Chicagoland NE IPAs (2018)

I'm not the biggest fan of Old Nation's stuff, but having a brewery that regularly supplies a flagship hazy IPA is going to be a nice change of pace.

 

I was a bit skeptical that M-43 would be as good as I remember it, since it's now easy to get but I'm happy to say I was wrong. Had a can last night and it was fresh, juicy and easy to drink. Definitely a great option for my regular rotation.

 

M43 is solid I would also highly recommend it!

 

I'm at that point where so many of these NE IPAs are just running together. I picked up a can of M43 and it was... good.. I guess? It's becoming really hard to distinguish between all of these IMO and the style just isn't doing it for me any more. I'm done buying NE IPAs for a while.

 

Once they get to a certain quality level, I really do feel like they run together. It's not a style with a lot of subtlety and nuance sort of the ones that feature really unique hops like Nelson or different malt bills like rye. As a result, I tend to buy based on price, and M-43 is one of the cheapest available.

 

The beauty is the price. SN's Hazy Little Thing and now M-43 are around to scratch an itch for under 15 bucks.

 

Hay’z For Horses not to shabby. Not a huge beer. But we’ll done at a decent price. Nice flavor. Clean finish. No bitterness to speak of.

Not a fan of m43. The finish tastes like chloride from the dentists office. It’s good but the odd finish bugs me. Seems I’m in the minority on this one though, and I agree it’s nice to have another nicely priced haze option on the shelves.

 

Picked up a 12/19 canned four pack at Irving Park Binny's after a Prop 14 pour at Fischmans, NE IPA are OK with me, though I prefer a west coast IPA. This was one of if not the best NE IPA i've had. It's sweet but balanced, excellent mouth feel. Picked up a 12/7 canned 4 pack of TG Sosus for $4 more, hope it is as good.

I have become strict over buying/consuming IPAs fresh, nice to have the option.

Thanks for another great suggestion in the Great Lakes forum!

 

Dentists don't use chloride. Maybe you mean floride, but those taste nothing alike.

 

I had a 4 pack of the 12/7 Sosus on Christmas Eve. It was damn good.