• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • About Craft Brewing Business

Craft Brewing Business

Professional Insight, Unfiltered

Craft Brewing Business Craft Brewing Business
  • News
  • Business & Marketing
  • Packaging & Distribution
  • Equipment & Systems
  • Ingredients & Supplies
  • Webinars & White Papers
  • News
  • Business & Marketing
  • Ingredients & Supplies
  • Packaging & Distribution
  • Equipment
  • Webinars & White Papers
  • COVID-19

Moody Tongue Brewing announces new tasting room in Chicago

August 4, 2016CBB Editorial Staff

Jared Rouben in the brewhouse
Jared Rouben in the brewhouse, getting geeked about Moody Tongues’ new Tasting Room.

In a press conference at the Green City Market last week, Brewmaster Jared Rouben of Moody Tongue Brewing Co. announced the Tasting Room at Moody Tongue, located alongside the brewery in the historic Glass Factory in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. The 75-seat space plans to feature up to 12 taps of Moody Tongue’s year-round beers and limited-edition special releases alongside a curated food menu in an intimate, mid-century modern atmosphere, elevated with service one would expect from a fine-dining establishment.

“The number one differentiating factor in our tasting room will be hospitality,” explained Rouben, who trained at the Culinary Institute of America and has experience working in Michelin-starred restaurants such as Martini House in Napa, Calif., and Thomas Keller’s Per Se in New York City. “We’re creating something elegant yet approachable.”

The menu

The Tasting Room at Moody Tongue will offer a menu with distinction — one savory dish and one sweet dish. Rouben wants guests to enjoy an experience that elevates their interpretation of pairing and introduces the possibilities of incorporating beer in a dining setting. The curated menu will feature a daily selection of fresh oysters, as well as slices of cake.

“Oysters and cake are indulgent yet in completely different ways — and enjoyable without overwhelming the palate,” Rouben says. “These two opposite ends of the flavor and taste spectrum can naturally be brought to together by beer in a way that is fun for your tongue. If I had my way, I’d eat oysters and cake with beer every day.”

RELATED: Tasting room tips: Build, run and brand your brewery showcase 

The beer

At the Tasting Room at Moody Tongue, guests can enjoy the brewery’s four year-round beer offerings: Applewood Gold, Steeped Emperor’s Lemon Saison, Sliced Nectarine IPA and Caramelized Chocolate Churro Baltic Porter — plus a selection of special releases unique to the Tasting Room, some that are only a single barrel of beer. Moody Tongue will announce these limited-edition beers as they become available. Beers come in full pours and in flights. Moody Tongue continues to bottle and keg its beers out of the adjacent production brewery.

The design and décor

At the intersection of mid-century modern and industrial, the 75-seat Tasting Room at Moody Tongue utilizes the raw bones of the historic Glass Factory, including the original windows and white brick, while adding contemporary touches. Moody Tongue worked with designers Jesse and Colleen Neuhaus of Mo Faux Studio.

The four separate seating area vignettes include:

  • A 25-seat, white marble-topped, U-shaped bar, the focal point of the space—with globe lighting overhead, a beveled mirror behind, and matte white subway tiles along the sides;
  • Corner fireplace seating next to the original bookcases and a collection of books from the Siebel Institute, which recently moved its legendary brewing school to Kendall College;
  • Two intimate, inset leather booth areas; and
  • Several rich, walnut dining tables.

The classy, sophisticated and timeless design features a polished look of white wood and finished concrete floors. In addition to the tall, original windows of the space, Moody Tongue extends its aesthetic to the interior windows providing a view of the brewery.

The Tasting Room plans to open five days a week to start, with exact hours to be announced closer to opening. Moody Tongue will also begin offering tours with beer education and tastings led by the brewing team on a first-come, first-serve basis once the Tasting Room launches. Moody Tongue Brewery and Tasting Room are available for buyouts for private parties and corporate events.

Bent-Shovel-Barn
County forces Bent Shovel Brewing to relocate its tasting room because it’s too damn popular
Batch Roaring Fork art space
Roaring Fork Beer Co. uses its Batch tasting room as a local art gallery
Hops and nuts
Taproom enhancement: Offer artisan snacks onsite like these Hops and Nuts
Lyft_PressKit cbb crop
Craft Beer Marketing Idea of the Week: Lyft partners with Baderbrau Brewing in Chicago on a ride discount beer

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. liquidprofessor says

    August 5, 2016 at 10:39 am

    RT @CraftBrewingBiz: Moody Tongue Brewing announces new tasting room in Chicago. #BigOleCongrats @MoodyTongue https://t.co/Vxy23IYh98

    Log in to Reply
  2. crsimp01 says

    August 4, 2016 at 12:36 pm

    Moody Tongue Brewing announces new tasting room in Chicago https://t.co/nSVOGUtJqZ

    Log in to Reply
  3. soundstew says

    August 4, 2016 at 11:49 am

    RT @CraftBrewingBiz: Moody Tongue Brewing announces new tasting room in Chicago. #BigOleCongrats @MoodyTongue https://t.co/Vxy23IYh98

    Log in to Reply
  4. MoodyTongue says

    August 4, 2016 at 11:43 am

    RT @CraftBrewingBiz: Moody Tongue Brewing announces new tasting room in Chicago. #BigOleCongrats @MoodyTongue https://t.co/Vxy23IYh98

    Log in to Reply
  5. homemadebeer says

    August 4, 2016 at 11:13 am

    Moody Tongue Brewing announces new tasting room in Chicago: If I had my way, I’d eat oysters and cake with be… https://t.co/VjIkC7w92F

    Log in to Reply
  6. BrewdHQ says

    August 4, 2016 at 10:51 am

    [email protected] please tell us you have a Moody Blues, Nights in White Session IPA. @CraftBrewingBiz

    Log in to Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Primary Sidebar

Latest News

  • 805 Beer debuts trailer for documentary “Inverted Perspective,” focused on freestyle motocross champion Vicki Golden
  • 10 craft beer variety packs that have us excited to try new beer
  • Stone Brewing teams with Sanuk for a lineup of summer sandals
  • Take a look at Jack’s Abby’s renovated Beer Hall and its sweet new Tradition Meets Tech pilot system

Sign up for our newsletter

unsubscribe from list

Most Popular Today

Recent Features

  • 10 craft beer variety packs that have us excited to try new beer
    March 27, 2023
  • Take a look at Jack’s Abby’s renovated Beer Hall and its sweet new Tradition Meets Tech pilot system
    March 27, 2023
  • CCBA California Craft Beer SummitState of California Craft Beer: Covid recovery challenged by competition, consolidation
    March 23, 2023
  • Koga-brothers-karben4Karben4 Brewing to relaunch Ale Asylum brand
    March 20, 2023
  • 4 steps to understanding the filtration process in craft beer
    March 20, 2023
  • newbelgium_2023_wildnectar-shopping-basket_family_IMG_2Beyond beer: Examples of craft breweries exploring canned cocktails
    March 16, 2023

Footer

  • Email Newsletter Sign Up
  • About Craft Brewing Business
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise on Craft Brewing Business
  • Media Kit Download
  • Privacy and Terms

© 2023 · CBB Media LLC