USA, IL: Moody Tongue Brewing Company up and running in Chicago

Moody Tongue Brewing Company, the highly anticipated brewery from former Goose Island Clybourn brewmaster Jared Rouben, is up and running in Chicago, Chicagoist reports.

Rouben, his business partner and cousin Jeremy Cohn, and their crew held a coming out party at Pilsen’s Thalia Hall on June 21 featuring the company’s two beers paired with food from neighborhood eateries, tours of their 10,000 square foot brewhouse and talk of the future.

Moody Tongue is an extension of the “culinary beer” philosophy Rouben developed at Goose Island, with an emphasis on seasonal, farm fresh produce and spices and brewing beers specifically on how they will pair with different types of food. The various food stations at the launch party explained the beer pairings in detail.

Rouben and Cohn have major plans in store for Moody Tongue’s brewhouse. The 20-barrel system is operational along with seven bright tanks, some specifically designed for Rouben to work on his more ambitious beers. Located in a former glass factory that was empty for a quarter century, there are still signs of construction throughout. Cohn said plans are in the works for a bottling line, a taproom and, eventually, a glass-encased kitchen where visitors to the brewery and people passing by outside can watch Rouben and his associate brewers at work making beer and experimenting with flavor combinations for future brews.

25 June, 2014