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400

Titletown Brewery

Style: Honey Ale

ABV: 4.5%

IBU: 20

$4 16 oz. Glass

Toasty malt and plenty of local wildflower honey make this golden blonde ale one of our most popular beers. Named after the famous “400” Chicago and Northwestern passenger train.

Why is this beer special to us here at 'The Humbird', well...

Even though Humbird today is a very small community, it was quite the bustling metropolis back in its day, all thanks to the railroad which brought trade, goods, and tourists to the area. In 1935 The 400, (later named the Twin Cities 400) was a named passenger train operated by the Chicago and North Western Railway between Chicago and Saint Paul, with a final stop in Minneapolis. Even though the train did not stop in Humbird, it rolled on through and brought many people to the area who would get off at nearby stations.

The train took its name from the schedule of 400 miles between the cities in 400 minutes, and was also a nod to The Four Hundred Club, a term coined by Ward McAllister to refer to the social elite of New York City in the late 19th century. It was an express train with limited stops between Chicago and the Twin Cities. The 400 ran from 1935 to 1963 on the Chicago to Twin Cities route. The C&NW later named their other passenger trains using the number 400.