Chicago’s largest beer festival always brings out a great variety of breweries and their beers. Once called the American Beer Classic, the Chicago Beer Classic, put on by Red Frog Events, features nearly 100 breweries. While many are from the Chicagoland area, breweries in attendance will range from both the West and East coasts and everything inbetween.

For a preview of the actual event check out PorchDrinking’s coverage here.

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For the event, we’ve compiled a comprehensive pour list of what each brewery will be pouring, the style of beer, and of course the ABV. Use this list as a guide for what you want to try, and definitely keep track of the ABV of these beers. Remember a beer festival is a marathon not a sprint — the last thing you want is to be cutoff just an hour into the event.

We reached out to every brewery in attendance at least twice, in most cases three times, and not every brewery got back to us. However, an overwhelmingly majority of what will be poured this Saturday is below.

As always, this list is subject to change and the beers poured at the actual festival could be different.
 

Brewery:	Beer:	Style:	ABV:
Alarmist Brewing	Entrenched IPA	IPA	6.50%
	Phobophobia Patersbier	Patersbier	4.80%
Aleman Brewing	LadiesMan	Wheat	5.50%
	SoulMan	Brown Ale	7.50%
Ale Syndicate	Baptiste Blood Orange Saison	Saison	8.00%
	Paulina Chicago Wit	Witbier	5.50%
	Sunday Session	Session IPA	4.80%
Allagash Brewing	White	Witbier	5.10%
	Curieux	Tripel	11.00%
Alter Brewing	King Balaton	Wheat	5.50%
	ALTERior Motive	IPA	6.50%
	Mandarina Pale Ale	Pale Ale	5.20%
Anderson Valley Brewing Co.	Holy Gose	Gose	4.20%
	Barney Flats	Oatmeal Stout	5.80%
	Hobneelch’n Hoppy Wheat	Wheat	5.00%
	Summer Solstice (VIP Only)	Spice Beer	5.00%
	Barkley’s Belgian Ale (VIP Only)	Belgian Strong Ale	9.00%
Arcade Brewing	Ars Memoria Red IPA	Red IPA	N/A
	Primordial Pair Pale Ale	Pale Ale	5.40%
Around the Bend Beer Co	Dark Energy	English Mild	3.60%
	Puffing Billy	Brown Ale	6.90%
Aquanaut Brewing	Maiden Voyage	Rye IPA	6.00%
	Madhouse	Mile Ale	5.00%
	Stella by Starlight	IPA	7.20%
Banging Gavel Brews	Redhanded	Irish Red	7.10%
	Legit – Randalled with Hibiscus	IPA	5.60%
	Chicanery	Russian Imperial Stout	10.10%
Bantam Cider Company	Wunderkind	Cider	6.00%
	Rojo	Cider	5.20%
	The Americain	Cider	5.40%
Bell’s Brewery	Oberon	Wheat	5.80%
	Oatsmobile	Session Pale Ale	4.30%
Berghoff Brewing	Rowdy Root Beer	Root Beer	6.60%
	Oak-Aged Stock Ale	Old Ale	10.00%
Blackbelt Brewery	German Style Altbier	Altbier	5.50%
	Honey Rye Ale	Rye Ale	4.70%
	Honey Dunkelweizen	Dunkelweizen	5.20%
Boulevard Brewing Co.	The Calling	IPA	8.50%
	Ginger Lemon Radler	Radler	4.10%
	Rye-on-Rye-on-Rye	Rye IPA	14.50%
	Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale	Saison	8.50%
Brickstone Brewery	HopSkip	Double Pale Ale	7.75%
	Forbidden Wheat Blood Orange Wit	Witbier	5.40%
Brooklyn Brewery	Defender IPA	IPA	6.70%
	Summer Ale	Pale Ale	5.00%
	Sorachi Ale	Saison	7.20%
Bucket List Brewing	Bucket List Brown	Brown Ale	7.50%
	2016 Saison	Saison	6.50%
BuckleDown Brewing	Belt & Suspenders	IPA	7.00%
	Shady Aftermath	Porter	6.30%
Cahoots Brewing	BA Amen	Barleywine	11.10%
	BA Warm Fuzzies	Winter Ale	11.10%
	BA Dary & Stormy	Ginger Beer	8.50%
Carson’s Brewery	Brown Cow	Brown Ale	5.00%
	Harlot	Blonde Ale	4.00%
	Eville	Wheat IPA	6.00%
Coronado Brewing	Stingray IPA	Imperial IPA	7.90%
	Orange Avenue Wit	Witbier	5.20%
Dark Horse Brewing Co.	Crooked Tree IPA	IPA	6.50%
	Plead the Fifth Imperial Stout	Imperial Stout	11.00%
DESTIHL Brewery	Wild Sour Series: Here GOSE Nothin’	Gose	5.20%
	Weissenheimer Hefeweizen	Hefeweizen	5.20%
	Amra (Mango) IPA	IPA	7.00%
Deschutes Brewery	Black Butte Porter	Porter	5.20%
	Armory XPA	Experimental Pale Ale	5.20%
	Fresh Squeezed IPA	American IPA	6.40%
Empirical Brewery	1st Law Belgian Table Beer	Patersbier	4.80%
	3rd Law	Belgian Tripel	8.40%
	Heliotropic Hoppy Pale Ale	Pale Ale	5.50%
Exit Strategy Brewing	Persephone	Fruit Beer	5.20%
	Judgmental Dick	Imperial IPA	8.20%
	Valleaudated	Milk Stout	5.00%
Ferro Farms Hard Cider	Ferro Farms Hard Cider	Cider	6.00%
Finch’s Beer Co.	Secret Stache Stout	Stout	5.30%
	Sungasm	Pale Ale	4.50%
Fireman’s Brew	Fireman Red	Amber Ale	5.50%
	Fireman Brunette	Doublebock	8.00%
	Fireman Blonde	Pilsner	5.00%
Flossmoor Brewery	Zephyr Golden Lager	Lager	4.70%
	Last Pipe APA	APA	6.60%
	Pullman Brown Ale	Brown Ale	6.80%
Forbidden Root	Forbidden Root	Root Beer	5.50%
	Sublime Ginger	Spiced Beer	3.30%
Generations Brewing	Hella Good	Lager/Kolsch	4.20%
	No Promises	Pale Ale	6.30%
	Cherry Czar	Imperial Stout	10.40%
Goose Island	Sofie	Saison	6.50%
	4 Star Pils	Pilsner	5.10%
	Summertime	Kolsch	5.10%
Granite City Brewing	1999	Pilsner	6.25%
	Batch 1000	Double IPA	8.50%
	Praire Vixen	Hefeweizen	5.00%
Great Lakes Brewing Co	Chillwave Double IPA	Double IPA	9.40%
	Turntable Pils	Pilsner	5.30%
	Alberta Clipper	Imperial Porter	7.80%
Greenbush Brewing	Star Chicken Shotgun	IPA	6.80%
	Mr. Hyde Coffee Cream Stout	Stout	7.80%
	Sunspot	Hefeweizen	6.00%
Half Acre Beer Co.	Daisy Cutter	Pale Ale	5.20%
	Pony Pilsner	Pilsner	5.80%
Hinterland Brewery	Door County Cherry Wheat	Wheat Beer	5.40%
	Saison Farmhouse Ale	Saison	6.30%
Lagunitas Brewing	IPA	IPA	6.20%
	Pils	Pilsner	6.00%
	Aunt Sally	Sour	5.70%
	High-Westified	Stout	12.90%
	Waldo	Imperial IPA	11.50%
Lake Effect Brewing	Bitchin Blonde	Blonde Ale	7.50%
	Espresso Stout	Stout	6.00%
	IPA	IPA	7.00%
Magic Hat Brewing	Magic Hat #9	Pale Ale	5.10%
	Magic Hat Low Key	Session IPA	4.50%
	Censored	Red Ale	6.75%
Maplewood Brewery	Charlatan	Pale Ale	5.90%
	Creepy Ginger	Belgian Golden	7.80%
Marz Brewing	Ruby’s Tears	Gose	5.10%
	Jungle Boogie	Pale Wheat Ale	5.40%
	Surprise!	N/A	N/A
McKenzie’s Hard Cider	Original	Cider	5.00%
	Black Cherry	Cider	5.00%
Moody Tongue	Steeped Emperor’s Lemon Saison	Saison	6.30%
	Sliced Nectarine IPA	IPA	5.90%
	Applewood Gold	Lager	5.00%
New Belgium Brewing	Fat Tire	Amber Ale	5.20%
	Citradelic Tangerine IPA	IPA	6.00%
	Heavy Melon Watermelon Lime Ale	Fruit Beer	5.00%
Noon Whistle	Cozmo	Pale Ale	5.00%
	Citrazon	Saison	5.00%
Ommegang Brewery	Glimmerglass	Saison	5.40%
	Rosetta Kreik	Fruit Beer	5.60%
One Trick Pony	Prometia	Tripel	8.80%
	Warlander	Imperial IPA	10.00%
	Pharmhouse	Saison	6.50%
Perennial Artisan Ales	Hommel Bier	Belgian Pale Ale	5.90%
	Saison de Lis	Saison	5.00%
Pollyanna Brewing	Eleanor	Porter	6.80%
	Lexical Gap	IPA	7.30%
	Summerly Rasperry Wheat	Fruit Beer	4.80%
Revloution Brewing	Fist City	Pale Ale	5.50%
	Rev Pils	Pilsner	5.50%
Right Bee Cider	Right Bee Cider	Cider	5.70%
Saugatuck Brewery	Blueberry Maple Stout	Stout	6.00%
	Starburst Wheat	Witbier	5.10%
Schlafly Beer	Grapefruit IPA	IPA	5.00%
	Kolsch	Kolsch	4.80%
	Farmhouse IPA	IPA	7.20%
Seattle Cider Company	Basil Mint	Cider	6.50%
	Semi-Sweet	Cider	6.50%
Ska Brewing	Mexican Logger	Lager	4.20%
	Modus Mandarina	IPA	6.80%
Small Town Brewery	Not Your Father’s Root Beer	Root Beer	10.70%
	Vanilla Cream	Cream Ale	5.90%
	Hazelnut	Cream Ale	7.00%
	HazMat	N/A	N/A
	French Toast	Specialty	10.00%
	Strawberry Rhubarb	Fruit Beer	7.00%
Smylie Brothers Brewing	Irish’ish Red – Nitro	Red Ale	4.57%
	IPA	IPA	7.00%
	Purple Line	Fruit Beer	4.80%
Steadfast Beer Co.	Oatmeal Cream Stout	Stout	6.00%
	Pale Ale	Pale Ale	6.80%
Stone Brewing Co.	Double Bastard Ale	Strong Ale	11.00%
	Stone Delicious IPA	IPA	7.70%
Sweetwater Brewing Co.	420	Pale Ale	5.70%
	Goin’ Coastal	IPA	6.10%
Tallgrass Brewing Company	Bourbon Barrel Aged Buffalo Sweat	Stout	5.80%
	Top Rope	IPA	6.00%
Ten Ninety Brewing	Half Wit	Witbier	5.70%
	Apricot	Pale Wheat Ale	5.90%
Three Sheeps Brewing	Rebel Kent the First	Red Ale	5.00%
	Really Cool Waterslides	IPA	6.20%
Tocayo Brewing Co	Hominy White Ale	Witbier	5.50%
	Tocayos	N/A	N/A
Uinta Brewing	Hop Nosh Tangerine IPA	IPA	7.30%
	Uinta Pale Ale	Pale Ale	4.00%
	Baba Black Lager	Lager	4.00%
Upland Brewing Co.	Campside IPA	Session IPA	4.50%
	Champagne Velvet	Pilsner	5.50%
Urban Chestnut Brewing	Zwickel	Kellerbier	5.20%
	Schnicklefritz	Hefeweizen	4.80%
	Fantasyland	IPA	6.50%
Vice District Brewing	Pleasure Trip	Blonde Ale	5.60%
	Dunkleweizen	Dunkleweizen	N/A
	Double IPA	Double IPA	N/A

 
 

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