SS Simon Short

The SS Simon Short is ready to launch.

This 6%abv earthy porter is a reliable go to for your weekend needs. We've been drinking it since Wednesday and have taken quite a shine to this dogwatch porter.

Growlers only / $12 fills / $16 w/ growler

Half Acre Beer Co

Chicago, IL

Hugs

And the cat came back.

Soon.

Thunder & Son and The Future of The S.S.

Today we transfered Thunder & Son out of the fermenter in preparation to package it tomorrow. We'll put the final touches on it and have it ready to hit the streets once the store opens @ 12noon on Friday.

Our goal with the beer was to lay it on thick and create a beer that tipped the octane scales a touch. It finished over 12% alc and flexes some heft. We're big fans of brown beers and this one will aid anyone in grinding through the winter muck. The last couple days have been climate gift, but you know it's coming.

Next out of the pipeline is a porter called The S.S Simon Short that we should be releasing next Friday. The S.S. is a porter with some base earthiness that shouts out to the Fuggles and Goldings we used to hop the beer. It's still taking shape but we're excited by what we've tasted so far.

The details for Thunder & Son release on Friday & beyond:

-It will be sold at our brewery store beginning at 12noon.

-22oz bomber bottles are $10.99

-Growler fills are $18 ($22 is you are also purchasing the growler)

This beer should filter out to some of your favorite beer bars around town.

We'll see you soon..

Half Acre Beer Co

Chicago, IL

Thunder & Son

The temperature dive is Mother Nature's way of saying "go ahead, fellas, brew some big beers. " Who are we to tempt Mother Nature?

So we brew the Tonka truck of brown beers, Thunder & Son Brown Ale.

We just finished the first of four mashes for this 30bbl brew. For those not steeped in geekery, that means this beer is going to be a real chunker, 12+% abv.

We'll need some time to wrangle this beer into bomber bottles and kegs, but it should land right about the time the frost does.

Half Acre Beer Co

Chicago, IL

Thanks to Phineas X Jones for helping to bring our bizarre visual concepts to life.

Brewery Tables

We've been folding, unfolding, moving, sliding and beating up folding tables in the brewery for a while now. They're functional, but look like crap and are less than what we'd like. This weekend, with help of an old friend that hails from the east, we're constructing new tables made with things that were either found or left in the building when we go it.

These will be burly tables.

Half Acre Beer Co

Chicago, IL

New Stainless

Today the building sucked up another tank. This is the second of the series of 60bbl tanks that we're installing. Next one comes early December. Once we get this tank online, we're brewing a new / large beer into it - and this is exciting.

Cheers,

Half Acre Beer Co

Chicago, IL

Wake Of The Flood

We've been monkeying around with a new beer called Wake Of The Flood over the last few weeks. The goal was to lean on some rye malt with this beer with a flash of pilsner malt, back it up with some crystal hops and serve up our take on a harvest beer. We've yet to complete it, but we just pulled a sample from the fermenter and it's tasting solid.

Fall is in full force so this beer will drop at a time when it can be fully appreciated. So strap on your autumnal gear and hit the woods with this one.

We'll release it Friday when the store opens (12pm)

This is draft only, so bring your growler so we top you off with this fall beer.

Cheers,

Half Acre Beer Co

Chicago, IL