Half Acre Beer Company is a brewery in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded by Gabriel Magliaro in 2006, with its office located in Chicago. The recipes for the beers were developed in Chicago and the beer was initially brewed at Sand Creek Brewery in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Half Acre's first beer, Half Acre Lager, debuted in August 2007. In March 2009, Half Acre Beer began production in its own brewery on Lincoln Avenue in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago. Building upon their growing popularity, a tap room adjacent to the brewhouse opened in 2012. Due to its continued success, a kitchen was added in January 2016, completing the transition to a full service brew pub. In 2015, the brewery expanded by opening a second, larger brewhouse on Balmoral Avenue, approximately a mile and a half from the Lincoln Avenue facility. In 2017, the brewing facility on Balmoral added a tap room with full kitchen service. Both locations offer 1 brewery tour a week. At Lincoln it is held at 11am on Saturdays, at Balmoral it occurs at 11am on Sundays.
Chicago’s Half Acre Beer Company and Maplewood Brewery & Distillery have merged into what the brands’ leaders are calling “a long-term commitment to Chicago as a great beverage city.”
In the latest People Moves: Monday Night Brewing hires a new VP of Sales; the Beer Institute adds health policy and regulatory affairs director; former Half Acre VP seeks new opportunities; Dovetail builds a sales team; and Common Cider appoints a new VP of sales.
Half Acre, a pioneering leader in Chicago’s craft beer scene, and Big Star, the beloved honky tonk taqueria from nationally acclaimed One Off Hospitality, are thrilled to announce a new partnership, Big Star at Balmoral.
Half Acre Beer Co.’s special release lineup for fall opens with an homage to Munich’s storied Oktoberfest tradition and culminates in a celebration, now in its 11th year, of Half Acre’s much-loved Big Hugs stout.
Following the release of Bodem IPA, its newest year-round beer, the Chicago brewery presents the following monthly special releases in both classic and boundary-pushing styles.
Following the signing of a law allowing Illinois breweries to immediately begin selling beer and cider from outside beer companies in their taprooms, several Chicago restaurant and craft beer bar owners expressed concern that new regulations create additional competition for their businesses. However, a couple of Chicago brewery owners told Brewbound that they don’t anticipate major changes in the way they run their taproom businesses.
Half Acre Beer Company and Colorado-based Ska Brewing invite Chicagoans to celebrate the release of their collaborative Old Century Imperial Brown Ale at Charleston Bar on Friday, Jan. 13 at 8 p.m. Ska Co-Founder Dave Thibodeau met with the crew at Half Acre in Chicago this fall to produce the duo’s first collaboration brew together.
Koerner Distributor President and Chief Executive Officer, Paul Koerner, announces that his organization will begin distribution of the highly acclaimed and anticipated Half Acre Beer Company in their 52 county territory in Central and Southern Illinois. The brand is led by flagships such as Daisy Cutter Pale Ale, Pony Pilsner, Lead Feather Black Ale, and the current IPA seasonal Gone Away IPA. Half Acre comes to market in 4pk 16oz cans as well as draft.
Three top-level employees of the Utah Brewers Cooperative, comprised of Squatters and Wasatch Beers, were laid off from the company last week, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. According to the website, the company let go of brewmaster Dan Burick, CFO Sean Boyle and national sales director George Allen as part of a restructuring initiative.
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