2023 Illinois Brewery Opening / Closure Thread

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  1. cryptichead

    cryptichead Grand Pooh-Bah (4,897) Jul 3, 2014 Illinois
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    Industry Ales in the Loop has been threatening to "Open soon" for the last few months. So maybe in '24. They already have a sign up and everything
     
    #181 cryptichead, Dec 31, 2023
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  2. Nbrock24

    Nbrock24 Pooh-Bah (1,770) Mar 11, 2016 Illinois
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    Metropolitan as well
     
    #182 Nbrock24, Dec 31, 2023
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  3. JohnnyHopps

    JohnnyHopps Grand Pooh-Bah (3,380) Jun 15, 2010 Indiana
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    To add to the Postmortem of Viking Artesian ales …

    I stopped by on the last (?) day of business, after picking up my allotment from Gnosis. They only had about seven or eight taps going. What I found odd was that each draft was about 2 ounces. I assumed this was because they were closing. When I looked on social media, half full (plastic) glasses were the norm. Is this a Viking thing or a norm for slushy taps?
     
    #183 JohnnyHopps, Dec 31, 2023
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  4. kodt

    kodt Pooh-Bah (2,286) Mar 6, 2013 Illinois
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    Member when Pipeworks was close to opening a taproom 10 years ago?
     
    #184 kodt, Dec 31, 2023
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  5. cryptichead

    cryptichead Grand Pooh-Bah (4,897) Jul 3, 2014 Illinois
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    It was the talk of the town....it was when there were still lines at the Dojo for the latest Hazy or BA release. Ah the memberberries....
     
    #185 cryptichead, Dec 31, 2023
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  6. Jsimansk

    Jsimansk Pundit (851) Jul 10, 2012 Illinois
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    How quickly we forget…
     
    #186 Jsimansk, Dec 31, 2023
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  7. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,735) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    Or even 5 years ago.
     
    #187 HouseofWortship, Dec 31, 2023
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  8. DeadWax

    DeadWax Pundit (803) Dec 29, 2016 Illinois

    I’m convinced the infection of their entire BA program has eliminated that possibility. They fell so far behind their peers and have never gotten back to that level of quality.
     
    #188 DeadWax, Dec 31, 2023
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  9. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,735) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    They probably made the right choice focusing on expanding distro foot print and scaling vs the brewpub. It’s going to get a hell of a lot harder for small brewers to grow out of being a brewpub into a wide distro range than it is for a large distro’d brewer to open a brewpub.
     
    #189 HouseofWortship, Dec 31, 2023
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