Goose Island Brewery
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Location | Chicago, Illinois United States | ||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 41°56′47.36″N 87°39′27.96″W / 41.9464889°N 87.6577667°W | ||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||
Key people | John Hall (founder) Brett Porter (Brewmaster) Jared Jankoski (Brewmaster) | ||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Anheuser-Busch InBev | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | gooseisland | ||||||||||||||||||
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Goose Island Brewery is a brewery in Chicago, Illinois, that began as a single brewpub opened in 1988 in Lincoln Park, Chicago, and named after a nearby island. The larger brewery opened in 1995, and a second brewpub, in Wrigleyville, in 1999.[1]
Their beers are distributed across the United States, and the United Kingdom after a stake of the company was sold to Widmer Brothers Brewery in 2006,[2] and the brewery was able to expand into different markets.[3] In 2011, Goose Island was sold to Anheuser-Busch InBev.[4][A] Greg Hall stepped down as brewmaster with the AB InBev purchase in 2011; Brett Porter was hired as the new brewmaster.[4]
Brewpubs
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Goose Island has one brewpub located on Clybourn Ave which serves brunch, lunch, and dinner next to their assortment of beers.[6] The brewpub was sold to Anheuser Busch in 2016, but it still remains a subsidiary of the Fulton Street brewery.[7][8] The Clybourn Avenue Brewpub closed for renovation in January 2017;[9][10] it reopened in October 2017, slightly renamed to Goose Island Brewhouse.[11]
The brewery on Fulton Street features a tap room and offers tours of the facility.[12][13]
Goose Island currently operates different concept locations across the globe, with brewpubs in Toronto,[7] Sao Paolo,[14] Seoul[15] and Shanghai;[16] a pub in Monterrey, Mexico; Philadelphia[17] and a vintage ale house in London.[18]
Products
Beer
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Goose Island produces a number of beers that are available year-round, as well as some beers that are seasonal. At different times in the past, the brewery has produced dozens of other beers.[19]
In November 2008, Goose Island made news when its small batch of Bourbon County Stout became available for the first time in Western states.[20]
While Goose Island products were originally only available in the Chicago area,[21] their products are now available in all 50 states.[22]
Soda
For several years, the WIT Beverage Company licensed the Goose Island name for a craft soda line.[23][24] The branding was changed to WBC Craft Sodas following the expiration of the Goose Island licensing in 2013.
References
Notes
- ^ Within the Brewers Association definition. "An American craft brewer is small, independent and traditional."[5]
Citations
- ^ Frisbie, Paul (November 9, 2008). "A Chicago Icon Remains Intact". chicago-copywriter.com.
- ^ Rocky (December 17, 2008). "Goose Island Beer-Chicago's Finest". hoppsy.com.
- ^ Yue,Lorene (June 8, 2006). "Stake in Goose Island Beer Sold to Anheuser Affiliate". chicagobusiness.com.
- ^ a b "Chicago craft-beer brewer Goose Island sells to Anheuser-Busch". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
- ^ "Craft Brewer Defined". brewersassociation.org. Brewers Association. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ^ "Goose Island Brewpub". www.choosechicago.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
- ^ a b "Goose Island Brewhouse Now Open in Toronto". Canadian Beer News. 2017-07-28. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- ^ Noel, Josh (2016-02-19). "Goose Island Sells Brewpub to Anheuser-Busch". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ^ Noel, Josh (2017-01-04). "Goose Island's Clybourn Brewpub Closing for 5-Month Renovation". Chicato Tribune. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
- ^ Noel, Josh (October 18, 2017). "Goose Island Brewpub Reborn as Sleek, Modern Goose Island Brewhouse". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
- ^ Selvam, Ashok (October 27, 2017). "Goose Island's Clybourn Brewpub Is Back Open in Lincoln Park". Eater Chicago. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ "Take a look at Goose Island Beer Co.'s new tasting room". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
- ^ "Goose Island Beer Co". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
- ^ "Em 'brewhouse' da Goose Island bebedor vai provar cervejas feitas no próprio bar - 15/01/2017 - sãopaulo - Folha de S.Paulo". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ "Catching up on craft beer in Seoul, South Korea". Growler Magazine. 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ Noel, Josh (2016-12-19). "Goose Island Going Global with Pubs, Brewhouses in 6 Countries (and Philly)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ "Goose Island Brewhouse opens". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ "AB InBev taps craft beer boom by opening first London pub under Goose Island brand". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ Goose Island Beer Company at RateBeer.com. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ "Goose Island releases Bourbon County Brand Stout documentary". The Jax Beer Guy. 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
- ^ "Goose Island: Goose Island beer to go national". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
- ^ Noel, Josh. "Goose Island jumping on Pilsner trend with Four Star". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
- ^ "New Products". beveragespectrum.com. July–August 2009.
- ^ "Fate of Goose Island Soda? It's Flappin' in the Wind". BevNET.com. March 28, 2011.
Further reading
- Noel, Josh (2018). Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-61373-721-7.