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My younger son and his girlfriend brought me a growler of IPA from BuckleDown Brewing. My first draught beer since March 12. Holy fuck does it taste awesome!

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Vault and Buckledown Brewing partner for Barbaric Blood Red Ale

Vault and Buckledown Brewing partner for Barbaric Blood Red Ale #comics #beer

Vault and Buckledown Brewing have released the official Barbaric beer: Barbaric Blood Red Ale. The beer is available to be ordered from the Buckledown website. This red ale starts off with authentic Pale Ale malt for a bready backbone, complemented by the robust spiciness of rye malt. Chinook hops lend a subtle hint of pine aromatics, balancing this malty brew! Barbaric is the best-selling…

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Essential Chicago Oktoberfest Beers

Prosit! October is here, and the weather is finally starting to get a little cooler here in Chicago. Although the official Octoberfest kicked off September 16th and it ends October 3rd, it doesn't mean you can't drink these tasty Marzen's that are still on tap and in cans around the city until they are gone. At roughly 5.0-6.0% ABV, these beers are a dark/copper color, have a mild hop profile and pair fantastic with a pretzel or sausage. If done right, you'll get flavors of sweet dried fruit and warm bread.

Throughout Chicago there are plenty of great breweries brewing Oktoberfest beers, they typically aren't hyped up, they just slide into the release schedule and slowly disappear as the weather gets even cooler. If you blink, you might miss them, so we wanted to take a moment to highlight a few of our favorites this season. This list does not include all of the Octoberfest beers in Chicago, but these are the ones that we've had and are standouts.

Baderbrau - Oktoberfest So you may not be tailgating at SOX park anymore with South Side Pride, but you can still grab cans of Baderbrau's Oktoberfest for Da Bears game. At 5.1% ABV, this beer is very drinkable and not overly complicated. Although this one is a little more bitter than what you'll get from those German Oktoberfest beers, this makes sense since, after all, we do love our hops in America.  

BuckleDown Brewing - Oktoberfest We recently had this on an episode of the podcast, but it's always been a favorite and reminds us that we don't drink enough BuckleDown beer. At 5.2% ABV, it tastes of caramel malt and sweet malt with a hint of hops. Pour this out of the can, ideally into a stein or maybe even das boot.

Burnt City - Oktoberfest Lager You can find this beer in the can with a fun German robot dinosaur on it, but if you can make it to the tap room on Lincoln, and have it there, you'll enjoy it that much more. At 5.3% ABV, this has a nice toasted malt with sweet hints of caramel. It is a tad bitter but is washed away with a light sweetness. Hop on your bike, head up to the brewery and grab one before it's gone.

Half Acre Beer Co. - Lager Town If you're looking for a slightly different take on the Oktoberfest, then the Lager Town is the way to go. Of course, you wouldn't expect Half Acre to stick to the norms. At 6.0% ABV, this beer is tasty and maybe a little closer to an Amber Ale than your traditional Marzen.

Metropolitan Brewing - Afterburner With a new tap room right on the river, there is nothing quite as beautiful as drinking a fresh Oktoberfest and raising a toast to the growth of Metropolitan. At 6.1% ABV, this slides into the higher end ABV of Oktoberfest beers but drinks very easily.

On Tour - Oktoberfest Just down the street from the Goose Island brewery on Fulton, On Tour is serving up some great beers. You can typically find something new on tap when you stop in, and it's quickly becoming a go-to spot for us. Their 5.8% ABV Oktoberfest has a rich malt character and is pretty light, making it a highly sessionable brew.

Revolution Brewing - Oktoberfest At the moment Revolution seems to be the king of craft beer in Chicago, and you really can't go to a bar or even look in a friends refrigerator without seeing Revolution. With an ABV of 5.7%, the flavor is firm and simple with a fantastic aroma. Even though Revolutions can design is on point (even sporting a German Tuba player), you're still going to want to pour this beer out into a stein because the aroma is one of this beers best attributes.

Two Brothers Brewing - Atom Smasher With an ABV of 7.7%, this is going to be the booziest of all the ones we're featuring here. You may ask yourself after downing a couple, did it need to be that big? Probably not, but with a name like Atom Smasher, it probably needed to kick things up a notch. This beer isn't the most delicate example of the style, but sometimes you're up for something with a little more of a punch.

We know there are plenty of other tasty examples of the style in stores and on tap in the city and suburbs. If you have a favorite Oktoberfest beer, let us know. Since these beers are brewed and released for a limited season, they don't stay on tap or the shelf too long, and we'd love to taste them before they are gone.

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New Beer Blog Buckledown Brewery Oktoberfest

New Beer Blog Buckledown Brewery Oktoberfest #craftbeer #oktoberfest #craftokoberfest

In this fall beer blog, we are going to get into another beer from Buckledown Brewery.  It is their Oktoberfest.  If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this Chicago base craft brewery.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know this upcoming craft brewery.  Let us get into this fall beer.

It has a slightly cloudy dark golden color to a light amber…

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