Homewood Brewing Company Cam Horn Director of Brewing Operations Homewood Brewing Company Homewood, IL Favorite breweries: I’m a brewer’s brewer who’s been doing traditional beers for a long time, so that’s what I tend to gravitate toward. Midwest Coast Brewing in Chicago’s West Loop and Flipside Brewing in Tinley Park are so good at making ...

By Trent Modglin Short Fuse Brewing acquires, and is now brewing, Metropolitan favorites Metropolitan Brewing, after 15 years in business, filed for bankruptcy back in October of 2023 and officially closed the doors of their taproom along the Chicago River on Dec. 18 of last year, citing slow sales and unsustainable debt.  Metropolitan — as ...