Equilibrium in Illinois

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  1. DESK_SMASH

    DESK_SMASH Initiate (181) Feb 25, 2015 Illinois

    hop butcher for the world
     
    #21 DESK_SMASH, May 3, 2020
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  2. DragonflyJones

    DragonflyJones Devotee (399) Mar 22, 2018 Illinois

    Old Irving for me.
     
    #22 DragonflyJones, May 3, 2020
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  3. JJH1018

    JJH1018 Zealot (699) Sep 13, 2013 Illinois

    I'll echo the other responses. Hop Butcher, Old Irving, Riverlands and I think Mikerphone has been very good as of late as well. Perhaps the drops are not as fresh? It's not bad beer by any means, I just don't think they're worth the price per 4 pack. Just one man's opinion.
     
    #23 JJH1018, May 3, 2020
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  4. Nbrock24

    Nbrock24 Pooh-Bah (1,770) Mar 11, 2016 Illinois
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    Thanks for sharing your opinion and I understand the hesitation on price. Those prices wouldn’t work here if they were on the shelves 52 weeks a year.

    It’s probably not a freshness issue for Equilibrium as all were very fresh (some within a week of canning). One of the Weldwerks beers from this recent drop was 30 days old on arrival but that’s not a major concern.
     
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  5. JJH1018

    JJH1018 Zealot (699) Sep 13, 2013 Illinois

    Agreed, I've accepted $20/4pk price for IPA's. Once it gets up to $30 it's tougher to swallow. But I like trying new stuff so price generally doesn't impact my decision.
     
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  6. ShawnoftheD3ad

    ShawnoftheD3ad Savant (1,078) Mar 20, 2016 Illinois
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    (Cough) Saint Errant.
    Between them, HB and Riverlands I think we’re in good shape for haze considering where we were years ago. Tho, I still do a trade for Heady and Swish every now and then. Hopefully P3 can get dialed in eventually as it’s easy and local for me.
     
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  7. Nbrock24

    Nbrock24 Pooh-Bah (1,770) Mar 11, 2016 Illinois
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    yeah I’ll be spending a lot on the upcoming Other Half drop. Though it will depend on what I haven’t had already, how much I liked any returning beers. If the ratings/reviews for a beer aren’t encouraging I may split the 4 with a buddy to decrease the cost and risk too
     
    #27 Nbrock24, May 3, 2020
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  8. weirdalchy

    weirdalchy Crusader (436) Jan 23, 2015 Illinois
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    upcoming other half drop??
     
    #28 weirdalchy, May 4, 2020
  9. Nbrock24

    Nbrock24 Pooh-Bah (1,770) Mar 11, 2016 Illinois
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    yeah someone posted in another thread that they’re doing a hot drop too
     
    #29 Nbrock24, May 4, 2020
  10. KidGalaga

    KidGalaga Zealot (572) Apr 21, 2014 Illinois
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    Have only tried 2 of the recent drop, energy equals and super fractal, and both were forgettable, with the latter being a shell of what I’ve had before in terms of EQ triples.

    i hope this was just a bad batch all around, because that would be far better than this being their level of quality nowadays.

    I don’t have enough digits to list the number of local breweries which have better haze right know
     
    #30 KidGalaga, May 4, 2020
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  11. NextBestThing

    NextBestThing Pundit (791) Apr 5, 2008 New York

    I live a 15 minute drive away from Equilibrium and have no plans to ever visit them again.

    There are several local breweries that I prefer personally, and I would also far sooner take a two and a half hour road trip to MA to pick up some authentic juice bombs.
     
    #31 NextBestThing, May 4, 2020
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  12. miniditka77

    miniditka77 Pundit (953) May 21, 2015 Illinois
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    Almost every time I try an IPA from some super-hype haze factory halfway across the country, my reaction is, "Wow, this is good, but it's not really any better than [insert like a half dozen local breweries cranking out similar products]."
     
    #32 miniditka77, May 4, 2020
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