Hockey bet: If Blackhawks win, so do Chicago foodies with Vanco...

What would our critics rather have? Morels and blueberry sauce or red hots and pasta sauce? May 8, 2009 Every time two cities engage in a heated sporting series, it's obligatory that the two mayors wager a selection of items from their respective locales.

[bob]

Never mind the Molson swill. Vancouver's real beer prize in the package was that 12-year barrel aged lambic from Storm Brewing Company.

[Rick Green]

An overlooked item in Vancouver's offering, as it was provided after the above sampling was the last bottle of Storm Brewing's 12-year-old, barrel-aged, Black Currant Lambic—as rare as a Blackhawk Stanely Cup win. Brewer, James Walton, threw down a challenge to Chicago’s brewers that will be hard to beat—try to make a better lambic! If they do take up the test, we won't know for a few years if they succeed.