The Craft Beer Thread....

mcgruff10 said:

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!

You could probably hit Half Acre the day of one of the PJ shows.  It's not too far from Wrigley...only a mile or 2 west of there.

SVRDhand13 said:

mcgruff10 said:

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

I live in NYC and visit Richmond often. Love this list. 

For those who don’t know about Richmond breweries, the following are amazing: veil, answer, triple crossing, ardent and hardy wood. 

Hardywood is absolutely amazing!  They've really taken off in the last year or two.  The Gingerbread Stout is one of a short list of beer that Beer Advocate has given a perfect score and I have zero arguments.  Every single variation I've had (regular, Bourbon Barrel, Christmas Morning) is absolutely delicious.  I need to get my hands on all the others.

The Virginia Blackberry, Farmhouse Pumpkin, & Cream Ale are really good as well.

HesCalledDyer said:

SVRDhand13 said:

mcgruff10 said:

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

I live in NYC and visit Richmond often. Love this list. 

For those who don’t know about Richmond breweries, the following are amazing: veil, answer, triple crossing, ardent and hardy wood. 

Hardywood is absolutely amazing!  They've really taken off in the last year or two.  The Gingerbread Stout is one of a short list of beer that Beer Advocate has given a perfect score and I have zero arguments.  Every single variation I've had (regular, Bourbon Barrel, Christmas Morning) is absolutely delicious.  I need to get my hands on all the others.

The Virginia Blackberry, Farmhouse Pumpkin, & Cream Ale are really good as well.

I tried a gingerbread stout and thought it was awful.  Id be willing to try this though.

and these. 
haven't had a sour stout yet

GO BIRDS

The two roads double ipa is awesome!!

bbiggs said:

Got a nice little weekend haul today. All good ones but Pseudo Sue recently jumped real high on my list. 

GOOD haul!!!

Another great ipa.  

SVRDhand13 said:

anybody else here homebrew?  I just started a few months ago and I'm obsessed.  I have to stick with 1 gallon batches for now (I have two fermenting jugs) since I live in a NYC apartment but I already know I'll make 5+ gallon batches one day.  

That's what I was kinda hoping this thread would turn into, or at least there should be a homebrew thread. I've done it a few times this year, and definitely want to do it more often. And same here - I've been restricted to gallon batches and I want to step it up to all grain brewing in 5+ gallon batches. My only issue  I've been terrible with making my priming sugar and almost half of my batches had too much carbonation, which has sucked, and I probably should get my shit together on that before stepping it up.