JPF Beer

Join Jefferson Park Forward and Lake Effect Brewing Company for a unique collaboration beer. Introducing our neighborhood collaboration beer with Lake Effect and brewer Phil Collins, we are proud to introduce Sheehan’s Farmhouse Ale, a golden-colored Saison beer. Phil was the winner of our JPF homebrew competition last fall. The grand prize from that competition was the opportunity to work with Clint Bautz and his crew at Lake Effect. We’re proud to have worked with JPF business member, Lake Effect Brewing Co., and with Phil to share this beer with all of you.

Sheehan’s Farmhouse Ale is coming to Jefferson Park. Check it out at our release party on March 2 and at local Jeff Park bars and liquor stores the week of March 4. The beer will be available on draft and in 750 ml bottles at the following locations, as supplies last:

Bottles

**Sheehan’s Farmhouse Ale in bottle. Photo: HM Osterhout**

Binny’s Portage Park – 4901 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL 60641
Fischman Public House & Bottle Shop – 4060 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60641
Foremost Liquor Store – 5301 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60630
Lake Effect Brewing Co. – 4727 W. Montrose Ave., Chicago, IL 60641

Draft

Babe’s On Milwaukee – 4416 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60630
Community Tavern – 4038 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60641
Gale Street Inn – 4914 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60630
Old Irving Brewing Co. – 4419 W. Montrose Ave., Chicago, IL 60641
The Windsor Tavern – 4530 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60630
Weston’s Coffee & Tap Co. – 4872 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60630

The Competition

The JPF Homebrew Competition was held as a First Friday Happy Hour in November 2017. We had five homebrewers submitting beers for the grand prize: to scale up their beer at Lake Effect. These beers were:

Phil Collins – Sheehan’s Farmhouse Ale (Saison)
Santiago Espinosa – Altobier (altbier)
Jeremy Hellyer – Adelaide’s Maple Pecan Porter
Rob Lancaster – Chi-Town Saison
Matt Shotick – Neighborly Pale Ale

Phil Collins (middle), celebrating with Trevor Rose-Hamblin (left) and Clint Bautz (right) his winning beer, Sheehan’s Farmhouse Ale.

Santiago Espinosa, celebrating his win as crowd favorite for the Altobier.

The event was judged by professionals in the beer industry including Clint Bautz of Lake Effect Brewing, Trevor Rose-Hamblin of Old Irving Brewing Co. and Adi Hastings of Omega Yeast Labs.

The beer judges selected Phil’s beer as the winner. The runner-up winner was voted on by the crowd of 50 people at Lake Effect Brewery. Santiago Espinosa’s Altobier was the crowd favorite. He won a meal at Gale Street Inn.