FIB War Room

[disapowzment]

My thoughts exactly, I thought about stopping by when I woke up but it was 9am and -5 outside........ PASS

Someone on Untappd said "the last 2hrs wasn't that bad" how long did he wait???

 

[Dunt1]

Prop is good but not whales good

Prop is good but not whales good

but not whales good

whales

This just made me laugh so hard. Thank you.

 

[ClCardinal84]

Oh. my. god. The irony of this.

 

[Lognar]

Someone on Untappd said "the last 2hrs wasn't that bad" how long did he wait???

They managed to get pretty much everyone into the brewery I think so almost no one was waiting outside. VIP ticket was the way to go though. I had biscuits and gravy, a barrel aged flight, paid for my bottles (6 BA Spectral, 2 BA VanillaCocoaCinnamon Spectral btw) and was headed back home by 11am. Plus I got to hang out with sleuthdog!

Much much smoother than the first Wild release (except for the lack of powz87 tho).

 

[gtx281]

Oh. my. god. The irony of this.

Ferowcious with the smackdown of dumb & dumber!

 

[disapowzment]

Ferowcious with the smackdown of dumb & dumber!

The irony of jegross2 talking about entitlement and greed. Im surprised he had the time to even post that. He's a very important lawyer.

 

[BobCobb1]

He's a very important lawyer.

http://pdf.textfiles.com/posters/lawyercoloringbook.pdf

 

[PHBoiler]

They managed to get pretty much everyone into the brewery I think so almost no one was waiting outside. VIP ticket was the way to go though. I had biscuits and gravy, a barrel aged flight, paid for my bottles (6 BA Spectral, 2 BA VanillaCocoaCinnamon Spectral btw) and was headed back home by 11am. Plus I got to hang out with sleuthdog!

Much much smoother than the first Wild release (except for the lack of powz87 tho).

Thanks for saying Hi? No one looked like an owl so I couldn't find you.

 

[RedCoffee]

If you are the sort that is interested in Bare Bear, I just bought a 4 pack at St. Charles Binny's so it exists in the wild now. Wasn't even expecting it - figured they said first week of March.

 

[middlebrow]

God damn off color can use flowers better than mosher or anyone in the game. Apple blossom gose is unfuckin real

 

[Lognar]

Thanks for saying Hi? No one looked like an owl so I couldn't find you.

Looked for you but wasn't sure if the guy I thought was out was in fact you. There was another guy who could have been you as well. Why can't people be easy to spot like powz87 or yeahnatenelson.

Beers nerds really do look all alike.

I was sitting with sleuthdog at the table right by the door. I was sitting as close to the door as you possibly could in the taproom and wearing a Trve Brewing tshirt.

#missedconnection

 

[PHBoiler]

Looked for you but wasn't sure if the guy I thought was out was in fact you. There was another guy who could have been you as well. Why can't people be easy to spot like powz87 or yeahnatenelson.

Beers nerds really do look all alike.

I was sitting with sleuthdog at the table right by the door. I was sitting as close to the door as you possibly could in the taproom and wearing a Trve Brewing tshirt.

#missedconnection

Well balls. Definitely could have found you. Saw that Trve shirt many times.

 

[Lognar]

Well balls. Definitely could have found you. Saw that Trve shirt many times.

We'll have to plan better next time so that our tips are sure to touch.

 

[Tooch4321]

ISO: BA Spectral FT: 'loon Classic Goozie (375ml) and a hand shake or '14 BCS Coffee

But not whalezbro, but not whalez...

 

[foscorelli]

So has ccbe blown up over the recent cantillon drop or has it flown under their radar?

 

[ChicagoGuy]

So has ccbe blown up over the recent cantillon drop or has it flown under their radar?

Not that I've seen. Do tell though (by PM if you prefer).

 

[Tooch4321]

So has ccbe blown up over the recent cantillon drop or has it flown under their radar?

But no store is going to put it on their shelves anyways. I want my damn 3F Goozie to drop!

 

[Ferowcious]

Ferowcious with the smackdown of dumb & dumber!

If there was ever someone who shouldn't have been on a high horse, it's him.

It's tough to give context in 140 characters on Twitter earlier, but last night we went to Northdown after Goose. We had a table of 5, and we joked about the idea of getting LPK, LPF and Mamouche. Our server sounded excited about it (as anyone about to start a tab with $160 before any food has been purchased would be)

She asked if we wanted them all at once and we discussed it being staggered so bottles didn't warm up too much, which she said was no problem. We had Mamouche, and LPF and then we were told LPK was gone, which was a surprise given that it sounded like she was holding it for us.

Disappointing but we had a great night none the less. No one was bitter or angry from our table. We were sold into a far fetched idea by our kind, well meaning server and then it didn't come to fruition. No hard feelings.

JEG trying to come off as a beer white knight made my morning though, especially following last night's Blushing Monk debacle on CCBE.

 

[jdhende]

I guess there is a first time for everything. I've never heard someone complain about drinking cantillon at a bar before. Chicago you never cease to amaze me.

 

[gtx281]

I guess there is a first time for everything. I've never heard someone complain about drinking cantillon at a bar before. Chicago you never cease to amaze me.

 

[user 306237]

The irony of jegross2 talking about entitlement and greed. Im surprised he had the time to even post that. He's a very important lawyer.

Time enough to plan on how generous to be with the unwashed masses:

 

[lb304854]

Time enough to plan on how generous to be with the unwashed masses:

Tell him I'm bringing out DQ.

 

[user 306237]

Tell him I'm bringing out DQ.

Right after I tell him any homie can bring a CBS snifter - only those in the know can bring a TB002 snifter.

 

[disapowzment]

Time enough to plan on how generous to be with the unwashed masses:

What is actually happening. I'm pretty hammered up tonight. I have to leave Iowa by 9am. Glad to see Dunt at least try to talk sense into the mouth breathers. Can I say that on talk beer?

 

[stxSS07]

jegross2

God damn you suck. Seriously. How the **** are you a certified translator of law??//

Jesus God have mercy on the people who take your legal "advice".

 

[user 306237]

jegross2

God damn you suck. Seriously. How the **** are you a certified translator of law??//

Jesus God have mercy on the people who take your legal "advice".

Well, you know, he went to a law school in a state where the only qualification for getting a law license is to graduate from a law school. No need to take a pesky bar exam. So... arguably, he was certified when he completed course credit*.

I don't know why I'm bothering to further beat this dead horse but I will swear on my mother's grave that there was a post on BA -- likely before the big server upgrade they did years and years ago -- where he decried the practice of FIBs traveling north to Wisconsin to pick up limited-release beers. This was likely in connection to one of Central Waters' releases and could have been before the 2012 influx of neckbeard/mouth-breather extraordinaires. If I recall, the gist of it was that out-of-staters had no "right" to buy bottles "meant" for a particular local market. Granted - youth. But also, and in hindsight, clearly a case of early-onset irony.

* I will note that Illinois doesn't allow reciprocal admission to people who gain their law license in this manner.

 

[tinypyramids1]

JEG trying to come off as a beer white knight made my morning though, especially following last night's Blushing Monk debacle on CCBE.

i must have missed that one and didn't see it scrolling back through ccbe, what happened?

 

[user 306237]

i must have missed that one and didn't see it scrolling back through ccbe, what happened?

Looks like the initial offending post was taken down as was the second -- he posted some picture of someone with a shopping cart full of Blushing Monk without making it clear that it was some old picture. Jimmies were rustled. Additional jimmies were further cross-rustled. It just reeked of someone finally finding a small enough pond where they are, de facto, the big fish.

 

[PHBoiler]

mouth-breather extraordinaire & early-onset irony

Two more fantastic beer names. It's been a great week for procuring new beer names on the FIB forum.

 

[Thorpe]

Well, you know, he went to a law school in a state where the only qualification for getting a law license is to graduate from a law school. No need to take a pesky bar exam. So... arguably, he was certified when he completed course credit*

* I will note that Illinois doesn't allow reciprocal admission to people who gain their law license in this manner.

Not to be a contrarian, but this is how nearly every state should be. The bar exam is a bunch of introductory garbage, and is way more about testing memory rather than critical thinking. If you're practicing a subject that's tested on the bar exam, you'll be woefully underprepared if all you know is what's tested. Then there are all the people like me who practice something not even remotely related to anything on the bar exam, so it's even more pointless.

Also, and this might just be personal bitterness for having to take the IL exam after 4 years in VA/DC, but the 5-year practice requirement for waive-in that most states have is also ridiculous.

Just so this post has something to do with beer, very much looking forward to the Transient release today