Chicagoland NE IPAs (2018)

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  1. BJP

    BJP Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2010 Illinois

    Radio Swan will be next. Can art is fucking killer. We partnered with local artist Tony Fitzpatrick.

    Snooze can date is TBD...but will be this summer.
     
    #4841 BJP, Jun 7, 2017
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  2. RexKramer

    RexKramer Initiate (0) Jan 19, 2011 Illinois

    Excellent. Any chance cans will make it beyond the city limits?
     
    #4842 RexKramer, Jun 7, 2017
  3. BJP

    BJP Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2010 Illinois

    It's possible. Up to our sales team & distributor. I would suspect the best of the best in the burbs (you know who they are) will likely get some.
     
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  4. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    Oh hell yes. Every time I see an FR beer at Binny's I think about this. Awesome news!
     
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  5. Chris_H_2

    Chris_H_2 Pundit (995) Jan 3, 2013 Illinois
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    "Usual suspects" can be interpreted in one of two ways: (1) actual stores; or (2) the same neckbeards and mules that astoundingly have both the time and disposable income to populate seemingly every retailer -- midday mind you -- and who monopolize every single drop of every highly sought-after beer. I think you mean the former though. :wink:
     
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  6. JFresh21

    JFresh21 Savant (1,036) Mar 6, 2012 Illinois
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    Sweet. I had Radio Swan last week, it was damn good.
     
    #4846 JFresh21, Jun 7, 2017
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  7. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,735) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    Do you find them to be mutually exclusive?
     
    #4847 HouseofWortship, Jun 7, 2017
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  8. TigerDriver91

    TigerDriver91 Zealot (741) Jan 17, 2017 Czechia

    Radio Swan in cans?!?!? This one has been my favorite Chicago NE style offering thus far so take all my $$$$$$$$$
     
    #4848 TigerDriver91, Jun 7, 2017
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  9. Born_A_Jee

    Born_A_Jee Initiate (0) Aug 1, 2013 Illinois

    I agree. I've had a couple cans of a NEIPA from LIC Beer Project that were canned back in the middle of March (still have two left, actually) and a Mikerphone Special Sauce bottle with a few months on it and they both still drank as good as they were fresh.
     
    #4849 Born_A_Jee, Jun 7, 2017
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  10. BJP

    BJP Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2010 Illinois

    Sneak peak:
    [​IMG]
     
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  11. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    @SeanBond largely answered your question, but I will add that my impression from talking to the HB guys was that they were going for more of the Alchemist NE style rather than the milkshake-y vein of NE style. Further complicating matters is the overall nebulousness of the style. what one person considers a NE style IPA another may not ... This makes labeling a beer difficult. For instance Hailstorm doesn't call their cloud series New England style - they call them Northeast which I think is interesting. That being said, Im not defending the marketing ploy by HB - in fact Ive been rather critical of it and those beers here - but I can see where they were coming from.
     
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  12. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    Yeah this is what it seemed like to me as well.

    It's tough, because no one expects anything else from the Alchemist, but it seems like every other brewery that goes down that path gets criticized for it. I've mentioned this a few times here, but Maplewood's first Juice Pants (the one I said was completely clear) is one of my favorite beers of theirs, but everyone else gave them shit for calling it NE style. I'm not saying it was the best representation, for sure, but I also think it's very hard to get credit for making an NE beer if you don't make it look like Trillium. You're basically look for (ideally) a bright yellow, completely opaque beer (or light orange, if you must).
     
    #4852 SeanBond, Jun 7, 2017
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  13. ryno0384

    ryno0384 Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2015 Illinois

    So was skimming the last few pages, forgive me if I missed it....but snoochie boochies (double IPA) will be released in cans.....which is wonderful news. I just didnt catch the actual release date or perhaps it hasn't been made public yet?
     
    #4853 ryno0384, Jun 7, 2017
  14. TigerDriver91

    TigerDriver91 Zealot (741) Jan 17, 2017 Czechia

    June 15
     
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  15. mbockstruck30

    mbockstruck30 Pooh-Bah (1,800) Dec 31, 2010 Illinois
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    Excited for Radio Swan cans. Really enjoyed it yesterday. And the artwork is sweet.
     
    #4855 mbockstruck30, Jun 7, 2017
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  16. jlsims04

    jlsims04 Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2013 Illinois

    those cans are sick
     
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  17. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    Yet another reason why canning become mainstream has been so awesome. The possibilities for art have really blow up.
     
    #4857 SeanBond, Jun 7, 2017
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  18. TigerDriver91

    TigerDriver91 Zealot (741) Jan 17, 2017 Czechia

    posted this event over in the Pipeworks thread, but relevant for here as well as the 18th Street 'small batch' NE DIPA "Nailed" is on tap tonight:
    [​IMG]
     
    #4858 TigerDriver91, Jun 7, 2017
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  19. GuyFawkes

    GuyFawkes Grand Pooh-Bah (5,630) Apr 7, 2011 Illinois
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    One idiot's opinion: Nailed is pretty "meh". Very syrup-y sweet (as opposed to citrus-y sweet).
     
    #4859 GuyFawkes, Jun 7, 2017
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  20. jlsims04

    jlsims04 Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2013 Illinois

    At FR now. Radio Swan is god damn delicious.
     
    #4860 jlsims04, Jun 7, 2017
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