On Friday August 10th at 3pm Local Option will be hosting it’s second annual “The Great Taste of The Local Option.” This years event – the “Hair Metal” edition – will feature rare and highly sought after beers from De La Senne (Belgium), Haandbryggeriet (Norway), and Founders (Michigan) as well as new releases from Perennial [...]

                            On Friday April 27th at 3pm Local Option in Chicago will host “Space Ace Intergalactic Birthday” an event marking the sixty first birthday of Paul “Ace” Daniel Frehley.  The event’s draft beer list –inspired by the former Kiss lead guitarists Central [...]

In Part II for “Anatomy Of A Beer Menu“ we sit down with Chitown On Tap to discuss the beers we will have on draft at Occupy The Local Option.  Here’s a snippet: read more HERE. Central Waters Exodus - Sour red ale aged with cherries from northern Wisconsin in bourbon barrels.  Good luck finding this [...]

Dear Fellow Nerds, We are assembled at the Local Option— which we’ve renamed Beer Plaza — in the financial district of Chicago, because we believe that the American beer-economy is heading in the wrong direction and we have a few ideas for what to do about it. There is a feeling shared by a growing [...]