In 2015, legendary Chicago brewmaster Greg Hall of Goose Island fame sold his craft cider company, Virtue Cider, to Anheuser-Busch InBev. This week, he officially bought it back.

John Hall started Goose Island Beer Company in 1988. Its beer is distributed in all 50 states. Read next Jump to ...

was among the first bars to carry Goose Island beer. Finkelman and 16” on Center went on to create a mini restaurant empire with Thalia Hall, Revival Food Hall, Longman & Eagle, and the Promontory.

Back in 1992, for the 1,000th batch of Goose Island beer, the brewer Greg Hall, wanted to create something unique, a one-off beer. What resulted was the brewery’s first bourbon barrel-aged stout.