A Chicago Tribune article is reporting that John Laffler will be leaving Goose Island to start up a new brewery called Off Color Brewing in Chicago. John will be partnering with Dave Bleitner from Two Brothers Brewing.
His notoriety is why one of Chicago's next breweries will be interesting to watch: Laffler is leaving Goose Island to start it with a former Two Brothers brewer.
Off Color Brewing will be housed in a 7,500-square-foot warehouse near Armitage Avenue and Pulaski Road that's classic old Chicago — cinder block walls, cement floors, wood rafters, a long skylight in a tall ceiling and a Metra train rumbling past every once in a while.
Off Color will be owned and operated by Laffler, 31, and Dave Bleitner, 29, who was most recently the head of cellaring at Two Brothers in Warrenville. Laffler and Bleitner met as students at the Siebel Institute of Technology brewing school in 2008 and later interned together at Metropolitan Brewing.
The idea for the brewery was initially Bleitner's; Laffler signed on quickly. They've been planning since 2009, and in recent months, had looked at close to 50 locations for the brewery. They hope to release beer by March, though new breweries are usually at least two months overly optimistic.
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