
Hop Butcher For The World
Hop Butcher For The World is a brewery from Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2014. You know it for hoppy IPAs, double and triple IPAs packed with hops, alongside lagers and stouts. In 2023, Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine named it best small regional brewery in the United States.
- LocationChicago, IL
- Founded2014
- TypeMicrobrewery
- Untappd 4.14 · 1.2M ratings
- At Hoptimaal1 in stock
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From arena football to a brewery of their own
Hop Butcher For The World is from Chicago. Co-owners Jeremiah Zimmer and Jude La Rose met when they both worked for the arena football team Chicago Rush. They weren't best friends at first, says Zimmer himself. From 2009 they both grew into craft beer, and beer became the basis of their friendship.
The brewery was founded in 2014 and sold its first beer in 2015. At the end of 2022 it opened a taproom and shop on North Lincoln Avenue in Chicago, in a building that used to house Half Acre.
The name comes from the poem 'Chicago' by Carl Sandburg, in which the city is called 'Hog Butcher For The World'. The brewers turn it into hop: they use a lot of it and experiment with it freely.
Hoppy beers with Chicago names
Hop Butcher brews a wide range of hoppy IPAs, flavourful lagers and robust stouts, spread over almost 400 different beers. The brewery distributes them itself, often only hours or days after they are filled.
On the website the focus is on double and triple IPAs with hops such as Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, Nelson Sauvin and Galaxy, sometimes supplemented with hop products such as Cryo, Dynaboost and Hyperboost. There are also, for example, a Dunkelweizen and an alcohol-free hop water on the list. The names are quirky, such as Triple Pepperoni, Cheese Pull and Skeleton Cruise, with labels by Dan Grzeca.
Neon Green Relish won silver at the Can Can Awards in 2021 in the Double New England IPA category. The brewery also collaborated with Other Half Brewing and Crushed By Giants. In 2023 it ranked #1 for Best Small Regional Brewery and #2 for Favorite Hazy IPA Brewery in the Best In Beer Edition of Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine.
Buy Hop Butcher For The World at Hoptimaal
At Hoptimaal you can buy an IPA with 8% alcohol from Hop Butcher For The World. Highly rated on Untappd is Hop Butcher For The World Consommé.
Drink hoppy beers like these as fresh as possible and well chilled, so the hops hold on to their aroma best. If you're looking for an American hop-forward brewery with a strong reputation, this is a good choice.
You order per piece; order before 3 pm on working days, shipped the same day. Shipping within the Netherlands is free from €75, and returns are free.
Frequently asked questions
Where does Hop Butcher For The World come from?
Hop Butcher For The World comes from Chicago, Illinois. The brewery was founded in 2014 and has had a taproom and shop on North Lincoln Avenue since the end of 2022.
What kind of beer does Hop Butcher For The World make?
Mainly hoppy IPAs, including double and triple IPAs. The brewery also brews lagers and stouts, and a Dunkelweizen and an alcohol-free hop water are on the list too.
Where does the name Hop Butcher For The World come from?
The name refers to Carl Sandburg's poem 'Chicago', in which the city is called 'Hog Butcher For The World'. The brewery turned it into hop, because it works with a lot of hops.








