Summer is upon us!


The 2017 guild year is off to a great start! We have wrapped up our February (Best In Show) and March (Irish) competitions and will be judging our Smash beer and Cereal beer challenges in the next couple of months.

The beginning of the year also saw the swearing in of our new board of directors!


Congratulations to:

Doug Cowan (President)
Jason Sulivan (Vice President)
Joel Rakoski (Secretary)
Shawn Wonell (Treasurer)
Paul Bidne (Sergeant at Arms)
Michael Strle (Chief Technology Officer)
Corey Miglorini (Competition Officer)

Festival season is in full swing and we will be attending many including: Morel Fest, Hopstring, Midwest Brewers Fest, 5k Prostate Run Joliet, and more. We will also be involved with the Joliet farmers market and will be giving out beer samples and selling merchandise the first Wednesday of every month. Please come and see us while we are out and about the area.

Due to our home base of Chicago Street Pub being consumed by the farmers market every Wednesday this summer, JBG is going to have a strong road game this year. We will be visiting a few breweries and a long standing Joliet dive icon:

June 14: Joliet Baker (the drunken doughnut)
July 12: Hailstorm (Tinley Park)
August 9: Metal Monkey Brewing (Romeoville)

Stay tuned for even more news as the new board gets their feet under them. We have some exciting things planned!

Prost!