Chicagoland NE IPAs (2018)

Cicerone here?

 

No, just want free beer!

 

Any melletron left in the lp or Lakeview area?

 

Assuming you mean somewhere besides my overstuffed beer storage, I'd give Binny's Lakeview a shot. No idea if they still have it, but things hang around there sometimes.

 

To me Mellotron had a heavy ethanol flavor. It was pretty good otherwise, but that took a lot away for me.

 

If you pass Harlem, visit The Open Bottle. It's literally right off of 80 and their selection is great. I picked up a 4-pack of Cumulus, Pirate Noir, Vanilla Noir, Coffee Noir and Prairie Noir from them last night.

 

Awesome, thanks! Actually I think I was there once a couple years back when Pipeworks was impossible to find. Cool place. Decent prices as well.

https://www.beermenus.com/places/15444-the-open-bottle

 

I liked first galaxy bowl the best - 2nd batch I have to agree was not as good. I liked but didn't love Mellotron.

Someone mentioned Windmill Brewing had one of these - I went down to 3F the other day for Crack the Skye and they were only 10 minutes past so I popped in. Looks and tastes the part, damn good though it's not quite as juicy as some of the OG's. Fairly crushable at 6%. Good enough to get a growler. If you make your way to 3F, or live around NW Indiana - worth the stop. Wish I could have tried some of their other beers but couldn't.

 

Had a Mellotron and a Cumulus the other night back to back. I honestly wasn't a huge fan of the Mellotron - I was getting a little bit of a pine flavor on the end of it that I didn't enjoy too much. It was also a little too carbonated for the NE style. I loved the most recent batch of Cumulus though. Everything I'm looking for in a NE style IPA and I promptly opened up a second can when I finished that one.

Side by side:

 

whats the canning date of your cumulus?

 

11/16

I was told it was the most recent batch, I don't know that for a fact though

 

Nice, my brother lives in Champaign - I'll have him pick me up a 4-pack for when I see him this weekend

 

Man, I thought about going there for lunch. Opted for Kuma's Too instead.

 

I have only had the recent batch and while very tasty beer, I was a little disappointed considering the praise it gets here. Quite possibly not the best of batches. don't get me wrong, very good...just nothing to go gaga over for me.