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Monday 3pm - 9pm Tuesday 3pm - 9pm Wednesday 3pm - 9pm Thursday 12pm - 9pm Friday 12pm - 11pm Saturday 12pm - 11pm Sunday 12pm - 7pm

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Foreign Exchange Brewing Co., Aurora, IL (2026)

06/09/2026

Hypothesis: a less expressive yeast will create more expressive hop character in our Gratification recipe. 🧑‍🔬

Conclusion: For the first time since November 2020, "Foreign Chemistry" returns. This batch focuses on amplifying hop character and aroma with changes at the fermentation level.

By using a more neutral and less expressive yeast, the qualities of the Citra & Galaxy hops become more raw, sharp, and defined. In this batch we also utilized Cashmere hops, as well as Citra hop terpenes. Muting yeast esters results in the citrus, dankness, and bright lime zest from the terpenes popping with pristine clarity, while the Citra, Galaxy, and Cashmere hops jump out of the glass with a juice box tropical sweetness and prominent aromas of pineapple and passionfruit.

In short: Incredibly fruit-forward, aromatic, bursting with hop character and one of the least bitter IPAs we've produced to date. It's delicious, and it's on draft now. We're open until 9pm today.

06/08/2026

Thank you to everyone that joined us yesterday and sold us out of buffalo chicken sandwiches. Much like our beer program, our kitchen thrives on experimentation with the highest standards in mind.

Stop in tomorrow for Taco Tuesday, where we'll be featuring Quesabirria Flautas: Birria-style braised beef and chihuahua cheese-filled El Milagro tortillas, crispy fried and loaded with fresh pico, cotija cheese, and our consome crema.

Available tomorrow from 3-9pm alongside an all-new beer. 👀

06/07/2026

Sunday Funday done right: This Buffalo Crispy Chicken sando and a cold pint of any beer under 8% abv for only $12. Today only, while our sando supplies last.

That includes Sandia Especial, our watermelon lager, which is now back on draft. So if you're one of the people that's been messaging, emailing, and calling to ask when it's coming back... we got you. 😎

Open for lunch & dinner service until 7pm.

06/06/2026

IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY THAI'M! 🕺🥜 🍇

June's burger of the month is a masterpiece of sweet-meets-savory, as we decorate two quarter pound angus beef patties with grape jelly maple bacon jam, crispy onions, wisconsin cheddar and a thai peanut-inspired sauce.

As an added bonus, you guys loved the Chile Relleno burger SO much, that we've decided to keep it on for another month! And just like the Birria Grilled cheese, if you guys continue to show love for it, we'll find a permanent home for it on our menu. 🥰

Stop in and get your burger fix, we're here for lunch & dinner service until 11pm.

06/06/2026

Dig out your favorite swimsuit and dive into this cerulean pool-in-a-glass that is our June cocktail of the month. 🏊 💦

One sip and you'll understand why we named it "Blue Tickets to Paradise". This vibrant island-inspired cocktail is crafted with rich pineapple rum, crisp pineapple juice, a sharp splash of fresh lime, and finished with a splash of blue curaçao.

It’s bright, citrusy, and beautifully blue. A tropical escape in a glass. 😎

Available for the month of June. Stop in and try one today, we're here until 11pm.

06/03/2026

Whiskey & Wing Wednesday: the best WWW since the world wide web.

Distract yourself from the cesspool that is the modern day internet with $1 wings and $4 off any of our hand-selected bourbons from our collection.

Our $5 Whiskey of the day (while supplies last! we don't have much) is Jack Daniel's Triple Mash. We love this Jack Daniel's variant because it's a blend of 3 bottled in bond Jack Daniel's recipes: rye, old no. 7, and American malt. The result is a rye spiced and sweeter take on the already caramel-forward Jack Daniel's we all know and love, and it sips nicely neat or with a pair of ice cubes.

We'll pour Triple Mash however you'd like alongside the best wings in Downtown Aurora, we're here until 9pm.

06/02/2026

The latest in our R&D series: Cowboy Cooler seltzer. 🤠

If we hadn't already given you enough reasons to stop in for Loteria tonight, we're also tapping our first ever tequila seltzer, Cowboy Cooler: Sandía.

Made with premium Lalo tequila, watermelon, and fresh lime, this bubbly 4.8% abv draft seltzer is made for Sunny days and Summer nights. There's only one keg of it though, but if you guys dig it as much as we do we'll make more. 🐎

We're open now until 9pm, with Loteria sponsored by .dispo beginning promptly at 6:30pm. yeehaw!

06/01/2026

Satisfy your sweet tooth this month with the Born this Glazed churros. 🌈

Cream cheese stuffed & cinnamon sugar dusted churros, glammed up with a house-made white chocolate & ugandan vanilla bean glaze, showered in rainbow sprinkles. 🤤

Available now and only during the month of June, stop in or grab some to-go, we're here until 9pm.

05/31/2026

New American Classic is inspired by the beers that made us realize that there was more to the world. Inspired by the way your taste buds felt the first time you had a Bell's Two Hearted, or a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Inspired by simpler times, but crafted with what we've learned since.

It pours a gorgeous tangerine tinged amber, with a caramel-forward malt character that comes together with the hop character to create flavors & aromas of candied orange, grapefruit, lemongrass, and sticky pine resin. Lightly sweet up front and crisp, dry, & refreshing in the finish, with a balanced bitterness that quenches any thirst as we go into summer.

This batch was hopped with Centennial, Cascade, Simcoe, and Citra hops, a further step towards the classic hop profiles that made us fall in love with this beer style. The Centennial and Simcoe is accented with the addition of hop terpenes, a first for us, that turn those specific hops up to 11.

We love this beer, we hope you do too. It's draft-only for the time being though, so pull up and grab a pint, we're open for lunch and dinner service from 12-7pm.

05/30/2026

Well, it happened. Our Chile Relleno burger is officially SOLD OUT for the month! 😭

We didn't want to leave you hanging until we debut our June Burger of the Month on First Fridays, so we present you with: The Burger of the MOMENT!

The Bourbon Adobo BBQ Bacon Burger is a half pound pair of angus beef smash patties, topped with mild cheddar cheese, savory bacon, crispy onions and a drizzle of our Buffalo Trace Bourbon Adobo BBQ sauce.

It's only available while supplies last, score one today, we're here until 11pm.

05/29/2026

The first Tuesday of the month is quickly approaching, which means Adriana is back to host Loteria, but this time our friends from .dispo will be joining in on the party! 🔥

Heres what you can expect:
🍃 Free-to-play Loteria sponsored by NuEra, featuring prizes from NuEra (21+ only!), and NuEra in the house answering any questions for the canna-curious! 🤝
🌮 Taco Salad & Beer Loteria Special: Score a Taco Salad and any Foreign Exchange beer under 8% abv for only $15!
🍹 For one day only, we're featuring Bramble Berry & Paloma Delta-9 cocktails from our buds at ! Stop in and try them out, with 4-packs to-go while supplies last!

We're incredibly excited to partner with local businesses for Loteria. If you're a local business here in Aurora interested in working together on a loteria night in the future, let's talk! The fun kicks off next Tuesday at 6:30PM.

05/28/2026

A cross-section like this needs no filter. 📸

4 more days of the Chile Relleno burger... we're not crying, you're crying. 😭

Open today for lunch and dinner service, we're here until 9pm.

05/27/2026

Whether it's Wing Wednesday or Whiskey Wednesday that you celebrate, know that your favorite day of the week is here at last.

$1 jumbo wings are back on the menu, but we would be remiss if we didn't remind you that there are only 5 more days to enjoy the Chile Relleno burger before it goes away forever!

Oh, and our Whiskey Wednesday pour is Eagle Rare 10 year. It's $5 today (while bottles last!) with the purchase of food. Limit one per person. 👀

We're here until 9pm tonight.

05/26/2026

It's Taco Tuesday and we're getting back into the swing of things after a long holiday weekend. Who knows, maybe you are too.

Stop in tonight and grab a little Tuesday treat in the form of a loaded quesadilla, filled with your choice of Chicken, Steak (while it lasts!), or our braised Beef Birria. Oh, and you get a beer with it (under 8% ABV) for only $14.

Stop in and let us know if you think got robbed at the Indy 500 this year. We're here until 9pm.

05/25/2026

Lagers, IPAs, and a number of our anniversary barrel-aged beers still flowing on draft. Straight from our tanks to the taps. 🍻

We're open normal hours today, celebrate your day off with a burger and a cold one. We're pouring 'em from 3-9pm today.

05/23/2026

New American Classic returns after a 2 year hiatus for Memorial Day Weekend! 🇺🇸

Crafted with iconic west coast IPAs in mind, and with modern hopping techniques in practice. New American Classic is brewed with 100% American-grown barley, and hopped with Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe, and Citra hops. Hop character is boosted further with the addition of Simcoe & Centennial hop terpenes, a first for us, and the result is massive hop flavors of candied orange, grapefruit, lemongrass, and dank pine resin atop an incredibly refreshing malt-forward body with a snappy bitter finish.

Suggested pairings: Peri Peri Chicken tacos, Chile Relleno burger, Classic Cheese Curds.

Hop lovers, this one's for you. 🫡

Available on draft only for the time being, we're pouring this guy from 12-11pm today.

05/22/2026

We know you're packing and prepping for the holiday weekend, and the last thing you want to do is make a mess in the kitchen...

Allow us to help kick off the long weekend with our $20 Burger & Beer special. Stop in and score any beer under 7% abv + our classic double smashburger + a serving of our cross street waffle fries for only $20. That's two angus beef smash patties with melted mild cheddar, savory masala onions, and our vibrant green chutney, all nestled between pillowy soft turano brioche buns.

Want those melt in your mouth curds instead? They're a small upcharge that's absolutely worth it.

Let us take care of dinner before you hit the road, the kitchen is open now until 9pm, and we're here serving up your favorite drinks til 11pm.

05/21/2026

Tomorrow we're tweaking our hours a touch and opening for late lunch & dinner service at 3pm due to a private event.

We apologize for the inconvenience if you had planned to join us for lunch! But why wait? it's a beautiful day to get a jump on the weekend and join us for dinner in the dining room or out on the patio this lovely Thursday afternoon.

Join us tonight, we're here until 9pm. Otherwise, we'll see you tomorrow at 3!

05/20/2026

It's a gorgeous Wing Wednesday in beautiful Downtown Aurora. 🌞

Your guys' enthusiasm for $1 jumbo crispy wings truly knows no bounds, and they're back. Join us as we keep tweaking our bourbon BBQ sauce in our endless pursuit of perfection. Pair it with a pint of ultra-crisp Japanese rice lager, or perhaps a cara cara orange-infused American wheat? The combinations are endless.

EH Taylor Bottled in Bond is our $5 bourbon pour today, tag a bar that's got it cheaper than $5 in the comments below, we'll wait.

Pull up a seat at our table, we're here until 9pm.

05/17/2026

One year ago today, we opened our doors to the public, and what a year it's been.

I learned how to run a brewery, a kitchen, a bar, and a business, a feat made only easier by a rock star team.

Since day one, our mantra has remained the same, the golden rule: Treat everyone the way you'd want to be treated. We brew the quality of beer we want to drink, we make quality food that we'd want to spend our hard-earned money on, and we treat our guests as family & friends with best-in-class service.

To celebrate, we've got 4 barrel-aged beers on draft today, 2 new, and 2 returning favorites:

🎉 Barrel-aged Back to the Start: Brewed with my friend Chad Lindahl to commemorate his time at Oswego Brewing - the brewery where we brewed our very first commercial beer. 30-month cognac cask-aged imperial brown ale, finished on Amburana & Sugar Maple wood.
🎉 Barrel-aged Kittywampus: Straight From the Barrel - For the first time, Kittywampus presented without adjuncts. 15-month eagle rare barrel-aged imperial porter.
🎉 Reflection (2025): Our annual blend of our absolute favorite barrels. A blend of imperial stouts aged for 19 & 32-months in Blantons, Russell's Reserve, and Four Roses barrels.
🎉 Continuum (2026): pictured here, Continuum is our 1st anniversary beer. Aged 24 months in a single Four Roses barrel, this vintage is a nod to our first commercial release: Triple Chocolate Cupcake. Despite being brewed *without* chocolate this time, this is one of our most chocolate-forward beers we've ever put out. Bourbon-soaked fudge is the flavor profile here, with a four roses cherry-on-top presence popping in through the finish. It's truly decadent.

Thank you to my team, our customers, and to the City of Aurora, for a great first year. We thank you all for giving us the opportunity to serve you, and for allowing me to take a hobby that began in a Downtown Aurora apartment, and turn it into something bigger than I could've ever imagined. 🙏

Stop in, raise a glass, and cheers to many more, we're here until 7pm today.

-Ricky

05/15/2026

Visiting Downtown Aurora for Food Truck Fest? Consider supporting the local businesses while you're here, too! ❤️

We're a short walk down River Street as you can see here, just turn left off of Benton, walk a block, and you're here! We've got a variety of beers brewed & barrel-aged here in Aurora, plus cocktails, a killer bourbon selection, mocktails and NA options!

Stop in for a drink before or after the fest! We're here until 11pm. 🍻

oh, and also we tapped Reflection & Barrel-aged Kittywampus: Straight from the Barrel.

05/13/2026

It's tough to get excited about Wing Wednesday knowing that we're nearly halfway through the month, and half a month closer until the Chile Relleno burger goes away forever! 😰

If you can bring yourself to look past that though, then one dollar wings shall be your reward. Do you take yours dry-rubbed? or dripping in one of our delicious wing sauces?

If all that excitement isn't enough, Weller Special Reserve is our Whiskey Wednesday $5 pour once Again. Try this allocated wheat whiskey from one of America's most respected distilleries for the price of a tray of wings.

We're here until 9pm tonight. 🫡

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day to the hardworking moms of the world! 💐

Bring mom by and treat her to the Berry Best Mom Churros! They're cream cheese-stuffed churros, rolled in freeze-dried strawberry sugar, served with a Strawberry Hibiscus crème anglaise.

We're also pouring up Margarita flights all day, and Mimosas while supplies last!

Bring mom by for a Sunday Funday, she deserves it. We're open from 12-7pm.

05/09/2026

Steal this Look:

"Life's a Peach" Peach Margarita - $12
"Aurora Beer" Pre-prohibition ale - $3
You, your best bud, and some hot goss on our patio this beautiful Saturday afternoon - $0

It's a good day for it. We're open for lunch & dinner service inside & on the patio from 12-11pm.

05/08/2026

Becca has dubbed this month "Margarita May", and honestly.... it checks out.

You guys loved our Cinco de Mayo margarita flight, and we've heard you raving about our Raspberry Lime-saber and our bonus Life's a Peach Margaritas, that for Mother's weekend we're running back the flight!

Celebrate mom by buying her a flight featuring our best-selling house Margarita, the Life's a Peach Margarita, the Raspberry Lime-saber, and the Strawberry Escalera - crafted with strawberry & thyme.

The flight is available now, through end of day Sunday. We're here until 11pm tonight.

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