The Craft Beer Thread....

The Juggler

SVRDhand13 said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

^ Wow. Made it down to Tired Hands in Ardmore? Good for you.

Beers are so good - loooove the Alien Church and/or any of the Milkshake IPAs.

And their food is so good. They've pretty much taken over that town.

We were going to philly and decided to make a pit stop. Unfortunately, I did not get to try alien church because it was kicked (but I’m trading for a four pack over the next few weeks anyway) and they didn’t have any milkshakes. However, I loved hophands, high road, galaxy ipa and about five others. Very happy I made the trip. 

Mike it’s middle of nowhere PA (no offense!). One of my must visits and worth the trip. Came home with cans and growlers too. 

Offense taken! You were on the Main Line, which is like 5 miles outside of Philly city limits.

SVRDhand13

The Juggler said:

SVRDhand13 said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

^ Wow. Made it down to Tired Hands in Ardmore? Good for you.

Beers are so good - loooove the Alien Church and/or any of the Milkshake IPAs.

And their food is so good. They've pretty much taken over that town.

We were going to philly and decided to make a pit stop. Unfortunately, I did not get to try alien church because it was kicked (but I’m trading for a four pack over the next few weeks anyway) and they didn’t have any milkshakes. However, I loved hophands, high road, galaxy ipa and about five others. Very happy I made the trip. 

Mike it’s middle of nowhere PA (no offense!). One of my must visits and worth the trip. Came home with cans and growlers too. 

Offense taken! You were on the Main Line, which is like 5 miles outside of Philly city limits.

Haha sorry man. I live in queens. If someone was traveling to manhattan and stopped in my neighborhood they’d think this was the middle of nowhere too. 

Jearlpam0925

SVRDhand13 said:

The Juggler said:

SVRDhand13 said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

^ Wow. Made it down to Tired Hands in Ardmore? Good for you.

Beers are so good - loooove the Alien Church and/or any of the Milkshake IPAs.

And their food is so good. They've pretty much taken over that town.

We were going to philly and decided to make a pit stop. Unfortunately, I did not get to try alien church because it was kicked (but I’m trading for a four pack over the next few weeks anyway) and they didn’t have any milkshakes. However, I loved hophands, high road, galaxy ipa and about five others. Very happy I made the trip. 

Mike it’s middle of nowhere PA (no offense!). One of my must visits and worth the trip. Came home with cans and growlers too. 

Offense taken! You were on the Main Line, which is like 5 miles outside of Philly city limits.

Haha sorry man. I live in queens. If someone was traveling to manhattan and stopped in my neighborhood they’d think this was the middle of nowhere too. 

AGREED.

SVRDhand13

Jearlpam0925 said:

SVRDhand13 said:

The Juggler said:

SVRDhand13 said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

^ Wow. Made it down to Tired Hands in Ardmore? Good for you.

Beers are so good - loooove the Alien Church and/or any of the Milkshake IPAs.

And their food is so good. They've pretty much taken over that town.

We were going to philly and decided to make a pit stop. Unfortunately, I did not get to try alien church because it was kicked (but I’m trading for a four pack over the next few weeks anyway) and they didn’t have any milkshakes. However, I loved hophands, high road, galaxy ipa and about five others. Very happy I made the trip. 

Mike it’s middle of nowhere PA (no offense!). One of my must visits and worth the trip. Came home with cans and growlers too. 

Offense taken! You were on the Main Line, which is like 5 miles outside of Philly city limits.

Haha sorry man. I live in queens. If someone was traveling to manhattan and stopped in my neighborhood they’d think this was the middle of nowhere too. 

AGREED.

And I’d like to keep it that way- my rent is already too damn high!

also tried Pliny the elder yesterday. Well worth the wait. I feel like it would have really blown my mind had I got a hold of it when I first wanted to years ago. But it was a very balanced beautifully hopped beer. So happy to cross that one off the list. 

mcgruff10

The Juggler said:

mcgruff10 said:

SVRDhand13 said:

Visited tired hands yesterday!

Joe, where is this?!

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaautiful Ardmore, Pennsylvania.

I need to go there! 

Indifference71

Cliffy6745 said:

Got a bunch of shit done this morning now golf, beer and some cooking this afternoon

 That's a nice lineup right there!  I didn't know they distributed Half Acre to Philly....such a great brewery.  I used to live right by it and go there all the time before I became a suburbanite.  Daisy Cutter is one of my all time favorites.  Love Jai Alai too....always drink some of that whenever I'm down in Florida.  I just read that they're coming to Chicago soon which is awesome news.

mcgruff10

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Got a bunch of shit done this morning now golf, beer and some cooking this afternoon

 That's a nice lineup right there!  I didn't know they distributed Half Acre to Philly....such a great brewery.  I used to live right by it and go there all the time before I became a suburbanite.  Daisy Cutter is one of my all time favorites.  Love Jai Alai too....always drink some of that whenever I'm down in Florida.  I just read that they're coming to Chicago soon which is awesome news.

So what are your suggestions for breweries I need to hit up while in Chicago? Maybe a top five. 

PRL1JAM

a good friend of mine sent me this from MT

darwinstheory

mcgruff10 said:

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Got a bunch of shit done this morning now golf, beer and some cooking this afternoon

 That's a nice lineup right there!  I didn't know they distributed Half Acre to Philly....such a great brewery.  I used to live right by it and go there all the time before I became a suburbanite.  Daisy Cutter is one of my all time favorites.  Love Jai Alai too....always drink some of that whenever I'm down in Florida.  I just read that they're coming to Chicago soon which is awesome news.

So what are your suggestions for breweries I need to hit up while in Chicago? Maybe a top five. 

Pipeworks
Revolution 
Lagunitas
Haymarket 
Three Floyd's (worth the trip from Chicago to NW Indiana...maybe only 30 minutes from downtown)

bbiggs

mcgruff10 said:

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Got a bunch of shit done this morning now golf, beer and some cooking this afternoon

 That's a nice lineup right there!  I didn't know they distributed Half Acre to Philly....such a great brewery.  I used to live right by it and go there all the time before I became a suburbanite.  Daisy Cutter is one of my all time favorites.  Love Jai Alai too....always drink some of that whenever I'm down in Florida.  I just read that they're coming to Chicago soon which is awesome news.

So what are your suggestions for breweries I need to hit up while in Chicago? Maybe a top five. 

You know my answers Mike!  Revolution, Pipeworks and Half Acre are top 3 must visits.  Goose Island and Lagunitas for 4 and 5 maybe? A not as well known spot in Wicker Park called Piece Brewery...great beer and east coast style pies! 

bbiggs

darwinstheory said:

mcgruff10 said:

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Got a bunch of shit done this morning now golf, beer and some cooking this afternoon

 That's a nice lineup right there!  I didn't know they distributed Half Acre to Philly....such a great brewery.  I used to live right by it and go there all the time before I became a suburbanite.  Daisy Cutter is one of my all time favorites.  Love Jai Alai too....always drink some of that whenever I'm down in Florida.  I just read that they're coming to Chicago soon which is awesome news.

So what are your suggestions for breweries I need to hit up while in Chicago? Maybe a top five. 

Pipeworks
Revolution 
Lagunitas
Haymarket 
Three Floyd's (worth the trip from Chicago to NW Indiana...maybe only 30 minutes from downtown)

Three floyds is on a different level but I left it off because it’s out of the city. My favorite for sure 

Indifference71

mcgruff10 said:

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Got a bunch of shit done this morning now golf, beer and some cooking this afternoon

 That's a nice lineup right there!  I didn't know they distributed Half Acre to Philly....such a great brewery.  I used to live right by it and go there all the time before I became a suburbanite.  Daisy Cutter is one of my all time favorites.  Love Jai Alai too....always drink some of that whenever I'm down in Florida.  I just read that they're coming to Chicago soon which is awesome news.

So what are your suggestions for breweries I need to hit up while in Chicago? Maybe a top five. 

I'd say Revolution, Half Acre, On Tour Brewing, Lagunitas and Great Central Brewing.  Great Central is a contract brewing place that brews beer for a few different breweries....they have a pretty nice taproom where you can have a bunch of the beers that they brew there.  

Bentleyspop

Had some draft Hopslam the other night.
$4.75 per real pint!
That is some damn good shite but a seriously big beer.
Glad I had only a 5 minute walk home

mcgruff10

Laguintas is from california, no?  I"m guessing they opened a brewery in chicago for distribution purposes?

Indifference71

mcgruff10 said:

Laguintas is from california, no?  I"m guessing they opened a brewery in chicago for distribution purposes?

Yeah they opened up a huge brewery in Chicago a few years ago.  They have a really nice taproom in there and the tour is pretty cool.

Cliffy6745

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Got a bunch of shit done this morning now golf, beer and some cooking this afternoon

 That's a nice lineup right there!  I didn't know they distributed Half Acre to Philly....such a great brewery.  I used to live right by it and go there all the time before I became a suburbanite.  Daisy Cutter is one of my all time favorites.  Love Jai Alai too....always drink some of that whenever I'm down in Florida.  I just read that they're coming to Chicago soon which is awesome news.

Yeah, man.  Grabbed a case of Daisy Cutter maybe a month ago.  Have been trying to go through it slowly and have done a pretty good job mixing it in with other stuff.

Jai Alai is awesome.

Bentleyspop

mcgruff10 said:

Laguintas is from california, no?  I"m guessing they opened a brewery in chicago for distribution purposes?

Lagunitas is based in Petaluma about an hour north of San Francisco. Great brewery to visit.

It is now 100% owned by Heineken and that's why they opened in Chicago and have much wider distribution then they did a few years ago.

mcgruff10

Indifference71 said:

mcgruff10 said:

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Got a bunch of shit done this morning now golf, beer and some cooking this afternoon

 That's a nice lineup right there!  I didn't know they distributed Half Acre to Philly....such a great brewery.  I used to live right by it and go there all the time before I became a suburbanite.  Daisy Cutter is one of my all time favorites.  Love Jai Alai too....always drink some of that whenever I'm down in Florida.  I just read that they're coming to Chicago soon which is awesome news.

So what are your suggestions for breweries I need to hit up while in Chicago? Maybe a top five. 

I'd say Revolution, Half Acre, On Tour Brewing, Lagunitas and Great Central Brewing.  Great Central is a contract brewing place that brews beer for a few different breweries....they have a pretty nice taproom where you can have a bunch of the beers that they brew there.  

revolution and half acre are on the must see list!

mcgruff10

https://vinepair.com/articles/best-beer-travel-destinations-2018/

tempo_n_groove

mcgruff10 said:

https://vinepair.com/articles/best-beer-travel-destinations-2018/

California didn't make the list?  What a fraud...