{"id":20476,"date":"2016-05-18T11:40:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T16:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=20476"},"modified":"2021-08-31T11:48:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T16:48:16","slug":"pre-ccbw-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/pre-ccbw-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pre-CCBW Video You Probably Should Watch Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, we couldn’t commit to a fully clickbaity title. But still, this CCBW video is pretty cool.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\nF<\/span>or the last couple years, the Bigfoot Media<\/a> team has been putting together some cool CCBW-related video projects about Chicagoland area brewers (funded by the Illinois Craft Beer Guild, FWIW). This year is no different.<\/p>\n

This year’s pre-CCBW video theme is A State of Growth, and certainly there’s been plenty of that in the past 12 months. If you’ve ever wanted to take a look inside the ongoing expansion projects from Haymarket, Half Acre, Begyle, Spiteful <\/strong>and Brickstone<\/strong>, here’s your chance.<\/p>\n

You’ll see lots of canning lines, barrel racks, pallets of cans — and also quick and interesting conversations with owners and brewers like Begyle’s Kevin Cary, Half Acre’s Gabriel Magliaro, and Jason Klein and Brad Shaffer from Spiteful.<\/p>\n

Also, I for one love the idea of planning the layout for your new expansion brewery with little pieces of cardboard (4:56). I also learned that loading bays appear to be a big deal for breweries (6:10, 7:36).<\/p>\n

If you’ve got more time to kill today, you can also view the 2015<\/a> and 2014<\/a> videos respectively.<\/p>\n

Illinois Beer: A State of Growth<\/h4>\n