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Day 3 of Chicago Craft Beer Week felt like the first day of summer. And what better way to celebrate summer in Chicago then a few pints on a patio? I spent the afternoon with Ben and Jennifer at Brooklyn Brewery making some custom CCBW buttons with Busy Beaver Button Co in Logan Square.

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In addition to tasty Brooklyn Lager and Brooklyn Summer pints, we shared some of the brand new Brooklyn I Wanna Rye It, a Rye IPA.

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We also made buttons out of comic books, posters and pretty much anything else that someone had laying around.

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Next I went down to Wicker Park to cast my vote in the week long “Battle for Lake Michigan.” This time it was a coin in the slot for Wisconsin with a pint of 3 Sheeps Brewing Co’s Oakey Dokey, an IPA on cask aged on Yellow Birch, and French and American Oak staves.

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