FIB War Room

[jeblikesbeer]

I'm not talking about what you described. I'm talking about people buying beer they don't need and reselling it to strangers for no profit.

I think the CCBE practice of standing on a pedestal to announce when every store has BCBS in stock is also idiotic. For example, a Mariano's three blocks from my house in Park Ridge got BCBS yestetday. Of course some **** on CCBE announced to the group that it was available at noon. Lo and behold it was gone by the time I arrived home at the reasonable hour of 5:00 PM.

I'm sorry, but I don't consider any of the above generosity or beer karma.

if i find some I tell a very small group of people about it. guys i've drank a beer or had a solid talk about the meaning of life with. I'm all for community but at this point the "community" as a whole has gone nuts so I support the community I know and trust.

 

[Leafhouse]

I'm not talking about what you described. I'm talking about people buying beer they don't need and reselling it to strangers for no profit.

I'm neutral on the practice.

if i find some I tell a very small group of people about it. guys i've drank a beer or had a solid talk about the meaning of life with. I'm all for community but at this point the "community" as a whole has gone nuts so I support the community I know and trust.

Yeah I agree. I could see posting about finds on a smaller forum like this but there are hundreds and hundreds of people in CCBE most of which just lurk. Hell, the vast majority CCBE is made up of people who joined last year for the BCBS hunt after someone linked the group on Reddit.

 

[jeblikesbeer]

if i find some I tell a very small group of people about it. guys i've drank a beer or had a solid talk about the meaning of life with. I'm all for community but at this point the "community" as a whole has gone nuts so I support the community I know and trust.

i'm quite happy that to this point the people who have liked this all fall within the community i like and trust

 

[ApocalypseZombie]

I'm not talking about what you described. I'm talking about people buying beer they don't need and reselling it to strangers for no profit.

I think the CCBE practice of standing on a pedestal to announce when every store has BCBS in stock is also idiotic. For example, a Mariano's three blocks from my house in Park Ridge got BCBS yestetday. Of course some **** on CCBE announced to the group that it was available at noon. Lo and behold it was gone by the time I arrived home at the reasonable hour of 5:00 PM.

I'm sorry, but I don't consider any of the above generosity or beer karma.

Oh, it's pretty much the worst thing ever. Hey, I know, let's just give lazy ******** who want to buy everything but put in none of the work ALL the information so they can go buy it up!

 

[kawilliams81]

I purposoely follow him on instagram just for the laughs

Just looked this guy up and don't recognize him. I think that's probably a good thing.

 

[BobCobb1]

Is anyone else a regular at Rayan's at Clark and Wilson and gotten any kind of a straight answer on BCBS there? Very frustrating so far, maybe time to find a new corner shop around Uptown.

 

[PHBoiler]

Just looked this guy up and don't recognize him. I think that's probably a good thing.

He certainly seems to have the same glasses as another CCBE favorite. Is that the tie that binds?

 

[SSTroller]

Is anyone else a regular at Rayan's at Clark and Wilson and gotten any kind of a straight answer on BCBS there? Very frustrating so far, maybe time to find a new corner shop around Uptown.

Not regular enough?

Maybe quinnsi can provide insight, but what would small shop owners consider a regular? Someone who comes in once a month? A week? Multiple times a week? Someone who drops a lot of cash each visit? Or just someone who takes the time to shoot the **** and just be generally friendly?

 

[sidetracked]

Is anyone else a regular at Rayan's at Clark and Wilson and gotten any kind of a straight answer on BCBS there? Very frustrating so far, maybe time to find a new corner shop around Uptown.

I wouldn't be surprised if they sold it all on craigslist...

 

[BobCobb1]

Not regular enough?

Maybe quinnsi can provide insight, but what would small shop owners consider a regular? Someone who comes in once a month? A week? Multiple times a week? Someone who drops a lot of cash each visit? Or just someone who takes the time to shoot the **** and just be generally friendly?

I don't know how often it would come out to be. I'm in there every time I need a sixer of an IPA or when we pick up things for parties. Often enough that several of them should know my face immediately and that I'd be a "regular" for purposes of meeting some dumb threshold to be allowed the opportunity to buy BCBS.

I've been frustrated with them already for the practice of holding back all limited stuff, or shoving it on the little display pedestal at prices that are jacked up. Which is why I only buy Rev, Half Acre, etc., as most of their other beer is reasonably priced. I'm sure BCBS would be no better, if we ever even see it.

 

[Leafhouse]

Not regular enough?

Maybe quinnsi can provide insight, but what would small shop owners consider a regular? Someone who comes in once a month? A week? Multiple times a week? Someone who drops a lot of cash each visit? Or just someone who takes the time to shoot the **** and just be generally friendly?

I'm not a liquor store employee but am a regular at a local shop and the beer guy typically holds onto a bottle of whatever new hotness comes out for me. I stop by the store on average twice a month but always hang around and talk with the beer guy while I'm there. If I stopped by twice as often but just ran in and out each time I doubt anyone there would have a clue who I am.

 

[stxSS07]

Would enter this van.

 

[jakeox]

So odds are that I'm SOL ... but having just gotten back in town from Thanksgiving travels and striking out at my usual haunts for some regular BCBS (and actually having a few employees snicker when I ask them about it--hey fuckers, I know it was released last week but last year it sat around and maybe I was going to buy something else from you too), would anyone have any tips for places to check for a single 4-pack in the city? I'd be willing to pay over MSRP to keep my vertical going, but would rather trade than support terrible stores.

If you don't find any let me know and I'll get you a 4-pack at cost. I'm usually out of town for Thanksgiving so I know those feels.

 

[Hopping Tiger]

I'm not a liquor store employee but am a regular at a local shop and the beer guy typically holds onto a bottle of whatever new hotness comes out for me. I stop by the store on average twice a month but always hang around and talk with the beer guy while I'm there. If I stopped by twice as often but just ran in and out each time I doubt anyone there would have a clue who I am.

I stop in my local Chicagoland Liquor Superstore about twice a week. For about two years now I have been on a first name basis with the beer guy and he will hold back hot stuff for me. (Black Friday campouts are for suckers.) I only buy enough for myself and never hoard anything. I'm not a trader. I drink a lot and share with friends a lot. But good grief it is a lot of work to keep this going. I spend a lot of time and money on this and no way is this **** sustainable. My beer guy relationship is stronger than my marriage.

 

[daniel1]

Now that the Bourbon County train of **** is losing some steam, the newest Pipeworks Square Grouper-ish $11 bomber is flying off shelves. It never ends.

 

[RedCoffee]

Don't know much about Square Grouper. Is it filled with minced grouper meat, square saltine crackers, and squares of Hershey's milk chocolate? Considering the source, y'know.

 

[trickytunadicky]

I've never understood the fascination of buying beer to sell it to strangers at "cost" and I never will.

I understand it in a strictly "pick it up for me bro" sense.

Don't know much about Square Grouper. Is it filled with minced grouper meat, square saltine crackers, and squares of Hershey's milk chocolate? Considering the source, y'know.

I get the Pipeworks joke, but do you know what a "square grouper" is? It may coincedentally explain a lot about Pipeworks.

 

[RedCoffee]

I understand it in a strictly "pick it up for me bro" sense.


I get the Pipeworks joke, but do you know what a "square grouper" is? It may coincedentally explain a lot about Pipeworks.

I did not know what that is you lawless deviant.

And yes indeed it does.

 

[sacrelicio]

maybe they bought some for friends, but said friends wound up getting lucky on finding it in the end? or got partner flak when they saw how much was spent?

(disclaimer: the former has happened to me before with other beer, though i opted to just keep/drink my extra rather than sell it at cost.)

It's like a hoarding "buy everything I can" mentality, and then reselling it to friends. Kind of a compulsion.

 

[trickytunadicky]

I did not know what that is you lawless deviant.

And yes indeed it does.

I only learned from visiting an establishment in the Florida Keys of the same name several years ago. All of their food was served on square plates, but there was a clever story on the menu. Food there is excellent if you are ever in the area.

 

[sidetracked]

tony's on fullerton/central park may be getting a shipment of regular today if facebook is to be believed. when i stopped in there on monday night, no one had any idea what the beer was or if/when it was coming (i mean, i don't expect expert-level knowledge or anything but i'm kind of surprised this wasn't communicated down the chain), but other tony's have received allotments already so...yeah.

Thanks for the tip--worked out great stopping by there on my ride home. There were 7 4-packs left on the shelf for anyone else looking.

jakeox Rizdac thanks for the offers to help also!

 

[trickytunadicky]

Thanks for just the tip--it's my favorite

jakeox Rizdac thanks for the offers to help also!

FTFY

 

[BobCobb1]

Todd the Axe Man and BA Darkness are on tap at Four Moon tonight. Decent crowd but not crazy packed. Good prices.

I think Todd the Axe Man is one of the best IPAs I've had in awhile.

 

[daniel1]

Todd the Axe Man and BA Darkness are on tap at Four Moon tonight. Decent prizes but not crazy packed. Good prices.

I think Todd the Axe Man is one of the best IPAs I've had in awhile.

CCBE knows about it, too. The horde is coming.

 

[BobCobb1]

If anyone is desperate, I called J&R at Fullerton and Ashland earlier, 4-packs of regular in cooler for $34.99.

Flustered for a second when they answered with "Hello" and nothing more.

 

[BobCobb1]

I'm surprised more places like Beer Temple haven't opened up in the city. After bitching about my corner shop earlier for a variety of reasons, I was thinking about it a bit longer. None of the things that annoy me about my store are per se policies or things that would necessarily make me dislike a store (e.g. I can respect holding stuff for regulars, if done correctly). But it's just this general incompetency that is rampant at these bodegas moonlighting as craft beer and fine wine stores. They get the inventory and that's that.

I don't need gold level cicerones annoying me since I usually know what I'm looking for, but I feel like there's an undersupply of places that know not only craft beer, but how to run a craft beer shop.

 

[quinnsi]

Not regular enough?

Maybe quinnsi can provide insight, but what would small shop owners consider a regular? Someone who comes in once a month? A week? Multiple times a week? Someone who drops a lot of cash each visit? Or just someone who takes the time to shoot the **** and just be generally friendly?

I think in general if you only come in looking for things that are highly allocated, and don't support the store in other ways, the store owner isn't going to go out of their way for you either. Seem fair, right?

I don't have hard criteria for "regulars". And not all regulars are looking for the same stuff. I've got one guy who loves hoppy red ales, so whenever I get something hopped up with a bit of malt, I let him know. I also don't hold stuff for people very often at all.

 

[quinnsi]

I'm not a liquor store employee but am a regular at a local shop and the beer guy typically holds onto a bottle of whatever new hotness comes out for me. I stop by the store on average twice a month but always hang around and talk with the beer guy while I'm there. If I stopped by twice as often but just ran in and out each time I doubt anyone there would have a clue who I am.

I bet they would. I've got a bunch of regular customers who come in and out, and I know what they like. I help them in others ways, like making sure I never run out of their favorite. One guy buys three four packs per week of a saison, one of which is cold. I ALWAYS make sure that beer is in the cooler, just for him.

 

[gtx281]

CCBE knows about it, too. The horde is coming.

No bottles to be had. They'd rather keep chasing Dino Smores.

 

[Treebs]

I'm surprised more places like Beer Temple haven't opened up in the city. After bitching about my corner shop earlier for a variety of reasons, I was thinking about it a bit longer. None of the things that annoy me about my store are per se policies or things that would necessarily make me dislike a store (e.g. I can respect holding stuff for regulars, if done correctly). But it's just this general incompetency that is rampant at these bodegas moonlighting as craft beer and fine wine stores. They get the inventory and that's that.

I don't need gold level cicerones annoying me since I usually know what I'm looking for, but I feel like there's an undersupply of places that know not only craft beer, but how to run a craft beer shop.

I'm looking for a new career if you want to go halfsies