Chicago Area Beer Weekend, December 12-14

Miskatonic Closing

Miskatonic Brewing Co. in Darien has posted:

After 10 and a half years of shared pints, full tables, big laughs, and all the merriment that comes with the territory, we’ll be closing our doors at the end of this month on 12/30.

This does hit hard for this area. Miskatonic played a key part in the western suburbs’ craft beer scene. They built a welcoming place that included D&D, puzzle nights, and of course their Lovecraft-themed beer.

Rumors about Anchor Brewing…

Last week, the site American Craft Beer reported that the shuttered Anchor Brewing in San Francisco was not going to reopen, and would having its brands made by an outside contract brewer.

However, the San Francisco Standard reached out to Anchor’s current owner, Hamdi Ulukaya’s office. They debunked the story as false. Anchor is planned to reopen, there just wasn’t a timeline in place. Tom Bobak editor-in-chief of American Craft Beer, admitted the error, but blamed it on using ChatGPTto write the article.

Unpossible Mead Moving

Down south in Dwight, Unpossible Mead has announced:

We’re selling our building — but don’t worry, we’re not going out of business. In fact, it’s the opposite: we’ve officially outgrown our current production space.

The meadery’s last open day will be December 28. They will continue to operate as a production facility while they close a deal on a tap room in another town to be named later.

And luckily, my helpful tech support at GreenGeeks.com was able to restore this blog after I wrecked it trying to figure out what Plugin was making it all wonky. Some features might still be missing, but at least I’ve got it up for now.

Header image: Christmas beer ads from Heineken.

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