Barrelito on FoBAB Eve

Barrelito: A glorified bottle share on FoBAB Eve

Kick off FoBAB weekend on Thursday night with Cruz Blanca’s first-ever barrel-aged tasting and hangout. We’re pouring exclusive barrel-aged bottles from breweries near and far—plus we're tapping our 2025 GABF gold medalist and former FoBAB winner, Tepache Cowboy, a mezcal barrel-aged pineapple tepache lager that's worth showing up early for.

The beers featured at this event won’t be pouring at FoBAB, making Barrelito your only chance to taste them this weekend. Enjoy beers from:

Hop Butcher
Half Acre
Old Irving Brewery
Forbidden Root Columbus
Hopewell
Perennial
Off Color
Maplewood
More
Foreign Exchange
Sun Catcher
Solemn Oath
Werk Force
Is/Was
Derive
Revolution
and more to come!

🎟️ Tickets: $45
Your ticket includes all beer samples for the evening. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild.

Join us for a head start on FoBAB weekend.