Start: December 21, 2024
12:00 PM
End: December 21, 2024
10:00 PM

Event Venue

2327 N Main St Rockford, IL 61103

GPS: 42.297690876691, -89.07679438591

Our 13th annual celebration of darkness. 20+ draft handles of dark, rare, barrel aged & reserve beers on the darkest weekend of the year, the winter solstice (Dec 20-21). Please accept this, our yearly Christmas present to you, the dark beer fan.
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Scheduled to appear on tap –
–The Dark Stuff–
•Guinness (dry Irish nitro stout)
•Solemn Oath Cold Black Night (Black Kolsch)
•Firestone Walker Wookey Jack (Black IPA)
•Art History Brewing Wenceslas (dark Czech lager)
•Art History Brewing Goodnight Bamberg (dark smoked lager)
•Sun King Brewing Scout Badge (Samoa cookie porter)
•Pollyanna Brewing Toasted Marshmallow Fun Size (porter with caramel, sea salt, peanuts, toasted marshmallows and cacao)
•Phase Three Mini Maple Pancakes (porter with maple syrup & coffee)
•Hubbards Cave Imperial Peanut Butter Cup (imperial milk stout with peanut butter & chocolate)
–The Barrel Aged Goodies–
•Firestone Walker Parabola (BA stout)
•Revolution Coconut Deth (BA stout with toasted coconut)
•Revolution + Half Acre VSO On and On Pt 3 (BA stout and barleywine blend, collab with Half Acre)
•Half Acre Double Barrel Catch Hell (BA stout with vanilla and tons of cinnamon)
•Pollyanna Personal Chain Letter (russian imperial stout aged in Whiskey Acres Blue Popcorn barrels)
•Stray Barrel Project: Brekkie (blend of bourbon barrel barleywine & stout, aged on amburana wood staves with maple syrup and coffee beans)
•Cycle Brewing Rare DOS (imperial stouts aged in bourbon barrels for 4 years)
•Riverlands Grimoire (BA stout with vanilla beans)
•Sketchbook Rum Barrel Funkin For Jamaica (rum barrel aged porter 7%)

– all beers available in the 5oz sample size
– please limit 4 samples per person at a time
-draught list is always subject to change without notice due to availability
– some kegs may have special tapping times — stay tuned to our FB page and instagram for more info…

Fees & Tickets
Free
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The Olympic Tavern was founded in 1945 by Anthony Rotello. Originally serving local…