Chicagoland NE IPAs (2018)

Revolution please, because CANS! (And local)

 

And they're well within their right to say that, although I'd say that analogy is a bit farther off than the beers we've referenced (i.e. McD's probably isn't .22 within of Au Cheval on average...but that's obviously my opinion). The point is that people have different opinions, and there's no need to mock them. I'd say that's especially true when a beer's average is only .22 apart, but that really shouldn't even matter. If you think that all those rating TH so high are "right" and anyone else that prefers Galaxy Bowl (or any other beer) is "wrong", then so be it. We've beat this to death.

I'm still surprised one of the bigger Chicago breweries hasn't dipped their toes into this hazy style. Half Acre seems like they've kinda sorta thought about it based on some beers and their descriptions, but it hasn't come through with the final product. I do wonder if there is some reasoning behind some of them not delving into it.

 

Thank you!

 

They are meant to be drank 3 weeks in per the brewers..

 

If you honestly think Local Hero is better than TH and post that in my opinion you deserved to be called out as wrong.. or opinion being minority. However you want to word it.

Juicy being up there with TH is way more believable...

 

You're wrong! In fact, you're so wrong, I'm rescinding my invitation to hang out after work

I'm with @croush here. I've tried a fair amount of these NE-style beers and while they're decent, I just can't really get into them. I'm not going to drain-pour any of them, but as a whole, that style just isn't hitting the sweet spot with me. I'm sure I'll keep giving them a chance, but I'm not giving anything more than minimal effort to get my hands on them.

Honestly, the best aspect of this whole NE craze, for me at least, is that it's been easier than ever to find ZD on store shelves. Maybe it's just coincidence or a change in my luck, but I seriously keep stumbling across it. Personally, I'll take one of those over any of the NE-IPAs I've had.

Clearly, my palate isn't as refined as some of you here, guess I need to light my craft beer nerd membership card on fire

 

That is one interesting post. I'd love to talk to you about these beers and opinions and wrong versus right in person with a beer sometime...we'd obviously each choose our own beer.

I suppose the upside of your posts is that you've brought a Spartan and Wolverine in agreement. This seems to have happened another time or two recently, so I think we are due for a Magnolia "frogs raining" type of thing soon based on this.

 

Hey, I root for you guys exactly once every year.

 

I was saying wrong as in a reference to the majority.. not because he thinks that. Which I stated already..

 

When they changed ZD recipe it went down hill

 

I get what you are saying but I keep trying just like ratwheels did to reference you are in a huge minority on this..

Yeah I'll meet ya at Forbidden Root.. you can try their first takes on a Ne IPA(again what this thread is for) and if Local Hero is better I'll quit drinking beer!!!

 

Wrong doesn't mean in the minority. Wrong means incorrect. Putting that aside - I don't think he's necessarily in such a significant minority either.

I don't think it's that out of the blue that someone likes a hero beer better than a NE style IPA. I came back from a VT/MA this summer with a KJJJ growler. I shared it with a few friends who all drink plenty of craft beer - but aren't on this site or untappd or out chasing WHALEZ. The response my one friend had was a muted - yeh that's a tasty beer. This same friend went over the top crazy the first time he tried both Lil Sumpin and Blood of the Unicorn.

People on this site or untappd are not only a small percentage of overall beer drinkers - they're not even that big a chunk of people who drink craft beer. Some of them want their IPAs bitter and clear. Their are a lot of brewers who think that unfiltered beer goes against centuries of what brewers have tried to do with beer.

Point is - I don't think citing untappd ratings or BA ratings means a beer is clear cut favored by a majority of people.

 

I think RAM Juicy is super average. I'll take Local Hero over that beer any day of the week.

Now, Hop Slush was fantastic. So different strokes.