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Ben Ustick

2 months

Cheese pizza is the house lager of the pizza world. Try the cheese pizza or the house lager to figure out how good the spot is. If they do either of those well, move forward confidently.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

There are only two aspects of living in Chicago that I feel like we lose to New York. One. The bodega bacon egg and cheese sandwich ubiquity. Chicago has failed there. Two. The vibrant 24 hour a day NYC restaurant culture. The 2am-6am eating options in this city are sparse.

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2 years

Brandon Johnson is single-handedly responsible for the disappearance of Let’s Go Brandon yard signs on the Northwest Side and I’ll always appreciate that 😂

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@BenUstick

3 months

What books are Chicago required reading? I’ll start. The Great Believers Devil in the White City The Nix Gang Leader for a Day Last Summer on State Street Dark Matter Native Son The Jungle

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1 year

In a completely absurdly packed restaurant at 6pm on a Tuesday night before going to a sold out show downtown in Chicago. But GOP would have you think people are afraid to be downtown. The anti-Chicago propaganda has become absurd.

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@BenUstick

4 years

Oh Mary. We’ll keep telling the true story as long as you want to keep telling lies.

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@BenUstick

1 year

Woke up and saw a bunch of replies from non-Chicagoans. Which reminded me. Shut the fuck about Chicago if you’re not from Chicago. And that includes scared suburbanites.

Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

In a completely absurdly packed restaurant at 6pm on a Tuesday night before going to a sold out show downtown in Chicago. But GOP would have you think people are afraid to be downtown. The anti-Chicago propaganda has become absurd.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 years

The amount of illegally placed @PaulVallas signs on public property throughout the city is honestly stunning.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

Can’t drink beer on the train tonight because of lollapalooza. Or can’t I?!

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Well. This was fucking cool.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

I feel like we need a positive “show us something truly beautiful and unique about Chicago” post thread so the beauty drowns out the noise. I’ll start. Wooded Island in Jackson Park behind MSI. The Japanese Garden was a big part of 1894 world fair & still impeccably maintained.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Just had two people walk into the taproom and promptly walk out because we didn’t have any IPAs. What a sad life that must be 😂

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

I don’t normally like to share BS negative reviews. Except when they’re hilarious. This guy literally stormed out of the taproom yesterday enraged and screaming about no IPAs. It was bizarre. Bartender even gave him some free apex to try. That apparently did not satiate him 😂

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

5 years

Breweries should start writing back to everyone who has asked them for free beer over the years and ask them to buy some beer now if they really want to support breweries.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

Chicago is a resilient fucking city with an unmatched pride and enthusiasm from its residents. This city will continue to thrive and be great and there will always be some vocal critics who love to shit on the city, but fuck those people. Chicago is a great American city.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

By 6 o’clock today we’d sold more draft beers than on any single day during the two pandemic years. It’s looking like a real nice spring.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Best part of pouring beer is helping people find the right beer. So when they need guidance or ask what’s my favorite, I instead ask what they normally like & find a beer of ours that provides a nice transition from their world into ours. A few recent examples that made me happy.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 years

There’s literally a sword just stowed behind the trash can on my metra 🤔

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

I wish more breweries had a consistent approach to their label art. The kind that sticks out on retail shelves and immediately identifies itself as being part of a fixed, ongoing effort to create brand recognition.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

But everything else. I’m all in on Chicago.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 months

Jumping into the recommendations i got in response to the quoted tweet. Starting with one of the most mentioned.

Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 months

What books are Chicago required reading? I’ll start. The Great Believers Devil in the White City The Nix Gang Leader for a Day Last Summer on State Street Dark Matter Native Son The Jungle

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

Find yourself a neighbor who doesn’t shovel their snow behind your car.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Dumping beer is never fun but it always means you stand for something. Which is nice.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

@JemWilson84 And it’s wearing a headband 💕

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

Doordash is valued at 29 billion dollars. They take on average, 25% of total orders from restaurants. If average order is $30 (probably way low), that’s $7.50 in commission. They’ll donate $1 for each order tonight. Capped. Small biz paid for their super bowl ad. And the donation

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 years

So we’re all voting for @Brandon4Chicago right?

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

I’ve been working in a public facing job every day since march 2020. I’ve never gotten Covid. I’m two shots and boosted. Yet I’ve never felt more at risk than I do now. And that’s because of a societal failure. We can’t trust the people around us. And that sucks.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

6 months

Been visiting Chicago breweries all day. And Chicago’s newest brewery is a fun little spot. Completely in love with the garage door/alley energy. Outstanding.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

I feel bad that couple got assaulted this weekend, but this quote is insane.” “I got told by the desk sergeant that this was going to happen and that this was going to keep happening because Brandon Johnson got elected,” she said, referring to the mayor-elect. @Chicago_Police

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 years

My heart says @Brandon4Chicago will win tomorrow. My gut says the same thing. But we shall see. Let’s vote and find out.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

No, dude. I don’t need to call you on the phone because we wouldn’t let you book multiple tables on our patio. No I don’t need you to mansplain why we don’t understand the city regulations . City law. Taproom rule. Doesn’t matter. What we say goes. Damn.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Since we began serving a cream ale, I’m willing to say in nearly one hundred percent of situations, people who say they don’t like cream ales, don’t know what a cream ale is.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 years

Our mold-a-Rama busted mid mold-a-ramaing and now it looks like a murder scene. Red liquid was spurting out 😂

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Just saw two dudes walk up, look at the vaccination required sign and turn right the fuck around. It does work.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 years

Despite what anyone says about it being overrated, for me, Spotted Cow on draft in a Wisconsin bar is arguably as perfect a beer experience as one can look for.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Anti-vaxxers always make this weird assumption that they’ll be missed as customers.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Had our first customers in 14 months decline to sit on the patio because we didn’t offer flights. Now this is truly a return to normalcy 😂

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

Brewery.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

5 months

It’s nice that they provide carts at New Glarus.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 years

$150 for a grocery cart full of beer. Not bad.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 months

This ain’t your parents’ Chicago River. Look at this majestic beast of a bird.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 months

Joey Chestnutt kicked out of a hot dog contest for supporting beyond meat. Portillos funding a PETA led attack on @TheWienerCircle . You will not find a weird day in the history of hot dogs. I’m just glad we have the emoji to celebrate this craziness appropriately 🌭

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

Pretty good brewery. Glad I stumbled into this place.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 years

What is it with drivers at crosswalks. It’s like you look at them, they look at you. You come to an agreement they’re not going to try run you over. And then they immediately forget that and try to run you over.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

Out of town guests are flooding the taproom today looking to drink. We’re not doing on-site consumption which is a relief. But also. Who the fuck is traveling right now and why the fuck are they brewery hopping when they arrive?

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

At least once a day at the taproom someone tells me they don’t like cream ales, and upon some basic prodding, admits they don’t know what a cream ale is and assumed it has lactose. Cream Ale problems, am I right?

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

6 months

Say what you will about Navy Pier, but it may have had the best view in the city today.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

I carded a guy who was 30 today. And he made a whole thing about being carded by someone who is younger than him. I told him I was 40. And then he just looked sad upon realizing someone ten years old than him looked younger than him by his own determination. That was funny.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

I never engage, but when I do, I thank Eazy-E for the inspiration.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

I had a person come into the taproom and ask if we served hot dogs. When I said no, the look of disappointment was palpable like I had crushed their wonderful preconceived notion that every place in Chicago serves hot dogs. I’m not gonna say I don’t love their vision of Chicago.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

So is everyone just ignoring that meatloaf was a climate change denier and anti-vaxxer or nah?

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

Goddamn I love a good traditional West Coast IPA.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Twenty-one months public facing and I haven’t gotten Covid yet. Vaccinated and boosted. Yet I’ve never felt more at risk. I’m so mad at everyone who contributed to this debacle.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 years

A thread of the new items at the Wisconsin State Fair that I’m most excited to try. All images and descriptions from #1 : Footlong Cheese Curd On-a-Stick Forget the basket. A literal foot of ooey-gooey, beer battered, deep fried perfection.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

The goal is to limit ourselves to one shopping cart of beer.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

5 years

Blue Moon led me to Spotted Cow which led me to Hoegaarden which led me to Allagash White which led me to Saison Dupont which led me to Chimay which led me to Belgium which made me really care about beer and that’s sort of my story. With characters to spare.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 years

A group of ten goslings just showed up at @MetroBrewing taproom and my day just won’t get better than this.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

I just love knowing everyone in the taproom is vaccinated. It takes the edge off.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Business as usual for us and since we’re already checking IDs at door, no extra effort either. Pushback is only online, in-person from customers, it’s all gratitude. And definitely noticed customers and workers seem more comfortable and at ease in a fully vaccinated environment.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Hint. There’s no restaurant or bar that wants you to shove your trash in your glassware. Friendly reminder. Unhelpful.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

Just got a call from a lawyer who has apparently been buying up aluminum cans because of the shortage and is now cold-calling breweries trying to get them to buy his cans. What a parasite.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Customer told me they prefer Bell’s Two Hearted today and I recommended Beer for Lounging and the immediate expression of joy & expectations met before answering “this is perfect” will have me smiling all night. Someone who loves Two Hearted was content with Lounging. Hell yeah.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

We ordered a silly amount of dumplings. As one does.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

One of my favorite parts about our taproom is that most of the time, when I look around the room, I don’t see a lot of people that look like me. That’s one of the nice reminders we’re doing things right. It’s a safe and welcoming place for everyone.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

I got to taste an early preview of Beer for Ballgames today. Holy crap is that beer good. I’m so excited for people to get to drink this on opening day.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

Beer Twitter is literally like 84 people spread out over 37 states.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

I chose Old Style over High Life in a blind tasting today. This moment is gonna take a long time to reconcile.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

5 years

This Simpsons scene is the perfect reference for a certain ABV controversy :)

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

Some dude who is in a Twitter feud with @chicagobars is convinced that they work for Off Color. If that’s the case, Chicago Bars reports to me. And they have not been showing up for work.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 months

Haven’t truly arrived in Madison until I grab a beer at the terrace.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

5 months

Drove many hours today specifically for this beer. It was worth it. So so good.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

A Belgian came in today & was super hesitant about ordering Apex Predator, because he doesn’t generally enjoy American interpretations of the saison, but he ordered it and came back and told me it was “lovely” and ordered a second. That was cool. Belgian street cred achieved :)

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

11 months

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 months

You know what doesn’t sell well on November 1st? Oktoberfest beers. You know what sells well on August 1st? Oktoberfest beers. That’s just the reality.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

9 months

When given a choice between a 6-pack of 12oz cans and a 4-pack of 16oz cans of the same beer, I’m always choosing the six pack. More beer in a more approachable vessel. It’s a win-win. Hopefully more breweries, including mine 😉, will continue down this path.

Half Acre Beer

@HalfAcreBeer

9 months

You’ll soon find our best-selling beers available in 12oz 6-packs. Daisy Cutter Pale Ale. WayBird Hazy IPA. Green Torch Lime Lager. 12oz 6-packs, 12oz 12-packs, 16oz 4-packs, 19.2oz singles… You now have more options to grab the right amount of Half Acre for the occasion.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

I feel like the McCallisters are definitely the kind of family that would have still flown to France during a pandemic.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

I’ve had about 15 Beer for Loungings since Wednesday. I’m so glad we made this beer. And I’m so glad it’s gonna be a year round offering.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

Just told a walk up with no mask that we were booked. He then told me that we weren’t booked. I told him to check out the patio which is full. He told me two girls at one table were taking up eight people worth of room. I said they wouldn’t want to sit with you. He said I’ll ask.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

5 months

Drinking New Glarus in New Glarus. Cheese curds ordered.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Sometimes people seem a bit ashamed as they re-order a beer like I’ll “just” do that again. No shame there. I’m all for experimentation, but love when someone finds something they enjoy so much they run it back. I search for beers so good the first pour doesn’t satiate my thirst.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 years

We’re gonna release a 2.3% table beer in the next couple weeks. I’m beyond excited.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

Don’t have time for Trump supporting breweries.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

People never support a business as much as they do when they realize said business is going out of business.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

My hot tip if you’re looking to support local businesses this winter. If you’re able to offer support on days other than Saturday, please try to do so. Right now, too many places don’t have space to accommodate all the Saturday business, but can’t fill tables the rest of the week

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 month

I do love that cheese curds have completely infiltrated Chicago.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

Every year after the Chicago marathon, the taproom just gets crushed by runners who want nothing more than to drink beer and order pizza 😂

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

People: did you see drake tweeted about malort? People in Chicago: oh hell yeah, that’s what’s up People: did you see what Drake tweeted about malort? People in Chicago: fuck drake

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

The best part about being an adult is seeing crazy shit like this in the dessert aisle and being like oh yeah, I’m allowed to buy that. And then buying it.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

7 months

There are rooftop bars and there are rooftop bars.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Our draft list today. Makes me smile. 1 gose 1 imperial stout 1 gotstrandlicka 1 kottbusser 1 lager 1 Belgian wit 1 imperial porter 1 saison 1 cream ale 1 biere de garde 1 Kolsch 5 wild ales, but all very different in terms of tartness/funkiness and wine barrels and fruits used.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

One person who lives in a state we don’t distribute to is really mad about this decision. We may have to reconsider.

Off Color Brewing

@OffcolorBrewing

3 years

No reason to wait until the 3rd. Starting tomorrow, December 22nd, proof of vaccination will be required to drink on-premise at @ocmousetrap .

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

Most photogenic couple in Chicago.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

I said you can’t ask. We’re not seating groups together out of respect for covid precautions. He said you have a lot of rules. I said thank you. He walked away. Fin.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

11 months

I know @beercruncher is all over the 15 packs and the 19.2oz cans. But is he ready for the 15 pack of 19.2oz cans? Bells out here reinventing the game.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

Kicking out non-mask wearing Trump supporters for refusing to wear masks is always good for worker morale.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

1 year

75 years ago today the first Superdawg was sold at Milwaukee & Devon. Hope to be around to see year one hundred celebrated.

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

This is what owning a brewery looks like 😂

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

3 years

Would it be offensive to say this isn’t a proper pour? Or is there somewhere out there who prefers an atrociously dirty glass so their beer looks like ginger ale who is gonna get mad :)

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

2 years

A very friendly, unassuming person sat at the end of the bar at mousetrap today and enjoyed a couple. On the way out, they asked if they could leave some beer with us. It was the owner of @BierstadtLager . It was like hitting the lager lottery :)

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Ben Ustick

@BenUstick

4 years

She did write back and tell us our world is going to crumble. It’s like March 4th already happened. We’re still here.

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