Old Irving Brewing Company, located in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, is a Chicago brewpub and production brewery helmed by co-founders Jeff Linnemeyer and head brewer, Trevor Rose-Hamblin. Linnemeyer and Rose-Hamblin partnered with chef Matthias Merges and Brian Tijan of Folkart Restaurant Management to open in 2016. Head brewer Rose-Hamblin has brewed beer for over a decade and has a unique brewing background; after graduating from Kendall College he worked for several years as a chef/general manager in some of Chicago’s top restaurants such as Moto and iNG. Before opening Old Irving Brewing, Rose-Hamblin held a three-month internship with BrewDog in Scotland, and he collaborated with some of Chicagoland’s top breweries.