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Food Menu
Shareables
Great to share, but you don't have to!
gruyère, smoked gouda, panko crust8.00 USD
basil pesto, house-smoked bacon, feta, parmesan, grape tomotoes, baby arugula, grilled house flatbread15.00 USD
grilled asparagus and red onions, goat cheese, romesco, garlic oil, grilled house flatbread15.00 USD
belgian witbier, smoked cheddar, horseradish, thick-cut house-made vinegar chips10.00 USD
Warm pretzel with house beer cheese and bavarian mustard on the side.10.00 USD
house chips, beer cheese, jalapeños, shredded cheese, red onion, sour cream and your choice smoked meats - pulled pork, brisket or chicken. 14.00 USD
fried, balsamic vinegar6.00 USD
house-cut, roasted garlic aioli 7.50 USD
Mains
hickory house-smoked berkshire pork shank, warm german potato salad, braised red cabbage24.00 USD
two patties, aged smoked cheddar, onion ring, dill spear, garlic aioli, brioche bun 14.00 USD
cajun-spiced breast, aged swiss cheese, romaine, caeser dressing, tomato, dill spear, brioche bun. side available to add.12.00 USD
beer-battered cod, remoulade sauce, house-cut fries, lemon wedge18.00 USD
grilled spiced lamb + beef, cucumber yogurt sauce, cherry tomatoes, grilled naan bread13.00 USD
choice of dry-rubbed, house-smoked pulled pork, chicken or brisket, memphis mild or kansas city spicy bbq sauce, vinegar coleslaw (on the side), brioche bun, dill spear13.00 USD
choice of dry-rubbed, house-smoked pulled pork, chicken or brisket, or now beer-battered fish as well. soft flour shell, chihuahua cheese, romaine lettuce and pico de gallo. house salsa on side. 14.00 USD
choice of dry-rubbed, house-smoked pulled pork, chicken or brisket, or now beer-battered fish as well. soft flour shell, chihuahua cheese, romaine lettuce and pico de gallo. house salsa on side. 5.00 USD
german style veal & pork bratwurst, carmelized bacon sauerkraut, bavarian mustard & pretzel roll34.00 USD
panko-crusted, boneless pork, spätzle & braised red cabbage39.00 USD
Salads
baby arugula, baby spinach, arugula, pickled red onion, house-smoked lardon, cherry tomato, diced egg, crouton, herbed buttermilk dressing15.00 USD
romaine, parmigiano reggiano, caesar dressing, croutons11.00 USD
baby arugula and spinach, cherry tomatos, pepitas, red wine vinaigrette8.00 USD
Weekend Brunch
Saturday & Sunday from Noon - 4pm (regular menu also available)
two eggs your way, breakfast potatoes, green pepper, onion, jalapenos, melted cheddar, house corned beef, bacon or pulled pork, grilled sourdough13.00 USD
three farm eggs your way, house-smoked bacon or pork sausage, breakfast potatoes, grilled sourdough12.00 USD
Beer + Cider Growlers
Hoppy Beers
IPA | 7.2% ABV | centennial hops, floral, grapefruit peel, sweet malt support, classic16.00 USD
Double NE IPA | 8.6% ABV | This hazy double IPA is brewed with a simple malt bill and hopped heavily with fruit-forward Mosaic, Cashmere and El Dorado. Laced with delicate and aromatic tropical notes along with a bright berry medley and a crisp mouthfeel, it’s like diving into the Pacific on a 90 degree day. Seriously, nothin’ beats the heat, like Retreat22.00 USD
NE IPA | 7.5% ABV | Our juicy love letter to Mosaic hops is double dry hopped with a hefty amount. Huge notes of dank citrus and overripe tropical fruit22.00 USD
IPA | 6.0% ABV | notes of bright citurs and pine with lite hop bitterness
16.00 USD
Session NE IPA | 4.5% ABV | This riff off of our mainstay, Pixel Density, takes the ABV down a couple notches to 4.5% without any sacrifice to the flavor. Creamy, fluffy oats carry a gigantic aromatic and flavorful Pacific Northwest Citra hop profile. Oranges, pineapple, lychee fruit are all there16.00 USD
IPA | 6.5% ABV | Assertive bitterness forged with a fresh hop aroma of massive grapefruit, citrus, and pineapple as original of an original as they come18.00 USD
IPA | 7.5% ABV | You can't always get what you want..... but sometimes you get lucky. It's all about the right hops, at the right time. This is how Melvin Grew Up. Fruity, Intense, but not bitter like the rest of them. As long as you don't take advantage, we think this is the hoppiest relationship you could ask for18.00 USD
NE IPA | 6.5% ABV | Citra & Mosaic hopped hazy IPA brewed with mango22.00 USD
IPA | 7.5% ABV | This beer is brewed during the hop harvest with a portion of unkilned or “wet” hops fresh off the vine. Apricot in color, Broo Doo’s nose has dominant orange, pine sap and floral notes, balanced by a glazed nut and toffee malt body. This celebration of the hop harvest has intense tropical fruit, citrus and spicy accents that showcase the complexity of the hops we all love18.00 USD
Malty + Roasty Beers
Amber Ale | 5.4% ABV | Amber Lager featuring the freshest crop of 2021 CZ Saaz hops for a smooth, citrusy kick to compliment the rich caramel, malt forward body. We add a small dose of Chocolate Rye malt to work in harmony with the hops and help balance the sweetness16.00 USD
Imperial Stout | 10.5% ABV | The brewery's most highly sought after beer, this imperial stout is aged to perfection in oak bourbon barrels. Look for this tasty treat to contain hints of bourbon and vanilla with roasted overtones that is sure to please any connoisseur's palate. Serve this beer at cellar temperature from a snifter glass, and enjoy this expression of our passion for brewing30.00 USD
Imperial Milk Stout | 10.5% ABV | Imperial Milk Stout brewed with cacao nibs, peanut butter, lactose, vanilla, and natural marshmallow flavor.30.00 USD
Pumpkin Beer | 8.0% ABV | Our Pumpkin Ale has a bold, big pumpkin taste, flavored with pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. With little bitterness and a malty backbone, the flavors of the pumpkin and spices take the lead16.00 USD
Pumpkin Beer | 8.6% ABV | Pumpkin puree and pie spices, malty, bready; cinnamon dominates with nutmeg and vanilla in the background22.00 USD
Märzen | 5.8% ABV | Nothing welcomes the arrival of Fall like a good Festbier! For over 200 years, Bavarians have hosted Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, and we invite you to hoist some here in Chicago with us. Crafted with traditional German malts and Noble hops, this malty lager will have you donning your liederhösen and singing “ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit” with the best of them18.00 USD
Festbier | 6.0% ABV | Ever since 1818 we have brewed our bottom-fermented Oktoberfest Bier during Oktoberfest – Germany’s favourite Oktoberfest beer and a true institution in Munich. The glass is full of October sunshine, strong and golden. The perfect balance of a light taste of hops and a strong note of malt. A feast of a beer, which always goes down well. This beer is only brewed for the Oktoberfest. That’s where it belongs, along with all the fun of the fair like the Ferris wheel and roasted almond18.00 USD
Märzen | 5.5% ABV | Brewed with German malts for a malt-driven body with sweet notes of caramel and toffee balanced by a subtle Hallertau Mittelfrüh hopping for a clean, crisp finish.
18.00 USD
Refreshing + Session Beers
Festbier | 6.3% ABV | The Munich Beer Festival, or Oktoberfest, is an event of superlatives - it’s the largest popular festival in the world, staging in the beer metropolis of Munich. Millions of visitors from all over the world flock along every year to enjoy its very special atmosphere. For this occasion, Hofbräu brews a rich, full-bodied beer which goes down ideally with traditional Bavarian cuisine. With its deliciously bitter taste and alcoholic content of 6.3% volume, Hofbräu Oktoberfestbier is as special as the Beer Festival itself18.00 USD
Pilsner | 5.0% ABV | Since 1895 Budweiser Budvar has brewed the finest Czech lager in the world, made using local ingredients and aged to perfection in our cellars in České Budějovice, South Bohemia. Our brewery is still owned by the people of the Czech republic. Greetings from the Republic of Beer!16.00 USD
Witbier | 5.5% ABV | brewed with malted and unsalted wheat, orange peel and Indian coriander. 16.00 USD
Pilsner | 4.9% ABV | Our flagship German-Style Pilsner; brewed with Augustiner yeast and classic German malts. This ice cold brewski showcases notes of jean shorts, not touching the thermostat, the aromatics of a freshly mowed lawn and endless appetizers at your favorite chain restaurant. Crispy Boy!16.00 USD
Light Lager | 4.8% ABV | Local’s Light is an American Lager made with the same level of dedication and intensity that we put into every beer we make. We call it “Beer in its Simplest Form” because it is just that: an all-grain, crisp, clean, bright yellow lager. Tastes great on a boat, in a backyard, at a dive bar, by a campfire, at a concert, on your couch. This is our go-to beer and our opus, perfected continuously since 2004, imported from Northern Michigan and delivered to your taste buds0.00 USD
Wheat Beer | 5.2% ABV | perfect balance of wheat and crystal malts with a crisp finish.16.00 USD
Kölsch | 4.8% ABV | full-bodied, easy drinking beer brewed in cologne since 189418.00 USD
Belgian + Sour + Cider
Belgian Strong Dark Ale | 10.5% ABV | The authentic, dark red tripel.
Such an impressive symbol that has been around for more than 6 centuries requires an equally impressive beer. Like the dragon at the top of the city, Gulden Draak has been one of the world's best beers for years. It is a dark tripel, which in itself makes it an exceptional beer, but the complex taste with notes of caramel, roasted malt and coffee makes it unique32.00 USD
Belgian Strong Golden Ale | 8.5% ABV | Duvel is a natural beer with a subtle bitterness, a refined flavour and a distinctive hop character. The unique brewing process, which takes about 90 days, guarantees a pure character, delicate effervescence and a pleasant sweet taste of alcohol.20.00 USD
Fruited Sour | 5.0% ABV | Sour ale with watermelon, sea salt, orange, lemon, lime, and natural flavor. Every Watermelon girlfriend needs a Blueberry boyfriend.18.00 USD
Cider | 6.5% ABV | Get ready to groove with the goodness of sweet peach, bold blackberry, and mellow apple. It's all peach and love at this party18.00 USD
Bottles + Cans
Hoppy
IPA | 7.2% ABV | 12 oz can | Bask in the head’s floral bouquet. Relish citrus accents from dry hopping. Sweet, yet balanced, with a finish that never turns too bitter.5.00 USD
American Pale Wheat | 7.5% ABV | 12 oz can | Way smooth and silky with a nice wheatly-esque-ish-ness. A truly unique style featuring a strong hop finish on a silky body. A hoppy pale wheat ale that is great for IPA fans but so smooth that the hefeweizen fans dig it too.6.00 USD
IPA | 7.0% ABV | 16 oz can | Brewed with 100% Centennial hops from the Pacific Northwest and named after the Two Hearted River in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, this IPA is bursting with hop aromas ranging from pine to grapefruit from massive hop additions in both the kettle and the fermenter.
Perfectly balanced with a malt backbone and combined with the signature fruity aromas of Bell's house yeast, this beer is remarkably drinkable and well suited for adventures everywhere.7.00 USD
IPA | 7.2% ABV | 12 oz can | Like Abe, we believe in freedom. Freedom from the notion that IPAs should only assail you with bitterness. And from the idea that a big, balanced, hoppy beer can’t possibly come in a can. We believe that those who have tasted freedom shall forever brew free6.00 USD
Pale Ale | 5.9% ABV | Chinook and Mosaic hops hold your tongue accountable for your worldly sins in our fiendishly vengeful session pale ale. The moment between each sip may be temporary, but feels like its own brief purgatory8.00 USD
NE IPA | 7.0% ABV | Juice Pants is back and as hazy and velvety as ever, but this time we bombarded the recipe with Riwaka hops! Showcasing juicy tropical notes of Guava and passionfruit, with big citrus waves of grapefruit and lemon. Don't forget to put on your Juice Pants for this one10.00 USD
Milkshake IPA | 7.5% ABV | Citra & Strata-hopped Milkshake Double India Pale Ale Brewed with Lactose, Vanilla and Oranges11.00 USD
Double NE IPA | 7.5% ABV | Citra, Motueka & Simcoe-hopped Double India Pale Ale10.00 USD
Refreshing + Session
Fruit Beer | 5.7% ABV | 12 oz can | Optimizing the flavor of fresh raspberries, Rübæus is the perfect blend of sweet, tart and refreshing.7.00 USD
American Wheat | 5.6% ABV | 12 oz can | An American wheat ale brewed with white wheat and dry hopped with hand-selected hops from the Yakima Valley. Bright and refreshing with a lemony finish.8.00 USD
Wheat Beer | 5.2% ABV | Let’s just put it this way: If you’re ever going to have an impromptu pool party at a complete stranger’s house, this is the beer you’ll want to be swiggin' when you get caught. Brewed with the perfect balance of wheat and crystal malts, our Tangerine Wheat delivers a perfectly crisp finish for those hot summer days. It’s got that classic Lost Coast wheat flavor, with a kick of citrus to help jump-start the party. 0.00 USD
Shandy | 2.0% ABV | 16 oz can | Real grapefruit juice gives this deliciously refreshing Radler (mixed beer drink) its amber natural cloudiness and pleasant tangy taste. The refreshingly fruity taste makes Stiegl-Radler Grapefruit a wonderful thirst quencher.8.00 USD
Pilsner | 4.8% ABV | Krombacher Pils - A pearl of nature.
Situated in beautiful natural surroundings, the pure Felsquellwasser® (mountain spring water) provides the essence of purity that is captured in the unmistakable taste adventure that Krombacher Pils brings us. The taste of our beer is quite decisively characterised by the water it is brewed with.6.00 USD
Pilsner | 5.2% ABV | Our premium pale lager is beer for real connoisseurs. The first-class female cones of top-quality Saaz hops, pure clean natural water from 300-metre deep artesian wells and carefully selected grains of a unique cultivar of Moravian barely make the premium lager a drink for real beer experts6.00 USD
Hefeweizen | 5.0% ABV | A German Hefeweizen brewed with Wild Strawberry and Urban Till Basil. Light, refreshing and slightly tart8.00 USD
