Lots shaking in the IBW shorts these days. Let's get right down to it...

First off... tomorrow is the 1ST ANNUAL IBW LODGE #1 HOLIDAY BACCHANALIA, UGLY XMAS SWEATER FASHION SHOW & COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE.

This whole onslaught begins at 3pm tomorrow with a photo-with-Santa session for kids until 5pm. We'll have an "adult" photo-with-Santa starting at 8pm. So, do the right thing, and get the kids in early and out before 8p. Nobody wants to ruin anything for anybody, especially Santa. Ok!

All day, for every canned good you bring for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, you will receive a raffle ticket. If you bring 30 canned goods, you get 30 tickets. If you bring 1, you get 1 ticket. You bring 10,000 canned goods... you just win.

We will pick winners at 5pm, 7pm and 9pm. Winners get some wrapped presents from IBW, Dog Walkers Pre-Roll Cannabis and Tone Deaf Records. All of the gift assemblies are full of fun, great stuff generously donated by these organizations, and they increase in value with each drawing. You must be present when your ticket is pulled to claim your gifts. You ain't there, you out of luck!

We've got a Candy Cane War on Xmas draft pouring all day. We've got a Solstice Sacrifice firkin with orange & lemon zest and ginger pouring while it lasts (probably all day). Of course we have all of our normal draft and can pours available as well as to-go beers.

At some point later in the evening we're going to do a WAR ON XMAS sing-a-long to the WAR ON XMAS theme song by John Barlowe and friends. If you aren't familiar with the song, we'll have a little lyric sheet. Or, you can be a good student and practice here.

At 9pm we'll have an Ugly Xmas Sweater Fashion Show where you'll have an opportunity to hop on the runway and sell the atrocious beauty of your Ugly Xmas Sweater to the folks in the Lodge. There will be prizes for this as well.

We'll have vegan and murder-friendly food available for FREE for god's sake! And HYDROSONIC LIGHT SHOW will be melting your mind into lovely little snowflakes and having a snowball fight with what's left.

There's other stuff too, but I can't remember what they are right now. We really hope to see you all out there! If you need to look at the Facebook event page, you can do that here.

We dropped 2 beers this week: SOLSTICE SACRIFICE! & the return of ASTRONAUT EYE SCREAM! You can get these at your local bottle shop where you normally grab our stuff, or you can pick it up from IBW LODGE #1.

SOLSTICE SACRIFICE is a turn on our Halloween beer, SACRIFICE! SACRIFICE! SACRIFICE!... an 11% barley wine with cranberry and spruce tips. And ASTRONAUT EYE SCREAM is our 8% DDH DIPA w/ lactose and galaxy hops. It's been a couple years since we made Astro Eye Scream and this is the first time we've made it out of our new facility. It's tasting great. You should definitely pick up a 4-pack or get it on draft at IBW LODGE #1.

And, hey, while we're chatting here, let me put a bug in your ear about New Years Eve. We're going to do a costume, themed kind of thing for NYE... NEW YEARS EVE AT THE OVERLOOK HOTEL... that's all I'm going to say about that right now, but, if that means anything to you, you should be here. We're going to have some good, old-fashioned, time-traveling, time-bending, labyrinth of your own unraveling mind murderous mayhem fun for New Years this year. And a reason to dress in a tux or a tux t-shirt. More to come...

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Also, we're going to be closed December 24th, 25th & January 1st. We will be open on Sunday, December 26th though, so come on by, get away from the family and hang out with Brogan.