(Chicago, IL) – You just can’t make this stuff up.
Update: Incidentally, Bangers and Lace was just named Best New Bar at Time Out Chicago’s Eat Out Awards.
It wasn’t celebrating the $38 million acquisition of his family’s brewery by Anheuser-Busch – it was just a birthday party. But it ended with a bartender saying that Goose Island brewmaster Greg Hall urinated into two beer glasses while standing at the bar and Hall saying he “(screwed) up big time.”
The incident Friday at Wicker Park’s Bangers & Lace, which Hall sheepishly blamed Monday on overconsumption, has generated apologies from Hall and lingering hard feelings from the bartender who said he had to clean up the urine left behind.
The whole story is WELL worth a read.
For some, Hall’s gaffe (and remarks) are apropos to the news that was revealed two weeks ago when Goose Island was sold to Anheuser-Busch. The sale that divided the beer community is not yet complete but is expected to be finalized this quarter.
On Twitter, the jokes have been pouring in…the story notes that a case of Big John was sent to the bar as part of an apology to which @Davbak remarked, “Am I the only one who saw the irony of someone apologizing for taking his [removed] out by sending a case of ‘Big John’?”
Hall is scheduled to step down from his role as Goose Island Brewmaster in three weeks. After that, he will take an advisor role.
He also has a new project waiting in the wings that may be revealed as early as this spring.
This is all a big misunderstanding. Greg wasn’t urinating into beer glasses. He was pouring Budweiser.
*rim shot*
Thank you, good night.
Were they AB glasses? Or maybe Goose Island glasses…
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Hahaaa! Sick burn Umlaut!
Nice one, Umlaut!
Is he starting a catheter company?
Poor baby, can’t handle the multi-million dollar windfall? I’m bawling like a baby here.
A snifter full of piss is still a better bargain than “rare” bourbon county stout.
I once danced with a chair. I thought that was bad
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as if he hasn’t pissed on chicago craft beer enough this month…
Oh come on, one guy starts a rumor and you publish it? Sounds like piss-poor (pardon my sweet pun) journalism to me.
It depends on who it is and the circumstances. In this case, it’s Josh Noel of the Chicago Tribune. He was right there with me in his breaking news & updates of the Goose Island sale to Anheuser-Busch. In addition, his article contains quotes from Greg himself and people from the bar. If he had reported it as a rumor without any quotes from people involved, I would not have published it here. If you personally know Greg, I apologize but this is news.