A Visit to Metro Brewing

On Tuesday, I went over to Metropolitan Brewing to check out their brewery and get to know Brewer Doug Hurst and Business manager Tracy Hurst.

The brewery itself is small, but mighty:

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When I arrived, Doug and volunteer Dave Bleitner were working on transferring wort from the brewing kettle to the fermentation tank to start fermenting. While they were doing that, I was free to wander around the small industrial building they call home.
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Half Acre and Metro Brewing on WTTW

Chicago Tonight did an excellent job covering the local beer scene.

I’m a bit shocked that they so easily dismissed the brewpubs in the Chicago area. A lot of these breweries, like Flossmoor Restaurant/Brewery, sell to regional distributors as well as their own pubs. These people are just as influential in spreading craft beer culture as their production focused counterparts.

Kudos to WTTW for getting the word out, though.