Chicago visit

Given your circumstances, I'd make an excuse to visit a place in the burbs. While both Noon Whistle and Mikerphone are great, seeing as how Mikerphone is only open Thursday-Sunday and you're staying closer to it, personally, I'd go to Mikerphone. Noon Whistle does distribute some cans to stores, but none of their NE IPA's. Mikerphone's stuff hardly sees any distro at all anymore.

 

I don't know that they will have many good IPA's, as they tend to have lots of Belgian offerings, but if you haven't been, I'd recommend Hopleaf. Great food, and I think they typically have Zombie Dust on tap.

Another option would be Haymarket, and you could wait for a table at Au Cheval, which has burgers that many people love (I'm more of a Kuma's guy myself), or just eat at Haymarket. Lone Wolf is also near there, which I think just about always has Zombie Dust on tap.

 

I second Haymarket, some other good places in that area within walking distance. Cruz Blanca, Lone Wolf, and Parlor Pizza bar usually has a good taplist. Forbidden Root short Uber from that area too. Good luck.

 

Looks like beer cellar in glen element tapped a non whistle gummy

 

I was going to throw out Forbidden Root. Pairing it with Haymarket/Cruz Blanca and some food in the Randolph street area could make for a great day.

If you do happen to make it Au Cheval make sure you get the egg and bacon on the burger.

 

^^^THIS!

 

Quick note for the OP, Cruz Blanca is closed on Mondays, and Lone Wolf opens at 4pm.

 

My recommendation would be to go to Forbidden Root. They're doing some cool stuff, and the food is good.

From there, hit up Bangers and Lace. It's a short half mile walk down Paulina, and for my money, a top 2 or 3 beer bar in the city.

From there, you can walk to Links Taproom, which is a fantastic beer bar, and their draft list is available online up to the min, so you can see what's available.

The blue line is about a 2 min walk from there, and if you're still feeling good, you can take it to checkout Revolution for a 4th time.

If you're still feeling like something else, but not Revolution, Dovetail brewing is a new brewery that's cranking out some great beers. You have to be into euro style beers though. They're focusing on Lagers/Pilsners/etc. They're REALLY good, but they don't serve IPAs or adjunct stouts. I highly recommend them though if you're into those styles though.

 

A brewery closer to Links and Revolution, if you don't want to trek up to Dovetail, would be Hopewell right off the Logan square blue line stop. It's pretty solid.

 

If you use Uber pool, it's super cheap. Like $3 a ride cheap.

 

Next time you're in town, shoot me a pm and we'll grab a beer. I live right by lockdown and can show you some other spots.

 

Sounds like you made the most of your time hear. To bad the weather sucked during your visit, hopefully it will be better next time.