{"id":2830,"date":"2011-03-08T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=2830"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:25:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:25:33","slug":"save-their-craft-argus-brewery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/save-their-craft-argus-brewery\/","title":{"rendered":"Save THEIR Craft: Argus Brewery"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n For almost two weeks we’ve been laying out the intricacies behind the proposals before the Illinois House and Senate that will shape the future of craft beer availability in Illinois. Today, we’re going to introduce you to one of two breweries in the state that distributes their own beer: Argus Brewery<\/a>.<\/p>\n Argus’ first beer was not poured at their brewpub or from a bottle on a crisp fall night, but from the taps of the Ballydoyle Irish Pub and Restaurant<\/a> in Bloomingdale, about an hour’s drive west of Chicago.\u00a0 It was November of 2009 and the beer, McCaffery’s Irish Cream Ale, was billed as a Guinness alternative but lighter in body.\u00a0 It was also brewed exclusively for the restaurant, which has other locations in Aurora and Downers Grove.\u00a0 That’s how Argus got its start, brewing contract beers for restaurants.\u00a0 They now have two other exclusively brewed beers; a red ale for Country House restaurants (Clarendon Hills, Lisle and Geneva) and a steam beer (think Anchor Steam) for Quigley’s Irish Pub in Naperville.\u00a0 In the last year-and-a-half, Argus (run by the father-son team of Bob and Patrick Jensen) has added eight more beers to its portfolio including the popular American IPA, Pegasus.<\/p>\n