{"id":7369,"date":"2012-08-15T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=7369"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:22:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:22:40","slug":"worth-a-visit-the-micro-brew-food-review-in-oak-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/worth-a-visit-the-micro-brew-food-review-in-oak-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth A Visit: The Micro Brew & Food Review in Oak Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

While everyone is heading to the lakefront for the Air and Water Show this weekend, we encourage you to head the opposite direction on Saturday to check out the Oak Park Micro Brew & Food Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The event, in its fifth year, has a pretty solid lineup of craft brewers and local restaurants. And it pledges to be a “micro waste” event. We hit up the co-organizers, Seven Generations Ahead, to find out what makes this beer fest so environmentally friendly.<\/p>\n

“The planning committee works diligently to make the Oak Park Microbrew Review a Zero Waste event,” according to Seven Generations’ Liz Alvarado. “Thought is put into everything that is needed to host this event, and efforts are made to reuse existing materials; source recycled content, recyclable, or compost-able new materials; and work to prevent any waste from ending in the landfill.”<\/p>\n

And what does need to be thrown away will be disposed of properly. “We will be composting all of the food scraps, plates, napkins, and forks and recycling any paper. Attendees will help make Micro Brew a Zero Waste success by utilizing the many Resource Recovery stations to dispose of any unwanted items,” said Alvarado.<\/p>\n

You can find the full list of breweries participating on the event page<\/a> of Seven Generations website. For those who are easily overwhelmed, which is understandable considering there are some 50-plus breweries taking part, here’s our pocket guide (Note: We don’t have a list of what is being poured, but this should give you an idea of what each brewery has to offer<\/em>).<\/p>\n