{"id":11038,"date":"2013-05-07T10:30:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T15:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=11038"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:17:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:17:39","slug":"south-of-80-snapshot-rolling-meadows-brewery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/south-of-80-snapshot-rolling-meadows-brewery\/","title":{"rendered":"South of 80 2.0 Snapshot: Rolling Meadows Brewery"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the days leading up to our second South of 80<\/a> event during Chicago Craft Beer Week, we wanted to make you a little more familiar with our featured breweries, since we know that news from downstate doesn\u2019t tend to get a lot of play up here. Today we take a look at one of the more popular attendees from last year’s South of 80: Rolling Meadows<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n When we wrote about these guys last year, we started <\/a>by noting that there’s something uniquely Midwestern about the beers created by Rolling Meadows, right down to the minimalist and even Prairie-style labels on their bottles. Another brewery that we were made aware of during the \u201cSave the Craft\u201d campaign, we’ve revisited the brewery a few times over the past 12 months or so, always with good results.<\/p>\n For starters, you’ll recall that after the passing of SB 754, Rolling Meadows was the first brewery to apply for the then-brand-new Craft Brewer’s license.<\/p>\n Since last year:<\/p>\n They were one of 13 breweries<\/strong> from across the nation to be awarded a Good Food Award in San Francisco back in January. So recognized for their “tasty, authentic and responsibly produced” Abe’s Ale, the brewery viewed it (and rightfully so) as a strong acknowledgement of their quality product created in a sustainable manner – using water from their own artisanal well near the Sangamon river and products grown organically on their own farm.<\/p>\n Started pouring that award-winning<\/strong> Abe’s Ale at While Foods – Lincoln Park, their first draft offering in the city since South of 80. Shortly thereafter they were pouring at DOSE Market as well.<\/p>\n We reviewed the<\/strong> Lincoln’s Logger<\/a>, a unique coffee and cocoa-y schwarzbier, as well as their barrel-aged Abe’s Ale<\/a>. The brewery took the maple syrup brown ale and set it aside in an Elijah Craig bourbon barrel, making a concoction which Ryan said may already be his favorite beer of the year.<\/p>\n