After finishing lawyer school, I was lucky enough to have the City of Chicago celebrate Chicago Craft Beer Week. Even better, there seems to be multiple events involving sours. Luckily, I checked the site earlier enough in order to grab some Jolly Pumpkin.
On Monday, Jake Melnicks had a "Sour Love" event that include a tape takeover from Jolly Pumpkin and Upland Brewing. Among the Jolly Pumpkin beers were Ale Absurd, IO, Biere de Mars, Saison Y, and Fuego. I went with the Biere de Mars and Saison Y (I would have liked to have more, but surprise surprise, the 10 oz pours of sour beers were fairly expensive. The Saison Y was my favorite, as it had the light peppery taste finish of a saison along with a citrus middle, but a wonderful barnyard finished. It also helped that we had some barbecue nachos to go along with it.
Hopefully this will not be the last event and I will update throughout the rest of the week.
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