Tonight I’m having the wonderful Tavern Cut by Hop Butcher. This is one of the beers from them I enjoy the most. You really get the orange juice aroma and taste with this. At the end, the bitter white grapefruit notes hit you and there is a slight bitter aftertaste. This is a 7.5% ABV Double IPA with Citra and Vic Secret hops. As with everything Hop Butcher puts out, it’s fresh. This was canned 3 days ago and to be honest, these usually don’t last that long on either the shelf of your local bottle shop or in my fridge to ever see how they would be after a few months.

If you come across Tavern Cut, I highly recommend it if you are a fan of Double/Hazy IPA’s. For those reading this outside of the Chicago area, the name comes from the way we cut pizza. In squares! This is a thin crust pizza known as a tavern cut pizza, and yes real Chicagoans eat thin crust, not the stuff we sell to tourists. Don’t get me wrong, I’d kill a deep dish Lou Malnoti’s any time it’s put in front of me, but if I had my way, the thin crust is in!