2 Fools Cider At BeerHoptacular
Josh Seago
Chief Operating Officer • Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) Integrator • Senior Operations Director • Leading teams and strategies for profitable growth
The Chicagoland area has seen an abundance of craft producers open their doors over the last several years, but only a handful of cideries, six in Illinois total, are dedicated solely to brewing and serving hard ciders. Now Naperville has one to call their own in 2 Fools Cider, started by Jeremy Smith and Monte Summers. The two long-time friends have been making cider as a hobby for years and eventually opted to turn it into a profession, opening the production facility complete with an industrial, yet cozy tasting room in December 2016.
The space is inviting and bright, complete with wooden barn doors and metal accents as a way to pay homage to both the the industrial and rustic aspects of farmers and orchardists. Similar to a brewery, you’re treated to the sights of bright and polished stainless steel fermenters, sliding wooden barn doors and a bar area complete with two cider slushy machines.
BeerHoptacular is a celebration of American craft beer, Chicago beer culture and good (mostly) clean fun. On Saturday, November 4, 2017 the seventh annual BeerHoptacular returns with more beer, more attitude and more… other stuff.
What other stuff? In addition to over 150 craft beers, we’ll have some of Chicago’s favorite food trucks, the annual BeerHoptacular Homebrew Competition, a DJ spinning an all-vinyl playlist, a beer bicycle, a live insult booth and much more. BeerHoptacular takes place over two sessions at the awe-inspiring Cinespace Chicago Film Studios - featuring over 35,000 square feet of indoor venue space.
For more information or to purchase tickets visit BeerHoptacular.com