On Friday May 17 at 3pm Local Option will host “Regional Clusterfuck” the bar’s primary event for Chicago Craft Beer Week. The event will feature rare and highly sought after releases from Dark Horse, Central Waters, Against The Grain, Perennial Artisan Ales, and [...]

Schmetterling Gose Brewed by: Local Option Bierwerker Brewed at: Against The Grain Brewery, Louisville, KY Style: Gose ABV: 4.5% Suggested Serving: 12 oz, 25cl Pokal Serving Temperature: 45°F, 7.2°C Web: http://www.localoptionbier.com Availability: On Draft Only Schmetterling Gose is a modern interpretation of an ancient top fermented saline sour ale native to Saxony. Local Option Bierwerker [...]

Local Option will host the release of the Bourbon Barrel aged La Petite Mort on Today at 3pm. The event will also feature 14 other rare and highly sought after releases from Central Waters Brewing Co. – on draft – and the most metal salad bar ever. Draft List: Against The Grain Brown Note Against The [...]

                                Kentucky Common Style: Kentucky Common /Traditional Ale Brewed by: Local Option Bierwerker Brewed at: Against The Grain Brewery, Louisville, KY ABV: 6.5% Suggested Serving Glasswear: Tulip Serving Temperature: 45°F, 7.2°C Web: http://www.localoptionbier.com Availability: On Draft Only Kentucky Common is [...]

                              Prospect Pils Style: Pilsener Brewed By: Local Option Bierwerker, Chicago, IL ABV: 5.0% Serve in: Lager glass Serving Temperature: 45°F, 7.2°C Available on Draft Only Developed and brewed by Local Option at Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, KY, this [...]

                              On March 14th at 3:14pm Local Option will host Pi Observance Day.  The event seeks to commemorate the mathematical constant Pi; the finest harmonic distortion-sustain device developed to date; and the signature sandwich of New Orleans, the Muffaletta, by tapping thirty-one [...]

Anthony Of Bourdainia – a Vienna lager developed and brewed by Local Option at Against The Grain – is now available on draft at Local Option.  Those attending Jeff Morrison’s Jazz event tonight (@ 8pm) will be the first in Chicago to try it.  Here is more information: Beer Name: Anthony of Bourdainia Style: Vienna/Red [...]

We sat down with Paul from Chitown On Tap to talk about our beer menus, the beers we brew, and why we do what we do at the Local Option.  Here is an excerpt: read the rest of the interview by clicking HERE. CHITOWN ON TAP: What makes Local Option unique? ALEXI FRONT, LOCAL OPTION: “Local Option [...]