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 |
