Half Acre Brewing

Half Acre Chub Step Hits 11/18

Half 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 Continue Reading →

Half Acre Goes Back To Lager

Half 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.  

 You can expect a beer that’s much like an Octoberfest, with a sturdy Continue Reading →

New Website For Half Acre

It was needed.  The new one is spiffy.  More beer info, more info on the going’s on in the brewery, new blog site.    Good stuff. http://www.halfacrebeer.com/

Half Acre Brings You A Ghostly Brew

The 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, Continue Reading →

Cheers to Summer from Half Acre

So 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 Continue Reading →

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Man Lives With Wild Turkeys, Inspires Half Acre Beer

Gabriel, 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.”

Availability: Draft/Growler only.  Tap room release.

Arrival: 11/22/11

 

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Half Acre Chub Step Hits 11/18

Half 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

Half Acre Brewing
4257 N. Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60618

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Half Acre’s Chairman (Of The Boring Theoretical Party)

Half Acre The ChairmanHalf Acre will be releasing The Chairman on 11/11/11 – a commemorative brew for those contributors on Lumpen Magazine.  Lumpen is a politics and art themed, Chicago based magazine

The Chairman is an Imperial Red Ale created to remember the men and women who worked on Lumpen magazine and became Chairmen of the Boring Theoretical Party (BTP).

BTP? That was the magazine’s response to what they call “boring and theoretically inclined armchair lefties.” Their symbols were an armadillo and a hoe.  Their theme song – a raised fist and a yawn.  Ah, hipsters.

The Beer:  An imperial red ale

Availability: 22oz bottles, Draft @ Half Acre Tap Room, Maria’s Packaged Goods & Community Bar (Party starts at 8pm, bottles for sale – 11pm)

Release: 11/11/11

 

 

 

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Half Acre Goes Back To Lager

Half 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.  

 You can expect a beer that’s much like an Octoberfest, with a sturdy malt frame, but cloaked under the cover of October’s timely neighbor, November.

Availability: Growler only.  Brewery tap room.

4257 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618
(773) 248-4038

 

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New Website For Half Acre

It was needed.  The new one is spiffy.  More beer info, more info on the going’s on in the brewery, new blog site.    Good stuff. http://www.halfacrebeer.com/

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Half Acre Brings You A Ghostly Brew

The 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.  A kolsch yeast strain was used.

Style: Americo-German Pale Ale
Availability: Draft/Growler only
Arrival: TBD

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Cheers to Summer from Half Acre

So 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

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