Illinois Brewpub Entrants Thwarted

Dear Client: St. Louis Brewing Co. CEO Dan Kopman has before mentioned designs to one day open a Chicago brewpub [see CBD 03-18-2013 ]. Schlafly had planned to buy beer from their St. Louis brewery through an Illinois distributor. That's a no-go now, according to Guysdrinkingbeer.com. Illinois's 30,000-barrel production brew cap thwarts them from opening a brewpub in the state: last year Schlafly did more than 55,000 barrels. Dan told the outlet that they'd found a building to lease and