 The Original Goose Island Brewpub on Clybourn Ave. opened in 1988 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Chicago, Illinois United States | ||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 41°53′14″N 87°40′20″W / 41.887133°N 87.672134°W | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Key people | John Hall (Founder) Todd Ahsmann (President) Daryl Hoedtke (Brewmaster) | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Anheuser-Busch InBev | ||||||||||||||
| Website | gooseisland | ||||||||||||||
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Goose Island Beer Company is a brewery in Chicago. The oldest currently-operating brewing company in Illinois, it began as a brewpub that opened in 1988 in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, and was named after a nearby island. A larger production brewery opened in 1995. A second brewpub, in Wrigleyville, opened in 1999 and closed in 2015.[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]
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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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