I went to the new Revolution Brewery in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood tonight.
The place is designed nicely. Restored silver tin ceiling, interesting medieval light fixtures, a lot of wood and brick as well. Their "fist" logo is pretty nice, and prevalent throughout.
The place was hopping with hipsters, it's only a few weeks old. Took about 45 minutes to get a table.
The Wee Heavy was good, it's about 8.5% with a lot of dark fruit type flavors in it. The IPA tasted like it was heavily hopped with Simcoe, I would guess. It's a more intrusive hop to me, if that's what it was. Every time I feel an IPA has an "intrusive" hop in it, it seems they tell me it's Simcoe. Maybe I just don't like Simcoe hops all that much (though some great FFF beers have Simcoe in them and I love em). It's $6 a snifter for the IPA, so that was a pretty terrible value to me. Then again, I wouldn't of gotten another for $4.
I also had the mild ale. They serve this thing much too cold, so it was tough to pick anything specific out, but it felt well balanced and good. The pale ale was also a decent beer, though once again too cold.
The Oatmeal Stout is in my fridge in a growler. I'm told it's their best beer. After some really good beef stew with mashed potatoes, as well as a bruschetta appetizer and some bacon/sage/parmesan popcorn (really good, though all the food was delicious and slightly overpriced) I couldn't drink any more. So alas, the stout will have to wait.
Overall, the place was jam packed, but beautiful. The food was very good, even if it's a little on the high end ($27 for a ribeye at a brewery?) and the beers were small brewery quality, if nothing spectacular. I'll go back, it's worth an occasional visit, though it will likely not end up as a favorite or a "regular" place.
Oh, and it's
http://revbrew.com/ if anybody is interested.