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Short Fuse Brewing Company
Schiller Park, Illinois, USA
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Archive ID
- TB-Z8XT0PS3
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Summary
Status: CLOSED_SITE_2026_SEEKING_NEW_LOCATION. Schiller Park brewery/taproom announced a planned final service day of Feb. 15, 2026. Reporting said the closure was intended to be temporary and the business was seeking a new location. Do not equate site closure with corporate dissolution. Current use/fate of Metropolitan IP after this closure remains unresolved. [Illinois Pass 03]
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Events
- Short Fuse acquires Metropolitan intellectual property and resumes brewing key recipes.2024
- Short Fuse planned final service at its Schiller Park location while saying the closure was intended to be temporary and another location would be sought.2026-02-15
Closure
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