The 17th Annual Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer (FoBAB), the world’s largest barrel-aged beer festival and competition, will occur in Chicago on Nov. 8-9 at the University of Illinois-Chicago. More than 200 craft breweries from across the United States will showcase innovative, rare and special barrel-aged brews, while also competing for top honors in The National Barrel-Aged Beer Competition.

“FoBAB continues to be a one-of-a-kind showcase of the creativity, innovation and passion that defines the craft beer industry,” said Danielle D’Alessandro, executive director for the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild, host of FoBAB for 17 years. “We’re thrilled to provide a venue for breweries across the nation to feature their barrel-aged beer to thousands of enthusiasts from all over the world.”

Last year, Bottle Logic Brewing took home the coveted “Best in Show” award, with the runner-up going to Hopewell Brewing.  Who will take home the awards this year? You can follow the main PorchDrinking.com Twitter feed, @PorchDrinkingCO, or the Chicago region’s @PorchDrinkingChi feed for exclusive, live results of the awards ceremony during the early afternoon session on November 9 (exact time: TBA).  

In the meantime, here are the 200+ breweries heading to Chicago to pour and compete at FoBAB 2019. Tickets are still currently available at fobab.com, grab yours before they sell out.

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• 10 Barrel Brewing
• 18th Street Brewery
• 2 Towns Ciderhouse
• 25 West Brewing
• 2Toms Brewing Co.
• 3 Floyds Brewing Co.
• 4 Hands Brewing Company
• 5 Rabbit Cerveceria

A

• Afterthought Brewing Company
• All Rise Brewing Co.
• Alpha Brewing Co.
• Alter Brewing Company
• Angry Orchard
• Arclight Brewing Company
• Area Two Experimental Brewing
• Argus Brewery
• Around the Bend
• Arrowhead Ales Brewing
• August Schell Brewing Company
• Avery Brewing Company

B

• Beachwood Brewing & Blendery
• Begyle Brewing
• Bhramari Brewing Company
• Black Horizon Brewing Company
• Blackberry Farm Brewery
• Blue Island Beer Co.
• Bold Dog Beer Company
• Bottle Logic Brewing
• Branch & Bone Artisan Ales
• Braxton Brewing Company
• Braxton Labs
• BrewDog Brewing Co.
• Brickway Brewery and Distillery
• Brooklyn Brewery
• BuckleDown Brewing
• Buffalo Creek Brewing
• Burnt City Brewing

C

• Call to Arms Brewing Company
• Central Waters Brewing Company
• Cerebral Brewing
• Church Street Brewing Company
• Collective Arts Brewing
• Columbus Brewing Co.
• Confluence Brewing Company
• Coppertail Brewing Company
• Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
• Cruz Blanca Brewery
• Crystal Lake Brewing

 

D

• DeHop’s Brewing Co.
• Derive Brewing Company
• Deschutes Brewery
• DESTIHL Brewery
• DESTIHL Restaurant & Brew Works (Normal)
• DESTIHL Restaurant & Brew Works (Champaign)
• Dovetail Brewery
• DryHop Brewers

E

• Elder Pine Brewing and Blending
• Ellison Brewing Co.
• Elmhurst Brewing Company
• Empirical Brewery
• Epic Brewing
• ERIS Brewery and Ciderhouse
• Exit Strategy Brewing Company

F

• Farmhaus Cider Co.
• Fifty West Brewing Co.
• FiftyFifty Brewing
• Flossmoor Station Brewing Co.
• Forager Brewery
• Forbidden Root
• Forest City Brewery
• Four Fathers Brewing
• Four Peaks Brewing Company
• Free Will Brewing Co.
• Fremont Brewing
• Fretboard Brewing Co.
• Funk Factory Geuzeria

G

• Garagiste Meadery
• Goose Island Beer Co.
• Great Lakes Brewing Company
• Greenstar Brewing
• Griffin Claw Brewing Company

H

• Hacienda Beer Co.
• Hailstorm Brewing Co.
• Hairless Hare Brewery/ Dayton Beer Company
• Half Acre Beer Company – Balmoral
• Half Acre Beer Company – Lincoln
• Half Day Brewing
• Haymaker Meadery
• Haymarket Brewery & Taproom
• Haymarket Pub & Brewery
• Hidden Springs Ale Work
• Hop Butcher For The World
• Hopewell Brewing
• Hopvine Brewing Company
• Horse Thief Hollow Brewing

I

• Illuminated Brew Works
• Imperial Oak Brewing
• Indeed Brewing Company and Taproom
• Iowa Brewing Company

J

• Jefferson County Ciderworks
• JT Walker’s Restaurant & Brewery

K

• Karetas Brewing
• Keg Grove Brewing Company
• Kinslahger Brewing Company
• Kros Strain Brewing

L

• Lagunitas Brewing Company
• Lake Effect Brewing Company
• Lakefront Brewery
• Lil Beaver Brewery
• Listermann Brewing Company
• Lo Rez Brewing
• Lost Forty Brewing
• Lunar Brewing Company
• Lupulin Brewing

M

• MadTree Brewing Company
• Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
• Mark Twain Brewing Company
• Marz Community Brewing
• Metal Monkey Brewing
• Metropolitan Brewing
• Middle Brow
• Mikerphone Brewing
• Mikkeller Brewing San Diego
• Misbeehavin’ Meads
• Miskatonic Brewing Company
• MKE Brewing Co.
• MobCraft Beer
• Monday Night Brewing
• Moody Tongue Brewing Company
• MORE Brewing Company
• MyGrain Brewing Company

N

• New Belgium Brewing
• New Holland Brewing Co.
• New Image Brewing
• Noon Whistle Brewing

O

• O.H.S.O. Brewery – Gilbert
• Oak Park Brewing Company
• Odd Side Ales
• Off Color Brewing
• Off Color Brewing – Mousetrap
• Okcidenta
• Old Irving Brewing Co.
• On Tour Brewing Co.
• Only Child Brewing
• Open Outcry Brewing
• Orpheus Brewing
• Oswego Brewing Company

P

• Penrose Brewing Company
• Perrin Brewing Company
• Phase Three Brewing
• imPig Minds Brewing
• Pipeworks Brewing Co.
• Pollyanna Brewing Company
• Prairie Street Brewing Co.
• Pretentious Barrel House
• Pure Project

Q

• N/A

R

• Ravinia Brewing Company
• Revolution Brewing
• Revolution Brewing – Brewpub
• Rhinegeist Brewery
• Rock Bottom Brewery – Bolingbrook
• Rock Bottom Brewery – Chicago
• Rock Bottom Brewery – Orland Park
• Rock Bottom Brewery – Portland
• Rock Bottom Indianapolis
• Rockwell Beer Co.
• Rogue Ales & Spirits
• Rowley Farmhouse Ales

S

• Samuel Adams
• Saucy Brew Works
• Scallywag Brewing Co.
• Shoreline Brewery
• Short Fuse Brewing Company
• Short’s Brewing Company
• Side Lot Brewery
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (Chico)
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (Mills River)
• Skeleton Key Brewery
• Sketchbook Brewing Co.
• Smylie Brothers Brewing Co.
• Solemn Oath Brewery
• Soundgrowler Brewing Co.
• Spiteful Brewing
• Starcut Ciders
• Sun King Brewing Company
• Sun King Small Batch Brewery
• Superstition Meadery
• Surly Brewing Co.

 

(Read: Drinking Through the 2019 Surly Darkness Barrel-Aged Variants)

T

• Taft’s Brewing Co.
• Tangled Roots Brewing Company
• Taxman Brewing Company
• Temperance Beer Company
• The Bruery
• The Butcher & The Brewer
• The Collective Brewing Project
• The Dayton Beer Company
• The Explorium Brewpub
• The Lost Abbey
• The Lucky Monk
• The Rare Barrel
• Tighthead Brewing Company
• Transient Artisan Ales
• Tribes Beer Company
• Twisted Hippo
• Two Brothers Brewing Company
• Two Doors Down Brewing
• Two Roads Brewing Co.

U

• Unpossible Mead
• Untitled Art
• Upland Brewing Co.
• Upstream Brewing Company
• Urban South Brewery

V

• Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project
• Virtue Cider

W

• Warped Wing Brewing Co.
• Watermark Brewing
• WeldWerks Brewing Co.
• Werk Force
• West Sixth Brewing
• Whiner Beer Co.
• White Oak Brewing
• Wild Mind Artisan Ales
• Wild Onion Brewery
• Will County Brewing Company
• Wolfden Brewing Company
• Wolf’s Ridge Brewing
• Woodfour Brewing Co.

X & Y 

• N/A

Z

• Zaftig Brewing Co.
• Zaftig BrewPub Italian Village

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