Craft beer: What are you drinking?

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

^ I'm surprised the coffee works with what the IPA is all about: the hops. Sure enough on the Red Eye label it says "At Two Brothers we love hops...." This may explain why I have never been the biggest fan of Two Brothers beer; I am not a fan of excessive use of hops in craft beer. But given how local it is, and how much I LOVE hanging out at the Two Brothers coffee house, I will probably give it a try.

Probably due to the Bohemian in me, I have recently enjoyed Baderbräu as a Chicago-made pilsner. It probably is overpriced, but I think its a good beer to throw into a build-your-own 6 pack.

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

Two Brothers is great! Have either of you been out to their tap room in Warrenville? They've got some beers that're exclusive to the taproom and they're quite good.

As for me, I'm currently sitting in Miscatonic Brewing in Darien, IL drinking an IPA brewed with grapefruit. It's a NE-style IPA; very fruit-forward and not overly hoppy.

I've been to The Craftsman and the Round House of theirs, but considering how good those are I'd definitely hit up the Tap House.

Love the sound of that Miscatonic. I'll hit that up too.

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

I really like Domain DuPage from Two Brothers.  I've been meaning to get out to their location but it's out of the way.

If you've never been to Revolution, go. They've got great beers and it's in the way.

I've been to both tap houses. Revolution is conveniently on the way from Wrigley Field to the Blue Line. Two Brothers tap house is about as obscure as a location can be, but the place is never empty and I live just a few minutes away. If you are in the western 'burbs, I'd suggest trying Penrose in Geneva; the beer is excellent, and if you can find a day when the Gnarly Knots food truck is there, it's even better.

Penrose is great, they came and did a presentation in one of my mechanical engineering classes at Illinois. I really like what the company offers.