1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:08,000 This is Beer in Front, part of the odd Pods Media Network and the 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:13,480 Beer Media Group. Sometimes the beer in front of you is the best one 3 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:19,160 yet. I'll talk to people around the beer world and get their stories all 4 00:00:19,359 --> 00:00:29,239 about beer. That's Beer in Front, and it's coming up now. Welcome 5 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:35,320 to episode two hundred and eighteen, the July fifteenth edition of Beer in Front. 6 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,439 I'm your host, Dave Zalatoris, and Beer in Front is a proud 7 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:46,439 odd Pods Media Network member and charter member of the Beer Media Group. Ravenswood 8 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,799 on Tap is a great festival that's happened in this weekend, the twentieth and 9 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:55,840 twenty first of July in my neighborhood. It's in the Ravenswood neighborhood. It's 10 00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:00,840 at Ravenswood and Burteaux. I'm going to talk to Amy's ark House. She's 11 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:06,480 the events and programs manager of the Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce, and we're 12 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,680 going to talk about the festival the area. Later on, I'm going to 13 00:01:10,719 --> 00:01:14,120 have the Beer in Front that's going to be from Beguile, one of the 14 00:01:14,159 --> 00:01:18,680 breweries of malt Row, a favorite of mine. So that's all coming up. 15 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:23,439 If you listen to last week's show with Revolution and their deep Wood series. 16 00:01:23,799 --> 00:01:27,560 Don't forget this week is going to be the start of the deep Wood 17 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:34,599 series, and starting I believe it's Tuesday, you could go online and pre 18 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,879 order the first round of the deep Wood series, so don't sleep on that. 19 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,760 Those should sell out right away, so be on the lookout for that 20 00:01:44,359 --> 00:01:49,120 starting this Tuesday. Somebody asking Dave, you haven't talked about your back in 21 00:01:49,159 --> 00:01:53,280 a while. What's going on. I'm still in limbo now, going back 22 00:01:53,319 --> 00:01:59,879 and forth with the company I work for, my attorneys, Workmen's comp. 23 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,799 No one knows what's going on. They're trying to get me to have what's 24 00:02:04,879 --> 00:02:10,080 called like a functional capacity or like work conditioning, to one make sure I 25 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:15,840 could handle what I'm supposed to do at work, which is to lift seventy 26 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:20,719 pounds. I don't feel I can. One doctor thinks I can. So 27 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,639 whatever put me through these tests to see if I can do it. Great, 28 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,120 fantastic. I can go back to work and come up with something else 29 00:02:29,159 --> 00:02:32,319 to talk to you about every week. But everything's up in the air. 30 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:38,879 So my attorney's trying to get a hold of the adjuster from Workmen's cop he's 31 00:02:38,879 --> 00:02:43,319 not answering any calls. My attorney's calling the attorney for the company I work 32 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,240 for, like what's going on the adjuster and not returning his calls either. 33 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:51,520 I call work, like, all right, I'm not getting paid. Somebody 34 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,360 needs to put me back to work. Then if you know, I don't, 35 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,439 and they're like, I don't know what's going on with you. So 36 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,159 everything's up in the air. So hopefully by the time you hear this, 37 00:03:00,199 --> 00:03:06,599 but it just really frustrating. Somebody figure out what I'm supposed to do. 38 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,639 If you know, if my back can hold up and lift seventy pounds, 39 00:03:09,719 --> 00:03:14,560 great, that's what I want. I don't want to sit here and not 40 00:03:14,599 --> 00:03:17,120 be able to do anything. I want to go back to work. But 41 00:03:17,719 --> 00:03:24,719 somebody figure out what I'm doing. It's just very frustrating, and what little 42 00:03:24,759 --> 00:03:29,639 hair I have, I'm pulling it out because I'm at my wits end. 43 00:03:30,159 --> 00:03:40,400 So that's enough about my back. Let's talk about beer festivals and beer didn't 44 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:46,719 beer. In beverage news, Sierra Nevada is adding a cryo hopped beer to 45 00:03:46,879 --> 00:03:52,439 its Little Thing line. Cool Little Thing should be available nationwide as we speak. 46 00:03:53,439 --> 00:03:58,039 Allagash is coming out with the new hop Water. Plans are for right 47 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,400 now for this just to be a tap room own, but hopefully it'll get 48 00:04:01,439 --> 00:04:08,439 wider distribution if it goes well. Bob Peace, the President and CEO of 49 00:04:08,479 --> 00:04:14,560 the Brewers Association, is retiring in twenty twenty five once his successor is named. 50 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:21,800 I talk many times about the blurring of lines between non alcoholic companies that 51 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:27,959 are coming out with Seltzers and everything else. Well, now Welch's is coming 52 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,759 out with the ready to drink vodka concoction. I couldn't tell you the last 53 00:04:32,759 --> 00:04:39,120 time I had Welch's or anything Concord Grape labored, so I don't know what 54 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:43,240 are you gonna do next? They have like Caprice Son pouches filled with booze. 55 00:04:43,959 --> 00:04:46,319 I don't know. But if you like Welch's and Concord Grape, there's 56 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:53,519 a vodka drink out there for you. There's an influencer claiming that Hulk Hogan 57 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:59,079 and his Real American Beer that they dropped her once they found out that she 58 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,519 was black and replaced her with a white woman. Now, Hulk Hogan and 59 00:05:02,639 --> 00:05:08,560 the beer company deny this, but it's not the first time Hogan's been in 60 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:15,160 trouble for racist action, So you do with that as you will. Athletic 61 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:20,399 is raised fifty million dollars in financing from a private equity firm. Now, 62 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:28,920 if you're younger than fifty, you probably don't remember Seagram seven and seven up. 63 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,319 That was huge back in the day as seven and seven. They're bringing 64 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:38,519 back ads for the iconic seven and seven And I said it was huge back 65 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,319 in like the seventies, maybe the sixties. And I can't ty you last 66 00:05:42,319 --> 00:05:46,639 time I had either a seven up or Seagram seven. But I might have 67 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,480 to pick this up now. Gingling is finally going to make it to the 68 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:57,560 Chicago area. Look for that locally here sometime next year in twenty twenty five, 69 00:05:58,199 --> 00:06:04,120 Lineup Coogle will have their summer shandy available year round, So don't hoard 70 00:06:04,199 --> 00:06:08,279 it in August they can, you're not gonna be able to get it. 71 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:13,519 It's gonna be a year round thing. Finally out of Chicago and the Chicago 72 00:06:13,639 --> 00:06:17,279 area. Short Feuze Brewing out of Schiller Park. It turns out that they 73 00:06:17,319 --> 00:06:24,480 were the brewery that acquired the Metropolitan name, the recipes, everything else back 74 00:06:24,519 --> 00:06:29,240 in January. Now a lot of people were skeptical in myself included when the 75 00:06:29,319 --> 00:06:34,519 news broke because they're not known as a lager brewery. They do hazy IPAs 76 00:06:34,639 --> 00:06:39,399 they do sours, and they've won medals for doing it. I'm not knocking 77 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:44,639 short FEUs at all, but they're just not really a lagger brewery. Guys 78 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:48,519 drinking beer talked to Nick Tigue, the owner of Short Fews, and he 79 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:54,519 seemed, according to this interview that I read online, he seemed respectful of 80 00:06:54,519 --> 00:06:59,000 the name and the legacy that Metro has in the area. The thing that's 81 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,160 weird now, they were supposed to have a release of some of the Metropolitan 82 00:07:02,199 --> 00:07:09,040 line at Short Fuse last Friday, but according to their release, due to 83 00:07:09,199 --> 00:07:14,519 unforeseen circumstances, it's gonna be pushed back into August. So this makes me 84 00:07:14,639 --> 00:07:20,839 think that they might not have dialed in the recipes of the Great Metropolitan Laggers. 85 00:07:20,959 --> 00:07:27,040 So we'll see what happens with the Metropolitan name coming out of Short Fuse 86 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:35,759 in Schiller Park. We turn up this program to bring you a newsplash. 87 00:07:35,959 --> 00:07:42,959 Michael Jackson's ghost scene at a Yankees game. Cinnamon does crunch now with a 88 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,680 shrimp in every bite, lil Uzi Vert's head diamond has been sold on the 89 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:53,000 dark Web. Stories like this and more can be found at the ever Trending 90 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:57,240 Story, a podcast where we peruse the news and write a fun fictional story 91 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,839 for you. Find us wherever you download pods and follow us on the socials 92 00:08:01,879 --> 00:08:07,439 at ever Trending Pod and we are proud members of the odd Pods media network. 93 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:16,680 All right, welcome back. Explore the diverse malt Row in the Ravenswood 94 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:22,720 neighborhood, home to a variety of award winning breweries, most within walking distance 95 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,560 of each other. That's the best part. No matter your beer pallette, 96 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:31,360 You're gonna find something to enjoy in this wonderful area. Ravenswood on Tap is 97 00:08:31,399 --> 00:08:37,440 happening this weekend on July twentieth and twenty first, at the intersection of Ravenswood 98 00:08:37,759 --> 00:08:43,759 and Bertow. Ravenswood on Tap is one of the best beer events of the 99 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:48,200 summer. Right now, I'm talking to amy's Arkowski. She's the Events and 100 00:08:48,399 --> 00:08:52,799 programs manager of the Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce. Amy, thanks so much 101 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,840 for talking today. Of course, thanks so much for having me. I'm 102 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:01,759 always to talk about Ravenswood and Maultro Technically I'm on the other side of the 103 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:07,960 tracks, like by Western is it? You know, you're not gonna get 104 00:09:07,039 --> 00:09:11,519 upset with me if I call it like say, I'm in Ravenswood. It's 105 00:09:11,519 --> 00:09:16,080 not like a Schomberg Chicago thing, not at all. We get along all 106 00:09:16,159 --> 00:09:20,919 with all the neighborhoods around us. And it's so the lines are so skewed 107 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:28,440 in this area. Way you can be in North Center, Ravenswood and somehow 108 00:09:28,639 --> 00:09:33,720 Lincoln Square all the same time. Yeah, so we're all one big family 109 00:09:33,759 --> 00:09:37,879 around here. I mean, I love this area and everything that it has 110 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:43,039 for as a resident. If you're a consumer a visitor, what do you 111 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:48,519 like most about the Ravenswood area. Yeah, I mean this is the first 112 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:54,639 neighborhood that I ever had a like a big kit apartment in. I graduated 113 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,480 college and my now husband and I got our first apartment here in twenty fifteen, 114 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,960 and we have always lived in Ravenswood since then. We absolutely love it 115 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:11,120 around here. I love how it's kind of quiet, but it's surrounded by 116 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:16,039 exciting, louder neighborhoods. Obviously, we have here. We have breweries, 117 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:20,039 we have bars, we have restaurants, we have as music but if I'm 118 00:10:20,039 --> 00:10:24,919 not here, I'm in Andersonville, and it's a spy And it's also a 119 00:10:24,919 --> 00:10:28,320 great mix of people. There's going to be people who have been living here 120 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,879 for decades, they are going to be people who've only been here for a 121 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,480 couple of years. There are people who have families, they are single people, 122 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,559 and everyone cares about the neighborhood. And I think that's a really special 123 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:45,399 thing about Ravenswood. Everyone is wanting to get involved in greening initiatives. Everyone's 124 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,559 wanted to come out to the events and just really support local and that's fantastic. 125 00:10:48,879 --> 00:10:52,120 How did you wind up getting started with the chamber? So? I 126 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:58,759 actually worked at a local brewery. I worked at Empirical Brewery over Rip missed 127 00:10:58,759 --> 00:11:03,519 Bear very much, but yeah, I worked there for about four years. 128 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:07,559 I started as a bartender and I ended up working my way up to being 129 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:13,480 events manager. And then when COVID hit and I no longer could do events 130 00:11:13,519 --> 00:11:16,600 anymore, I switched back to bartending for a little bit, and then I 131 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:22,240 heard that the GRCC was looking for someone and I had been working on tap 132 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:26,720 from the brewery side, so I knew how they operated and kind of what 133 00:11:26,799 --> 00:11:30,919 they were up to and I always thought it would be really fun to work 134 00:11:30,919 --> 00:11:33,519 with them, so I ended up moving over there. So I can still 135 00:11:33,519 --> 00:11:37,159 work with all the breweries and all the other neighborhood businesses that I had relationships 136 00:11:37,159 --> 00:11:41,399 with previously, but it's just a different capacity now. Yeah, just a 137 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,480 couple of blocks down the street. There you go. Yeah, Well, 138 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:50,679 Rowe features excellent breweries including Big Gle, Cultivate By, Forbidden Route, Demo, 139 00:11:52,120 --> 00:12:00,240 Dovetail, Half Acre Hot Butcher Is was Inspiteful. Plus Covild Distillery meets 140 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,399 Home here as well. What do we have in the water, what's in 141 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,000 the pipes? Amy? That makes this a great area for brewing and dispilling. 142 00:12:07,639 --> 00:12:11,039 It's I mean, so much of the wonder of malt Roe can be 143 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:18,360 attributed to the Ravenswood Industrial Corridor. In late eighteen hundreds early nineteen hundreds, 144 00:12:18,879 --> 00:12:26,200 Ravenswood saw a huge boom of industrial manufacturer moving in and infrastructural development, and 145 00:12:26,279 --> 00:12:31,960 so we have all these gigantic spaces along Ravenswood Avenue, and those manufacturers started 146 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:37,120 moving out of the neighborhood or just closing due to reception and just changing times. 147 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,559 That left us with a range of spaces that are perfect for artists, 148 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:48,960 startups and then more current kind of businesses like breweries and distilleries. So the 149 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:54,039 spaces around the Ravens Industrial Corridor make it really cool for breweries to be able 150 00:12:54,120 --> 00:13:00,320 to get the space that they need close to everything else. Okay, a 151 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,679 really great experience I think for the breweries to open up in this neighborhood and 152 00:13:03,799 --> 00:13:07,600 just be able to be surrounded by not only that, but also they can 153 00:13:07,759 --> 00:13:11,200 you know, say, yeah, my building, they used to make zip 154 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,519 ties here back in the early hundreds. Like every brewery has a story like 155 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:20,120 that where you can what exactly was used for before was a brewery, which 156 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:24,639 is really fun. Yeah, are all of the breweries going to participate in 157 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,639 the Ravens wo antap this weekend? Yes they are? And is that a 158 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:35,759 super exciting year because not all. We have a kind of one slightly newcomer 159 00:13:35,799 --> 00:13:39,200 and one completely newcomer. So we have the newcomer is Demo Brewing over here 160 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:45,639 at Ravens Wooden, Bertou. They just opened earlier this year and they have 161 00:13:46,039 --> 00:13:50,679 a relatively small spades, but very small and mighty. They have delicious beers. 162 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,919 I can see them from my office window, which is really nice. 163 00:13:54,840 --> 00:14:00,000 And then is Was Brewing is joining us again this year. They were only 164 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,000 with us one day last year, but we're going to be with us for 165 00:14:03,039 --> 00:14:05,159 two days this year. And they are actually working on opening up their own 166 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:11,159 space and tap room over at Ravenswood and Foster in the old Urban Brew Lab 167 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:16,240 space. Oh okay, where I was over at Empirical. They've been working 168 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,879 out a beagyle space for a little while now, but they're going to be 169 00:14:18,279 --> 00:14:22,919 opening hopefully in the next month or so to the public to be able to 170 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:28,399 have a whole brand new tap room also themselves. Oh that's awesome. Yeah. 171 00:14:28,399 --> 00:14:31,360 I was just at demo last week with the friends of mine. They 172 00:14:31,399 --> 00:14:35,000 were in from Philadelphia. I'm like, oh, you got to come to 173 00:14:35,039 --> 00:14:39,080 the area, so we did the tour. Yeah, what else can people 174 00:14:39,159 --> 00:14:43,440 expect it? Ravens What on tap this year? We have a lot going 175 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,799 on on tap this year, probably more than any other year. Actually, 176 00:14:46,159 --> 00:14:50,240 we have a full schedule of bands. They're going to be playing both Saturday 177 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,440 and Sunday. We're gonna have homebrew tastings from nome Brew, which is our 178 00:14:54,559 --> 00:14:58,360 local homebrewing shop over at Montrose and Sealy. They're fantastic. We're going to 179 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:03,600 have sort demos from the Chicago Sword Playguild and Gosaika and the Kendo Dojo. 180 00:15:05,039 --> 00:15:07,960 We're gonna have self defense demos from Titan Him. We're gonna have a live 181 00:15:09,039 --> 00:15:13,919 painter, John Arrow, who anyone who has been in Ravenswood may have seen 182 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:18,600 Blind Love, the big blue guy at Ravens Wooden Berto who's doing the sculpture 183 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,799 that has a hand in the shape of a heart. That's the same artist. 184 00:15:22,879 --> 00:15:26,960 He's gonna be doing some live painting. We're gonna have plenty of local 185 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:30,399 artists and arsons who are going to be selling their stuff, and obviously a 186 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:35,120 lot of beer and great food, so can't go wrong with anything. Are 187 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,519 there going to be food trucks there. We're not gonna have any food trucks, 188 00:15:37,559 --> 00:15:41,080 but we won't have food venders, Okay, so we're gonna have plenty 189 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:46,960 of different options we'll have. I'm particularly excited for Bad Johnny's wood fired Pizza. 190 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,360 They had them well, and they card out a pizza oven onto the 191 00:15:52,399 --> 00:15:56,080 street and they make the pizzas right in front of you. They're usually over 192 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,320 in They operate out of the Long Room on Earth Park, which is incidental. 193 00:16:00,639 --> 00:16:06,919 My favorite bar so I very well and they do amazing pizza and we're 194 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:11,120 going to have fifty four eleven and banadas, Maldo Isalian or Maldo Lack and 195 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:15,759 grill, and a bunch of other different options, and so there should be 196 00:16:15,759 --> 00:16:18,720 a little something for everyone depending on what you have here in for that afternoon. 197 00:16:18,799 --> 00:16:23,159 All right, that's cool. One thing I'm looking at your website ax 198 00:16:23,279 --> 00:16:27,480 throwing are like, are we talking like a real axe or like cans of 199 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:33,200 teenage boys body spray that we're gonna throw? What is ax throwing? Yeah? 200 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:37,519 I mean, what better activity to do is the beer than throwing an 201 00:16:37,559 --> 00:16:44,279 ax. We will have so we work with a ax throwing company and they 202 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:48,399 bring out a trailer that has fencing around it so you don't have to worry 203 00:16:48,399 --> 00:16:52,679 about a rogue axe going into the crowd or anything like this. And tickets 204 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,879 are going to be available for purchase at our tickets tents as well as a 205 00:16:56,919 --> 00:17:00,480 part of our hophead pre sale bundle that we have on our website, and 206 00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:04,359 you're able to get multiple throws per tickets. I believe it's six throws per 207 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:11,319 ticket at always a really fun time. It's a great way to just let 208 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:15,240 off the steam of the weekend. I got yourself a beer, throw a 209 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,839 couple of axes, and then groub a few more beers. It's a great 210 00:17:17,839 --> 00:17:21,680 time. All right. Well, I'm a little leery about this, but 211 00:17:21,759 --> 00:17:23,960 I trust you, Amy, so I want I don't want to get hit 212 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:30,039 by any stray axes of course, all safe first, All right, I 213 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:34,359 was looking at like there was a Spotify playlist that the Chamber put out, 214 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:38,799 that these bands looked really good. And what I liked about them they all 215 00:17:38,839 --> 00:17:45,279 looked like they were original bands outside of like the one Beastie Boy cover band, 216 00:17:45,319 --> 00:17:48,680 which is cool because most festivals are all just cover bands. All of 217 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,279 these acts were really good with the original music, so that's pretty cool. 218 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:56,720 Yeah. Our associate director, Gene takes care of booking. All the bands 219 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:00,680 were on tap and he has awesome He knows a lot of people, and 220 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:06,000 people just come to work with us year to year because we are great to 221 00:18:06,079 --> 00:18:11,359 work with. Must be the case if they keep back. Like you said, 222 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:15,559 we're having She's Crafty, which is Chicago's all female BC Boys tribute. 223 00:18:15,759 --> 00:18:22,599 They were awesome last year, such a great time, so highly recommend them. 224 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:29,799 We have a couple of bands that are headed by people who own or 225 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:34,119 work at other businesses in the area. For exampt Odi Snitch, the owner 226 00:18:34,319 --> 00:18:41,279 of Ravenswood Tavern John that's his band, and Punked is actually Bret from Beguile 227 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:47,759 Brewery. Out of not only are we working with people who do original music 228 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,839 and are extraordinarily talented, but they're also local and allow of them are within 229 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:56,680 the neighborhood, which is really Yeah, it was cool because yeah, I 230 00:18:56,799 --> 00:19:00,200 was like really getting into it. I just handed on the background the other 231 00:19:00,279 --> 00:19:03,759 day and I'm like, wait, this is really good? Who this? 232 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:08,400 Yeah, So I'm looking forward to seeing some of those this weekend. Yeah, 233 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,839 it's going to be really really fun. And the sets are going to 234 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:18,319 be about forty minutes each with twenty minutes to reset. There's plenty of time 235 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,559 to watch all the bands and then go grab yourself a beer and some food 236 00:19:22,599 --> 00:19:26,279 before the next one's Speaking of beer, are any of the breweries going to 237 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:32,440 have like a special offering for the festival. Yes, we are going to 238 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:37,359 have a series of special tappings throughout the weekend. So some of the breweries 239 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:41,640 who may have some special kegs left over, some experimental kegs that kind of 240 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:47,079 thing. They are going to be releasing them at specific times throughout the weekend. 241 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,079 So we're gonna have all that information up on our website and then we'll 242 00:19:49,079 --> 00:19:55,359 have signage around the festival let you know what times everyone's going to be doing 243 00:19:55,359 --> 00:20:00,680 their special tappings this year. For example, Cultivate by Forbidden Fruit, we'll 244 00:20:00,759 --> 00:20:06,200 be bringing their Mulligan again Double Dry Hop New England IPA as a special tapping 245 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,960 for both Saturday and Sunday. Could you say that at ten times past? 246 00:20:10,279 --> 00:20:15,519 Yeah right twist yeah, yeah. We should have a few others as well, 247 00:20:15,599 --> 00:20:19,240 and so all that information is going to be able to get tracked down 248 00:20:19,279 --> 00:20:22,599 on our website. Awesome. Yeah, it's quote one of the things I 249 00:20:22,759 --> 00:20:27,160 like. And you know, not just this area, because we had Square 250 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:33,559 Roots last weekend, we have this this weekend. There's always these little cool 251 00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:37,079 neighborhood festivals and there's always seems to be like the special beer release. So 252 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:41,359 it's cool that we're going to have that at Ravens What on Tap. Yeah. 253 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,000 The brewery is just they love bringing out special stuff for the neighborhood and 254 00:20:45,039 --> 00:20:48,359 they love get involved in these kinds of events. They love seeing people out 255 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:53,240 on the street and what better way to get people interested in visiting your tap 256 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:57,440 room than having something on one of the street festivals. Yeah. Now, 257 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:02,200 one of the things that I like the most going through the website the proceeds 258 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:07,559 from Ravens what on tap they're going to help the fund neighborhood projects like common 259 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:12,119 Pantry. What other neighborhood associations and groups are going to benefit from this? 260 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,440 Yeah, So we as a chamber of commerce, I feel like not a 261 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:22,000 lot of people realize that Chambers of commerces are nonprofit organizations. So we love 262 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:26,720 not only obviously working with all the businesses in our neighborhood, but also working 263 00:21:26,759 --> 00:21:32,920 together with the other nonprofits that are around our area. So this year we 264 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:37,200 have Friends of Ravenswood School is going to be operating our non alcoholic beverage tent, 265 00:21:37,519 --> 00:21:40,279 so all the proceeds go right back to them, so you can stay 266 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:44,839 hydrated and get your water and juice along with some other different drinks, and 267 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,279 all the proceeds go right back to them to make sure that they can help 268 00:21:48,319 --> 00:21:52,400 their kids get anything that they need throughout the school year. And then we're 269 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:59,519 also working with the Ravenswood Neighbors Association Jane Adams Resource Corporation, REDUCEWAE Chicago, 270 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:03,079 Chicago, the Women's Health Center, and like you said, common pantry, 271 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:08,559 so a lot we'll get help and a lot of people collaborating because we can't 272 00:22:08,559 --> 00:22:15,359 do this without collaborations and other people. So we're over the moon that we 273 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,759 have all these we're willing to work with us. Oh that's awesome. Are 274 00:22:18,759 --> 00:22:22,400 you still looking for volunteers or did you get all the spots filled up? 275 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:26,680 Yes, we are. We still have a handful of gate volunteer positions that 276 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:33,359 are available. That's just going to be welcoming people in accepting suggested donations of 277 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:40,759 ten dollars, but obviously it can be zero dollars, it can be whatever 278 00:22:40,799 --> 00:22:44,319 the people will want to donate to the cause. Because all of that money 279 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,519 also goes right back to the greater rams of Chamber of Commerce and SSA number 280 00:22:48,519 --> 00:22:53,279 thirty one and the rams with Community Council, which are all those three organizations 281 00:22:53,279 --> 00:22:57,960 are the ones that we operate. And that's going to be getting initiatives doing 282 00:22:59,079 --> 00:23:02,119 more public art or around the neighborhood, like for example, there's going to 283 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:06,119 be a new mural going up later this year over at Lawrence and Ravenswood, 284 00:23:06,599 --> 00:23:08,960 And we want to get as many of these viaducts decorated as possible. We 285 00:23:10,039 --> 00:23:14,440 want to put up sculptures, We want to work with other local organizations to 286 00:23:14,559 --> 00:23:19,839 maybe highlight students or other artists who aren't able to do these large public art 287 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:25,039 projects themselves. Just really trying to work as much as we can in the 288 00:23:25,039 --> 00:23:27,799 neighborhood and support as many people as we can. Yeah, what I like 289 00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:33,839 about this too, it's easily accessible by public transportation. I would think probably 290 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,599 the easiest would be the Brown Line Irving Park stop, but you could also 291 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:42,920 take the Brown Line to Montrose if you wanted to stop and get some margis 292 00:23:44,279 --> 00:23:48,119 on the way, Or you could also take the eighty Irving Park Bus, 293 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:52,279 the seventy eight Montrose bus, and the fifty Gaming bus will get you pretty 294 00:23:52,279 --> 00:23:56,640 close by. Is there going to be like any parking available or would you 295 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:03,119 suggest taking public transportation or like ouber lyft. I mean, obviously you have 296 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,119 to also keep in mind how much you're going to be drinking while you're at 297 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:10,680 our festival, and these are these are a little poor. You're getting four 298 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:15,039 big pores too, Yeah, you're getting twelve ounce pores. If you buy 299 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:21,920 the special stainlessteel tumbler that we have that's a sixteen ounce por so you're going 300 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:26,519 to be getting the bank for your buck at well. For sure. If 301 00:24:26,519 --> 00:24:30,039 you do end up driving, there is plenty of free parking along Ravenswood Avenue, 302 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,960 especially North r Festival, you might have to walk a couple of blocks. 303 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:38,359 What's a couple of blocks on a beautiful stay, either before or after 304 00:24:38,759 --> 00:24:42,720 a few beers. Yeah, I have a Dinity bike station right at Ravens 305 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:48,039 Wooden Berto and then we have a bunch of bike racks where you can help 306 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:52,880 up your bike if you end up taking your bike over also Ravens would it's 307 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:56,359 not just beer. You have the art walk in September, which and I 308 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,799 my wife and I love going to. There's venture throughout the year. And 309 00:24:59,839 --> 00:25:02,680 I I didn't notice, like before I talked to you, I went to 310 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:07,440 the website and was looking. There seems to be three, four or five 311 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,640 events every week going on. You know where can folks find out more about 312 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:17,200 what's going on here in the neighborhood. Yeah, for sure, we I 313 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:22,640 mean we're there's so much to celebrate and highlight in Raven's adonally what we do, 314 00:25:22,759 --> 00:25:26,599 but also what all of our small businesses and breweries and distilleries are always 315 00:25:26,599 --> 00:25:32,319 doing. So between mold Row, our local artists and manufacturers, musicians, 316 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:36,559 restaurants, everything in between, others a ton of events that we get added 317 00:25:36,599 --> 00:25:41,759 to our calendar. We obviously do a portion of those events like on tap 318 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:47,599 or art Walk Shameless Plug it's gonna be on September fourteenth and fifteenth, but 319 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:52,240 we also have a full events calendar where our members can go in and add 320 00:25:52,279 --> 00:25:56,640 in their own so that could be coal tastings, that could be Pono Pause, 321 00:25:56,759 --> 00:26:02,519 does a lot of different related events and so they're all going to be 322 00:26:02,559 --> 00:26:06,720 able to add theirs onto our internal event calendar. So if you go onto 323 00:26:06,759 --> 00:26:10,319 our website, there's gonna be a link to our event calendar and you can 324 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:12,559 see all of those. But if you want to see exactly what the Chamber 325 00:26:12,559 --> 00:26:18,599 of Commerce is doing, that'll be under the signature events and the things that 326 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,640 we do all throughout the year. That's great. Well, once again, 327 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:26,519 if you're free this weekend July twentieth and twenty, first head over to Ravenswood 328 00:26:26,519 --> 00:26:30,440 and Briteaux. You're gonna have to check out Ravenswood on Tap. For more 329 00:26:30,519 --> 00:26:34,920 information, you could visit Ravenswood Chicago dot org. I'll include the link in 330 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,400 the show notes. Amy, Thank you so much for coming on to talk 331 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,240 about the festival in the area. Can't wait to see you this weekend. 332 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:48,079 Of course, yeah you will. If you are at on Tap and you 333 00:26:48,319 --> 00:26:51,240 think that you see just a flash out of the corner of your eye, 334 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,640 that's probably me running back and forth getting stuff done right. It's making it 335 00:26:55,039 --> 00:26:57,200 but not a perfect festival, as perfect as can be for you. All 336 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:02,519 awesome, Thanks so much again, and I'll see you over the weekend. 337 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:11,400 Thanks so much to see you then. All right, all right, I 338 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:17,279 want to think once again, Amy's Arkowski from the Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce 339 00:27:17,559 --> 00:27:22,559 to come on and talk about the great Ravenswood on Tap once again. It's 340 00:27:22,559 --> 00:27:27,119 happening this weekend July twentieth and twenty. First, the beer in front of 341 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:32,039 me right now is from one of the breweries of malt Row that will be 342 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:37,839 featured at Ravenswood on Tap. This is Biguile Brewery. This is their Freebird. 343 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:42,759 This is an American pale ale five point six percent. They use Falconer's 344 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:47,720 flight hops and it's Freebird. I mean, how do you go along with 345 00:27:47,759 --> 00:27:52,240 the name Freebird? The artwork is really cool. It looks like that big 346 00:27:52,279 --> 00:27:56,440 eagle from the trans Am back in the seventies, so it's got that good 347 00:27:56,799 --> 00:28:02,400 retro vibe to it. I've had this before. I like everything they put 348 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:15,599 out with this as a classic. So let's bust open Freebird. Free Bird 349 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:22,880 has a beautiful, nice golden colored good foam. I love the aroma, 350 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:29,240 big hop aroma right up front. It smells fantastic. Yeah, it's really 351 00:28:29,279 --> 00:28:34,799 good, good combination of the hops and the mault here, nice finish to 352 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:40,759 it. I mean, it's really just a solid pale ale. I think 353 00:28:40,799 --> 00:28:48,640 I get more sweetness than bitterness here, but it's just a really good payol. 354 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:52,880 It's something that you could just have all the time. Five point six 355 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,680 percent alcohol, so it's a little higher than some of the other pales, 356 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,960 but not by much. So it's a good, easy drinking beer. Is 357 00:29:02,039 --> 00:29:04,640 I have more of this and it didn't list the IBus on the can. 358 00:29:06,079 --> 00:29:08,839 I get a little bitterness at the back, but I mean, I just 359 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:15,039 think this is a good, well balanced beer, like everything that Beguyle puts 360 00:29:15,079 --> 00:29:18,119 out. I mean, you can't go wrong with anything that they have their 361 00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:22,039 great location right there on malt Row. Yeah, no, that's good. 362 00:29:22,599 --> 00:29:26,000 If you see it, put it in the cart. Hopefully they'll have this 363 00:29:26,039 --> 00:29:32,920 one on tap at Ravens would on tap this weekend. But if you see 364 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:36,319 anything from Beguyle, put it in the cart, or if you're at the 365 00:29:36,359 --> 00:29:48,480 festival, put it in that nice stainless steel cup. All right, that's 366 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:52,559 gonna wrap things up for this edition of Beer in Front. I thank you 367 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,400 very much for listening, and I want to think again. Amy Zarkowski, 368 00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:02,039 the Events and Programs manager of the Greater Ravens Chamber of Combers. If you're 369 00:30:02,079 --> 00:30:07,279 in the area this weekend, head over to Ravenswood in Bertoux and check out 370 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:11,160 Ravenswood on Tap. Great festival. I think you're really going to enjoy it. 371 00:30:11,599 --> 00:30:15,759 I'll talk to you next week. Have a great week everyone, and 372 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,200 remember sometimes the beer in front of you is the best one yet.