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Thank you for voting for us as the Best New Business of the year in greater Albany Park, Irving Park, and North Park! Thanks, too, to the @albanyparkchamber and the North River Commission for the honor and lovely party last night! We really are thankful to be part of this amazing and vibrant community of people and businesses. ✨💗✨

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Thursdays are GAME NIGHT at Twisted Hippo! Any game is A-OK with us, whether you play something we have on hand OR you bring your own. Card games, board games, you name it! See you tonight?

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Announcing our all-new Happy Hour specials that we're rolling out NEXT WEEK from 4 to 6pm every weekday!* Here are the deets – swipe for more or read it all below...⠀
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MONDAY⠀
$6 all Hippo Beers - You name it, we got chu!⠀
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TUESDAY⠀
Trivia Pre-game - $5 for our beers under 5% ABV⠀
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WEDNESDAY⠀
Wheat, Wine, & Wells - $6 beers that contain wheat, any of our tasty wines, and well cocktails.⠀
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THURSDAY⠀
Weekend Warmup - $6 Stouts and Porters (Note: only beer 8% and below).⠀
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FRIDAY⠀
Hippo Handshakes - $8 for a 12oz Kölsch or Pils with a shot of Mälort or Well Whiskey.⠀
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* - Not valid on our Collaboraction beers or on any of our limited release beers. We reserve the right to substitute as needed.

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We’re thrilled to be included Chicago Magazine’s Best New Bars list alongside so many stellar bars, taprooms, and brewpubs! ⠀
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Thank YOU ALL for making us who we are!

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🍻 New brew Tuesday, folks! 🍻⠀⠀
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Say hello to Watermelon Balloon! This beauty balances delicate watermelon flavor with a lightly sour backdrop. The combination of the two is a refreshing quencher that will make you forget your winter blues.
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This brew is a collaboration with Alex Dropkin of C.H.A.O.S. homebrew club. After judging a sour competition earlier in the year, we fell in love with Alex's entry and agreed to brew it here on a large scale. Stay warm, friends!⠀
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ABV: 3.7%⠀
IBU: 4⠀
SRM: 4⠀
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SUGGESTED PAIRINGS:⠀
All the Brunch, Pretzels, Curds, Hummus, Salad, Charcuterie⠀
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RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF:⠀
Lightly sour beers, tart & quenching sessionable brews, those hanging on to Summer for dear life.

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If you attended FOBAB this past weekend, not only did you get to sample a bunch of tasty brews – including our barrel-aged Scotch Ale called You Otter Know By Now – you also received a fancy Illinois Craft Beer Guild calendar that features ICBG member beers!⠀
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Not to spoil anything, but if you flip ahead a few months to check out March 2020 it features one of our Banner Beers PLUMpass! PLUMpass is our talian Plum Saison – a huge crowd pleaser, and potentially such a naughty name depending on how you pronounce it. 😆

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It's snowy, it's cold, it's... November in Chicago. This also means it's time to warm up, and Twisted Hippo can help. In fact, Mama Hippo aka Marilee is at the taproom RIGHT NOW to serve you up some winter warmers! We've got three solid options for ya...⠀
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1) It’s the perfect weather to try out our barrel-aged Scotch Ale from FOBAB called You Otter Know By Now. It's aged in Maplewood Oaty Otter barrels, and will take that chill off at 9.1% ABV.⠀
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2) Our Banner Beer Oatmeal Rye Stout Black Umbrella has you covered in ANY weather, or...⠀
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3) try Marilee’s Bomb-ass Hot Toddy that embodies Hygge.

In short, come snuggle with the hippo! ☺️

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Our Beer of the Week this time around is also part of our #Collaboraction series and supports the amazing suicide awareness and prevention efforts of Hope for the Day!⠀
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Hop for the Day is a Fruited Sour IPA that we made with our pals at Old Irving Brewing. It's a brilliant and twisted mix of three beers basically: a fruit-forward ale, a tart sour, and, of course, an IPA. It's delicious and mind-bending!⠀
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Beer of the week means you get $1 off full pours and $1.50 off of to-go crowlers. 🍻⠀
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ABV: 6.3%⠀
IBU: 15⠀
SRM: 4⠀
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SUGGESTED PAIRINGS:⠀
Brunch all day. Curds, Salads, and Wings⠀
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RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF:⠀
Fans of both sours and hops. Those who can't decide between fruited, sour, or hops. (Or why not all three?)

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We're so excited to share our FOBAB release with you this weekend at the Festival of Barrel-aged Beers! Who's going?
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If you can't make it there, know that we'll have a VERY limited release at our taproom starting at 5pm TODAY (when the festival starts). We can't reveal too much, but we can say this: 1) it's barrel-aged, 2) the ABV is pretty high, and 3) it's not light. 😎
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Any guesses what we stuck in a barrel and made extra amazing? 🤔🍺

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It’s Friday, y’all! We’re open for lunch RIGHT NOW, not to mention at FOBAB this weekend. We can’t wait to see your face here and/or there! Bonus: look for a special beer release later today. Hint: it’s barrel-aged.
We’re loving these crisp Fall days — or at least that’s what we’re saying to psyche ourselves up. 😬

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@ohsobrewery, thanks for the shirt. It’s gone to a good home. Happy FOBAB weekend!

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Proposal or promo shot? Could be either when it comes to our let’s soup. Behold the Chicken Tortilla! #embraceyourstrange #pinkysup #twistedhippo

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Our delicious Kuchnia Kölsch is back, friends! We're so excited to have this tasty, easy drinking brew in rotation again. Roll through and grab one today! 🍻

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Remember when it was Fall like two days ago? Ugh...⠀
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We guess winter in Chicago in some capacity is inevitable – with one of a handful of upsides being darker beers widely available. The styles that warm the soul on cold days.⠀
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Enter: the Dark Side flight – a rotating flight of four of our current dark beers. Currently we're rocking: Black Umbrella our Oatmeal Rye Stout, Gravity Switchback our Coffee Porter, Chubby Monk our Belgian Stout, and Pinky Toe our Table Stout. ✨☺️✨

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One of our most recent beers Dragon's Keeper is not only a super tasty Honey Cream Ale (5.6% ABV), it's also a special release that we collaborated on with the Bateman Beer Dads! Bonus: it also raises funds for our local CPS school Bateman Elementary with every pint and crowler sold.

Stop on by to raise a pint for our local community – well, and for it being Friday, we suppose. Cheers! 😅🍻

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When life gives you lemons... Or snow, as it were! It may be crummy out but that shouldn’t stop you from stopping by to watch some fun Halloween movies, show off your costume (or your kiddo’s) and enjoy our spooky soundtrack!

Can’t make the trek? Order on our website for pickup or delivery to your festivities — including packaged beer! Link in our bio.

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The spiders are winning. Handedly. But hey, let’s give ‘em a little leeway since it’s Halloween and all.

We’re all set up for tonight AND tomorrow, and look forward to seeing those attending the spooky 2nd Story private event tonight and for the usual Halloween shenanigans tomorrow! Can’t wait to see your costumes and other scary ridiculousness. ☠️ Until then...

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Heads up that we'll be closing early tonight at 5pm for a private event with our pals at 2nd Story for their spooky edition of the series! This event is now sold out, and we apologize for any inconvenience. However we very much look forward to seeing you all tomorrow on Halloween for treats, costumes, movies playing on our big screen, and a holiday-inspired playlist. Cheers!

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Mon - Thur: 11am to 11pm | Fri: 11am to 12am Sat: 10am to 12am | Sun: 10am to 10pm
Please note: kitchen closes one hour before taproom.
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