Saturday April 27, 2024 1pm – 5pm TIX: CHIBEER.ORG/LOL This brand new event has been in the hopper for a while and we’re finally ready to spill the beans. Join us at Duneyrr Fermenta where we’ll be taking over all 3 levels of the building to feature a specially chosen selection of the best lagers around. –> Vote on your favorites to crown the champion! –> Enjoy samples of fine cheese curated by our very own in-house cheesemonger! –> Savor delicious pizza with an exclusive in-event pop-up from Chicago’s Secret Burger, who have just launched their amazing pizza! (pizza s ..read more

BUY TICKETS Saturday February 17th, 2024 // 1pm – 5pm Half Acre Beer Co. 2050 W Balmoral Ave Chicago, IL Come out and enjoy the best beers paired with the best food from Chicago-area brewpubs and microbreweries. Attendees will sample a wide variety of beers as well as each brewpub’s food items and vote for their favorite beer, food, and pairing. Winners will be announced at the end of the event and presented with their hard earned awards. For the 25th BPSO, we are moving the event to a very exciting new venue, Half Acre Brewing which offers a unique space that should provide for an amazing BPS ..read more

Saturday December 2nd 2023 | 4pm – 8pm Church Street Brewing Company 1480 Industrial Drive #Unit C Itasca, IL BUY TICKETS NOW This year’s tasting will be our 46th — continuing it’s legacy as one of the oldest and longest running beer events in the country! For the 2023 edition, we are planning a special evening with our friends at Church Street Brewing Company. Attendees will participate in a blind tasting of over a dozen Chicagoland craft beers before voting on their favorites. This allows the specially procured beers to be judged strictly on their own merits. When th ..read more

Join Chicago Beer Society for a fun-filled day at the Great Taste of the Midwest beer festival in Madison, WI! On Saturday August 12th we’ll be riding in style on a comfortable luxury coach bus. Departing at 9:30 am from our starting point, the Goose Island Clybourn Brewhouse (1800 N Clybourn Ave), our bus will safely deliver you to & from the festival at Olin Park in Madison, WI. Each package includes a seat on the bus and your festival ticket ($70 value) so you won’t have to worry about purchasing one separately. This offer is open to CBS Members, guests, and friends! All are welcome, bu ..read more

Chicago Beer Society presents… Hazy Days 4 Saturday July 29th, 2023 1pm – 5pm Space Stage Studios – Outdoor Courtyard 455 N Wolcott Chicago, IL 60622 BUY TICKETS NOW! Finally seeing some sunshine here in Chicago, so you know what that means… these warm, lazy days call for some cold, hazy brews! This outdoor festival & competition features over 35 local producers pouring everything from modern hop bombs to traditionally unfiltered & cloudy styles to experimental offerings. Attendees will sample and vote for their favorites to crown the champions in four categories: MODERN hop-driven sty ..read more

On Saturday we welcomed around 300 of the most knowledgeable, dedicated beer enthusiasts in the area to crown the best beers, foods, and pairings around at the 24th annual Brewpub Shootout. The quality on offer this year represented the most impressive spread we’ve had in many, many years and the tight results of the vote reflected that; everyone involved truly brought their “A game” and we can’t thank enough all of the brewers and chefs who made it possible. Special thanks also go out to our devoted attendees, our hosts Metropolitan Brewing, and the CBS volunteers and board members who put in ..read more

Saturday February 18th, 2023 // 1pm – 5pm Metropolitan Brewing 3057 N Rockwell S, Chicago, IL BUY TICKETS Come out and enjoy the best beers paired with the best food from Chicago-area brewpubs and microbreweries. Attendees will sample a wide variety of beers as well as each brewpub’s food items and vote for their favorite beer, food, and pairing. Winners will be announced at the end of the event and presented with their hard earned awards. Come out and enjoy the best beers paired with the best food from Chicago-area brewpubs and microbreweries. Attendees will sample a wide variety of beers as ..read more

The 2022 edition of our annual Fall Tasting reminded us how much fun sampling blind can be! The venue was incredible (BIG shout-out to Double Clutch Brewing and their hard working staff), the tasty food kept everyone satiated, and the wide variety of beers on offer kept tasters on their toes ..read more

Sunday December 4th 2022 | 4pm – 8pm Double Clutch Brewing Company 2121 Ashland Avenue Evanston, IL This year’s tasting will be our 45th — one of the oldest and longest running beer events in the country! For the 2022 edition, we are planning for a truly special evening at Double Clutch Brewing Company, who’ve just returned from the Great American Beer Festival carrying not only two medals, but also the title of Small Brewery of the Year! BUY TICKETS (cbs member pre-sale now live, general admission tix avail Friday 11/4/22 @ noon) Attendees will participate i ..read more

(video: Frank Osako) Chicago Beer Society presents… Hazy Days 3 Saturday July 23rd, 2022 / 1pm – 5pm Space Stage Studios (outdoor courtyard) 455 N Wolcott Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 BUY TICKETS NOW Everything from modern hop bombs to classic, traditionally unfiltered styles to boundary-pushing experimental offerings will be featured at this festival & competition where attendees will sample and vote for their favorites to crown champions in each of four categories: Modern (hop-driven: DDH IPA/DIPA, NEIPA, Hazy Pale Ale, etc) Classic (traditionally unfiltered / cloudy styles; zwickel, weizen ..read more