revolution brewing company

New Fall Beer Blog Revolution Brewery Oktoberfest

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During Football season, we are going to take a look at another brew from Revolution Brewery.  This is their fall seasonal which is called Oktoberfest.  If you read my earlier blog on their Anti-Hero, you know a little something about this brewery.  If not, please, read the first part of that beer blog.  Let us get into the beer.

This fall beer has a nice copper color without a head on it.  It has a sweet caramel malty smell to the beer.  The taste has some caramel notes along with some malty notes.  The aftertaste makes this beer extremely drinkable for a Fall Beer and Oktoberfest.  The aftertaste is a dry malty.

Here is a descriation from their website (www.revbrew.com):

OKtoberfest

A classic German-style Oktoberfest beer that goes down smooth with a pleasant, toasty malt flavor. Hallertauer Hersbrucker hops give the beer a crisp, balanced bitterness and a spicy, earthy aroma.

German-style Oktoberfest

ABV  5.7%IBU  25

Profile: Classic German-style Oktoberfest beer

Availability: 1/6 & 1/2 bbl, 12oz cans

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.revbrew.com

Twitter:  @revbrewchicago

In closing, I had several Fall and Oktoberfest beers through out the years.  I had a ton this year and there are only a few that are really good and then there are some that are really bad.  It has been very disappointing this years for fall beers.  I use to hang out at their brewpub in Logan Square and I never had this beer.  I have to say that I am not really that impressed with it.  I loved their Anti-Hero IPA and this was a real let down.  I am not a fan of this beer for the price and the liquid inside the bottle, draft, and cans.  There are better Oktoberfest at a better value.  I feel their beers are overpriced for being from Chicago.  Just because, I am not a fan of this beer.  It does not mean you will not like this beer and rest of their bews.  Please go try them and share your thoughts with me and others.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

New Blog Revolution Brewing Company Anti Hero IPA

In this blog, we are going to get into one of many craft breweries, which is Revolution Brewing Company and the beer is called Anti Hero India Pale Ale.  Revolution Brewing Company was founded in 2010 in the Logan Square area in Chicago as a brewpub.  They brew several different styles and took several employees when they opened  from the Goose Island Brewery before they were brought by Budweiser.  In 2012, they opened their production brewery to start the packaging and kegging their beers.  This brewery is one of the best ones in the Chicagoland area and of course is the best one of the new breweries in Chicago.  This is totally my thought.  Let us get into this beer.

Anti Hero IPA is a new line of bottles, cans and draft that is coming from this new brewery. Revolution Brewing Anti Hero has a copper color without a head to the beer.  It has an earthy to slight citrus smell to it. As for the taste of the beer, it has a sweet to heavy carbonation to the beer with a citrus to slight grapefruit to it. It is a drinkable beer for the style with a ABV 6.5%.

Here is a description from their website (www.revbrew.com):

An American hop assault for all the ambivalent warriors who get the girl in the end. “Look, I ain’t in this for your revolution, and I’m not in it for you, Princess.” This iconic ale features a blend of four hop varieties which creates a crisp bitterness and imparts massive floral and citrus aromas.

India Pale Ale

ABV  6.5%
IBU  70

Profile: An American hop assault

Color: Brilliant Copper

Availability: 1/6 & 1/2 bbl, 12oz cans

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.revbrew.com

Twitter:  @revbrewchicago

In closing, it took me several times drinking this beer to really start to like it.  That is not a bad thing to the brewery nor the beer.  This beer has a nice balance from the hops to the malty backbone.  It has a the nice West Coast IPA feel but from a Midwest Brewery.  At least, I know I could go direction to the brewery and get it fresh asides guessing the code dates on any West Coast Breweries beers.  I had this beer on draft at the Blue Bar and I know I will be enjoying this beer on many football Sundays.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser