Goose Island Brewery
Goose Island Beer Company 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 production brewery opened in 1995, and a second brewpub, in Wrigleyville, in 1999.[1]
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Location | Chicago, Illinois United States | ||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 41.887133, -87.672134 | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
Key people | John Hall (Founder) Brett Porter (Former Brewmaster) Jared Jankoski (Former Brewmaster) | ||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Anheuser-Busch InBev | ||||||||||||||||
Website | gooseisland | ||||||||||||||||
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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][upper-alpha 1] Greg Hall stepped down as brewmaster with the AB InBev purchase in 2011; Brett Porter was hired as the new brewmaster.[4]
History
John and Greg Hall were originally influenced by the English brewing tradition.[6]
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.[7] The brewpub was sold to Anheuser Busch in 2016, but it still remains a subsidiary of the Fulton Street brewery.[8][9] The Clybourn Avenue Brewpub closed for renovation in January 2017;[10][11] it reopened in October 2017, slightly renamed to Goose Island Brewhouse.[12] The Wrigleyville brewpub closed in 2015 to make way for further development of the Wrigleyville area.[13]
The brewery on Fulton Street features a tap room and offers tours of the facility.[14][15]
Goose Island currently operates different concept locations across the globe, with brewpubs in Toronto,[8] São Paulo,[16] Seoul[17] and Shanghai;[18] a pub in Monterrey, Mexico; Philadelphia[19] and a vintage ale house in Balham, London.[20] The vintage ale house in Balham has since closed in the spring of 2018 to make way for another brewpub in the Shoreditch area of London.[21]
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.[22]
In November 2008, Goose Island made news when its small batch of Bourbon County Stout became available for the first time in Western states.[23]
While Goose Island products were originally only available in the Chicago area,[24] their products are now available in all 50 states.[25]
Soda
For several years, the WIT Beverage Company licensed the Goose Island name for a craft soda line.[26][27] The branding was changed to WBC Craft Sodas following the expiration of the Goose Island licensing in 2013.
See also
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. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
- Rocky (December 17, 2008). "Goose Island Beer-Chicago's Finest". hoppsy.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
- Yue,Lorene (June 8, 2006). "Stake in Goose Island Beer Sold to Anheuser Affiliate". chicagobusiness.com.
- "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.
- "Brewing a Historical Beer - Obadiah Poundage". YouTube. Goose Island. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- "Goose Island Brewpub". www.choosechicago.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
- "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.
- "Goose Island Wrigleyville Closed For Good -- Addison Park On Clark Nearing?". DNAinfo Chicago. Archived from the original on 2016-01-31. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
- "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.
- morningadvertiser.co.uk. "Goose Island to close Balham site ahead of London brewpub launch". morningadvertiser.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
- 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.