Hopvine Brewing

I have known of the brewery for 2 years as it is the reincarnation of Limestone brewery that used to be in Plainfield. I haven't brought myself in because the owners are about the bottom line, handcuffing the brewer. After dropping my daughter off at hoops it was time to give this place a try. It is located on outskirts of a shopping mall. Based on the number of cars in the parking lot I wondered if it was open. Inside it's more restaurant than brewery. Lucky if it was 10% full on a Thursday evening at 2000. The bar was empty only tables had customers. These things should have let me know what is what. The vibe wasn't there. Still I had to try. A dozen signature beers on tap at $3 a pour on Thursday. Nice. 3 premiums, all barrel aged, for $7 or $8. I wanted a hoppy beer. Only two had high ibus: a brown and an ipa hopped with sorachi ace. The brown was described as new castle like. No good. I don't like sorachi ace hops. I'll try the rye saison. Nothing fantastic. I expected a mix of rye and saison yeast phenols. Instead I got a touch of fruity esters with rye trying to poke through. I wouldn't have it again. I didn't have food bit based on the beer and vibe of the joint, I will not be back. Too bad this Chicago burb can't drum up a knock it out of the park brewery. There is enough people as Aurora and Naperville are north of 150K people each. Enjoy!