Half Acre (2020)

I hear ya...
Just for context, I had a Heady Topper right before Crocus, and Crocus stood out in my mind.
(Or maybe I'd had one too many beers), but still!

 

Interesting results. Both use Vienna malt. I think that is one of the things that keeps some people from loving Crocus.

Anyway, just bought a keg of Lucky Catfish over the weekend. Hot damn is it good! Pale ale type hop aromatics but finishes lager clean. Odd hybrid, but obvious summer time crusher that will not last too long

 

someone mail me a case of vallejo https://www.instagram.com/p/CB00AsYAYZj/

 

Terrible timing. I was in Half Acre's neighborhood Saturday, a day or so after they ran out of Crocus and 2 days before they put Vallejo out there.

 

The original Sunset Vallejo was nothing special. Hopefully this double is better.

 

Way different beer than the original. I liked it.

Vallejo has returned to its best version of itself. Sending me back. It is a shame they can’t make it year-round anymore, but I will be happily drinking at any time it is released. Glad they didn’t just retire it

 

Return on Fully Saturated Double Daisy Cutter tomorrow and Distro next week...

https://twitter.com/HalfAcreBeer/status/1278014236959092740?s=20

 

I’m officially on my 3rd pack of BHA. I take back my initial feeling of liking previous year’s batches more. I’m loving this. It’s definitely the first of HA’s modern “soft” IPAs I really dig. I can’t stop drinking it.

 

Anyone had Shores? It's listed on here as a New England IPA; I'm curious if it's one of their "hybrid" efforts, or if it's a straight up take on the style.

 

Burger advocates, how does Half Acre’s measure up in the Chicago scene? Always looks great in their posts.

 

It’s nothing special for me. Would much rather have a burrito or go across the street to bad apple for a burger.

 

I love Half Acre, but that burger is a rip. $15 for a lesser version of Redhot Ranch double cheeseburger is not for me.

 

If we are talking brewery burgers, I quite like Corridor and am pretty sure Forbidden Root’s is good too

 

thanks yeah it’s been awhile. All of their food is good from my experience. Shoutout to their chicken n dumplings (classic July fare)

 

This, Half Acre has good to great beer, their food is meh.

Non Brewery Recommendations:
Harlo Grill (Melrose Park)
Red Hot Ranch (Western Ave).

Brewery / Bar:
Finley Dunne's Ryan Burger (Lincoln Ave & Cornelia , 1 mile south of HA's Lincoln Ave location)
Goose Island Brewpub Stilton Burger (Clybourn Ave)
Illinois Bar & Grill (47th Street)
Kuma's Corner (Belmont Ave + other locations)

 

I was just at the root last weekend for a burg and can also confirm - V Good

 

The root for a burg? V Good?

<-I'm getting old.

 

Unless Bad Apple isn't doing curbside, 200 feet away, that would be your best burger bet for that part of the city. Still, it's not Au Cheval, Loyalist, or Owen & Engine.
(end of Colorado burger troll)