The Toast of Champaign (once called the Champaign Craft Beer Festival) beer drinkin’ event is taking place on Saturday, August 20th at the Blind Pig Brewery in Downtown Champaign. This is happening that weekend, in addition to the Taste of C-U, which features beer as well. They’ve just announced the lineup of beers that will be featured via the Facebook event, which you can check out below.
Local breweries include Triptych Brewing, Blind Pig Brewing, Destihl, and JT Walker’s, amongst a slew of others:
Two Brothers Sidekick
Two Brothers In the Flesh Pineapple Sour
Two Brothers Ebel’s Weiss Firkin w/blueberries and Hibiscus
Metropolitan Krankshaft Kolsch
Metropolitan Heliostat
Metropolitan Dynamo Firkin w/Black Pepper
JT Walkers Taylor Field Session IPA
JT Walkers Barrel Aged Daniel T Porter
JT Walkers Wine Barrel Saison Firkin dry-hopped w/ Mosaic
Destihl Weissenheimer Hefeweizen
Destihl St. Dekkera: Excommunié Deux
Destihl Firkin TBA
Rolling Meadows Springfield Wheat
Rolling Meadows Abe’s Ale
Rolling Meadows Firkin TBA
Brickstone Hop Skip Double Pale
Brickstone TBA
Brickstone Firkin TBA
Old Bakery Citrus Wheat
Old Bakery Double Stout
Old Bakery Firkin TBA
Big Thorn Double Blackberry Ale
Big Thorn Light Farmhouse Ale w/ Apple Mint
Big Thorn Pig Thorn Gose Firkin w/ young grapes, ginger and black salt
Triptych Little Secret Cans
Triptych Pretty Nice Little Saturday Cans
Triptych Here Be Dragons Firkin extra dry hopped
Blind Pig U of IPA
Blind Pig Hattori Hanzo Pale Ale
Blind Pig Blue Pils
Blind Pig Raspberry Wheat
Blind Pig Grapefruit IPA Firkin w/ TBA
Be sure to keep an eye on that event page for more details in the coming weeks.