Lagunitas Brewery Tour

To celebrate the end of summer, creative werks associates were invited to attend a private tasting and tour at the new 300,000 square foot Lagunitas brewery, taproom and bottling facility.  Lagunitas just started producing beer at their new location in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on April 18th 2014, equipped with a 250 barrel brew house which will have a 600,000 barrel capacity.

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The brewery has a creative and fun atmosphere which of course creative werks could appreciate. We were greeted by a Lagunitas employee as we entered the facility, she guided us down a long wide hallway with colorful laser lights that bounced around the dark tunnel leading to the taproom.  Ironically; for a group of people who know quite a bit about the production of candy, “Pure Imagination” from the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was playing as we made our way in.  A very fitting song for our team.

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Not only was the beer delicious, but the tour provided a behind the scenes look as to how their facility is run.  The size of the operation was pretty remarkable, as we walked on a path that overlooked some enormous machines, holding vessels, and large steel tanks.

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 Cheers to Lagunitas for an entertaining tour of their new facility and providing us with some fantastic beer to taste as well.