The Beer Culture Center heads to Music Box Theatre for a special screening of everyone’s favorite dive bar epic: Road House. Step into its smoky, beer-soaked, neon-lit world where fists and beer bottles do the talking, the philosophy lands just right, and the line between good and evil is real. It’s the quintessential dive bar movie experience, where everything seems to unfold over a beer.

Meet Dalton. Played by Patrick Swayze at his coolest, the legendary “cooler” arrives in a small Missouri town to clean up the Double Deuce, the seediest and brawl ridden watering hole around. Part hero’s journey, part barroom brawl ballet, part cheesy 80s romance, Road House is the perfect combo for any lover of beer and film.

Before the first punch is thrown, we invite you to join us for a public (21+) tasting inspired by the rowdy spirit of the Double Deuce - drawing from the rituals, characters, and charm of dive bar culture. Our good friends at Bier Omakase will present four tastings rooted in the kinds of places where stories unfold over a beer and spill out onto the big screen.

Be nice. Have a beer. Enjoy the show.

8pm beer tasting is free and happens while supplies last. Movie at 9pm.

Bier Omakase is a Chicago-based, storytelling-driven tasting experience that treats beer and other fermented beverages as a curated journey -- each pour thoughtfully selected and paired with context, history, and stories. It's designed to bring people back into conversation, turning drinking into something more communal and intentional.

Around since 1929, a time before fluorescent lighting, megaplexes, and artificial butter, The Music Box Theatre is Chicago’s beloved venue for independent, foreign, cult, and classic films.