While many are familiar with the Scandinavian hot spiced mulled wine known as Glögg, the beer equivalent gets less air time. Rooted in German tradition, beer poking – the practice of placing a hot iron into a fire and then placing it into your beer – offers all kinds of warmth and comfort during those cold winter nights.

Gather with us for a literal fireside chat with Michael Roper of Hopleaf and Hagen Dost of Dovetail Brewery to dispel the widely held belief that beer is best enjoyed when ice cold. Hosted from the beer garden at Hopleaf, the duo will demo beer poking, will sample and discuss hot beer, and talk a bit about its long forgotten history.

Got the Beer Culture Summit Beer Box? This event pairs nicely with Sketchbook’s Nova Reperta or Une Annee’s Kriek.

Hagen Dost is a brewer, co-founder, and owner of Chicago’s Dovetail Brewery, a brewery specializing in untraditional lagers. 

Michael Roper is the founder and owner of Hopleaf, a pioneering craft beer bar that opened in Chicago in 1992.