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2023 Penrose Oktoberfest

Penrose Brewing set to host 2023 Oktoberfest Event on September 16

GENEVA, IL – Penrose Brewing is thrilled to announce its highly anticipated Oktoberfest event, a day filled with traditional Bavarian merriment, live music, delicious German fare, and exciting activities. Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 16, from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM, as we transform our brewery parking lot into a festive Oktoberfest celebration! Break out your lederhosen and dirndls, because we’re bringing the best of German culture right to Geneva! Get ready to enjoy a day of stein drinking, live music, and non-stop fun at Penrose Brewing’s Oktoberfest. Event Details: Date: Saturday, September 16 Time: 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM Location: Penrose Brewing, 509 Stevens St. Geneva, Illinois Admission: General Entry: $10 at the door Entry + Souvenir Glass Stein: $20 at the door Entry + Souvenir Ceramic Stein: $40 at the door Free Entry for Kids Highlights: Indulge in mouthwatering German fare provided by Nobel House, featuring authentic flavors that will transport you straight to the heart of Bavaria. Put your strength to the test at the Penrose Stein Hoisting Tournament, proudly sponsored by Kokua Crossfit. Do you have what it takes to hold that stein high? Engage in friendly competition at our Bags Competition — a classic

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Penrose Lemon Seltz-Up Wins 2023 Gold Medal from The Beverage Testing Institute

Penrose Lemon Seltz-Up Awarded 2023 Gold Medal By Beverage Testing Institute

GENEVA, IL – Penrose Brewing was awarded a 2023 Gold Medal by the Beverage Testing Institute (BTI) for its Lemon Seltz-Up, crafted hard seltzer with real lemons. The Chicago-based BTI hosts the annual competition, which is open to all producers, distributors, retailers, agents, importers, ad agencies or public relations offices for beverages from any country in the world. Submissions are judged in a blind tasting by a panel of BTI judges and industry professionals. Ratings are based on a 100-point scale. Penrose’s Lemon Seltz-Up received 94 points. In its analysis, BTI noted Lemon Seltz-Up’s “Fresh, natural tasting lemonade that is pretty dang crushable.” Lemon Seltz-Up was originally crafted in 2021 by Penrose and began packaging in cans and distributing throughout Illinois in 2023. “We could not be more thrilled for our first foray into the hard seltzer category. To come out with a score that matches how we feel about Lemon Seltz-Up, is very exciting.,” said Tom Korder, co-founder and head brewer of Penrose Brewing. “This highlights the spectacular lemon puree we source and showcases our efforts and craftsmanship we put into all of our beverages. Our customers have been coming out in droves to our taproom and this is

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Loosey Boots

Loosey Boots

Loosey Boots, Hazy Double IPA, is the perfect combination of Penrose’s Goofy Boots and Short Fuse‘s Loosey Juicy, brewed in collaboration between the two Chicagoland breweries. At 8.0% ABV, Loosey Boots packs a powerful punch, with a bold and fruity flavor profile that will tantalize your taste buds. Bursting with Mosaic, Azaaca, El Dorado, and Sabro hops, this beer delivers a smooth and refreshing experience with every sip ABV: 8.0% Style: Hazy Double IPA AVAILABILITY: Available Now- On Tap, Growler Fills, 16oz 4-pack Cans https://penrosebrewingcompany.square.site/product/LooseyBoots/1733 Like Loosey Boots? Check out Similar Beers: Goofy Boots Lil Boots

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Penrose Partners With Gindo’s Spice Of Life For Lemon Seltz-Up Sauce

GENEVA, IL – Guests to Penrose Brewing’s taproom will now have a new option to add a little zest to their pizzas. Penrose Brewing partnered up with Gindo’s Spice of Life, to present Lemon Seltz-Up Sauce. The brand new collaboration sauce features Aji limon peppers, lemon zest and the same lemon puree used in their crafted hard seltzer, Lemon Seltz-Up. Gindo’s Spice of Life is located at 2002 W Main St Suite P in Saint Charles and owned by Chris and Mary Ginder. Chris has been innovating his hot sauces since 2011.Their business has produced over 500 flavors while dedicating to the mission of creating handcrafted sauces & spice blends that inspire creativity in the kitchen and support local farms and businesses. Gindo’s remains committed to manufacturing their own products so they know every bottle has the same level of quality & freshness. Over the years, top chefs and foodies have used Gindo’s vast flavor profiles to create award winning creations in their home kitchen or restaurant. Penrose’s taproom began offering their own food option for the first time since its inception in 2014, earlier in January at the Stevens Street location in Geneva. Penrose has partnered up with Massa

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Penrose Brewing’s Taproom Begins Serving Locally Made Pizzas

GENEVA, IL – Penrose Brewing’s Taproom began offering their own food option for the first time since its inception in 2014, this past week at the Stevens Street location in Geneva. Penrose has partnered up with Massa Pizza Company, from Franklin Park, Illinois, to serve up handmade pizzas as an added option while enjoying beers. “We are excited to add pizza to our offerings at our taproom, alongside our award-winning beers,” Penrose Brewing Co-Founder and Head Brewer Tom Korder said. “In years past, our customers have been asking for a food option if they’re looking to have another beer or two. It’s the best of both worlds to be able to work with another locally-owned Chicagoland company.” Since 1968 the Lollino family has been dishing up authentic Italian foods, blending and roasting the finest coffees, and creating specialty frozen desserts in Chicagoland, including Massa Pizza. In the 1990s, husband and wife Angelo and Giovanna Lollino expanded the family business opening a flagship Italian café in Elmwood Park, Illinois. Over the next two decades, The Lollino’s would partner with influential chefs and food distributors to bring award-winning gelato, premium roasted coffee and espresso, authentic Sicilian pizza and more to consumers around

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Penrose Brewing Utilizing New Experimental Hop Products In Upcoming Releases

GENEVA, IL – Penrose Brewing is excited to celebrate #HopHypeWeek throughout the week of October 16th, showcasing the numerous experimental and groundbreaking ingredients from Yakima Chief Hops being used in upcoming releases. “As the summer turns to fall and leaves begin to fall from the trees, we’re getting super geeked at the brewery over some groundbreaking hop innovations. As most craft beer die-hards know, hops are known as the soul of beer and they can provide a wide array of aromas from fruity, and floral to grassy and woody,” Penrose Brewing Co-Founder and Head Brewer Tom Korder said. Geneva’s Finest – Wet Hopped Saison – YCH 301 Trial – Fresh Frozen Hop Cryo Hops® Brewed up in collaboration with fellow Geneva, Illinois brewery, Art History Brewing, ‘Geneva’s Finest’ features a ground-breaking product, YCH 301 Trial – Fresh Frozen Hop Cryo Hops®. YCH 301 Trial is part of the Yakima Chief Hops Elite Product Trial program. It combines the groundbreaking concept of Frozen Fresh Hops and the innovative technology of Cryo Hops® to pioneer a new way to brew fresh hop ales with a pelletized product. In past brewing traditions, brewers used Wet Hops once per year during the harvest time

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Silo | Hedgerow | Grindstone

Silo | Hedgerow | Grindstone Farmhouse ales have always been a favorite style for us around Penrose, and we recently got to spend some time in the cellar, crafting some rustic saisons with some fun techniques and unique ingredients. Saison is a broad style that really allows a sense of time and place to shine through in the finished beer. The methods we employ and the ingredients we use lend to a unique fermentation and conditioning, which provide a sort of personality to the beer that your olfactory senses can truly interact with. For our base saison, Silo, we wanted to employ some techniques used by some of our favorite farmhouse ale brewers in Belgium. Firstly, we chose to ferment using a yeast similar to that used to ferment Saison Dupont, a benchmark of the style. With the potential for fruity ester production and mildly spicy yet balancing phenolic compounds present in the finished beer, we allowed this fermentation to “free-rise” in a rectangular stainless steel fermentor. The geometry of the vessel as well as the ability for the temperature to increase as heat is produced during primary fermentation lends to that classic saison character we are looking for. Modest

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Goofy Boots Holiday Pack – $55

Goofy Boots Holiday Pack – $55 Goofy Boots T-shirt 2 x Goofy Boots Craft Master Grand 16 oz Glasses Mixed 4 pack of Goofy Boots, Snow Boots, DDH Lotus Goofy Boots, Experimental Goofy Boots w/ Cosmic Punch Yeast On sale on Friday, 12/3/21 Click Here to Purchase  

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2022 Growler Club – $175

2022 Growler Club – $175 Members Only Stainless Growler Stainless Steel Card Bottle Opener One Pre-paid Growler Fill per month Fills do not carry over between months Only available on beers that are available in Growler Fills Please maintain the cleanliness of your growler Must show valid ID of Growler Club member upon pick up Additional Growler fills can be claimed at a 50% discount (limit 1 per visit) 20% off beers while you wait December growler available between 12/26 and 12/31 One Complimentary Birthday Beer Early Access to Tickets for Certain Brewery led events On Sale Friday 12/3/21 Click Here To Purchase  

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2019 Spontaneous : Strawberry

This wild project has been a long time in the works for us here at the brewery. It started with a trip to Madison by one of our brewers to meet up with someone as intrigued with wild fermentation as we were. From there birthed an idea that led to a plan that led to a brew that led to a lot of waiting, blending, and more waiting. In fact, that was the hardest part of this whole thing, the down time. Finally however, we have a beer. One that gets the point across and that speaks speaks more to the native flavors of spontaneous and native fermentation than any other beer that we’ve made so far. To explain a little more about the details of this project, let’s first discuss the fact that yeast and bacteria are all around us. The air you breathe and the surfaces you touch contain little single cell organisms that if given the right conditions can make a magic that we like to call fermentation. The method of harnessing these little critters is nothing new, in fact it has been going on for centuries. Utilizing the naturally occurring yeast in the air allows a

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