Metropolitan Brewing - Chicago, IL


Craft beer in Illinois

America's Brewing Company
Bent River Brewing Company - The finest handcrafted beers in the Quad cities
Blue Cat Brew Pub
Brass Restaurant & Brewery
Carlyle Brewing Co. - blessed is he who drinks beer
Destihl Restaurant & Brew Works - Handcrafters of Food. Beer. Celebration.
Emmett's Tavern & Brewing Company - People, Beer, and Food
Flatlander's Restaurant & Brewery - Drink Good Beer. Be Kind. Tell the Truth.
Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery - Award Winning Brew & Food
Goose Island Beer Company
Gordon Biersch
Govnors Pub Restaurant and Brewery
LunaR Brewing Co.
Half Acre Beer Company
Mickey Finn's Brewery
Piece Brewery & Pizzeria
Prairie Rock Brewing Company - Where great beer is just the beginning
Ram Restaurant & Brewery
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery - Serious about our food. Crazy about our beer.
Two Brothers Brewing Company - A whole family of great beers.

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Craft beer elsewhere

Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Climax Brewing Company
Flying Dog Brewery - Good Beer. No Shit.
Flying Fish Brewing Company
Furthermore Beer - Ready, Fire! Aim
Great Lakes Brewing Co. - Brewing a world of good
Lakefront Brewery, Inc. - Taste Milwaukee's Heritage
Lucky Labrador Brewing Company
Monday Night Brewery
New Glarus Brewing Company - Drink Indigenous
Rogue
Three Floyds Brewing Co.

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Craft beer everywhere

BeerBooks.com - Find any book on beer!
The Beer Mapping Project
Beer Serves America
Briess Malt & Ingredients Co.
Craft Beer Throughout the Year
really simple BEER syndication
Support Your Local Brewery

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Professional craft beer

Siebel Institute of Technology
Brewers Association - Craft Brewing
Beer Institute
Illinois Craft Brewers Guild

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Homebrewing

All About Beer
Brewers Association - Homebrewing
Brewing in a Pumpkin
Homebrew Digest
HOPS! - Homebrewers Pride of the Southside
Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild
Northern Brewer Homebrew Supply

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Craft beer appreciation

Beer Advocate
Beer Church
Chicago Beer Society
Democracy's Drink
Great American Beer Festival - October 9-11, 2008
Here's to Beer
Michael Jackson, The Beer Hunter
Midwest Microbrews
RateBeer
Real Ale Jargon Buster, by Solihull Camra

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Craft beer art

The Drinking and Writing Brewery - Something to drink about
Randy Mosher Design
American Beer - Six Hundred Films

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Craft beer & food

Beercook
Marrying Beer and Food (NPR article)

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Small business is cool

1% For the Planet - Keep Earth in Business
AMC Legal, P.C.
DIY Home Improvement Information
Hayes Properties
Ms. Metal - Hand Made Custom Jewelry and Car Accessories

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Chicago green initiatives

Chicago Recycling Coalition
Conscious Choice
Earth Hour
Resource Center - Over 30 years of non-profit recycling and reuse

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More reasons Chicago is cool

Check, Please!
Chicago Bar Project
Chicago Beer Spots
Chicago Drinks: Chicagoland bars, clubs, drink specials, and videos
Chicago Reader
Chicago Traveler
EveryBlock Chicago: A news feed for your block
Forgotten Chicago
Gapers Block
Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce
Ravenswood Community Council
Ravenswood Industrial Council
Sound Opinions
Touch and Go/Quarterstick Records

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Our friends

Bow Wow Lounge
G & M Manufacturing Corp.
Gary, Walt, and Eunice
The Generation X Project
Mark Hirschler
Hophead Studios - Jason Beaumont, Photographer
Imaginary Landscape
Jason Creps Photography
Kosmik Radiation
Pavliscak Studios - Heirloom Quality Glass

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Yoga

Yoga Journal
Sara Ivanhoe

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Outdoorsy things

Chicago RIver Canoe & Kayak
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Disc Golf Association
Illinois Disc Golf
Professional Disc Golf Association

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Travel

Alert Bay Trumpeter
All Travel Belgium
The Beer Drinker's Guide to Munich
Beer Trips
Cascade Mountains, Washington
CzechSite
Eurail
Google Earth
Lonely Planet
Munich, Germany
National Geographic Traveler
Visit Yakima Valley

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Stuff that makes us laugh

Beer Trek
Bullshit Bingo
I Can Has Cheezburger?
Modern Drunkard Magazine
The Onion
Romulan Ale (a wiki from Memory Alpha)

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