Chicagoland NE IPAs (2018)

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  1. Quilentro

    Quilentro Maven (1,398) May 12, 2017 Illinois
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    Try the visiting Chicago thread:
    https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...nd-resource-thread-autumn-winter-2018.586964/
    • Cans
      • Binny’s
      • Bottles and Cans (for singles)
      • Bitter Pops
      • Beer Temple
    • Draft (brewery)
      • Forbidden Root
      • Maplewood
      • Corridor
    • Draft (bar)
      • Links

    Get some fresh Hop Butcher cans and pipeworks cans.

    Yes, lots of good sours. Half Acre. Off color. Une Annee.
     
    #9041 Quilentro, Dec 15, 2018
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  2. PhilBallins

    PhilBallins Savant (1,173) Nov 29, 2016 Illinois

    Une Annee's amazing, but it's suburbs. I'd say check out what Dovetail has to offer.
     
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  3. Quilentro

    Quilentro Maven (1,398) May 12, 2017 Illinois
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    They invented bottles. #naughtylist
     
    #9043 Quilentro, Dec 15, 2018
  4. Chuckdiesel24

    Chuckdiesel24 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,208) Jul 6, 2016 Illinois
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    Oh there was a list at one point.
     
    #9044 Chuckdiesel24, Dec 17, 2018
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  5. croush

    croush Pooh-Bah (2,407) Mar 20, 2015 Illinois
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    The first two posts in the thread are lists. At some point it would've been a little too cumbersome to keep a list going...apparently we gave up after 2 posts.
     
    #9045 croush, Dec 17, 2018
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  6. Quilentro

    Quilentro Maven (1,398) May 12, 2017 Illinois
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    Top NEIPA producers in Chicagoland:

    - corridor
    - Forbidden Root
    - Maplewood (I assume, because it tastes like Roger now?)
    - Marz

    Suburbs:
    - MoRE
    - Mikerphone
    - Brickstone
    - Noon Whistle

    Check it twice.
     
    #9046 Quilentro, Dec 17, 2018
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  7. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    Since the posts aren't editable after like 15 minutes, list posts don't make much sense. I initially meant the thread to be a list of these beers, but this was when Chicago had barely started churning out hazy stuff, and at this point it makes no sense to maintain a list of every hazy beer by every Chicagoland brewery.
    I'd add Hop Butcher as well, but I'm not sure which one to put them under (suburbs because of where they brew, or Chicago because it's 95% of their distro)
     
    #9047 SeanBond, Dec 17, 2018
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  8. KidGalaga

    KidGalaga Zealot (572) Apr 21, 2014 Illinois
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    for being the top brewery city in the country, the local selection of NEIPA 's is surprisingly sparse.

    or perhaps that's just the norm for most markets, but i would have thought more breweries would have started riding this train consistently
     
    #9048 KidGalaga, Dec 17, 2018
  9. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    I think it's because a lot of the local breweries are still either fighting the trend, are not on board, or just don't brew that sort of beer. HA and PW can and have brewed basically NE beers, but have shown that they still also like to make more traditional ones. Guys like Off Color, Moody Tongue and Dovetail don't really do that sort of thing, and a lot of the biggest NE producers in the city leaned into them as their claim to fame (Hop Butcher, Corridor, Forbidden Root, Mikerphone before Mike started his taproom). I'm not sure how other markets do it, but I think what we're seeing is what happens when a style pops up intentionally as opposed to organically; there's still some push-back from breweries who want to brew their own way.
     
    #9049 SeanBond, Dec 17, 2018
  10. Quilentro

    Quilentro Maven (1,398) May 12, 2017 Illinois
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  11. beardown2489

    beardown2489 Pooh-Bah (1,966) Oct 5, 2012 Illinois
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    City
    Corridor
    Forbidden Root
    Maplewood
    Marz
    Pipeworks

    Suburbs
    Brickstone
    Hop Butcher
    Hubbard’s Cave
    Mikerphone
    MoRe
    Noon Whistle
    Pollyanna

    Alphabetically listed

    Energy City and Saint Errant are probably also worthy of being in the list. Illuminated has come a long way recently as well.
     
    #9051 beardown2489, Dec 17, 2018
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  12. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,735) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    How about adding Old Irving and GABF Gold winner Alarmist?
     
    #9052 HouseofWortship, Dec 17, 2018
  13. croush

    croush Pooh-Bah (2,407) Mar 20, 2015 Illinois
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    How about not?
     
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  14. beardown2489

    beardown2489 Pooh-Bah (1,966) Oct 5, 2012 Illinois
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    Haven’t had old Irving beer. Alarmist should be added. Le Jus is a very nice beer
     
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  15. croush

    croush Pooh-Bah (2,407) Mar 20, 2015 Illinois
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    Does one beer warrant them getting on the top NEIPA producers list? Unless there are others they make that are top tier (and I disagree that Le Jus is a top tier beer). It's a decent beer.

    If you make a list of the top NEIPA producers in Chicagoland and it has more than 6-8 places, I feel like the list becomes diluted at that point. There's gotta be some separation at the top. Do I recall a poll that was setup for something like this awhile back where people voted on the tops in both the city and the suburbs?
     
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  16. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    Are we trying to put together a full list of decent/good options?

    Old Irving's NE stuff doesn't blow me away, but it's definitely good enough, and OI is a great place in general. Le Jus is a good middle-of-the-road NE beer, imo, but wouldn't come near the top of my personal local hazies list.

    I'd also throw in HA just for Sailor's Kush, but...availability on that beer is so low that it's not helpful to anyone.

    Yeah, this is what I'm wondering about. I think Quilentro's original list was good enough for a "hey, if you're in Chicago check out one of these hazy producers" list.
     
    #9056 SeanBond, Dec 17, 2018
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  17. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,735) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    I would say Alarmist and Old Irving are not top tier, but I think are substantially better than questionable additions of Pollyanna, Noon Whistle, and Brickstone.
     
    #9057 HouseofWortship, Dec 18, 2018
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  18. darktronica

    darktronica Grand Pooh-Bah (3,272) Aug 29, 2014 Indiana
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    Personally, I would throw Windmill on a suburbs list well ahead of Pollyanna, Noon Whistle, and Brickstone.
     
    #9058 darktronica, Dec 18, 2018
  19. PhilBallins

    PhilBallins Savant (1,173) Nov 29, 2016 Illinois

    Windmill's consistency is so bad that I can't recommend anyone go there. Pretty much the opposite of Noon Whistle in that regard.
     
    #9059 PhilBallins, Dec 18, 2018
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  20. croush

    croush Pooh-Bah (2,407) Mar 20, 2015 Illinois
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    Fair enough, and I think that gets to the point that I was trying to make. A top tier list should be relatively brief.

    I will say that I like the stuff I’ve had from Brickstone since they started their Haz’d Up series, or whatever it’s called.

    Is Noon Whistle consistently good, mediocre, or worse? I was buying their stuff last year but stopped because nothing ever stood out.
     
    #9060 croush, Dec 18, 2018
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