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Make your reservations for Experience the Hops

Allerton Park and Retreat Center is hosting their annual weekend of learning about and tasting beers on February 29th and March 1st. There will be educational seminars, tasting opportunities, a beer pairing dinner, and if you choose to stay overnight there will be Boots and Beer Hike on Sunday morning. 

There will be beers from 4204-Main Street Brewing Company, Sierra Nevada, Half Acre Beer Company, Schlafly Beer, Revolution Brewing, Bell’s Brewery, BrickStone Brewery, The Old Bakery Beer Company, JT Walker’s Restaurant and Brewery, Maplewood Brewery & Distillery, Truly Hard Seltzer, and Dogfish Head.

You can participate at various levels:

Educational seminars and tastings, 1 to 5 p.m., $5 admission, tasting tickets are $1 each

Seminars and tastings + dinner (find the menu here), 1 to 5 p.m., 6 to 8 p.m., $89 for admission and four course beer pairing dinner, tasting tickets $1 each

If you choose to stay overnight, lodging is $80, which includes the Boots and Brew Hike. Call 217-333-3287 to make lodging reservations.

Only interested in the morning hike? It’s $10 a person, or $5 if you forgo the brews. You can register for that here

These types of events at Allerton tend to book up pretty quickly, so best snag your tickets soon.

Top image: A close up shot of a tap with beer pouring into a tall glass. The beer is dark brown. The torso of the person pouring is visible. They are wearing a blue shirt. There is a white rectangle over a portion of the photo with the text Experience the Hops, allerton.illinois.edu. Photo from Facebook event page. 

Staff writer

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