Roaring Table (2023)

Outside of Half Acre and these guys, IPA is kind of stuck in the early 2000's in Chicagoland. I no longer see the appeal of crystal/caramel malts in those beers. Outside of a few classics that bring back memories, most IPAs just taste oxidized.

 

Well we are on opposite ends of the spectrum regarding Munich malt in pale ales, but that doesn’t change our shared opinion on this beer. It’s clearly got no specialty malt. Nobody will accuse it of being balanced, daresay malty. It’s no more than pilsner and two row

 

Trying a Concision now and loving it. As someone who was living in southern California a decade ago, this nails the vibe of so many west coast breweries at the start of the hop wars of the early 2010s. This is what it was like before things got too ridiculous and out of hand, when breweries still cared about the resulting flavors instead of the arms race of who could put the highest number of IBUs in their marketing text.

 

spot on. Feels like something I would have traded for from Alpine. Although it’s rare to find a beer that still emphasizes bitterness like it was emphasized back then. The bitterness in Concision isn’t going to hurt anybody’s mouth like a Pliny or Ruination

 

3 new cans this week that I'm very exicted for;

House Lager (4.4% abv)
Into The Tilt (5.8% abv) - American IPA w/ amarillo, centennial incognito, and columbus cryo
Definitional Drift (5.7%) - Modern Pale Ale - hazy pale

Love that everything is sub 6%, going to definitely bring some to "The Big Game" party!

 

Accordance Dark Lager is an absolute banger! If you like dark lager you want to try this.

 

I found it at beer on the wall a week ago

 

I believe so, but will have to look in the fridge to confirm.

 

I think it's the same code -- i dont think they ran this again

 

just had a can of warbler Vivant and…. Yes. This is excellent. Had some proper trollied from P3 and…. WV all day. I might need to go get more of this.

 

Ha! I came in for some House Lager on Saturday myself! I thought it was great, like a toned down version of their helles. I'm sure the hop presence will drop off with time.

I also had the Concision and holy crap, still so damn good. Need more California IPA.

 

I'm not sure if anyone knows the guys, but a couple of the bartenders at RT bought(leased?) the old Flesk Brewing space to kick off the retail operations for the Sundial brewery.
https://www.instagram.com/sundialbrewing/