Corridor Brewery & Provisions

This is surprising but it sounds like Squeeze It will kick tonight...

 

Got to corridor from Vernon hills today at 150....saw the line and thought...."why wait for cans when I can get 2 crowlers"? Upon bypassing the line and entering I learned to my dismay that "they were running low on beer' and thus lowering the crowler allocation. Got 1 crowler of squeeze it and 1 of peach but the guy that served me (who knows my face from previous stops in) gave me a full pour of the peach beer on the house. They were slammed and did the best job possible given it's a beautiful (albeit warm) day on a Friday, with a cubs game, and impending holiday weekend. Corridor is still my #1 spot in Chicagoland for NE IPAs and their other styles have surprised. Hope they expand down the road. Cheers all.

 

Squeezit is going to kick tonight or very early tomorrow. 9bbls of beer in just over 24 hours. You people are maniacs.

 

Left work early today hoping to score some cans for the first time. Showed up at 3 and missed out by a couple minutes. No worries though. Had a pour of new wave, peaches and Squeezit. Missed out of new wave at FR, so I was happy to get a pour at Corridor. I was a big fan. And Squeezit was as good as ever. May not have gotten cans but crowlers are a great consolation prize. Had great service at the bar from Frank. @dubo09 was curious what Roger was dry hopping. Cheers!

 

Mosaic Monsoon

 

I knew I should have just gotta off my tired and lazy ass last night and filled my growler. So much for thinking it will last the weekend, wow it won't last 2 days! Well will have to try and go early this am and hope there is some left.

Oh just saw H2H tapped yday sweet!

 

Think it’s weird when breweries don’t reserve enough for onsite to last long. Tough to predict I guess. Corridor isn’t close to me, so no issue for me, but More by me has had the same issue, even more extreme at times. It’s one thing Mikerphone does really well, if you go there they will have their top releases on for a couple days at least, and everything else is for a week at least

 

Are Corridor and Mikerphone brewing on different size systems?

 

uh was planning to have corridor beer for the weekend BBQ, but no growler fills and limit 1 crowler per person to go. just walked out very disappointed but I get it that they are trying to make the beer last the long weekend, also squeeze it gone. just wish I had known prior to going, oh well will enjoy H2H

 

Stopped in for brunch and H2H is tasting great.

 

Squeezit is already gone, I hate you all

 

not relevant to my point. If you have a brewpub or taproom, I think it’s a good idea to keep your taps on for at least a little while.

 

If Mikerphone is producing twice as much due to a bigger system, that's would explain why they have them so long after release. That being said, I find Corridor generally has their release around for a week....

 

Agreed, typically a week. Long weekend with beautiful weather is why they were depleted.

 

My point is that should impact how much they package to go. So since Corridor is smaller they should package less to go. I’m counting crowlers or growlers as to go. Point is, size shouldn’t impact on site much, you should limit the to go options to keep it on for at least a few days. In my opinion.

 

They did. SqueezeIt was released on Thursday and on Friday they instituted a 64oz total limt on take-out. Though it appeared 4-pack cans did not count in 64oz limit (please correct me if I'm wrong).

It was just busy AF.

 

I agree. Corridor is always super busy. It's not just beer people, tons of locals in there. I'm not sure the foot traffic of Mikerphone but I bet it's less.

 

Ain’t much foot traffic at Mikerphone that’s for sure.

Squeezit cans are tasting amazing.

 

Did we ever establish if/when Peaches kicked?

 

Not sure but I’m interested. Finishing my crowler now. Last pour is THICK with peaches. Not sure how they got any carb in this beer but they did. Just enough. And I’m glad they didn’t go the milkshake route for this one...