{"id":12126,"date":"2013-08-23T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=12126"},"modified":"2021-08-31T08:55:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:55:43","slug":"bucktown-arts-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/bucktown-arts-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Art and Craft Beer Collide at This Weekends Bucktown Arts Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peruse cool art, listen to some good music and drink some really<\/em> good beer at the Bucktown Arts Fest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Yup, we said Arts Fest.<\/p>\n

Color us a bit surprised when we received an email trumpeting the beer selection at the Bucktown Arts Fest, Saturday and Sunday at Senior Citizens Memorial Park. We fully expected a beer tent with maybe 312 or perhaps Blue Moon being offered. Nope. Instead, the annual festival teamed up with distributor River North to put together an impressive tap list.<\/p>\n

Among the beers to be tapped: Goose Island’s Imperial IPA, Perennial’s Aria, Flossmoor Station Mycetes Belgian Mushroom Ale and the Local Option’s American Muscle Double IPA.<\/p>\n

Aria<\/strong>, from Perennial Artisan Ales in St. Louis, is a Belgian ale brewed with Brettanomyces which — according to the brewer — creates “deeper aromatics of stone fruit and\u00a0farmhouse pollen and flavors of honey and green\u00a0tea.”<\/p>\n

Flossmoor Station’s Mycetes Belgian Mushroom Ale<\/strong> was brewed with a little over 45 pounds of Hedgehog Mushrooms, which are edible. A long-time reader of our site emailed me a few months ago after trying the mushroom ale and said, surprisingly, “It works! Not overpowering fungi at all<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Local Option describes American Muscle<\/strong>, which clocks in at 12.5% ABV, as a “New world Double IPA.”<\/p>\n

Aggressively late-kettle and dry hopped with four quintessential varietals of American hops; this beer is built like houses used to be built. A strong malt backbone balances a rich, flavorful palate of citrus fruit with floral and earthy notes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the full list of beers being tapped:<\/p>\n

Saturday, August 24<\/strong><\/p>\n