Radio Extra: Empirical Brewery Wants You to Tell It How to Make Beer

RAVENSWOOD — What's in a brewery's name?

Everything in the case of Ravenswood's Empirical Brewing, 1801 W. Foster Ave.

For founders Bill Hurley and Sumit Mehta, scientific observation is as important to beer-making as the craft itself, which is why their forthcoming taproom — currently raising funds via Indiegogo — is designed to be one part tasting room, one part laboratory.

On today's DNAinfo Radio Extra, Patty Wetli explains how it works:

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