Metropolitan Brewing
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| Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
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| Founded | December 2008 |
| Founders | Doug Hurst and Tracy Hurst |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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Number of locations
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Ravenswood, Chicago, IL |
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Area served
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Chicago, IL |
| Products | Beer |
| Owners | Doug Hurst and Tracy Hurst |
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Number of employees
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6 |
| Website | http://www.metrobrewing.com/ |
Metropolitan Brewing is a brewery located in Chicago, Illinois that was founded in 2008 by (former) husband and wife team Doug Hurst and Tracy Hurst.[1] The brewery is located in a converted warehouse in a historically industrial area of the Ravenswood neighborhood in Chicago.[2] Metropolitan focuses on brewing lagers in the traditional German style.[3] They are the sole craft brewery in Chicago that produces only lagers.[4] Mr. Hurst has earned a brewing diploma at the Siebel Institute of Technology & World Brewing Academy. [5]
Beers
| Name | Style | ABV % | IBU | Original gravity | Offering | Notes |
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| Dynamo | Vienna Lager | 5.8 | 29 | 13.8° Plato | Year-Round | Uses Vienna malt and Vanguard and Liberty hops |
| Flywheel | Munich Pils | 5.2 | 45 | 13° Plato | Year-Round | |
| Krankshaft | Kölsch | 5.0 | 28 | 12° Plato | Year-Round | Recipe includes wheat and Santiam hops |
| Iron Works | Alt | 5.8 | 45 | 13° Plato | Year-Round | An update to the I-Beam recipe. Uses Mt. Hood and Vanguard hops. |
| Generator | Doppelbock | 8.2 | 25 | 18° Plato | Seasonal | Winter |
| Arc Welder | Dunkel Rye | 6.0 | 28 | 13.7° Plato | Seasonal | Spring |
| Afterburner | Märzen/Oktoberfest | 6.1 | 25 | 14.2° Plato | Seasonal | Fall |
| Name | Style | ABV % | IBU | Original gravity | Notes |
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| I-Beam | Alt | 5.3 | 50 | 12.6° Plato |
The names of Metropolitan Brewing's beers reflect the industrial history of Chicago.
Metropolitan's beers are distributed by Windy City Distribution.
References
- ↑ Stambor, Zak (November/December 2009) New Suds in the Windy City. DraftMag.com, found at http://draftmag.com/magazine/articles/96
- ↑ Bendersky, Ari (6/28/2009) Chicago’s New Wave of Microbrews. The New York Times, found at http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/travel/28journeys.html
- ↑ (1/15/2009) "First new Chicago brewery in over six years set to launch". BeerNews.org, found at http://beernews.org/2009/01/metropolitan-brewing-becomes-chicagos-newest-brewery/
- ↑ MacArthur, Kate (June 20, 2011) Metropolitan Brewing's Tracy Hurst thinks outside the barrel. Chicago Business, found at http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110618/ISSUE01/306189980/metropolitan-brewings-tracy-hurst-thinks-outside-the-barrel#ixzz1Pvr3RkVa
- ↑ Kesmodel, David (3/18/2009). In Lean Times, a Stout Dream. The Wall Street Journal, found at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123733628873664181.html.
