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Founded
2010
BREWERY TYPE
Not specified
Address
2323 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60647 United States
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Overview
Revolution Brewing was founded in 2010 as Chicago's new hometown craft brewery. Today, Revolution is the largest craft brewery in Illinois, operating a bustling brewpub and a 90,000-square-foot production facility and tap room. Revolution produces about 50 different beer styles each year, including session beers like Workingman Mild, hop-bombs like Double Fist and more bourbon-barrel aged beers than you can shake a stave at. www.revbrew.com.
Revolution Brewing is expanding its sour beer program with the introduction of the Freedom Variety Pack – a new 12-pack featuring four different Session Sours. Each beer is blended with real fruit juice concentrate, creating a vibrant range of colors along with compelling, distinct flavors.
Chicago’s Revolution Brewing has promoted Doug Veliky to chief strategy officer. In his new role, Veliky will be tasked with leading the finance and marketing divisions of the company, as well as helping set the overall strategic direction of the craft brewery.
Two more popular craft breweries have announced that their taprooms will be hibernating this winter as colder weather makes outdoor service infeasible, and COVID-19 cases continue to rise nationwide. Chicago-headquartered Revolution Brewing and Canton, Massachusetts-based Trillium Brewing both said this week that they will be temporarily shuttering their locations for on-premise service through the winter.
In California, where more than 1,000 breweries are in operation, the state Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) has offered temporary regulatory relief for license holders such as drive-thru windows for off-premise transactions, packaged goods sold to-go from on-premise retailers and delivery to consumers.
Chicago’s Revolution Brewing ended 2019 as the top-selling craft brand family in Illinois off-premise retailers, Revolution Brewing chief financial officer Doug Veliky shared with Brewbound, citing data from market research firm IRI.
With the upcoming January 1 legalization of recreational marijuana across Illinois, Revolution Brewing is releasing Legal-Hero to mark the occasion and salute those who worked to make the change. The Revolution Brewing Taproom (3340 N. Kedzie Ave.in Avondale) will be open on New Year’s Day from 2-8 p.m. for a special release of the double dry-hopped Hazy IPA.
A number of members of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s corporate affairs team have left the company since early 2019. Cider strategist Caitlin Braam parts ways with Angry Orchard. Beverage operations manager Jonny Stringer departs CraftWorks.
Revolution Brewing is bolstering its year-round lineup of canned beers with a new Hazy IPA offering. Hazy-Hero is a showcase of fruit-forward American hops built with a smooth, velvety body and easy finish.
As Chicago enjoys the peak of summer, its largest independent craft brewery again turns its eyes to Fall and the 2019-2020 lineup of barrel-aged beers from the Deep Wood Series. Revolution Brewing will release another ten unique barrel-aged beers in the four-month period between October and January.
Multi-platinum alternative rockers and Chicago natives CHEVELLE are thrilled to be teaming up with acclaimed hometown brewery Revolution Brewing for an exclusive craft beer collaboration. The beer, dubbed La Gargola, is a classic German-style Helles Lager and the band’s first brewer collaboration.
In episode 31, Revolution Brewing CCO Donn Bichsel discusses how Revolution Brewing is dealing with industry headwinds and shares his outlook on the future of craft. He also shares how the company is staying relevant in a crowded marketplace, and how it intends to succeed over the long-term.
Revolution Brewing is encouraging drinkers to exercise their Freedom with a big change to its year-round lineup. Freedom of Press, a Session Sour made with black currants, will debut at bars, restaurants, and in six-packs at retailers this November.
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