New Beer & The Girls of the Golden West

Howdy!

Sadly, my two-week nap after NYE, like all things, had to eventually come to an end. As Roy Rogers used to say to Judy Garland after a week of guns, gambling and pig-latin charades in the Hollywood Hills, "The Goblin must be fed." So, let's feed it.

We're excited to announce that the second installment in our Americana Music Series of Debauchery is going to be this Sunday with the wonderful Girls of the Golden West playing all original music that calls to mind old standards to bend time and delight! 

The show starts at 4pm on Sunday, January 22nd and is entirely FREE to you, a gift from IBW and the The Girls of the Golden West. We hope you come and enjoy a truly unique experience in our sweaty little hovel of iniquity. Here's the Facebook page in case you are interested in those kinds of things: https://www.facebook.com/events/1200864253857425

We dropped a couple new beers this week as well & we're quite excited about them (we're very excited over here after our naps!).

Concord Grape Brainwash is our newest variant of our house sour ale. This is just as advertised: imagine drinking a 7% ABV glass of beer that tastes just like Grape Hubba-Bubba from the salad days of yore.

We also dropped our first ever ESB this week, HER MAJESTY'S SATANIC REQUEST. This sultry little English Pub Ale pays homage to the biggest 60's rock band from an alternate universe, Gerry True & the Studebakers and their infamous and storied post-humous release that was 30 years in the making, Her Majesty's Satanic Request. Gerry and company went through several nervous breakdowns, 3 labels and 800 tubes of airplane glue to see this masterwork put to acetate. It's our honor and privilege to raise a glass to that Herculean effort with this delightful, malt-forward treat.

If you follow us on social media (of course you do!), then you already know that the label for this beer was made in part with that new and disturbing technology MidJourney. Our wizard designer, Mark Ludemann, collaborated with the AI that has been voted "Most Likely to Exterminate Humanity" by Forbes Magazine to create this wonderful and weird portrait of a band from a different place.

Both Mark and I have been bitten pretty hard by this troubling new technology and we've been posting some of our results on our Instacrap and Flubbook accounts. But, because I love you, here's one that we'll never post on-line, this one is just for you, our lovely little email list. This prompt was "Secret Freemason Spring Break Party". Enjoy, friends!

You can get both of those beers on tap or in 4-packs to go here at the Lodge or find them at your favorite local bottle shop.

We've got our IBW Book Club coming on at 8pm on Wednesday February 1st. This month we'll be discussing Ottessa Moshfegh's "Eileen". Come enjoy the wonderful past-time of talking about ideas with strangers and get 10% off your beer all night.

We've also got another Modular Synth night on Saturday February 4th at 9pm. If you are one of those strange people that likes spending loads of money on confounding machines that make strange noises, then this night is for you! Don't miss it!

That's all I've got for you for now. Here's to hoping your Dry January dies an early, fast and painful demise. We'll be here with cold, delicious beer when you come back to your senses.

You can see all of our event calendar for the month at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/events

You can see what's currently on tap at IBW LODGE #1 at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/whats-on-tap

NYE @ IBW Lodge #1 @ THE OVERLOOK HOTEL!

Make sure to cancel all of your plans for New Years Eve and come to IBW Lodge #1 for our NEW YEARS EVE WINTER GALA in the GOLD ROOM @ THE OVERLOOK HOTEL!

Join your troubled friends at Illuminated Brew Works & Aeriz Cannabis for a lovely evening of drinking & dancing at the Overlook Hotel's historic Gold Room.

Venture up to the historic mountainside resort, the Overlook Hotel, and enjoy an evening with ghosts & ghouls & friends & family and, most importantly, beer.

Formal wear (however crummy!) is encouraged though not required. Dance away this godawful year of war, pestilence & famine to the big band sounds of the 20s, 30s & 40s.

We'll have some snacks for you to chew on, plenty of beer to wet your whistle, a midnight toast, shenanigans and plenty of other surprises including a hedge maze, some Shining specific games/compeitions, a blood fountain and perhaps a visit or two from some strange party goers.

Make sure to stay for the midnight toast to get your limited edition Overlook Hotel glassware!

Here's the Facebook event link if you need it.

Come play with us forever and ever and ever and ever...Still looking for that last minute gift for the beer lover in your life? We're here to help. From today until December 25th, we're going to offer our few remaining War on Xmas Box Sets to the good folks of this email list for 10% off the normal $60 price. Use discount code WOX22 when checking out to receive your discount.

If you don't know already, for $60 ($54 with the discount!) you get a War on Xmas! 4-pack, War on Xmas! t-shirt, either 2x IBW tulip glasses or 1x IBW stein, some stickers, a War on Xmas button and it's all boxed up in this lovely little hand-stamped IBW gift box.

New this year, we've also got some other gift options as well including a Shirt, Glass & Beer Can special and, if you need it shipped, just a Shirt & Glass Special.

You can get these off of our hyper-janky WEB STORE or you can come by the Lodge and pick one up anytime, even at the Holiday Pop-Up Shopping this Sunday!

You can see all of our event calendar for the month at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/events

You can see what's currently on tap at IBW LODGE #1 at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/whats-on-tap

6186 N Northwest Hwy, Chicago, IL 60631

Tuesday, 4pm - 11pm
Wednesday, 4pm - 11pm
Thursday, 4pm - 12am
Friday, 12pm - 12am
Saturday, CLOSED XMAS EVE 
Sunday, CLOSED XMAS DAY
Monday, 6pm - 10pm

Saturday, Dec. 17 DIMO'S PIZZA is back at IBW Lodge #1

This Saturday, December 17th, Dimo's Pizza is going to be back for another round of slinging their fantastic slices. They'll be here from 5pm - 8pm, make sure to come on by and eat 5 or 6 pieces.

We dropped a couple beers this week, one brand new and one favorite.

Peacock Angel is an 8% Double Dry Hopped Double IPA made with Mosaic Incognito, Waimea, Vic's Secret & Rakau. That Mosaic Incognito gives a full and bright hop character that we're very excited about and the color on this one is just about perfect. Give it a shot.

The Ballad of the Peanut Butter Pony is back in all of its 13% glory. We added more peanut butter and more cocoa to this batch to really bring this little stag up to it's full and great potential.

Both of these are available in 4-packs to go. Peanut Butter Pony is on draft right now and Peacock Angel should make its way to the taps just after Xmas.

That viking shield in the background of the photo was made by one of our Cult Members, Paul Hejnowski. It's all hand-built and apparently spot on to traditional specs. Come by and check it out at the Lodge along with all the other oddities and entities we've got running around here.

Speaking of our Cult Members, did you know our 2023 CULT MEMBERSHIPS are LIVE and ready for you to sign up for this year's adventure? We've got 3 different membership levels this year, from the level for cheap and/or broke folks, all the way to the lifer level of Secret Chief that will keep you clothed and schwifty all 365 days of 2023. Read more about it here and sign up.

Ask any of the Cult Members from this year, there's really nothing else like it available anywhere.

I don't know what your plans are for New Years Eve, but you should spend it with the fine-feathered freaks here at IBW. We're going to take another shot at doing our "The Shining" themed NYE Party that we had to bag last year due to the on-going pandemic. It's gonna happen this year, so make sure to lock us in. More info will be coming soon.

Have you bought your WAR ON XMAS box set yet?

If you don't know already, for $60 you get a War on Xmas! 4-pack, War on Xmas! t-shirt, either 2x IBW tulip glasses or 1x IBW stein, some stickers, a War on Xmas button and it's all boxed up in this lovely little hand-stamped IBW gift box.

New this year, we've also got some other gift options as well including a Shirt, Glass & Beer Can special and, if you need it shipped, just a Shirt & Glass Special.

You can get these off of our hyper-janky WEB STORE or you can come by the Lodge and pick one up anytime, even at the Holiday Pop-Up Shopping this Sunday!

You can see all of our event calendar for the month at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/events

You can see what's currently on tap at IBW LODGE #1 at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/whats-on-tap