Revolution Brewing (2020)

They're all listed at the brewpub but you can't pick up until Friday.

 

They were good, just didn't live up to the lofty heights of 13 IMO.

 

Maybe I'm being obtuse, but not quite sure what this means. Will they not have the beers on their website available for curbside pickup like they did last week? At this point the only option is to go to the brewpub and get them?

 

With COVID everything changes quickly - your best bet is to check their social media each day or to call them. They posted yesterday (Sunday):
"The Revolution Brewpub will be closed immediately, as another non-customer-facing employee at Revolution has tested positive for COVID-19. The health and safety of our staff and customers remain our number one priority. The Brewpub will remain closed until further notice, and we'll share any reopening information when we have it. ⁠Contact-free curbside pickup will be available at Brewery at 3340 N. Kedzie seven days a week, from noon - 7 p.m. Thanks again for your support and your understanding."

However, the Brewpub has Deth's Tar and Cafe Deth at the Brewpub for delivery through GrubHub, with next delivery available on 11/2. So you have to assume those will be available at the Brewpub as well, whenever it opens up.
BUT these two will also see WIDE distro and should be most places in the Chicagoland area by the end of this week, and everywhere in the Chicagoland area by the end of next week.

 

Thick body, not too sweet, and big maple presence contradict each other a bit unfortunately. You kind of have to sacrifice one of the three.

All plans are a little thrown off because

but the rest of our inventory will get released REAL soon, once we have the staff all set to facilitate it to you. Maybe even some other things.

 

I'll play devil's advocate here...perhaps the base beer could be thicker & more substantial, since you're cutting it with maple and don't want to overload it on that end.

My point could be dumb, but as someone who's never brewed a beer but loves drinking them, this was my take-away.

Again, I like this beer...I didn't need more maple sweetness, so I think the base beer being a bit beefier would have taken it to the next level.

I think Revolution makes the best barrel aged beers in the country right now. I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I do think that this isn't a top 10 Deep Woods beer. Can you blame me for thinking that Rev could make the impossible, possible? I've been spoiled by this series.

 

I haven't had Maple Deth, but am confused by the comments of people saying the beer is thin. Maple syrup isn't thinner than beer, it is syrupy. What am I missing- how is adding thick, syrupy maple syrup going to make the beer thinner?

 

I'd like to mention that the deth tar barrel maple syrup is awesome

 

Sticking with my Pick 2 concept...adding more body would, in this circumstance, add sweetness/perceived sweetness and risk putting it in the "too sweet" camp once you add the maple syrup. It's good questions and stuff I didn't know a whole lot about, not being a homebrewer either, until I sat behind the camera with Jim and Marty so many times and picked their brain.

For the record, I love Maple Syrup but don't enjoy it in beer myself. I want to on paper, but rarely want to drink more than a taster of them. So my order of preference this year is Deth's Tar, with Cafe a tight second, then Maple. I think Deth's Tar at its price is a steal, but I'm bias of course.

 

Deth / Cafe Deth / Maple Deth are back up for sale.

 

And a few other things under Crowlers

 

Is it as flat as reviews suggest?

 

Does anyone know if glassware-only purchases can be curbside? It seems to auto-add shipping in my cart. Thanks.

 

You can contact REV and let them know you'll pick up. They'll refund shipping. Need to contact them myself and verify they did so since I picked up my set of 2 with my Maple Deth. The glassware is $$$ by the way. Love them.

 

Flat like... not carbonated? Sorry, I don't know a lot about maple syrup.

 

Barrel 560 went quick!!

 

Yeah, I placed 2 different orders at roughly the same time as I forgot to add the glasses to the first one, and they emailed me within an hour asking if I wanted to pick them up instead. Shipping fee was refunded in a couple days. Really excellent customer service.

 

@BeerCruncher For the benefit of everyone else too, will there be Saturday pickup for the rest of the Deep Woods releases? I know the Deth's Tar usually has two days for the release but not the others and are just Fridays. Thanks!

 

I didn't think they were putting any limits on pickup for the releases.

 

Yes, Saturday pick-ups are absolutely part of the plan for many reasons, including people who work weekdays. I think that's how it was for Supermassive/Mixed Berry/Thundertaker, but sometimes you all are better than I am at remembering so correct me if I'm wrong. Traffic is a real pain on Fridays so those afternoon pickups can be craziness, but Saturdays it runs so smoothly cause nobody's out and the street is clear.