Roadtrip! Here’s the Chicagoland 2021 winners of the Great American Beer Festival

As the weather cools across Chicago, it’s the perfect time to become a beer tourist.  And what better way to roadtrip then by hitting up all the local award winning breweries that just scored in the 2021 Great American Beer Festival, which just went down in Denver.

Check out the list below.  Plan your trips.  And grab me a growler and/or four pack 😉  — [eric]

Medal Beer Name Location Category
SILVER Low Country Belgo-American Pale Ale Tribes Beer Co. Mokena American-Belgo-Style Ale
BRONZE Midwest Royalty Alarmist Brewing Chicago American-Style Lager
BRONZE Matilda Goose Island Beer Co. Chicago Brett Beer
SILVER Vocal Jam Short Fuse Brewing Co. Schiller Park Experimental Beer
GOLD Bamm Bamm Loves Pebbles Will County Brewing Co. Shorewood Fruit Wheat Beer
BRONZE Sunkissed Blonde Tangled RootsBrewery Brewing Co. Ottawa Fruit Wheat Beer
SILVER Tropical Fruit Locker Short Fuse Brewing Co. Schiller Park Fruited American Sour Ale
SILVER ALT 140 Sew Hop’d Brewery Huntley German-Style Altbier
SILVER Della Old Irving Brewing Co. Chicago German-Style Kolsch
BRONZE Too Much Cologne Crystal Lake Brewing Crystal Lake German-Style Kolsch
BRONZE Party Penguin Pollyanna Brewing Co. Lemont Other Strong Beer
SILVER Dark And Down Mickey Finn’s Brewery Libertyville Rye Beer
GOLD Roselle Red Pollyanna Brewing Co. Roselle Vienna-Style Lager

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