beer company location chicago illinois united states opened 2007 annual production volume 15 000 us beer barrels 18 000 hl in 2015 1 owner s gabriel magliaro website halfacrebeer.com active beers name type daisy cutter west coast pale ale akari shogun wheat ale pony pilsner pilsner gone away india pale ale lead feather black ale the half acre brewery and tap room on lincoln avenue in 2015 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 . 2 contents 1 history 2 beer 3 references 4 external links history edit in march 2009 half acre beer began production in its own brewery on lincoln avenue in the north center neighborhood of chicago . 3 4 5 building upon their growing popularity a tap room adjacent to the brewhouse opened in 2012 . 6 7 8 a 2013 chicago magazine annual poll named the half acre tap room the city s 8th best bar . 9 due to its continued success a kitchen was added in january 2016 completing the transition to a full service brew pub . 10 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 . 11 since 2007 the company has sponsored the local bicycle club half acre cycling . 12 to minimize waste from brewing the company challenged engineering students from northwestern university to find the best ways to reduce or reuse byproducts . beer edit half acre brews five year round beers as well as a number of seasonal beers . 13 in the past half acre has brewed dozens of other beers . 14 15 when asked about the citrus flavor of half acre lager magliaro has stated that the only thing in his beer is water yeast and lots and lots of german malt and saaz hops . 2 in october 2014 half acre heyoka won a silver medal at the great american beer festival in the category of american style ipa . 16 in january 2015 heyoka was renamed to senita after members of the american indian movement objected to the term heyoka being used for commercial purposes . 17 in june 2015 the beer was renamed again to gone away after another brewery claimed that the name senita infringed too closely on the name of one of its beers . 18 half acre beers name style abv % ibu notes daisy cutter west coast pale ale 5.2 available year round akari shogun wheat ale 5.5 seasonal lead feather black ale 6.0 seasonal pony pilsner pilsner 5.8 available year round gone away india pale ale 7.0 seasonal alpenglow winter dark ale 5.0 seasonal baum rye stout 7.0 60 seasonal big hugs imperial stout 10.0 seasonal callow knife pale ale 5.0 seasonal canyon of heroes india pale ale 6.1 seasonal chocolate camaro stout 6.0 seasonal chub step porter 6.0 seasonal crystal norde baltic porter 7.0 seasonal double daisy cutter pale ale seasonal ginger twin india style red ale seasonal the grotto extra pale ale 4.5 seasonal half acre lager lager seasonal the hammer the bullet & the vise english brown ale 5.0 seasonal lager town oktoberfest 6.0 seasonal mr. ouroboros german pale ale 6.0 seasonal navaja double india pale ale 9.5 available year round over ale brown ale 6.0 seasonal quakerbridge barley wine 10.0 seasonal space india pale ale 6.7 available year round sticky fat american dark ale 6.3 seasonal thunder & son brown ale 10.0 seasonal vallejo india pale ale 6.7 seasonal references edit marotti ally 2015 04 23 . foreign beer drinkers are craving chicago brew . hard . . crain s chicago business . retrieved 2015 10 28 . north center based half acre beer brews about 15 000 barrels a year and is focusing on expanding at home before it goes abroad . a b bayne martha august 23 2007 . a chicago beer brewed right here in wisconsin chicago reader . retrieved april 26 2014 . kannenberg liz october 21 2008 . craft brewer bucks trend by moving production into chicago medill reports . retrieved april 26 2014 . benderski ari june 25 2009 . chicago s new wave of microbrews new york times . retrieved april 26 2014 . stedt zach october 13 2010 . citing environmental advantages microbreweries turn to cans medill reports . retrieved april 26 2014 . noel josh may 3 2012 . half acre to open a brewery tap room this summer chicago tribune . retrieved april 26 2014 . baldacci jason october 31 2012 . a first look inside half acre s new tap room chicagoist . retrieved april 26 2014 . wetli patty january 22 2014 . half acre beer co. won t open restaurant next to taproom owner says dnainfo . retrieved april 26 2014 . best bars in chicago the top 10 bars in the city chicago magazine january 11 2013 . retrieved april 26 2014 . noel josh january 7 2016 . half acre to open kitchen next week chicago tribune . retrieved january 15 2016 . noel josh march 24 2014 . half acre to open second brewery chicago tribune . retrieved april 26 2014 . half acre cycling official website . retrieved april 26 2014 . the beers half acre beer company . retrieved april 26 2014 . half acre beer company ratebeer . retrieved april 26 2014 . half acre beer company beeradvocate . retrieved april 26 2014 . montoro philip october 13 2014 . a gabf silver medalist for your fridge half acre s heyoka ipa chicago reader . retrieved october 16 2014 . noel josh january 5 2015 . half acre beer renames heyoka as senita after complaints chicago tribune . retrieved january 6 2015 . noel josh june 16 2015 . half acre changes name of award winning ipa again chicago tribune . retrieved june 17 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title half acre beer company & oldid 743337942 categories american beer brandsbeer brewing companies based in illinoismanufacturing companies based in chicagoamerican companies established in 2006 navigation menu personal tools not logged 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