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Jason Baldacci Talks Chicago Craft Beer Week at The Bluebird

Jason Baldacci of The Bluebird.
Jason Baldacci of The Bluebird. Photo: Sky Full of Bacon

All over town bars are talking up what they’re doing for Chicago Craft Beer Week, and many of them have interesting plans… especially the ones that have interesting people running their beer programs like Jason Baldacci. Baldacci’s main base is The Bluebird in Bucktown, though he’s also responsible for the small but well-chosen beer selections at two wine bars, Telegraph and Webster’s Wine Bar. At The Bluebird he has something that sounds more like wine than beer— a cellar, with a few cases from interesting craft breweries tucked away for the long term. In this four-minute video he talks about the events he has planned for Chicago Craft Beer Week, some of it inspired by a recent brewery-hopping trip in Belgium, including cracking open some of those rare bottles. Watch the video below; for more info on Craft Beer Week, see this post from last week.

Jason Baldacci Talks Chicago Craft Beer Week at The Bluebird