Illinois Beer: A Story of Scale | Medium Breweries
To celebrate the 6th year of Chicago Craft Beer Week, we wanted to take a look at the different scales of breweries in the great state of Illinois. To tell the story of Medium Scale brewing [between 1500-5000 barrels/year], we took a look at Ale Syndicate and one of their tenants, Arcade Brewing [Chicago, IL], as well as BuckleDown Brewing [Lyons, IL], and BrickStone Brewing [Bourbonnais, IL].
We hope you enjoy these brewers' stories and know breweries of all sizes and shapes are popping up around our state - so get out there and Drink Illinois Beer!
To see the whole Illinois Beer - A Story of Scale video:
Check out the story of Large Scale Breweries:
And don't miss the story of Small Scale Illinois Breweries:
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Featured Medium Breweries:
Ale Syndicate //
Arcade Brewery //
BrickStone Brewery //
BuckleDown Brewing //
Rudy Lobo with 51 Lincoln Band Waterworks Lyons, IL 9.8.2018
Lyonspalooza Little Bit of Soul, Wild Nights, Don't Fear the Reaper Fify-One Lincoln Band Lori Hall vocals, Mark Wydra Bass, Rudy Lobo Guitar, Gary Gray Drums, Joe DiGiacomo Keys at Waterworks in Lyons IL 9/8/2018
Learning Curve Episode 001: Braxton Brewing
Meet Braxton Brewing: a family-run brewery founded in Covington, KY by two brothers, Evan and Jacob Rouse, their father, Greg Rouse, and one insanely experienced brewmaster, Richard Dubé.
Conceived in a garage, Braxton Brewing was born out of the simple desire to make great beer for a local marketplace. But anyone who has the chance to spend even a few hours with the Braxton founders will notice one common trait: all four partners are deeply passionate about the business of beer and share an entrepreneurial obsession that not only bonds them together, but drives them each to learn more about their craft.
It was that desire to perfect every facet of their business that helped the company emerge victorious at our Startup Brewery Challenge, held in June, and it’s a defining characteristic of what continues to drive them today.
Behind Brewmaster Richard Dubé — who has more than 34 years of brewing experience at companies like Molson, Labatt and Boston Beer — Braxton impressed our Startup Brewery Challenge judges and earned an all-expenses paid trip to Portland, Ore. to brew with, and learn from, the team at Craft Brew Alliance.
Brewbound followed the Braxton team to the Pacific Northwest, to document, on film, what it’s like for a group of scrappy startup brewers to be granted an all-access pass inside one of the country’s largest craft beer outfits.
In episode 001 of Brewbound’s new documentary series, viewers will be introduced to the Braxton crew and get a taste of the intense, three-day learning experience awarded to winners of the Startup Brewery Challenge.
This is Learning Curve 001.
Videography + editing: Matthew Clark Rogers:
Maps & Atlases: INHAILER Corner Sessions
Maps and Atlases performs in our INHAILER Corner Session. They performed Fall Apart off their new album, Lightlessness is Nothing New, and Pigeon from the album Perch Patchwork. They also sat down and talked with us about their recent down time, the vibe of the new album, and the process that lead to their latest album artwork.
Videographers:
Matt Stalf, Brian Pfaff, Joe Meisberger
Audio Engineers:
Kyler Davis, Matt Rougeux, Joe Meisberger
Set Designers:
Jacob Biel, Ashley Taylor, Matt Stalf
Audio Editor:
Matt Rougeux
Video Editor:
Matt Stalf
Animation:
Joe Walsh