Revolution Brewing Explained

Revolution Brewing
Location:Chicago, Illinois, United States
Foundation:2010
Key People:Josh Deth (owner)
Jim Cibak (head brewer)
Wil Turner (head pub brewer)
Jason Petrie (executive chef)
Production:24,000 bbl (in 2013)[1]

Revolution Brewing is a brewery in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded as a brewpub in 2010 on Milwaukee Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood.[2] [3] [4] A separate production brewery, with canning and bottling lines and a tap room, opened in 2012 about a mile from the brewpub, on Kedzie Avenue in the Avondale neighborhood.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

History

Revolution Brewing was started as a brewpub in 2010 by owner Josh Deth. Deth attended the University of Michigan and became interested in brewing from his frequent visits to Bell's Brewery. Deth worked at Goose Island Brewery and connected with head brewmaster Jim Cibak during his time there. Cibak has worked at a number of breweries including Three Floyds Brewing.[11]

Revolution Brewing has received local and national recognition with awards from the Great American Beer Festival,[12] World Beer Cup,[13] and Time Out Chicago.[14]

The film Drinking Buddies is partly set in the Revolution Brewing brewery and taphouse. A romantic comedy-drama, written and directed by Joe Swanberg, it was shot in 2012 and released in 2013. It stars Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, and Ron Livingston. In the movie, the fictional characters portrayed by Wilde and Johnson work at the brewery.[15] [16]

Beers

Revolution Brewing produces more than 20 different beers. Some of them are available year-round, and others are seasonal.[17] There are also several dozen more beers that were brewed at different times in the past.[18]

Revolution Brewing Beers
- ! Name Style ABV % Notes - Anti-Hero IPA 6.5 70 Year-round - Eugene Porter 6.8 28 Year-round - Bottom Up Wit 5.0 14 Year-round - Coup D'État 7.6 50 Year-round - Double Fist 8.0 90 Year-round - Cross of Gold 5.0 25 Year-round - Fist City[19] 5.5 40 Year-round - Oktoberfest 5.7 25 - A Little Crazy Belgo-style pale ale 6.8 - Rosa Hibiscus Ale Hibiscus ale 5.8 15 - Fistmas Ale 6.1 31 - Mad Cow 7.7 30 - Mother of Exiles 5.2 30 - T.V. Party Rye India pale ale 7.6 80 - Red Skull 8.3 - Galaxy Hero India pale ale 6.6 - Crystal Hero India pale ale 7.2 80 - Local Hero India pale ale 6.5 65 - Jukebox Hero Black India pale ale 7.5 - 4th Year Beer Belgian-style quadrupel 11.5 32 - Rise Stout 7.1 55 - Repo Man Rye stout 6.0 - Very Mad Cow Milk stout 9.7 30 - Straight Jacket 13.0 55 Barrel-aged - Mean Gene Porter 8.5 Barrel-aged - Bean Gene Porter with coffee 9 28 Barrel-aged - Deth's Tar[20] 11.4 Barrel-aged

Awards

2013
2012
2011
2010

See also

Notes and References

  1. Montoro, Philip (February 10, 2014). "Revolution Celebrates Another Auspicious Birthday with 4th Year Beer", Chicago Reader. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  2. Arnett, Lisa (January 15, 2010). "The Revolution is Near", Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  3. Kohl, Randy. "Revolution Brewing Co.", Chicago Bar Project. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  4. http://chicago.metromix.com/venues/mmxchi-revolution-brewing-venue "Revolution Brewing"
  5. Noel, Josh (March 30, 2011). "Revolution Will Bottle and Can Its Beers", Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  6. Yue, Lorene (May 15, 2013). "Craft Beer's Conundrum", Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  7. Gill, Andrew (June 4, 2013). "Craft Brewers Win Small Victory in Springfield, but the Real Winners Are Distributors", WBEZ. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  8. Nason, Adam (March 12, 2013). "Revolution Brewing to Triple Production to 24k Barrels, Signs with New Distributors", BeerPulse.com. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  9. Frost, Peter (February 10, 2015). "Look Out, Lagunitas: Revolution Brewing to Triple Capacity", Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  10. Frost, Peter (March 14, 2015). "Brewer Learns It Isn't Easy Getting Big", Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  11. Wehunt, Jennifer (November 30, 2009). "Ale Lives: The Making of a Beer—Revolution Brewing's Cross of Gold", Chicago magazine. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  12. http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/2012-winners/ "2012 Winners"
  13. http://www.worldbeercup.org/winners "Winners"
  14. Shouse, Heather (April 17, 2013). "Eat Out Awards 2013: Best Chicago Microbrewery", Time Out Chicago. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  15. Sullivan, Emmet (August 31, 2013). "Spot These 8 Chicago Details in Drinking Buddies", Chicago magazine. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  16. Metz, Nina (August 22, 2013). "Improv + Beer = Drinking Buddies", Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  17. http://revbrew.com/beer/view-beers "View Beers"
  18. http://www.ratebeer.com/brewers/brewing-company-11328.htm "Revolution Brewing Company"
  19. Noel, Josh (May 6, 2015). "Revolution Brewing's Fist City Is an Ideal, Juicy Pale Ale", Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  20. News: Josh . Noel . December 9, 2016 . Revolution's Deth's Tar Release Party Proves Primacy of Barrel-Aged Stouts . Chicago Tribune . December 11, 2016.
  21. Baldacci, Jason (April 12, 2013). "Chicagoist's Beer Of The Week: Revolution Brewing's A Little Crazy", Chicagoist. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  22. http://chibeer.org/2011/01/24/13th-annual-chicagoland-brewpub-microbrewery-shootout-results/ "13th Annual Chicagoland Brewpub & Microbrewery Shootout Results"
  23. Noel, Josh. "Josh Deth—Beverage Maker of the Year", 2013 Chicago Tribune Dining Awards. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  24. http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/best-brewpub/BestOf?oid=6702476 "Best Brewpub"
  25. http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/best-pub-grub/BestOf?oid=6702549 "Best Pub Grub"
  26. http://chibeer.org/2011/12/12/35th-annual-fall-tasting-recap/ "35th Annual Fall Tasting Recap"
  27. http://www.ratebeer.com/RateBeerBest/table_2012.asp?title=Best+Brewpubs+2012&file=brewpubs_places_2012.csv "Best Brewpubs 2012"

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