Guinness Chicago apparently going big with the drone budget in advance of their open.

Remember: A bankruptcy filing does not mean an impending closure. Chapter 11 restructures debt so it can be paid off while the business stays open. Go to Metro and drink their beer while reading this: ag.state.il.us/consumers/bank…

Hey Other Half Brewing -- what's up with this Chicago project? Shoot us a note, wouldja? open.substack.com/pub/karlgdb/p/…

Metropolitan Brewing has announced that they'll be closing for good on December 17th. Goddammit. End of an era. instagram.com/p/Czo348-PCmk/…

Metro and Goose Clybourn announcing their closing dates in the same week? Anyone else want to kick us in the heart while they're at it?

We don't have anything to sell you for #BlackFriday, we just have a freshly updated Chicagoland Craft Beer Map for you (added two new breweries this AM!) in case you need to find someplace nearby to grab a #beer today: guysdrinkingbeer.com/chicago-craft-…

A few thoughts on the end of Goose's original brewpub plus this week's events and social updates. Fare thee well, Clybourn. So Long, Goose Clybourn, and Thanks for All the Stilton Burgers: open.substack.com/pub/karlgdb/p/…

Building a list. Is your Chicago-area brewery taproom open on Christmas Day? Let us know what hours, please and thank you. CC Chicago Bars

Good work, AI.

Came back to Twitter for the first time in weeks just to see this. Thanks Chicago Bars !

Dark Brandon demands you check out this week's Beer Labels email. He's hiding behind the paywall, just waiting to strike: open.substack.com/pub/karlgdb/p/…

Well okay, there you go:

What were you drinking a decade ago? The amount of 10-year anniversary celebrations this month made us ask: Was June 2014 the high water mark in Chicago craft beer history? open.substack.com/pub/karlgdb/p/…

Ahem. karlgdb.substack.com/p/oktoberfest-…

If you're at FoBAB and you're wondering whoTF this is ... so are a lot of other people. (Beer's good, tho.)