
CHICAGO VICINITY, ILLINOIS
Opening its doors in May 2002, tiny midtown Geneva saloon,
STOCKHOLM’S VARDSHUS, retains a friendly Old World charm some historic northwest Chicago suburbs strive for. Visited August ’06, its left side front-to-back mahogany bar opposes dining area. Snug back deck is cozy for sucking down brews from front-windowed brew tanks.
Good sandwiches, ribs, salmon, and Italian fare go well with middling beers such as lemon-fizzed hard-candied wheat-chaffed
Older But Weisser and zesty orange-embittered, white grape-soured, green apple-tart
Third Street Ale.
Astringently-oxidized meagerly-fruited caramel-malted British bitter
S.W.C. fared badly but earthen peat-malted citric-soured
Doc’s Porter proved quite satisfying.
Best bet:
Aegir’s English Pale Ale succinctly merged caramel kettle corn sugaring with honeyed tea sweetness.
www.stockholmsbrewpub.com