Approximately 120 members and guests attended the 34th Annual Fall Tasting & Dinner at Reza’s Restaurant. A whopping selection of 18(!) craft beers were available for all to sample in our now-standard walk-around format. Then, after careful evaluation, attendees cast ballots for the top beers in both session beer and strong beer categories. After such exhausting work, Reza’s family-style dinner was a welcome respite!
The 2010 winners were:
Strong Beers
First place: Two Brothers Brewing Co. Cane & Ebel Rye IPA
Runner up: Goose Island Beer Co. Dominique Belgian-Style Sour Oak-Aged Pale Ale
Session Beers
First place: Revolution Brewing Co. Iron Fist IPA
Runner up: Goose Island Brewpub Schwarzbier
Filling out the rest of the impressive field were (in alphabetical order):
- Arcadia Brewing Co. Panama Red (thanks to Map Room)
- Bear Republic Brewing Co. Apex (thanks to Map Room)
- Crown Brewing Co. Crown Brown
- Destihl Restaurant & Brew Works Belgian Sour Wheat Beer
- Flatlander’s Restaurant and Brewery Buster’s Brown Ale
- Flossmoor Station IPA
- Flossmoor Station Marzen
- Lakefront Brewery Holiday Spice Lager
- Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. Big EddyRussian Imperial Stout
- Metropolitan Brewing Dynamo Copper Lager
- Mickey Finn’s Brewery Scotch Ale
- Revolution Brewing Co. Skara Brae Scotch Ale
- Rock Bottom Chicago Belgian-style Dubbel
- Rogue Ales John John Hazelnut Barrel-Aged Brown Ale
CBS thanks all of the brewers, distributors, and taverns who made such a great selection possible; the board members and volunteers who solicited those donations and helped tap the beers; and especially event organizers Brad Reeg and Brian Turner for all of their work behind the scenes.
