Metropolitan Brewing

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Metropolitan Brewing
IndustryAlcoholic beverage
FoundedDecember 2008
FoundersDoug Hurst and Tracy Hurst
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
,
USA
Number of locations
(1) Avondale neighborhood, Chicago, IL
Area served
Illinois, Wisconsin
ProductsBeer
OwnersDoug Hurst and Tracy Hurst
Number of employees
6
Websitemetrobrewing.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 was originally located in a converted warehouse in a historically industrial area of the Ravenswood neighborhood in Chicago.[2] In 2017, they moved to a larger facility with a taproom at 3057 N Rockwell Street in Chicago.[3] Metropolitan focuses on brewing lagers in the traditional German style.[4] They are the sole craft brewery in Chicago that produces only lagers.[5] Mr. Hurst has earned a brewing diploma at the Siebel Institute of Technology & World Brewing Academy. [6]

Beers[]

Metropolitan Brewing's Current Beers
Name Style ABV % IBU Original gravity Offering Notes
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
Metropolitan Brewing's Archived Beers
Name Style ABV % IBU Original gravity Notes
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, Wolf Distribution, and Breakthrough Beverage.

References[]

  1. ^ Stambor, Zak (November/December 2009) New Suds in the Windy City. DraftMag.com, found at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2010-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Noel, Josh. "New Metropolitan taproom easily one of Chicago's prettiest". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  4. ^ (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/
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Kesmodel, David (3/18/2009). In Lean Times, a Stout Dream. The Wall Street Journal, found at https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123733628873664181.

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