{"id":6581,"date":"2012-05-19T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=6581"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:22:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:22:45","slug":"south-of-80-snapshot-big-muddy-brewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/south-of-80-snapshot-big-muddy-brewing\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSOUTH OF 80\u201d SNAPSHOT: Big Muddy Brewing"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the days leading up to our “South of 80” <\/a>event at The Green Lady, we wanted to make you a little more familiar with the attending breweries, most of which are being made available in Chicago for the first time. \u00a0Today we take a look at Murphysboro’s Big Muddy Brewing<\/a>:\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The beers being created by Chuck Stuhrenberg first came on our radar as we learned more about self-distribution rights in Illinois and the breweries that wouldn\u2019t exist without it. One of those is Murphysboro\u2019s Big Muddy Brewing.<\/p>\n

The outspoken Stuhrenberg was in regular contact with us during the Save The Craft<\/a> campaign and often attended meetings involving high-powered lobbyists during the self-distro battle. His tenacity and stable of flavorful, low ABV beers made Big Muddy the poster-child in the fight for the small brewers right to self-distribute. Because that is exactly what Chuck is. His brewery was pumping out about 500 barrels of beer and year, and that beer was being delivered to bars, restaurants and liquor stores in the back of Chuck’s pickup truck.<\/p>\n

Now, Chuck works with a distributor to get his brews in to the Chicago area. Often seen in bombers but rarely on tap, we’re excited to offer the following:<\/p>\n