Welcome in, friend! 🙏🏻 ⭕️.

Admission gets you an exclusive tour glass, a solid Summer morning, merchandise discount inside the retail shop, and a couple hoppy beers.

Drink some brews, ask some questions, and tour the brewery this Saturday. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at the brewery or online at

Shout out to @southerngristbrewing who have been kicking out big fruited sours, lupulin saturated IPAs, and decadent barrel agers for Nine years. Stoked to cook with you.

Expect 8% fully HAZED Double IPA with exotic aromas born of two hemispheres.

We’re starting to dip into our 2025 hand selected Motueka which promises a bright and sunny kick of lemon lime soda and freshly zested orange. It’s a mid-harvest pick from the Sunrise Valley clocking in with a big total oil content of 1.82.

Red hot collab incoming this week with the Nashville, TN crew @southerngristbrewing. A whole lot of char and heat going into a fire batch of New Zealand Motueka, American Citra, and Australian Galaxy.

🇺🇸➡️ Fresh Drop just landed in the shop. White Comfort Colors with that nice soft feel and relaxed fit. Hop Butcher logo on the front in red. Turn around for the stacked Hop Butcher logo on the nave of the neck in American Flag Blue.

Grab a pint of it in our new, blue nonic taproom glass and refresh your entire being from Chicago’s heat.

Scoop California Cornhole Champs alongside Unwind Your Mind & Pathmaker. We’re delivering it around Chicagoland 1 day fresh. We also have it available from our retail shop and on draft in our taproom.

A slammable and refreshing 7% West Coast IPA hopped with the choicest Simcoe, Riwaka & Krush. Cold, electric yellow color drops in before a tight bitterness and dryness that’s saturated by citrus, tropical, and dank hop grip.

This beer is inspired by wild and warm Summer nights post Firestone Walker Invitational playing bags with our pals at North Park Beer Co

…in this amazing adventure and shout-out to Karl @skepticdistillery for the intergalactic intro. Last but not least, to our friends BSG and Fermentis for getting the yeast prepared for launch. Stay tuned for updates. Promise to share as we get (and brew) them! 🍻 🚀 🛰️🔭.

. Once recovered, the capsule must be transported back to Europe where they will remove the payloads and ship them back to us along with a photo and certificate of authenticity!. Special thanks and appreciation to our new friend Michelle at Higher Orbits for including us…

Pictured here (Credit: SpaceX), is the entirety of the payload headed up for this mission. The Nyx Capsule (Mission Possible spacecraft) is the thing at the top and will make 2 orbits of the Earth before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean for recovery. Once recovered…

…TODAY at 4:18pm Hop Butcher time (that’s Chicago time) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Tune in to watch the livestream here:.

After months of excitement, anticipation and collaborative prep, we received official word yesterday that the space flight (Mission Possible Flight onboard the Transporter-14 Mission) that will take our yeast to be used to brew a beer to space and back was confirmed for launch. .

Mind Your Unwind collab with @TGBrews.

Vestiges Of Spring is 2 days fresh and being delivered around town as we speak. It’s also available to-go from our retail shop and on draft in our taproom. Catch it alongside one day fresh Bughouse Square and kick back with all the green surrounding you.

Expect all manners of warm-climate citrus bursting forth on top of a double of more citrus. All hoisted atop an 8% ABV juiced orange grove boosted with Wildflower Honey.