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]

On October 3, 2023, Metropolitan Brewing filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[7]

Beers

Metropolitan Brewing's Current Beers
NameStyleABV %IBUOriginal gravityOfferingNotes
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
NameStyleABV %IBUOriginal gravityNotes
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 "New Suds in the Windy City by Zak Stambor | DRAFT Magazine". Archived from the original on 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  2. ↑ Bendersky, Ari (2009-06-25). "Chicago's New Wave of Microbrews". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  3. ↑ Noel, Josh. "New Metropolitan taproom easily one of Chicago's prettiest". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  4. ↑ said, Matthew on (2009-01-15). "First new Chicago brewery in over six years set to launch". BeerPulse. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  5. ↑ "Thinking outside the barrel". Crain's Chicago Business. 2011-06-18. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  6. ↑ Kesmodel, David (2009-03-18). "In Lean Times, a Stout Dream". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  7. ↑ "Metropolitan Brewing files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy". BKData. October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
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