I met Greg in his early days, when he was still honing his concept and building relationships with Chicago's craft beer community. He's an easy fit — ambitious, curious, and always looking for feedback. Since then, I've been able to help Greg build his brand by developing a visual and written storytelling style that was authentic, and captured their unique point of view. In return, Greg and Pete collaborated on my weekend camp at Wandawega in October, making some of the best rustic camp food you can imagine and pouring some of Brant's first collaboration beers. They helped make it an unforgettable weekend.

Now it's time to see what they can really do, with real tanks, a real kitchen, and a real place to call home, right in the heart of Lakeview near Belmont and Broadway. The first beer menu looks solid, including a cream/steam hybrid beer, a Pils and a Saison, all favorite styles of mine, among a few others. And Pete's dinner menu is guaranteed to be pork heavy and shareable — that's his style. Read more here >>