FIB War Room

[ClCardinal84]

Who's passing on Pentagram this week at $27 in Chi?

<---- This guy.

Passed on it earlier this morning when picking up a bottle of Stickee Monkee. $27. No thanks.

 

[Hopping Tiger]

I want Stickee Monkee. Is that turning up this week?

 

[sidetracked]

I want Stickee Monkee. Is that turning up this week?

Binny's on Grand tweeted they got it 2 hours ago...

 

[mjohnson171]

Beer Temple had Stickee Monkee yesterday. So it's starting to show up around Chicago.

 

[Dunt1]

I enjoy the dick swinging when the dick being swung is actually a micropeen that the owner thinks is a megadong.

Some serious toddler peen action up in there last night. I was dying of laughter.

 

[Hops McG]

Had nothing going on today at work so I made a spreadsheet of events that looked interesting. Not saying I'm going to hit all of them, but my choices were based on the beers I wanted to try on tap, cheap if not tickets required or educational.

In the end I might just end up at Moe's or Small Bar Logan Square by night and annoying the Beer Temple and WLV staff during the day. Either way I thought it would be dandy if we posted our maybe plans or what not, say hi and put a face to the avatars for the people that haven't meet in person yet.

May your drinks be cold, unless a stout or barleywine and ruffie free. Let's make Chicago Craft beer week about people as well as beer and if need be hang over free.

15-May Rocking Horse On all 4 Hands Four 4 Hands brews on draft for $ 4 each. Also, $ 4 finger food Contact High, Bona Fide, Divided Sky Rye and the Single Speed 6pm

16-May Founders Night: 5 of Founders Tastiest Brews 4530 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60625 6pm

17-May Temperance Craft Beer Lunch & Free Tastings Pizza Rustica 3908 N Sheridan Rd Chicago, IL 60613 12pm-3pm

17-May Neighborhood Homebrew Tour Lincoln Square (4921 N. Mozart St) 1pm-5pm

18-May GI Sunday fun day 2pm

18-May $4 B. Nektar, Not Your Father's Root Beer, Ale Syndicate, Metropolitan Flywheel, Goose Island Doc B's Fresh Kitchen 100 E Walton St Chicago, IL 60611

19-May Creative Minds on Tap panel at 7 PM, 1938 W. Division (Jerry's) and 2049 W. Division (Small Bar). 6pm

19-May Beer Bistro - West Loop 1061 W Madison St Chicago, IL 60607 5pm
20-May Poag Mahone's 333 S Well St Chicago, IL 60606 Loop Founders Night
21-May Deux Ex Machina Wed, May 21st 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm Beer Tasting GBH Studio 3 7:00 PM
21-May SmallBar Division Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin 5pm
22-May Founders Tap Takeover Fatpour Tap Works - Chicago 2005 W Division St Chicago, IL 60622 5pm
23-May Rocking Horse tapping of Victory Storm King via Firkin 6pm
24-May West Loop Craft Beer Fest (Clinton Street between Lake Street and Washington St.) 12pm

 

[gtx281]

Had nothing going on today at work so I made a spreadsheet of events that looked interesting.

Time to find a woman.

 

[Hops McG]

Time to find a woman.

What woman would want a guy that has a job that allows him to spend a day looking at beer crap. Beer Geek + IT isn't sexy no matter how you spin it. Maybe I'll Hit up Cat Advocate and find that special lady.

I think tomorrow I'll bust out some formulas and macros to make it really pop...maybe a power point presentation? Then throw that Data in to crystal and make a forecast for next year.

 

[SSTroller]

I think tomorrow I'll bust out some formulas and macros to make it really pop...maybe a power point presentation? Then throw that Data in to crystal and make a forecast for next year.

 

[PHBoiler]

Anybody have any thoughts on BUG last night? Lots of new breweries for me and great beers. My top beers were Goose Pineapple Brett, Goose Flanders, Forbidden Root, Transient Sour Wit, Piece The Weight, and One Trick Pony Ginger Peach Hefe. Found some new breweries I'm excited about and ones that I can continue to avoid. For $60, put some spotlights out so we can see where we're going and what we're drinking after 8 PM and for the love put down some cheap particle boards in the rear tent for folks to walk on. It'd be nice if they fixed the food aspect so the food wasn't almost totally wiped out by 7:30. It wasn't the same without conservatory access. That's what I sold my wife on. She had a fine time while the sun was up, but once the food was gone and we couldn't see, she was wondering what we paid $60 for. That's my basic 1 paragraph summary of the night. Always check out Cheesies food truck as that was a delicious end to the night.

 

[BobCobb1]

So how much was BCBVS at Fireside and Bigby's?

 

[drgarage1]

So 3Floyds is selling Rue D'Floyd with a different label for $30 per bottle, 1 per person. Who wants to bet it's still got lacto?

 

[Treebs]

So 3Floyds is selling Rue D'Floyd with a different label for $30 per bottle, 1 per person. Who wants to bet it's still got lacto?

This one was brewed at FFF. Different batch.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

So 3Floyds is selling Rue D'Floyd with a different label for $30 per bottle, 1 per person. Who wants to bet it's still got lacto?

I thought this, too. Turns out they are in fact from FFF. They are the Cigar City-style bottles with FFF swirl caps.

 

[SSTroller]

Any thoughts on how long they'll last at the pub? There's got to be a good amount if they went through getting an actual label printed and not stuffing it into those screen printed 750s.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Any thoughts on how long they'll last at the pub?

If I had to guess: one week before all of the young bucks realize they can't trade this beer for walez.

 

[CanisMajor]

Any thoughts on how long they'll last at the pub? There's got to be a good amount if they went through getting an actual label printed and not stuffing it into those screen printed 750s.

I work close and went during lunch, around 1:30 today and saw probably 40+ in line. Immediately bailed.

Canis

 

[stxSS07]

That FB group is gold. Solid ******* gold. People lined up at 10am with umbrellas for a beer made in mass quantities hahahahahaha. "HOLY **** THEY TWEETED ABOUT IT MUST BE RAWWRRRRRRRRR!!!"

morons.

 

[gtx281]

That FB group is gold. Solid ******* gold. People lined up at 10am with umbrellas for a beer made in mass quantities hahahahahaha. "HOLY **** THEY TWEETED ABOUT IT MUST BE RAWWRRRRRRRRR!!!"

morons.

Wow.

"I hate beer."
- MarkIntihar

 

[SSTroller]

That FB group is gold. Solid ******* gold. People lined up at 10am with umbrellas for a beer made in mass quantities hahahahahaha. "HOLY **** THEY TWEETED ABOUT IT MUST BE RAWWRRRRRRRRR!!!"

morons.

Stupid...

 

[SSTroller]

Just left with my bottles. Lines only about 20 deep. Took about 15-20 minutes and seems like they have a good amount for anyone who cares.

Oh and a new batch of Permanent Funeral in the shop too.

 

[Hops McG]

I won 2 VIP passes to the Goose Island Sunday Funday event. Couldn't Find anyone who could go. Any one want to be my plus 1?

 

[IronDave]

I won 2 VIP passes to the Goose Island Sunday Funday event. Couldn't Find anyone who could go. Any one want to be my plus 1?

Matt, if no takers yet, let me know, I'm down. HJs, no ZJs, though

 

[Hops McG]

Matt, if no takers yet, let me know, I'm down. HJs, no ZJs, though

It's yours Dave. No ZJ's required. Good to know that's a thing now. Still traumatized after BusinessSloth made me google dry docking. I'll send you a text in a bit.

 

[IronDave]

dry docking....ughhhh

 

[Hops McG]

Cherry Gillian.. What

 

[RedCoffee]

They had 4 packs of DinoSmores this weekend at Sycamore Hyvee. $15. Just sitting on the shelf.

No guarantees it's still there at this point.

It's still there. I just bought a 4 pack about an hour ago and there was more on the shelf. If you want it, you can make the drive and very likely get it. If it's been there a week, I doubt it will be gone in an hour.

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Also, thank you to whoever clued me in to that Facebook group. It has been absolute gold.

 

[user 306237]

Lagunitas Beer Circus was great. Tickets appear to still be available for today -- well worth it. I won't say it was the best beer at a beer event, but it was probably one of the best beer events I have ever been to.

Having said that, going out for cocktails after the event was not the best decision.

 

[BobCobb1]

Does anyone know what's going on with the BCBVS popping up all over? Just bottles that places have been hanging onto for 4 years? Looks like Hopleaf is the latest for anyone interested. Get there quickly, a local baller just posted a picture of 3 on Untappd.

 

[jakeox]

"a local baller"