Uppers & Downers - A Festival of Coffee Beers

When: January 25, 2015 1-5pm

Where: Thalia Hall in Pilsen (1807 S. Allport St.)

For over a year, Intelligentsia Coffee + Good Beer Hunting have been working with some of the most creative brewers and roasters in the country to create and showcase innovative coffee beers. Through a series of educational and competitive events, the series has inspired some amazing creations, such as a coffee saison, coffee quad, and even a cascara cider among many others.

This event brings many of those concoctions together for the first time, as well as some of the best coffee beers on the market, a multi-roaster coffee bar, cocktails, home-brew competition winners, small bites from Dusek's, and new-to-the-world beers from a special series of one-off experiments with Goose Island and Solemn Oath breweries.

There will b three categories for these coffee beers:

1. Roasty Toasty — all those dark porters and stats that we know and love. Chocolatey dream-boats.

2. Light Bright — golden, pales, IPAs and more that play with the unique balance of citrus notes, dark fruits, hop bitterness and aromas. Truly unique concessions.

3. Culture Clash — anything goes in this category that smashes flavors together in unprecedented ways. Ciders, saisons, funky and sour. You're not ready.

More specifics about participating breweries and their beers will be announced ongoing as their experiments continue to take shape.

Each ticket offers up to 15 tastings. Passed small bites included.

For more info and to purchase tickets click here.