Big Chicken
Big Chicken 2026
Our deliciously hoppy Double IPA monster returns to our tasting rooms Saturday, February 21st! Kick Big Chicken Week off with our 2nd annual Big Chicken Fest at HenHouse Santa Rosa!
Where to find Big Chicken
HenHouse Tasting Rooms
Starting Saturday, February 21st, get Big Chicken on draft & in 16oz 4-packs at our locations:
Retailers
Big Chicken will be available in your favorite bars across Northern CA starting Monday, February 23rd. Full list of retailers coming soon!
Big Chicken Events
- 2nd Annual Big Chicken Fest (February 21st at HenHouse Santa Rosa)
- Big (Fried) Chicken Cook-Off (March 1st at HenHouse Petaluma)
What’s Big Chicken?
Our once-a-year experiment in freshness and a study in hop excess takes everything that we’ve learned about making hoppy beer in a year to brew an over-the-top Double IPA. Then we keg and can an entire batch of Big Chicken the day it’s available!
Big Chicken is an opportunity for HenHouse to do something no one else can, while simultaneously getting the beer-drinking public super-hyped on fresh beer!
FAQs
- Will there be cans?
Yes, we will have Big Chicken 16oz 4-packs! But they sell very fast. 4-packs of Big Chicken are sold exclusively at our Santa Rosa Brewery Tasting Room, Petaluma Palace Of Barrels & The Novato Record Room. Each location will have a daily allotment from 2/21-3/1, thereafter it is unlikely any cans will be available.
- How can I find Big Chicken on draft at my favorite bars and restaurants?
Big Chicken 2026 will be poured at approximately 500 locations across the Bay Area and beyond. A full list of bars and restaurants will be published on HenHouse’s social media one week prior to the day of delivery in that geographical area. Click on the link below to see when and where Big Chicken is coming to your area!
- What’s new & exciting about Big Chicken 2026?
We’re absolutely stoked that our 2026 recipe is a big, plush, juicy, Hazy Double IPA! A return to Big Chicken’s roots, it’s been a while since Big Chicken was hazy and this year’s recipe is superbly delicious, featuring one of our favorite new hop discoveries this year, Dolcita, alongside our mainstays Simcoe, Belma, and Citra.
