Pencil This In: Jerry's Five-Year Anniversary

By Chuck Sudo in Food on Jul 9, 2012 4:20PM

Jerry's Wicker Park celebrates five years from July 12-15 with food and drink specials featuring rare beers and whiskeys, meats smoked in their new smoker, DJs and live music.

The rare beer tappings begin at 5 p.m. every day and two Jerry's is excited to foist on their customers are an exclusive Barrel-aged Local Option Kentucky Common, aged in a spent Rye Whiskey barrel from Few Spirits in Evanston, and Bell's Black Note, which earned a 98 rating on Beer Advocate and 100 on Ratebeer.com.

Thurs, July 12:
$5 Buffalo Chicken Poppers
$5 Saint Delectable Cocktail (our usual Thurs night special anyway)
$5 Bell's Oberon and shot of Jailers Tennessee Whiskey

5 p.m. Beer Tapping:
-Avery Anniversary Ale
-Firestone Walker Double Barrel Ale
-Half Acre Galactic Double Daisy Cutter
-Jolly Pumpkin DeViento

Music:
10 p.m.: DJ Lady D, with special guests T. Mixwell and 8fatfat8

Fri, July 13:
$5 Buffalo Chicken Poppers
$5 Bell's Oberon and shot of Few Rye Whiskey
$5 Death's Door Punch

5 p.m. Beer tapping:
-Local Option Few Rye-Barrel-aged Kentucky Common (our exclusive Anniversary Beer)
-Local Option Kentucky Common
-Port Anniversary Ale
-Dogfish Head 120 Minute

Music:
5-7 p.m. - Impala Sound Champions
7-8 p.m. - DJ Sadie Woods
8-9 p.m. - DJ Form
9 p.m. - 2 a.m. - Cage & Aquarium DJs

Sat, July 14:
$5 Buffalo Chicken Poppers
$5 Bell's Oberon and shot of Angel's Envy
$5 Death's Door Punch

5 p.m. Beer tapping:
-Stone Ruination 10th Anniversary
-Bell's Black Note Bourbon Barrel-aged Stout (barrel-aged blend of Expedition Stout and Double Cream Stout)
-The Bruery White Oak

Music:
10 p.m. - Briar Rabbit and the Company

Sun, July 15:
$5 Death's Door Punch
$5 Oberon and shot of Few Bourbon

Beer:
Whatever rare beers we ain't drank all of yet

Music:
9 p.m. The 'Leles - live Americana/folk/indie band from Toledo

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