The Hopleaf’s Michael Roper checks in from the Hopleaf. Not the Andersonville Hopleaf, the Reading, England Hopleaf. He talks about the perfect temperature for a “real” ale, the Americanization of Europe’s beer market, and the possibility of growler filling stations.
Michael Roper has been the owner operator of the Hopleaf Bar in Chicago since he opened it in 1992.