Chicagoland NE IPAs (2018)

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  1. ratwheels

    ratwheels Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2011 Illinois

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  2. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,735) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    To be fair, the article is on how multiple brewers are jumping on the style. Are you surprised BA is slow? NE IPAs have been around for years, but this thread for them in Chicago only popped up in the past year....
     
    #3482 HouseofWortship, Apr 18, 2017
  3. TigerDriver91

    TigerDriver91 Zealot (741) Jan 17, 2017 Czechia

    I'm down with low bitterness.
    I'm personally not super into the 0 IBUs thing. Mainly because I drink it too fast. LOL.
     
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  4. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    I'm not sure I'm super interested in 0 IBU beers, but I'm definitely willing to try them.
     
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  5. ratwheels

    ratwheels Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2011 Illinois

    Well, BA is supposed to have a pulse on the beer culture around the entire country. The first Chicagoland NE-style IPA (which is what this thread is about) is believed to be Mikerphone's Special Sauce which came out 4 months before this thread.
     
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  6. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    In fairness, I started this thread once Chicago started to hop on the NE train (meaning it looked like breweries in Chicago would give the style a serious try); before that there wasn't too much reason to talk about NE IPAs around here (for obvious reasons).

    I assume there have been threads in other regions or at least the general forum for a while though, right? That's where I learned why I should actually give a shit about that first batch of Special Sauce.
     
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  7. prior2two

    prior2two Maven (1,490) Oct 18, 2013 Illinois
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    Was at Lagunitas yesterday for a charity event, and Born Again Yesterday definitely fits the bill. It's got a bit more bitterness than the typical NE beer, but it's, hazy, and "juicy".

    It's very, very, good.

    If Lagunitas is going to jump on the train, with their resources, I feel like it can be total game changer.
     
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  8. Chuckdiesel24

    Chuckdiesel24 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,208) Jul 6, 2016 Illinois
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    Is it available to go at the brewery? Haven't seen it in the wild. Between the two Born Agains and Waldo, I love their special IPA releases.
     
    #3488 Chuckdiesel24, Apr 18, 2017
  9. ratwheels

    ratwheels Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2011 Illinois

    Oh totally, that's what I was getting at. Look at your first post. There had been Mikerphone, Juicy, and like 2 others. It's not like we waited a year to start a thread. And even if we did, we don't produce national articles on beer.
     
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  10. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    Yeah man, Lagunitas is a brewery that I constantly ignored due to all their IPAs tasting "samey" to me...until I tried the One-Hitter Series. Waldo is great, Born Again is great, and I really enjoyed the Willett-aged stout they did in Chicago. I'd love to see them put that massive brewing machine to work on more hazy stuff.
     
    #3490 SeanBond, Apr 18, 2017
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  11. HawkeyeBeerLover

    HawkeyeBeerLover Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2015 Wisconsin

    I used to be the same way, actually. In the past year they've done a lot of good stuff. High Westified is super good for the money, as well as Born Again and Waldos.
     
    #3491 HawkeyeBeerLover, Apr 18, 2017
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  12. HawksBeerFan

    HawksBeerFan Maven (1,378) Dec 24, 2011 Illinois
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    I still avoid Lagunitas for them trying to sue Sierra Nevada over some petty shit
     
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  13. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    Honestly, the dude (Tony) was pretty honest about it. "Hey guys, I got all the feedback and I realize I was wrong, so I'm taking it back."

    Listening to your fans over a lawsuit is pretty cool, so that actually worked for them in my opinion.
     
    #3493 SeanBond, Apr 18, 2017
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  14. TigerDriver91

    TigerDriver91 Zealot (741) Jan 17, 2017 Czechia

    I haven't seen bottles around of Born Again Yesterday, but then again I don't normally look at the Lagunitas stuff (!) Are bottles of this out and around the Chicago zone currently?
     
    #3494 TigerDriver91, Apr 18, 2017
  15. Jaycase

    Jaycase Grand Pooh-Bah (3,858) Jan 13, 2007 Illinois
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    Yeah should be pretty much everywhere by now. It's in 12 packs so keep an eye out for it on endcaps or where 12 pks are stacked.
     
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  16. Nachos4two

    Nachos4two Pooh-Bah (1,944) Nov 26, 2011 Illinois
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    hot marianos today by me
     
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  17. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,735) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    I still avoid Sierra Nevada for copying the label and impacting Lagunitas' sales to the point where they had to shed control of the company to Heineken to stay afloat. #revisionisthistoryit'swhat'sforbrunch
     
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  18. HawkeyeBeerLover

    HawkeyeBeerLover Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2015 Wisconsin

    I get beers that taste good. Guess I don't have the high moral ground that some people have :grinning:
     
    #3498 HawkeyeBeerLover, Apr 18, 2017
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  19. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,735) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    He says as he cracks another Blood, Orange, IPA from Sierra Leone Brewing not realizing it is a conflict beer and it isn't made with blood oranges.
     
    #3499 HouseofWortship, Apr 18, 2017
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  20. JJ_17

    JJ_17 Zealot (724) Apr 22, 2014 Indiana
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    Finally making it over to Noon Whistle. Looks like they have Jive Gummy and Mosaic Gummy. I am behind the curve of this thread but excited to give them a try.
     
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