New Brewery Coming

Discussion in 'Great Lakes' started by monochromebrewing, Dec 4, 2014.

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  1. monochromebrewing

    monochromebrewing Initiate (0) Dec 3, 2014 Illinois

    Hey all,

    We are a new brewery working to go live in Chicago called Monochrome Brewing. We are focusing on high-end Belgian style ales with small batches and limited edition releases as well as an art theme around our branding.

    Just wanted to say hey, and we hope you'll see our name more and more in the next months.
     
    #1 monochromebrewing, Dec 4, 2014
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  2. HugePrnceFan1999

    HugePrnceFan1999 Initiate (0) Nov 30, 2011 Indiana

    Where do you plan to be located?
     
    #2 HugePrnceFan1999, Dec 4, 2014
  3. monochromebrewing

    monochromebrewing Initiate (0) Dec 3, 2014 Illinois

    We are based in the northern part of Chicago - Lincoln Square area.
     
    #3 monochromebrewing, Dec 5, 2014
  4. rynegne

    rynegne Initiate (0) Sep 10, 2014 Illinois

    Hi, keep us updated! Good luck.
     
    #4 rynegne, Dec 6, 2014
  5. MostlyNorwegian

    MostlyNorwegian Pooh-Bah (2,236) Feb 5, 2013 Illinois
    Pooh-Bah

    Welcome to the ring.
    I'll be curious to see what you do.
     
    #5 MostlyNorwegian, Dec 6, 2014
  6. TravisMBinns

    TravisMBinns Initiate (0) Apr 30, 2011 Illinois

    Lincoln Square resident...welcome to the hood. Where, exactly, are you thinking about opening?
     
    #6 TravisMBinns, Dec 6, 2014
  7. monochromebrewing

    monochromebrewing Initiate (0) Dec 3, 2014 Illinois

    We will be a Belgian style brewery with a nice sized taproom. We will bring in local artisans for food, food trucks, and we will focus on premium, craft beer. Our slogan is beer is art, so we combine a lot of artistic perspectives with our beer.
     
    #7 monochromebrewing, Dec 7, 2014
  8. BrewUrbanist

    BrewUrbanist Initiate (0) May 11, 2012 Wisconsin

    Poking through your website - excited to try the bourbon cherry Biere de Garde! Can you share any info on your location, when you expect taproom to be built out + operational? I'm also a resident of Lincoln Square, so always happy to have another brewery in the neighborhood.
     
    #8 BrewUrbanist, Dec 8, 2014
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  9. HugePrnceFan1999

    HugePrnceFan1999 Initiate (0) Nov 30, 2011 Indiana

    I noticed that the gofundme website for this brewery only has one hundred and forty dollars. A nice sized taproom would be great, and your vision seems like a nice one. Am I wrong to see it as just that for now, a vision?
     
    #9 HugePrnceFan1999, Dec 8, 2014
  10. monochromebrewing

    monochromebrewing Initiate (0) Dec 3, 2014 Illinois

    Wish we had more haha. But really we have about $500K in PPM ready to go over the next twelve months. We have a business plan. We are testing recipes. So not sure where you put that in vision versus something else. The Gofundme is for friends and family to help donate, which I guess we have very few of.
     
    #10 monochromebrewing, Dec 10, 2014
  11. cdb636

    cdb636 Initiate (0) Apr 2, 2012 Illinois

    I am a bit confused about your gofundme campaign. It says you are raising money to purchase a test batch system so you can work out recipes for the eventual brewery, but you say you are currently doing that.
     
    #11 cdb636, Dec 10, 2014
  12. monochromebrewing

    monochromebrewing Initiate (0) Dec 3, 2014 Illinois

    Well we are testing recipes, but I would like to buy a legit pilot brewing system that is better than the DIY homebuilt one that we are working from.

    I think a lot of people have this misconception its pretty easy to just go out and get capital and start a brewery. And its not a clean process like here we are doing testing, now we are raising capital, now we are building, now we are launching. It all is basically happening all at the same time.
     
    #12 monochromebrewing, Dec 11, 2014
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  13. TravisMBinns

    TravisMBinns Initiate (0) Apr 30, 2011 Illinois

    Have you purchased/leased an actual location yet or is that still in the works as well?
     
    #13 TravisMBinns, Dec 11, 2014
  14. mychalg9

    mychalg9 Pooh-Bah (2,123) Apr 8, 2010 Illinois
    Pooh-Bah

    Looking forward to dem Belgians.
     
    #14 mychalg9, Dec 11, 2014
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  15. HugePrnceFan1999

    HugePrnceFan1999 Initiate (0) Nov 30, 2011 Indiana

    I look forward to trying your products when you're a brewery.
     
    #15 HugePrnceFan1999, Dec 11, 2014
  16. monochromebrewing

    monochromebrewing Initiate (0) Dec 3, 2014 Illinois

    Still in the works. We are trying to get investors for $500K of PPM that we will use for building out a kickass taproom, kickass equipment, barrel aging cellar, etc.

    The gofundme is to help us before we get to that stage and get friends, fam, fans involved.
     
    #16 monochromebrewing, Dec 11, 2014
  17. monochromebrewing

    monochromebrewing Initiate (0) Dec 3, 2014 Illinois

    Thanks! Chicago needs a great Belgian brewery that just really does it right. Hoping we can be that!
     
    #17 monochromebrewing, Dec 11, 2014
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  18. monochromebrewing

    monochromebrewing Initiate (0) Dec 3, 2014 Illinois

    Thanks for the support! Appreciate the interest. Let us know if there is anything we can do to be more interesting or stuff you'd like to see. Thanks again
     
    #18 monochromebrewing, Dec 11, 2014
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