Chicagoland NE IPAs (2018)

Honestly, if you're looking for it to be the NE Style it claims to be, don't. The only beer in the cloud series worth buying in my opinion is Cumulus

 

If you like that art, you should check out local artist Dan Grzeca's site. I assume he did this art label for Hop Butcher(or else there is some major idea theft there by HP) as it looks just like a couple of prints he has done. He also does stuff for FFF.

Can you see the Mellotron inspiration in these two prints?
http://groundup.bigcartel.com/product/moog-migration-blue-colorway
http://groundup.bigcartel.com/product/purple-moog-monster-tee

http://www.hopbutcher.com/mellotron/

Edit: NM, it says he did it right there in the HP link...duh

 

That's awesome that he did the Apoc Cow label - one of my favorite FFF brews!

 

Yeah someone just informed me over at TalkBeer that the art was originally made for Moogfest, which is amazingly cool, i know one of the dudes at the Bob Moog Foundation

 

Between him and Phineas X. Jones who does the Half Acre stuff, there is some cool synergy going on between beer and art. Then throw in stuff like band collabs likes FFF and GI have done and the worlds collide even more. Then throw in craft coffee like Dark Matter and you wind up full circle with FFF/Dark Matter/Mastadon collab coffee and beers...Pretty wild.

 

What's the word on Juice is Loose, where does it rank in relation to the other's discussed.

 

Wife just picked up some Juice is Loose from Beer Cellar. Sounded like they had a ton of it, allotment is 3 4-packs per person.

 

Well damn, looks like I'm stopping in after work. I guess I'll have to do a side-by-side-by-side of Morning Fog/Reply Hazy/JIL....first world problems

 

Thats going to be my side by side tomorrow.

 

I'd put it at the top with Ram's Juicy for any NE styles coming out of this area. I prefer it to Mikerphone, Hop Butcher, and Hailstorm offerings. Most of which I really enjoy.

 

Can confirm for Beer Cellar. Close to 20 cases of Juice is Loose left

It's going fast, even with the two 4-pack limit. The line was just before the door and everybody was picking up some

 

Morning Fog is definitely well made. The mosaic hops will be a decisive factor for ppl in this thread to "love it" or say "meh"

MF, Juicy, and Hopslush have all had a lingering yeasty/malty finish that I love in this style. Something that I think galaxy bowl and SS is missing.

Cheers

 

Well above average for this area. It's not quite the juice bomb style (which I prefer) but has a mild bitterness most regular hop heads would prefer.

Absolutely worth trying.

 

Agreed 100%

Working my way through my first Morning Haze as I type this. It has the exact same mouth feel that I got from Juicy, very similar nose as well. Also like Juicy, it is dangerously crushable - almost to the point where I'm telling myself to slow down. While similar, it's different from Juicy for all the right reasons. I'm getting more citrus out of this one on the taste...and I planned on trying to trade my second 4-pack, but I'm thinking otherwise now.

On to Relpy Hazy!

 

Juice is loose is outstanding, as most transient offerings are, but $20/4 pack? You guys have at it

 

Yeah, that makes no sense. Clear price gouging.

 

Can any tell the difference between the Juice is Loose that is brewed in Michigan and the stuff brewed in Illinois?

 

Yeah, I'm having a difficult time slowing down with drinking ALL of the Morning Fog I just got today. It's super easy drinking.

 

Price gouging? Thats pretty insulting. 10-11 for a 22oz bomber of DIPA is common, but I charge the equivalent of 6.75 and I'm price gouging? Please.

 

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