Episode 300 – Rebroadcast of Episode 52 with Pete Crowley
Haymarket is opening their production brewery in MI. Throwback to when they originally opened their original location.
Other things mentioned in the intro to this episode:
Drinking & Writing Theatre
The Neofuturists
Beer, the Musical
The Western Avenue Project
Episode 89 – Founders – Harvest Ale vs Haymarket – Saison
Invitational and disqualified beers report. Bike the breweries report. CBS prices on eBay. Smokehouse Brewpub in Minneapolis.
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Episode 52 – Victory – V-Twelve vs Schlafly – Imperial Stout
BeerDownload on location at the new Haymarket Pub and Brewery in Chicago. Special Guests: Pete Crowley, Oscar’s Pardon Belgian Pale Ale, Mother Jones Trappist-style Dubbel, First Chance American I.P.A., and Ombibulous Double IPA.

Episode 49 – Tyranena – Bitter Woman in the Rye vs O’Fallon – Smoke
Special Guest: Rodney Kibzey. Sam Adams Longshot Competition. Sam Adams People’s Choice beers and results. Haymarket has finally opened. Very old beer. An IPA goes up against a Smoked beer.

Episode 46 – Lagunitas – Imperial Stout vs St Bernardus – Pater 6
Some great opening black ales from Cigar City and Stone/21st Amendment/Firestone Walker. Beers by mail from Luekens Liquors. Soon to read: Dethroning the King thanks to beernews.org. Beer Menorah from Shmaltz. Updates from Haymarket and Pipeworks. An Imperial Stout faces off against another Belgian.

Rock Bottom and Gordon Biersch: Two Become One
Major news in the chain brewpub world, Rock Bottom Brewery and Gordon Biersch announced today that they are merging. The new company will be called CraftWorks Restaurants and Breweries, Inc and oversee more than 200 individual locations. They said they will be keeping the brands intact, and though they haven’t specifically said, hopefully the individual style of brewing at each location as well.
The ability to streamline their supply chain is the obvious reason to create this monster, but as we all know, beer ingredients aren’t exactly cheap either. We can only hope that buying double the quantity of specialty grains and other ingredients could lead to more experimentation of great beer styles (and maybe keeping prices down??? – nah).
The BeerDownload staff and friends have spent many fine evenings at various Rock Bottom and Gordon Biersch locations, especially the Downtown Chicago location, who’s former brewer, Pete Crowley is soon to open Haymarket Brewery on Chicago’s West side.
Episode 31: Dark Horse – Boffo Brown vs Founders – Porter
Special guest Melissa. Oak Park Microbrew and Food Review review. Update on Haymarket. Founders Nemesis coming soon! Mini pub crawls. A Brown ale vs a Porter.
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