Beers Of The Month | August 2024 - Fox Valley Magazine

Featured selections of Craft Beers created by local Fox Valley area brewing companies.

Fruhauf Oktoberfest Lager
5.4% ABV. Built in 1871, the current La Dolce Vita restaurant in Lemont was once home to The Charles Fruhauf Store. Charles Fruhauf, a German-born immigrant, built his storefront out of Lemont limestone (Athens Marble) and his general store was a Lemont staple throughout the late 1800’s. A Great American Beer Festival Bronze Medal Winner, we brewed this Oktoberfest as homage to him and the beautiful building that still stands to this day. Clean, malty, and just dry enough, this Märzen-style lager is to be consumed in your finest lederhosen or dirndl while eating giant pretzels in an endless beer garden.

Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling
106 S Riverside Ave.
St. Charles, IL 60174

Platypus Party Double New England IPA
Hazy double IPA dry hopped with Enigma, Citra, and Nelson Sauvin hops. What a peculiar creature, the platypus. Like the primary hop in this IPA, it is an enigma that comes from the Land Down Under. Take a sip and find out what it’s like to be the life of the Platypus Party! 8.3% ABV. Available on tap and in 4-packs while they last.

Riverlands Brewing
1860 Dean St. Unit A
St. Charles, IL 60174

Atom Smasher Oak Aged Oktoberfest Lager
7% ABV. Named with our atom-colliding scientific neighbor in mind, this Oktoberfest-style lager is oak-aged, providing added layers of depth to the signature flavors of roasted malt, caramel and toffee found in Marzen style beers. But a beer this exceptional shouldn’t be limited to just Oktoberfest. Raise a glass, stein or boot to Augustfest, Septemberfest and beyond!
Prost!

Two Brothers Brewing Company
30W315 Calumet Ave.
Warrenville, IL 60555

Ludwig
Brother Chimp Brewing received a gold award, in the 2024 World
Beer Cup, the most prestigious beer competition in the world, for their Vienna Lager, Ludwig, a crystal clear, walnut brown in color, easy drinking lager. The flavor is dominated by a
traditional toasty Vienna malt presence, accentuated by biscuity grain notes, with a limited
hop presence for exceedingly smooth drinkability.

Brother Chimp Brewing
1059 W. Orchard Rd.
North Aurora, IL 60542

Tangerine Dreamsicle Seltz-Up
Hard Seltzer with Tangerine Juice and Vanilla. 6.0% ABV. Next in the sought after Seltz-Up series, Tangerine Dreamsicle Seltz-Up includes Tangerine Juice and Vanilla, to bring you back to the days of chasing the ice cream truck and enjoying a cold treat after swimming in your “friend’s” pool. Available in the Penrose Taproom and select local retailers.