We keep our events simple, informative and just plain fun. No hot pokers in your beer, no foot races, no release parties for the next beer we put peanut butter in, just 'to the point' galas. Our wine seminar's are usually taught by people with 30+ years of experience, our Sunday beer flights will feature beers you won't be able to taste elsewhere and our weekend wine flights are like mini wine classes at your leasure. We do 4-5 mini-beer festivals a year (usually on Sunday) that are major bashes; our Trappist Festival features 18 different Trappist beers, our Bockfest features every great Doppelbock from Bavaria (many from monasteries), September is Octoberfest month, and we usually feature 10-12 rare Bavarian festbiers you also won't fine elsewhere for the entire month. Stay tuned, we will try and post far enough in advance to help you plan ahead.
Our 4th Annual Bockfest. We have the largest selection of Bock beers in the Midwest, including the rare, historic Doppelbocks from the great German Monasteries and love to show them off and feature them once a year. Right at the start of Bock season (coinciding with the start of Lent - which of course is why the Bock beers were developed originally by the Monasteries for the Monks who weren't allowed to eat, but they were allowed to drink). We will have flights available all day long with every bock we carry (16 of them). It's one of our funnest days of the year.
WHAT: BOCKFEST 2025
Sunday, February 23rd - 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Orval Trappist Ale was the first Brett beer to land on US shores, and has become the favorite beer for many star American brewers. ( “Brett” – brettanomyces – is a yeast variety that adds appetizing, sharp acidity and dryness.) Orval is brewed to exquisite perfection within the walls of Notre Dame d’Orval Monastery in Belgium. It’s delicious when it leaves the brewery, but also evolves in the bottle for five years or more.
Each year we celebrate this historic Monastery's "Orval Day" where monks donate a One dollar for every bottle sold in the United States to a charity. The Yoerg Brewing Company has participated in this project for five years now with super low prices on Orval Trappist Ale, lots of giveaways amongst other surprises. It's annually one of our biggest days of the year and one not to miss.
Our 'Wine Flight Weekends' start at 12:00 noon that Friday and goes continuously until 6:00pm Sunday evening. A different theme every tasting, with detailed notes to learn about each wine. They rotate with our 'Beer Flight Sundays'.
WHAT: THE WINES OF SPAIN
Friday through Sunday, January 10th - January 12th
WHAT: THE WINES OF SLOVENIA
Friday through Sunday, January 24th - January 26th
WHAT: THE WINES OF TUSCANY, ITALY
Friday, February 7th through Sunday, February 9th
WHAT: THE WINES OF AUSTRALIA
Friday through Sunday, February 21st - February 23rd
We do a couple spotlight tastings a month featuring rare beers or ciders you wouldn't normally have available for flights or samples. It may be a rare Belgian brewery one Sunday, or an entire category of beers with 10-15 selections to build flights with. Stay tuned to this page or our Facebook site for more details.
WHAT: THE CRAFT BEERS OF ITALY
Friday, January 4th through Sunday, January 6th
WHAT: THE BEERS OF EASTERN EUROPE
Friday, January 17th through Sunday, January 19th
WHAT: DARK LAGERS
Friday, January 31st through Sunday, February 2nd
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