Food & Drink in this week's Reader: an off-the-grid brewery in the making, beer guides, Rustic House, Cocktail Challenge, and more

Julia Thiel?s feature offers a preview of what?s in store at the New Chicago Brewing Company, a 15,000-square-feet space in the Plant, a former meatpacking facility in Back of the Yards that?s being refashioned into a vertical farm. It joins a tilapia farm, a kombucha manufacturer, and a pickle company, all part of an effort to turn the 93,500-square-foot compound into a zero-waste facility.?

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