vista Distribution to bring Half Acre to Eastern Pennsylvania. However, do not expect to see all of this Chicago brewer’s beers appear on shelves in PA. Only some of the beers will be distributed and they will not be widely available. Why ship to the Philly area then? Matt and Gabriel of Half Acre Beer grew up in the area.… Read the rest
Half Acre Big Hugs 2011: December 18th
160 days agoHalf Acre Brewing’s Big Hugs 2011 arrives on Sunday, December 18th. Looks like the brewery chose Sunday to increase access and availability for all those wanted a hug.
There is also a Big Hugs release at the Blind Robin on Friday December 16th. Hugs will flow.
12/18 Release details per HA:
We will have standard checkout, but will also have a cash only line. Everything to be priced including tax for ease of use.… Read the rest
In Memoriam: Half Acre Daly Double
164 days agoHalf Acre Brewing is in the process of brewing Daly Double, made in memoriam of a friend Terry Daly. He died recently, and suddenly.
Terry was a fan of music, geometry, his two Huskies, Moon & Luna, and amply hopped craft beer. We’re pretty sure that Terry was the foremost consumer of Daisy Cutter Pale Ale. Terry began popping in to buy sixtels of Daisy and before long he stopped by almost everyday just to chew the fat. After a while, he had the authority to walk back into the brewery and go into the cold room to reserve himself kegs and manage his own kegerator inventory for his home Daisy Cutter supply. Being a bright dude, we put … Read the rest
Half Acre Big Hugs 2011 Sneak Peek
170 days agoHalf Acre Brewing’s Big Hugs 2011 is very nearly upon us. The artwork each year goes above an beyond the average beer label. Each year is a work of art. Again, this year’s release features coffee from Dark Matter Coffee, Chicago Illinois.
Style: Imperial Stout
Availability: 22oz bottles
Arrival: TBA, 2011
For those wanting to deck out their phones/ipads/desktops, Half Acre … Read the rest
Man Lives With Wild Turkeys, Inspires Half Acre Beer
182 days agoGabriel, the brewmaster at Half Acre Brewing, recently watched a show about a guy that was raised with a pack of wild turkeys (the animal, not the liquor.) The moral of the turkey story is that the animals lived and enjoyed every moment of everyday, the way we should – but often don’t.
Thanksgiving is upon us – although you wouldn’t really know it because Christmas stuff showed up in September, but it is. Family and friends are close, a time where you should savor the moments you have. That’s where Avena Sativa comes in. An English oat bitter brewed specifically for your “Thanksgiving Thunderdome.”… Read the rest
Half Acre Chub Step Hits 11/18
190 days agoHalf Acre Brewing drops a winter brew on 11/18 called Chub Step. A silky smooth winter porter.
The shift is upon us. Days are shorter, skin is hidden and black beers are here. Our first toss into the winter stew is Chub Step Porter. Like fur between your legs, this roasty, silk charmer is your ticket to seasonal embrace.
Style: American Porter
Availability: Draft only, Brewery release.
Arrival: 11/18/11… Read the rest
Half Acre Goes Back To Lager
204 days agoHalf Acre Brewing says they haven’t been brewing lagers in while. Time to do that again. On Friday 10/28, they are bringing back the lager. … Read the rest
Half Acre Brings You A Ghostly Brew
234 days agoThe legend? Flashback to StickyFat that Half Acre Beer Company released earlier this month. Legend has it that the StickyFat Bear feeds on the ooey-gooey goodness that comes from freshly picked hop cones. One day Coney Bottoms, a hop farmer, met the StickyFat Bear face to face in the hop fields and it did not end well for Coney. Now his ghost, dubbed Mr. Ouroboros, haunts the hop fields each cycle.
The beer? Mr. Ouroboros is an Americo-German Pale Ale brewed in conjunction with Pierce Brewpub’s Jonathan Cutler. As the follow up beer to StickyFat, it too is a wet hopped beer brewed with lots of fresh, whole citra hop cones… Read the rest
Cheers to Summer from Half Acre
234 days agoSo what if summer is technically over? Who really wants summer to end (especially in Chicago)? Well Half Acre Beer Company has one more 5% ABV summer session beer coming your way. Tasty Waves Pale Ale will be coming available soon in bombers and growlers with an official release date yet to be determined.
Style: American Pale Ale
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft (growlers)
Arrival: TBA
2 Sticky Wet Hops For Half Acre This Year
252 days agoThis year, Half Acre Brewing (Chicago, IL) is brewing 2 wet hop harvest beers. The first one was announced this AM. StickyFat, a black IPA, was released for the first time last year. HA described 2010 Bear as “less than subtle.”
2011′s Sticky is apparently “more refined.” Half Acre took a little different approach with this batch. New hops from a different farmer were used.
Working with wet hops is a process without strict rules. The results speak to the year, the crop, the weather and the choices you made. StickyFat is here again, our tribute to the StickyFat Bear, the very tired, the very mellow bear that looks to get hold of the hops farmers nurtured all … Read the rest
