{"id":6661,"date":"2012-05-18T09:45:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T14:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=6661"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:22:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:22:45","slug":"south-of-80-snapshot-six-row-brewing-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/south-of-80-snapshot-six-row-brewing-company\/","title":{"rendered":"“SOUTH OF 80\u201d SNAPSHOT: Six Row Brewing Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the days leading up to our “South of 80” <\/a>event at The Green Lady, we wanted to make you a little more familiar with the attending breweries, most of which are being made available in Chicago for the first time. \u00a0Today we take a look at<\/em> St. Louis’ Six Row Brewing Company.<\/em>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Part of the growing craft beer scene in St. Louis, Six Row opened in October last year and has quickly grown to be one of the most prominent brewpubs in town, with local food magazine Sauce even calling their whiskey barrel porter an instant \u201cgotta-have-it beer.\u201d We managed to get our hands on that whiskey-barrel porter and can back up Sauce’s big talk; it’s very smooth and chalked full of whiskey flavor while clocking in at an easy drinking 6% ABV.<\/p>\n

Named for both the six people involved in created the brewery and the sixrow style of malt used in brewing, Six Row distributes around St. Louis and in the Metro East area of Illinois, and can even be found as far north as Effingham – but for one night only, the beer, the brewer and one of the owners will be north of 80.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve sampled the beers to be offered from tap pours and bombers, but even we haven\u2019t had any of these offerings on cask – and that\u2019s exactly how they\u2019ll be poured on Tuesday. These beers will be a rare treat for any beer lover, even for those who may be familiar with their wares downstate. We\u2019re looking forward to seeing what the following will be like:<\/p>\n