Alarmist Brewing

 

Decent sized tap room with a bar and tables for seating. The quality of the beer is very good to excellent. Service was a little slow because they only had one bartender working the whole room. The selection includes twelve beers on tap and two English beer engines.

 

 

9/26/18 (Chicago): Stopped into taproom for the first time based on recommendation from co-worker who knows and has brewed with the owner. Also wanted to check out based on 2018 GABF Gold Medal for NEIPA winner (Le Jus). This place is close to my house, but hard to get to since it's on the other side of the forest preserve.

Went on a weeknight, nice size crowd for the weekly trivia night. Room for around 40 seated. They offer a dozen taps and two cask condition draft pours, which is not very common and very much appreciated (cask was out today, but typically available). Several different beer styles are available, prices are reasonable. Beers are poured into proper glassware, most offerings also available via reasonably priced growlers / crowlers or canned 4/6 packs. Snacks (chips, popcorn, jerky) available, and you can also BYO food.

The three beers I had ranged from good to excellent. The bartender was working solo, but was very efficient dealing with a busy crowd. Was also friendly and able to converse well regarding beer offerings. Nice music playing in/around the trivia contest (free pours for winning teams). Nice clean space, high ceilings, brewery behind the taproom.

Overall very good taproom, and I'll make an effort to plan future visits.

Relatively far from the Loop but in a fairly accessible location. Clean and industrial-looking with seating for about 100, not including maybe 15-20 bar seats. Only bar snacks for on-site food but lots of places deliver there. Dog-friendly, kid-friendly, my favorite metal music playing from the amps---only thing this place needs is slightly better beer!!

Taproom has been open for three months or so. Located in a semi-industrial location, plenty of parking. Open and airy taproom, concrete floors, high ceilings with wooden beams above. Bar is up the stairs and to the right. The high ceilings and concrete floors created some echoing crowd noise, but it was manageable. Plenty of table seating in the window and along the wall, some games and stuff available. The bar itself was concrete with salvaged wood paneling below and a welded rail. Very nice clean restrooms.

Service was quick and friendly, with a couple bartenders that were available to chat for a bit.

Beer was good, nothing too crazy. It mostly seemed to fall within a narrow spectrum of Belgian/US APA/IPA vein with a few exceptions (red/brown/stout). Quality was good for the most part. The beer styles were a little too niche for me personally. Hopefully they can diversify the selection a little bit more, i'd return to try some new stuff.