Living in the south St. Louis neighborhood of Tower Grove East is a blessing for anyone who loves craft beer. From my house, I’m literally within 4.7 miles of 12 craft breweries, according to Google Maps.

Civil Life – 2 miles

Center Ice 2.2

Charleville – 2.2

Square One 2.3

4 Hands 2.5

Twisted Root 2.6

Rockwell – 2.8

Schafly 3.0

Urban – 3

Modern 3.4

2nd Shift 4.7

But the closest brewery to me is one that is run by a bunch of weirdos, who make weird beer, and I love them for it. It’s just a short bike ride of 1.2 miles from my front door to Earthbound Beer on Cherokee Street. And it’s here where you’ll find their newest and latest weird beer.

The South City weirdos are teaming up with the hip-hop group iLLPHONICS for a unique new release, iLLiXiR.

ILLiXiR is a 4.5% blonde ale made with blueberries, is simultaneously crisp and crushable, much like the decade-plus of music released by iLLPHONICS.