Beer Fests

It's been a busy summer of beerfests! The season kicked off with Elgin Fest during father's day weekend. Since Prairie Rock Brewing Co went out of business, the owner still put on the festival, it was just that we were the only microbrewery there along side Budweiser. When Friday got rained out, Saturday made up for everything! We ran through 18 kegs in 5 hours. That's 9 drafts per minute!! We then brought our wears to Alefest at Soldier Field in early July. The Blueberry and Chocolate beers blew the crowds away. We smoked through both kegs, at 3 ounces a pour each! On to Madison for the second Saturday in August or better known as The Great Taste of the Midwest. Early rain didn't scare 6000 people to sample over 100 breweries finest brews. We brought our hop engine Aurora Amber, Chocolate, Blueberry, Rootbeer and Double Bourbon Barrel Cherry Imperial Stout. Due to popularity, we nearly exhausted everything. To close up summer, we did OakPark Fest in late August. As one brewer put it, "Um Mike, your line is 10 deep, what's going on here?". Well it's that darn Chocolate and Blueberry beer. Get the The Roundhouse before they both run out. One of them won't be back until next summer (not telling which one).