On a beautiful Autumn day with a light crispness on the air. I walked from Wrigleyville to Lincoln Park and the Half Acre taproom.
The space is next door to their growler/merchandise store and had tables as you walk in with the bar and tap handles in the back right corner.
You first notice this cartoon looking bear head over the taps with no beer names on them. Only emblazoned with the Half Acre name.
The leather bound menu augments the board on the wall with the day’s available beers.
I started light with the Pony pilsner. It poured a pretty yellow color and hit all the marks of a craft pils. A little more fizz might have helped but it was a promising start to my tasting.
Since it was October, I went for the Okto/Marzen next and it was the surprise beer of the trip. Big nutty taste, a little touch if sweetness and a firm spicy hop note. If it weren’t for the next beer, it would have been my choice as best of the trip.
And that beer is the famed Daisy Cutter. A perfectly balanced pale. Great fruit punch hop notes on top a bed of light malt. One of those rare hoppy beers that mixes hops so that the sum is greater than the parts.
Oddly enough, the two wet hop beers that I was psyched to see on the menu were only so-so. I would rank them behind the pilsner.
The Half Acre tap room is my kind of place. Quirky vibe with a great selection of beers.
