Open Outcry Brewing Now Self-Distributing

There was real pleasure in John Model’s voice Tuesday morning.

“Wow – I actually simply made our very first supply of beer,” the proprietor of Open Outcry Brewing mentioned whereas strolling out from Armanetti City Liquor at 100^th and Western. “From the day we opened, these guys have requested me after they might purchase our beer. Effectively, that’s as we speak!”

Because of modifications in distribution legal guidelines pushed by the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild in 2021, Model has been in a position to proceed the expansion he first envisioned when he opened his Beverly brewpub virtually six years in the past.

For the primary time, beers from Open Outcry might be discovered on faucet handles and in coolers across the Chicago space – Armanetti’s was the primary of many stops for Model this week. Greater than a dozen bars, eating places and bottle outlets are on his listing and he’ll be at Crafted 1979 in Mokena on Friday evening for a celebratory tapping. It’s the primary of many particular appearances he’ll be making within the subsequent few weeks, introducing himself and his model to a wider viewers.

“We needed to ascertain ourselves with the brewpub format and study the enterprise, construct the model and earn individuals’s belief earlier than shifting into packaging,” he mentioned. “We didn’t count on a pandemic in that and needed to name just a few audibles, however we’re doing it.”

They’re saying whats up to that wider viewers with Delirio, their double-dry hopped hazy IPA made with citra and mosaic hops, which he says is their second-best promoting beer. The primary, Speculator, is an easy-drinking cream ale which together with a pilsner, shall be subsequent on their distribution listing.

Their shift to distributing past simply crowlers from the brewpub is going on thanks partially as properly to a contractual settlement with Midday Whistle. There, Paul Kreiner operates on a 30-barrel system, in comparison with the 7-barrel system at Open Outcry.

“They’ve been so nice to work with and we’re actually lucky to be working with them in Naperville,” Model mentioned.

He’s benefiting from the regulation permitting small breweries like his to self-distribute as much as 400 barrels a yr, whereas additionally preserving an eye fixed across the nook.

“We get to check the market, see if clients need to purchase our beer and take it from there,” he mentioned. “We’ve had some actual success as a brewpub over the past 5-1/2 years and at all times needed to see if our beer is likely to be fascinating amongst different Chicago beer drinkers. So we’re testing the market and if it’s profitable, we’ll speak about subsequent steps.”

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