Roots and Bangers & Lace to Host Two 'Tap Swap Spectacular' Events in August

Roots Handmade Pizza (1924 W Chicago Ave) and Bangers & Lace (1670 W Division St) will host two "Tap Swap Spectacular" events where each of the establishments will take over each others' draft taps with its favorite beers and breweries.

The idea of the "Tap Swap Spectacular" events with Roots and Bangers & Lace was born out of each of its beer directors' mutual admiration of each others' beer programs. Also during "Tap Swap Spectacular" each spot will serve a complimentary food item from the others' kitchen during the events.

Bangers & Lace will take over 10 of Roots' 15 taps starting at 6pm on Monday, August 3. Bangers & Lace will pour its favorite beers from outside of the Midwest from the United States and also from Europe. This will be the first time ever in the four-plus years of Roots' existence where they will serve beers not from the Midwest. The full draft list is at the bottom of this press release.

Roots will also take Bangers & Lace's signature Duck BLT sausage and transform it into a Roots Quad Cities malt crust pizzas for the night and will give out complimentary strips to paying guests from 6pm to 7pm during the event on August 3. The pizza strips will contain duck & pork sausage, crispy crumbled bacon, oven-roasted tomatoes, aged gouda, mozzarella, arugula, and garlic aioli.

Roots will take over 15 of Bangers & Lace's 32 taps starting at 6pm on Monday, August 17 and will pour specialty beers from its favorite Midwestern breweries. That tap list hasn't been finalized yet but will include beers from Midwestern breweries such as Three Floyds, Revolution, Half Acre, Off Color, Dark Horse, Surly, Greenbush, 5 Rabbit, 3 Sheeps, Aquanaut, Upland, Arcade, and more.

Bangers & Lace will also give out Roots award-winning mozzarella sticks gratis to paying guests from 6pm to 7pm during the event on August 17.

The draft list for Bangers & Lace's "Tap Swap Spectacular" at Roots on August 3 is as follows:
* Mikkeller Spontandoubleblueberry
* Stone Farking Wheaton w00tStout
* Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV Extra 4
* Firestone Walker Pivo Pils
* Victory Mad King's Weiss
* Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin
* Port Summer Pale Ale
* Brasserie Dupont Avec Les Bons Voeux
* Beavertown Black Betty
* Aspall Dry English Cider

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