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June 12, 2013

Deschutes/Great Lakes Class of ’88

Join us on Wednesday, June 12 as we tap some brews in honor of some craft movement pioneers, The Class of ’88.

Deschutes (famous for Black Butte Porter) and Great Lakes (famous for Edmund Fitzgerald porter) teamed up to create a special Imperial Smoked Porter to honor the occasion.

TAP LIST:
Deschutes/Great Lakes Imperial Smoked Porter
Great Lakes Rye of the Tiger IPA
Deschutes Fresh Squeeze

May 26, 2013

Half Acre Beer Brunch #CCBW

Sunday, May 26
10am – 2pm

Close out Chicago Craft Beer Week with our third annual Half Acre Beer Brunch.

Enjoy a “food flight” of 4 Half Acre beers paired with 4 small plates for one low price, $30.

1st
Asparagus Custard
with Bacon Marmalade, soft quail egg and buttered pastry
paired with The Hammer, Bullet, Vise Brown Ale

2nd
Thai Basil Shrimp Toast
with hoisin pepper jelly
paired with Iron Brass Abbey Triple

3rd
Charred Skirt Steak
with smoked jalapeno over easy egg sauce and beef fat poached fingerling potatoes
paired with Galactic Double Daisy Cutter

4th
Rhubarb Bread pudding
with lemon crème fraiche
paired with Baume rye stout

Reservations are encouraged via our website open table access, http://www.smallbardivision.com/
Groups of 5 or more must call 773-772-2727 to reserve a table

May 21, 2013

Cross the Lake Classic #CCBW

Tuesday, May 21 starting at 6pm!

We’re dedicating 12 taps to a showdown with local favorites Solemn Oath representing the West Side and Greenbush Brewing from the East Side of the Lake. Which side is the best side? You decide.

GREENBUSH
Broken Promises
Distorter
Yankee Sipper
Doomslayer
Journeyman Barrel-aged Mr. Hyde
Barrel-aged VanderBush

SOLEMN OATH
Mr. Inappropriate
Manasika Masala
Ticklefight
E-Ville
Famine
Radth

May 22, 2013

West Division I.P.A. Crawl #CCBW

Join us Wednesday, May 22for The Second Annual Division I.P.A. Crawl!Visit Jerry’s Sandwiches for Midwestern I.P.A.’s, Bangers & Lace for East Coast I.P.A.’s and SmallBar Division for West Coast I.P.A.’s as part of our collaborative West Division Chicago Craft Beer Week I.P.A. Crawl!

Enjoy $2 off select pours with the full tour of all three spots.

SMALLBAR DIVISION – WEST COAST!
featuring draft and cask I.P.A.’s from the left coast’s best breweries:

Green Flash Black I.P.A.
Stone IPA with US Goldings hops – CASK
Lagunitas I.P.A.
Ballast Point Sculpin
Stone Sublimely Self Righteous with Espresso – TBC
Sierra Nevada Blindfold Black I.P.A.

JERRY’S – MIDWEST
Tentative tap list includes

Solemn Oath Cask – Snaggletooth Bandana dry hopped with Chinook
Solemn Oath – Snaggletooth Bandana
Solemn Oath – Kidnapped By Vikings
Three Floyds – Dreadnaught
Founders – Double Trouble
Haymarket – Mathias
Boulevard – Double Wide
Brewery Vivant – Big Red Coq
Half Acre – Vallejo
Dark Horse – Artic Dekoorc Eert

May 18, 2013

Victory Beer Garden #CCBW

Saturday, May 18 at 2pm

There’s Victory Gardens. And there’s Beer Gardens. What we have here is best of both, a Victory Beer Garden!

We’ll be setting aside some of our patio seats so you can sit outside and enjoy some of the best of Victory Brewing’s sessionable summer styles.

Victroy Hip Czech Lager
Victory Summer Love
Victory Swing Session Saison
Victory Braumeister Pils

 

May 16, 2013

Chicago Doet Belgie! #CCBW



Thursday, May 16
Tapping at 6pm
Kick off Chicago Craft Beer Week in style!

Some of Chicago’s best breweries take on classic Belgian styles, often adding their own twist. Enjoy some of our recent favorites along with Belgian food specials like steamed mussels, pomme frittes and more!

Half Acre Bones & All
Three Floyds Tiberian Inquisitor
Two Bros 16th Anniversary
Lake Effect Snow Wit
5 Rabbit Missionario
Revolution Little Crazy
plus a surprise from Pipeworks Brewing

 

April 30, 2013

Queen’s Day – Tuesday, April 30


Join us Tuesday, April 30 after 6pm to celebrate the Dutch Queen’s Day with some of our favorite brews from Holland’s own La Trappe and Koningshoeven.

We’ll have some fun free bits to give away and of course some great beers on draft:
La Trappe Wit
Urthel Hop-it
Urthel Saisonnière

March 24, 2013

Coffee Beer Brunch


Join us Sunday, March 24 for a Coffee Beer Brunch!
10am – 2pm

Enjoy a “food flight” of 4 beers paired with 4 small plates for one low price, $32.

Brie and rye bread pudding
- Paired with Half Acre Big Hugs an imperial coffee stout
Pan fried mushroom, radicchio and potato roulade
- Paired with Mikkeller Beer Hop Breakfast
Shaved smoked pork loin over crispy polenta with spicy pepper jelly
- Pairied with Stone/Two Brothers/Aleman collab Dayman Coffee IPA
Caramel pot de crème with pistachio biscotti
- Paired with Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break

Reservations are encouraged via our website open table access,
http://www.smallbardivision.com/.

Groups of 5 or more must call 773-772-2727 to reserve a table

February 22, 2013

One Wild Night 2013

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22

As has become a tradition in this short cold month of February, join us for our third annual Sour Night featuring wild fermented ales and traditional lambics. This year’s lineup includes more domestic offerings than ever before, a sure sign of the surging popularity of the style.

Beers listed here are confirmed. We have several more very exciting additions we are still working to finalize and get in house and will update the list as they are confirmed.

Bruery Tart of Darkness
Firestone Walker Reginald Brett
Cantillon Classic Gueuze
Against the Grain Gnag Reflex
Perennial Unblended American Wild Ale
New Belgium La Folie
New Belgium Tart Lychee
New Holland Blue Sunday
Ommegang Seduction
Allagash Interlude
Timmerman Blanche Lambicus
Böckor Cuvee Jacobin Rouge
Loverbeer Madamin
Gueuze Tilquin
Evil Twin Femme Fatale Brett
Liefmans Goudenband

VIP SESSION & PERENNIAL ALES PRESENTATION
Join us for a VIP session to kick the event off from 5-6pm. 30 guests will get $30 tickets including a flight of featured ales, a complimentary scratch food spread and a wild ale production discussion presented by Perennial Artisan Ales Head Brewer Cory King.

LINK TO TICKETS FOR VIP SESSION:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/320503

 

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Sunday Gravy!


Join us for a new weekly tradition, Sunday Gravy!

Starting Sunday, January 13 and running into the spring.
Every Sunday morning we’ll start a huge pot of rich, homemade tomato sauce. As the day progresses we’ll add chuck roast, house Italian sausage, homemade meatballs and hard boiled eggs so that come dinner we’ve got a huge stew and a great dinner ready for you!

For $30 you and a guest will get a 22oz bottle of Pipeworks beer, a huge bowl of our Sunday Gravy sauce and meat, house made pasta, a vegetable side, house made bread and a dessert to share.

Bring your friends, bring your family. Let’s make Sunday Gravy a tradition together.