Half Acre Beer Company

I asked for recommendations of breweries to check out before arriving in Chicago and Half Acre was easily the most recommended brewery for us to visit. Now, this is where we made a bit of a mistake on the trip but it ended up working out alright in the end. We took the "L" to a nearby station and proceeded to walk to the brewery. As we turned the corner though, what we found was a retail store for Half Acre that had some of their merchandise and a small bar for growler fills.

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Now if you've been to Half Acre, then you know that the taproom is located directly next door, but to a couple of tourists passing by, we had no idea that we were only one door over from exactly what we were looking for. Disappointed that (as far as we knew) there was no taproom, we decided to get a four-pack of their Daisy Cutter Pale Ale and a growler of their Space IPA to-go.

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Luckily for us, the guy working the growler fill station couldn't have been nicer and was happy to let us sample anything we wanted. Even when we were hesitant to take advantage of his "try as much as you want" offer, he kept making recommendations and giving us more to taste. It wasn't until after we'd bought our beer to-go that he mentioned the taproom just next door and we realized the simple mistake that we'd made.