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20th Annual Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer

Credit Union 1 Arena

525 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60607, USA Illinois

41.8748298 -87.6562537

Description

FoBAB is turning 20 this year, and the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild invites you to join in on the celebration! FoBAB’s 20th anniversary will celebrate the history and legacy of North America’s largest and most prestigious barrel-aged festival, the innovation and craftsmanship that defines barrel-aged brewing, and the pioneers and industry leaders who have guided the craft beer industry through two decades of growth and expansion! FoBAB Festival FoBAB 20 returns to Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago for two in-person tasting sessions, Friday, November 4, and Saturday, November 5. Festival attendees will have the opportunity to sample hundreds of barrel-aged beers, ciders, meads, and perries across 12 style categories, each hand-crafted and aged in contact with wood or wood barrels in breweries from coast to coast. An ‘Oasis’ lounge will provide a reprieve from the traditionally higher ABV samples available throughout the festival. Once again, brewers will be pouring throughout the main floor, around the concourse,, and outdoors, and food will be available for purchase throughout the arena. We’re putting everything we’ve got into crafting a 20th-anniversary celebration you won’t forget, so there will be no FoBAB To Go option this year. We hope you’ll join us in person! Credit Union 1 Arena 525 S. Racine Ave. | Chicago, IL 60607 Session 1 | Friday, November 4 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. (ImBIBE entry at 5:00 p.m.) Session 2 | Saturday, November 5 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. (ImBIBE entry at 12:00 p.m.) FoBAB Competition This year, hundreds of craft breweries from across the country will submit their most exciting wood and barrel-aged beer, cider, mead, and perry for judging. A panel of expert judges and stewards will evaluate FoBAB entries, awarding gold, silver, and bronze medals as well as ‘Best in Show' honors across 12 style categories. The award ceremony will be hosted during Session #2 and livestreamed on the FoBAB Facebook page and the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild’s YouTube channel. The results will be published on www.fobab.com. Competition Categories 1. Strong Porter & Stout 2. Specialty Strong Porter & Stout 3. Barleywine/Wheatwine 4. Other Pale Beer 5. Lagers 6. Other Dark Beer 7. Fruit Beer 8. Specialty & Experimental Beer 9. Wild Beer-Brett 10. Wild Beer-Mixed Culture/Acidic 11. Wild Beer-Mixed Culture/Acidic with Fruit 12. Cider/Perry Mead Health & Safety at FoBAB The Illinois Craft Brewers Guild is committed to making the Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer a safe, respectful, and inclusive event for all. In support of this commitment, we’ve developed the FoBAB Code of Conduct to clarify expectations for all organizers, brewers, volunteers, staff, sponsors, and attendees. In short, we expect all interactions (verbal, physical, or otherwise) at FoBAB to be courteous, consensual, appropriate, and respectful. The ICBG has a zero-tolerance policy for harassment or misconduct of any kind. Thank you for your support in building a festival environment of which we can all be proud. Code of Conduct Illinois Craft Brewers Guild (ICBG) is dedicated to providing a friendly, safe, supportive, and harassment-free event for all attendees and participants regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender expression, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion or group identity. The code of conduct outlines Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer expectations for all event attendees and participants, including all organizers, volunteers, brewers, sponsors, media representatives, and judges. Cooperation is expected from everyone, and organizers will actively enforce this code throughout this event. We will not tolerate harassment in any form. Anyone violating these rules may be asked to leave the event at the sole discretion of ICBG. Thank you for helping make this a welcoming event for all. If anyone makes you feel unsafe or unwelcome or if you observe someone else in a situation of discomfort, please report it to a volunteer or organizer on site. The health and safety of our brewers, volunteers, and attendees continue to be a top priority. FoBAB will adhere to all local public health guidelines for masks and vaccinations at the time of the event. Currently, there are no mask, testing, or vaccination requirements. Please check back for updates as the event approaches. FoBAB Brewery Lineup The full list of participating breweries will be announced closer to the festival. PLEASE NOTE: Tickets are limited and, once they are sold, no additional tickets will be available. Attendees must present a valid ID for entry to the festival. Participating Breweries/Cideries/Meaderies 10 Barrel Brewing East Side Bend 10 Barrel Brewing West Side Bend 2Toms Brewing Company 3 Floyds Brewing 608 Brewing Company Adventurous Brewing Akronym Brewing Alpha Brewing Company Alter Brewing Co. Angry Orchard Antiques on High Around the Bend Beer Co. Arrowhead Ales Brewing Company Art History Brewing Barrel Culture Brewing and Blending BBGB Brewery and Hop Farm Begyle Brewing Benchtop Brewing Company Bhramari Brewing Co. Black Horizon Brewing Company Blackberry Farm Brewery Blackbird Meadery Blue Island Beer Company Bottle Logic Brewing Company Braxton Brewing Company Braxton Brewing Company: Barrel House Breakside Brewery Brickway Brewery & Distillery Brother Chimp Brewing Bubblehouse Brewing Company By All Means Brewery Cahaba Brewing Company Cahoots Brewing Cerebral Brewing - Aurora Arts Cerebral Brewing - Congress Park Church Street Brewing Company Corporate Ladder Brewing Company Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project Cruz Blanca Brewery Czig Meister Brewing Company Derive Brewing Company DESTIHL Brewery DESTIHL Restaurant & Brew Works Dovetail Brewery Duneyrr Artisan Fermenta Project Ellison Brewing Company Elmhurst Brewing Company Ever Grain Brewing Co. FiftyFifty Brewing Co. Final Gravity Brewing Company Firestone Walker Barrelworks Firestone Walker Brewing Company Flossmoor Station Brewing Co. Forbidden Root Columbus Forbidden Root Chicago Four Fathers Brewing Four Peaks Brewing Company G5 Brewing Company Goose Island Beer Company Great Lakes Brewing Company Griffin Claw Brewing Company Hacienda Beer Co. Hailstorm Brewing Co. Hairless Hare Brewery Half Acre Beer Company Haymarket Brewery and Taproom - Bridgman Haymarket Pub and Brewery - Chicago Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts Hidden Hand Brewery HighGrain Brewing Co. Holzlager Brewing Company Hopewell Brewing Company Horse Thief Hollow Hot Air Brewing Ike & Oak Brewing Co. Imperial Oak Brewing is/was brewing Jackie O's Brewery Jukes Ale Works Kishwaukee Brewing Co. Kros Strain Brewing Lake Effect Brewing Company Lakefront Brewery Lil Beaver Brewery Liquid Mechanics Brewing Lock 27 Brewing Lunar Brewing Company Lupulin Brewing Company Mad Hatchet Brewing Maplewood Brewery & Distillery Masthead Brewing Co. Metropolitan Brewing Middle Brow Midwest Coast Brewing Company Mikerphone Brewing Millpond Brewing and Incubator Misbeehavin’ Meads Miskatonic Brewing Company Mobcraft Beer Modern Times Beer Moody Tongue Brewing Company MORE Brewing Company -Huntley MORE Brewing Company-Villa Park MyGrain Brewing Company New Image Brewing Nine Giant Brewpub & Fermentorium Noon Whistle Brewing- Lombard Noon Whistle Brewing- Naperville O.H.S.O Brewery- Gilbert Off Color Brewing - The Mousetrap Off Color Brewing - Production Brewery Old Irving Brewing Co. On Tour Brewing Company One Lake Brewing Oozlefinch Beers & Blending Oswego Brewing Co. Other Half Brewing Company Outerbelt Brewing Penrose Brewing Company Perennial Artisan Ales Phase Three Brewing Company Pipeworks Brewing Co. Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling - Lemont Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling - Roselle Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling - St. Charles Prairie Artisan Ales Pretentious Barrel House Pure Project Rabid Brewing Ravinia Brewing Company -Highland Park Ravinia Brewing Company - Chicago Reserve Artisan Ales Resident Culture Brewing Company Revolution Brewing Riverlands Brewing Company Roaring Table Brewing Co. Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery - Chicago Sahale Ale Works Samuel Adams Cincinnati Taproom Second City Meadery Seedz Brewery Seventh Son Brewing Co. ShadowView Brewing Short Fuse Brewing Company Short's Brewing Company Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. -Mills River Skeleton Key Brewery Sketchbook Brewing Co. Smylie Brothers Brewing Co. Solemn Oath Brewery Spiteful Brewing Streetside Brewery Sun King Brewery- Fishers Sun King Brewery- Indianapolis Superstition Meadery Tangled Roots Brewing Company Taxman Brewing Company Temperance Beer Co. The Bruery The Dayton Beer Company The Lost Abbey The Lucky Monk Tighthead Brewing Co. Transient Artisan Ales Two Brothers Artisan Brewing Two Hound Red Brewing Co. Uhl's Brewing Company Understory by Wolf's Ridge Brewing Unpossible Mead Upstream Brewing Company Urban Chestnut Brewing Company Urban Roots Brewing Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project Victor 23 Craft Brewery Virtue Cider Wake Brewing Waypost Brewing Co. WeldWerks Brewing Co. Werk Force Brewing Co. West Sixth Brewing Westbound & Down Brewing Company Whiskey Hill Brewing Company White Oak Brewing Wicked Weed Brewing Wild Onion Brewery Will County Brewing Company Whiner Beer Co. Wolf's Ridge Brewing Wolf's Ridge Brewing Production Operations Wolfden Brewing Company Woodfour Brewing Company Wren House Brewing Company

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