Participants fill up a guests glass on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, during the annual Microbrew Review on Marion Street in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Performers play live music for attendees at the South Side stage on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, during the annual Microbrew Review on Marion Street in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Guests enjoy samples from the different participating breweries on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, during the annual Microbrew Review on Marion Street in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Attendees enjoy live music on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, during the annual Microbrew Review on Marion Street in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Guests are seen mingling on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, during the annual Microbrew Review on Marion Street in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Attendees sip different beers from their official glass on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, during the annual Microbrew Review on Marion Street in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Attendees are seen walking along Marion Street on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, during the annual Microbrew Review on Marion Street in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Attendees gather in the large parking lot where food can be purchased on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, during the annual Microbrew Review on Marion Street in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Carnivore butcher shop cooks up barbecue for attendees on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, during the annual Microbrew Review on Marion Street in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Attendees enjoy live music on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, during the annual Microbrew Review on Marion Street in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
It was another big success for Seven Generations Ahead’s annual zero-waste beer festival, the Micro Brew Review, attracting about 3,000 people to downtown Oak Park.
The event had really strong ticket presales as well as walk-ups, according to Seven Generations Ahead Executive Director Gary Cuneen.
Cuneen told Wednesday Journal that the event offered about 200 different varieties of beer from roughly 75 brewers.
The Iron Brewer competition prize — a trophy displayed in their brewery for a year, plus bragging rights — went to the Bloomington-based Lil Beaver Brewery for its creation called Lil Bit More Wonderful, a chocolate-milk stout using hefeweizen yeast, chocolate, coconut and banana.
The event achieved zero-waste status again this year, with all vendors required to use compostable or recyclable products. Cuneen said about 75 percent of the refuse from the event was diverted from landfills.
tim@oakpark.com
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