I looked through the Best of listed from Craft Beer & Brewing magazines lists (organized by barrel size) and plucked out three breweries to highlight this month, starting us off is Hop Butcher for the World.
Hailing from Darien, Illinois and taking their name from poet Carl Sandburg this brewery which is lauded in the less than 15K barrels category has very distinctive branding.
Here are the beers that I would try first and the hops in each beer for this hop-centric brewery…
Supreme Being Pilsner – Saaz, Select & Monroe
New Oklahoma Pale Ale – Barbe Rouge & Mosaic
Lush Terrain IPA – Mosaic, Wai-iti, Motueka, Waimea & Moutere
Blazed Orange DIPA – Citra & Strata