Chicago Craft Beer Week Spotlight: West Loop Craft Beer Fest
By Lorna Juett in Food on May 24, 2013 7:00PM
Chicagoans love craft beer almost as much as they love street festivals. What happens when you combine the two? You get the West Loop Craft Beer Fest. This inaugural festival, presented by The Illinois Craft Brewers Guild, the Chicago French Market, and the Fulton River District Association serves as a closing party for Chicago Craft Beer Week.
Starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday May 25, your $40 ticket includes samplings of beer, and live entertainment. Food will be available for purchase from Lillie’s Q, Saigon Sisters, Beavers Coffee & Donuts, Fumare Meats, and Ovie Bar & Grill.
Participating breweries include: 5 Rabbit Brewery, Argus Brewery, Atlas Brewery, Baderbrau, Ballast Point, Begyle Brewing, Buckledown Brewing, Brickstone Brewing, Church Street Brewing, Deschutes, DESTIHL, Finchs, Greenbush, Goose Island, Half Acre, Hamburger Mary's, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Hopothesis, Lake Effect Brewing, Lakefront Brewing, Micky Finns, Metropolitan Brewing, Nevins Brewing Company, One Trick Pony, Perennial Brewing, Piece, Pig Minds Brewing, Revolution Brewing, Rock Bottom Breweries, Solemn Oath Brewery, Spiteful Brewery, Ten Ninety Brewing, Three Floyds, Tighthead Brewing, Two Brothers Brewing, Vanberg & Dewolf, Virtue Cider, and Wild Onion.
The West Loop Craft Beer Fest is held at Clinton Street between Lake and Washington Streets.