{"id":12385,"date":"2013-10-10T10:45:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T15:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=12385"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:17:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:17:23","slug":"ttb-shutdown-penrose-two-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/ttb-shutdown-penrose-two-brothers\/","title":{"rendered":"More on the TTB Shutdown: Penrose, Two Brothers and a Call To Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday saw a number of publications distributing an AP piece about how the TTB shutdown is affecting craft brewers. We saw it first yesterday on the Daily Mail site, so that\u2019s the one we\u2019ll link to here<\/a>. Today, the Beacon News in the west suburbs goes a step further<\/a> to get some specific — and troublesome — info on how it\u2019s hitting home in Dupage County.\"TTB<\/a><\/p>\n

Specifically, they speak to the startup process of Penrose Brewing as well as how it\u2019s affecting the rollout of Two Brothers\u2019 holiday beer. As we told you last week<\/a>, the TTB has to approve all new brewery applications, all beer labels and all unique ingredients to beers, so everything is effectively at a standstill when it comes to releasing new beers and opening new breweries.<\/p>\n

From the Beacon\u2019s Stephanie Iulay re: Penrose:<\/p>\n

The shutdown won\u2019t keep Penrose from opening on time in late November, but Hobbs\u2019s plans to file paperwork for bottle labels is completely on hold. Two of Penrose\u2019s signature brew formulas \u2014 Navette, a Belgian-inspired black ale, and Devoir, a French-styled saison \u2014 are sitting with The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau right now, where no one is working to approve them.<\/p>\n

The hold-up will likely mean the brewery won\u2019t be able to offer package sales when Penrose Brewing and Tap House in Geneva opens Thanksgiving week, killing their first stab at holiday sales.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This will also likely impact Penrose’s planned Chicago-area rollout via Windy City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And regarding Two Brothers:<\/p>\n

The \u201cfailure to fund the government\u201d may also completely keep Two Brothers first-ever holiday beer from hitting stores and restaurants alike this season.<\/p>\n

The yet-unnamed chocolate coconut beer has not been approved by the agency, and the brew\u2019s labeling has yet to roll out, too, said Jason Ebel, co-founder of Two Brothers Brewing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of a bummer. This comes at a bad time of year. Holiday beers traditionally have (obscure) ingredients and this is the time of year that we look at getting this stuff done,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We haven\u2019t done this in a while, but if the news about this holdup affects you (and since you\u2019re reading this site we\u2019re going to guess the answer is \u201cit does\u201d)<\/em> and you\u2019re a constituent of the member of Congress who oversees the district that Penrose and Two Brothers operate in, you should probably let them know what you think.<\/p>\n

You can do that by checking to see if Rep. Randy Hultgren is your Congressional representative, by going HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Then give his DC office\u00a0a ring at 202-225-2976 and let them respectfully know that you\u2019d like him to work harder to end the shutdown of the government because dammit, we need our beer.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not in Hultgren\u2019s district, you can also find your respective representative and breach the subject with them as well. We\u2019re guessing Mike Quigley is fairly interested in this subject too since so many Chicago breweries are within his district\u2019s boundaries, for example (and we felt like mentioning a Democrat, too).<\/p>\n

It should go without saying that if breweries like Penrose and Two Brothers are being affected, countless others are being impacted as well — we’ve seen mention from 350 Brewing in Tinley Park<\/a> and Panic Brewing that this is definitely a holdup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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