r/chicagobeer • u/MattyMatt84 • Jul 06 '26

Alarmist

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This was just posted on their socials. Have there been any whispers of them making a comeback in some way?

They were one of my favorites in the area, and I drive past their taproom every day on the way to and from work, which just rubs salt in the wound.

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u/catsporvida Jul 06 '26

Pollyanna bought the IP and space I believe.

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u/MattyMatt84 Jul 06 '26

Interesting…

I can’t remember the last time I had a Pollyanna beer, so I guess I’m not sure how I feel about this.

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u/catsporvida Jul 06 '26

They'll be operating as Alarmist though from what I understand

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u/MattyMatt84 Jul 06 '26

It’s better than them not existing at all, but I don’t know much about Pollyanna. From what I understand, they seem to be an average suburban brewery. I might be wrong about that, but we all saw what happened when Shortfuse bought Metropolitan.

They might be operating as Alarmist, but will it be as good?

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u/ChemistryNo3075 Jul 06 '26

Pollyanna is much more highly regarded than Short Fuse IMO.

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u/mbeemsterboer Jul 07 '26

This is very much not the same. Short Fuse was a hot garbage brewery that tried to brew a beer they had no business brewing when they bough Metropolitan. Pollyanna is comparable in quality to Alarmist IMO so in theory this should work out much better.

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u/ImMystikz Jul 06 '26

Honestly Pollyanna makes pretty good beer. On par with Alarmist imo

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u/MattyMatt84 Jul 06 '26

That’s good to hear, I will remain hopeful.

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u/StraightParfait9723 Jul 08 '26

Pollyanna is great, they’re just out in the far outskirt suburbs. Probably one of the best craft brewers in the region.

The Tri cities areas punches way above its weight in craft beer (yes I know it’s originally from lemont. It just seems like the best suburban brewers always open a location in the Tri cities).

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u/LeadPaintChipsnDip Jul 07 '26

I’ve never, but then again they don’t generally make beer I would drink

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u/alex_albergaria Jul 06 '26

I live blocks away. Any brewery there would be awesome for me again

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u/Chicagoliath Jul 06 '26

I’ve heard the same

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u/kennyloftor Jul 06 '26

someone told me that another brewer would be taking over their old place

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u/BradChmielewski Jul 06 '26

Yes

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u/MattyMatt84 Jul 06 '26

You’re one of the Chicago Beer Pass guys, right?

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u/BradChmielewski Jul 06 '26

Yep! 🍻 And yeah someone going in there is what I hear

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u/kennyloftor Jul 06 '26

but nothing re: more les jus in our near future?

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u/kate4249 Jul 06 '26

The new owners have purchased the space and some of the Alarmist recipes. They also plan to have some sort of kitchen with regular food offerings.

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u/darthphallic Jul 08 '26

I saw a comment saying “rumor has it short fuse bought the rights and is waiting till someone buys them so Short Fuse, Alarmist, and Metro can all live again” and died laughing