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Goose Island Brewery

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Goose Island Beer Company

Location	Chicago, Illinois United States
Opened	1988
Key people	John Hall (founder) Brett Porter (Brewmaster) Jared Jankoski (Brewmaster)
Owner(s)	Anheuser-Busch InBev
Website	gooseisland.com
Active beers
Name Type Goose IPA India Pale Ale Honkers Ale English Bitter Fulton Street Blend Golden ale 312 Urban Wheat Ale Pale wheat ale 312 Urban Pale Ale Pale ale Four Star Pils Pilsner Sofie Belgian Farmhouse Ale Matilda Belgian Pale Ale

Goose Island Brewery is a brewery located in Chicago, Illinois, that began as a single brewpub opened by John Hall in May 1988 in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, and named after a nearby island. The larger brewery (as we know it today) was opened in 1995, while the second brewpub, Wrigleyville, was opened in 1999.^[1]

On March 28, 2011, Goose Island announced that it would be selling its 58% stake in Fulton Street Brewery LLC (the legal name of Goose Island Brewing) to distribution partner Anheuser-Busch InBev. The remaining 42% stake, owned by Craft Brew Alliance, was also purchased by Anheuser-Busch.^[2] Because they were now more than 25% owned by a non-craft brewer, Goose Island then became a non-craft brewery. ^[A]

Their beers are distributed across the United States and the United Kingdom,^[4] after a stake of the company was sold to Widmer Brothers Brewery in 2006, and the brewery was able to expand into different markets.^[5] The brewer began distributing Matilda west of the Rockies in March 2010.^[6][7] Goose Island outsources the production of some of its beers. Honker's Ale and IPA sold on the east coast is now brewed under contract in New Hampshire.^[8]

Greg Hall stepped down as brewmaster with the AB InBev purchase in 2011.^[2]