FIB War Room

[vav1]

You must have missed the event we did with Whitney on Valentine's Day. But please, continue...

Can i get a growler fill plz thx

 

[middlebrow]

You must have missed the event we did with Whitney on Valentine's Day. But please, continue...

Valentine’s Day...a full 6 months after our first batch of Whitney.joking, I’m just angling for some free tix.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

You guys said my name three times. Doors Open at 6PM. Showtime TBD.

Fixed

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Another HB 4897 question regarding the "collaboration beer" provision: the argued use case for this is to be able to serve collaboration beers brewed at the other brewery, but if this other brewery does not have distribution within the region of the IL brewery in question does it pose an issue? Does this potentially create a loophole that someone could open a 1/2BBL "brewery" and use this taproom to operate as a specialty bar unrestricted by distribution laws?

 

[Rockford Jerk]

My head is in fact, intact, but there appears to be a lot of steam coming from my ear holes.

I have a lot of thoughts, and I'm working on a bigger article/letter for Mash Tun, GBH, or anyone else that wants to pick it up.

Vav already knows my angle and complaints. And he's pretty well wrapped everything up in that last post.

We all know the definition of the growler as "original container" is 100% ********. Even the ILCC told me, "correct, it doesn't fall under our definition of original container, but we INTERPRET it as one."

We all know that if quality control was a real concern, they'd have to stop a lot of places from pouring their beer into pint glasses and tulips. But that'd mean they'd sell less beer, and have to police draft cleaning, good glassware programs, etc.

I'll be back with a full writeup later...
....testing my img links first so I can quote a few people...

 

[yeahnatenelson]

....testing my img links first so I can quote a few people...

"Four legs good. Two legs better."

 

[duckyboycantfly]

So I make yeast #disclosure. I somehow convinced Lance to let me brew some beer lately.

Imperial Oak is the reason I get to work in this industry, and tomorrow they are releasing a table beer I made with them. I'll be there for a couple hours slinging stickers and drinking that collab beer (they were a brewpub before it was cool). It's my dream beer; a non-hazy and yeast forward beer meant to drink while discussing the dumb ways the state allows certain places to drink/serve beer/alcohol now.

I'll also be canning a hazy beer with Hailstorm next Thursday, to showcase a yeast I like with a brewery that has cool people willing to experiment with it. The joke is we dry hopped the wort while adding the yeast (hence day zero dry hop). The goal was to do grain to glass in 7 days, so if that's your thing I'll be out there Thursday talking the wonders of kveik.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

So I make yeast #disclosure. I somehow convinced Lance to let me brew some beer lately.

Imperial Oak is the reason I get to work in this industry, and tomorrow they are releasing a table beer I made with them. I'll be there for a couple hours slinging stickers and drinking that collab beer (they were a brewpub before it was cool). It's my dream beer; a non-hazy and yeast forward beer meant to drink while discussing the dumb ways the state allows certain places to drink/serve beer/alcohol now.

Should be cross posted to the TalkBeer Revealed Thread, but you know, the search feature these days...

The fullest body I can ever remember having on a 4.7% Belgian style before with a nice Saaz / Mandarina Bavaria hop character and a very saison like phenolic / ester profile. Kind of sad this yeast didn't get re-pitched into something else as it's pretty unique (also I'm a saison nerd that wouldn't mind seeing it come around again in a few weeks...).

I've been drinking duckyboycantfly's homebrewed versions of table beer for a couple years now, and it's fun to see his vision executed on a commercial scale.

 

[ChaQuiseman]

I must know more about this OYL-TABL. Any chance you can give us hints as to what strains are in it? You can't post a picture like that and not expect all of the saison nerds to start frothing at the mouth.

 

[duckyboycantfly]

Ha, that's just a custom label I made for good times. It's an "off label" commercial yeast we occasionally sell, but we don't advertise it. Highly attenuative, a big glycerol producer, and a nice Belgian profile.

 

[middlebrow]

Ha, that's just a custom label I made for good times. It's an "off label" commercial yeast we occasionally sell, but we don't advertise it. Highly attenuative, a big glycerol producer, and a nice Belgian profile.

Wallonia I and a kviek blend?

 

[TheEyesTheySee]

Ha, that's just a custom label I made for good times. It's an "off label" commercial yeast we occasionally sell, but we don't advertise it. Highly attenuative, a big glycerol producer, and a nice Belgian profile.

What's the beer's name?

 

[duckyboycantfly]

"Matt's Table Beer," keeping in line with the series of homebrew recipes Imperial Oak scales up (normally from winning competitions such as the wonderful Brixtoberfest).

I'm Matt.

Hi.

(Welcome to Talk Beer)

 

[middlebrow]

"Matt's Table Beer," keeping in line with the series of homebrew recipes Imperial Oak scales up (normally from winning competitions such as the wonderful Brixtoberfest).

I'm Matt.

Hi.

(Welcome to Talk Beer)

Got a collaboration Crowler yesterday because the thought made me chuckle after discussions on here. Great noble hop flavor rippin with the subtle fruity Belgian yeast which I swear is one I used before for our Grisettes. Highly enjoyable, could drink a gallon while watching Roman reigns probably beat lesnar.

 

[TheEyesTheySee]

"Matt's Table Beer," keeping in line with the series of homebrew recipes Imperial Oak scales up (normally from winning competitions such as the wonderful Brixtoberfest).

I'm Matt.

Hi.

(Welcome to Talk Beer)

Thanks man. Look forward to trying it.

 

[thewimperoo]

Finally recovered from Big North on Saturday. Another amazing year. Great weather. Cay Hut, Craw, Red Raspberry Loam, Hynagogic Consciousness, Double Coconut Double Coffee Benthic were just a few of the highlights. The only disappointment was the food. That burger was pretty sad and mailed in.

Can't wait for next year.

 

[TheJB]

Do any of the fellow Big North attendees remember the name of the chocolate stout that they put on after the Vanilla Benthic tapped out? I had never heard of it before and meant to grab a picture but I forgot due to beer.

 

[Rockford Jerk]

I'll be right back. Making popcorn.

https://www.brewbound.com/news/illi...w-allowing-taprooms-sell-companies-beer-cider

 

[Scalzo]

Do any of the fellow Big North attendees remember the name of the chocolate stout that they put on after the Vanilla Benthic tapped out? I had never heard of it before and meant to grab a picture but I forgot due to beer.

Was it the mexican hot chocolate stout? Animal Print? Becasue I forgot to try that after the 40 other beers I sampled...

That event has been incredible the last couple of years.
They are able to execute so many different styles that there is something for everyone. From Kellerbiers to Adjunct Stoots to Wylde Ales to ORIN, etc.

That axe throwing portion tho

 

[thewimperoo]

Do any of the fellow Big North attendees remember the name of the chocolate stout that they put on after the Vanilla Benthic tapped out? I had never heard of it before and meant to grab a picture but I forgot due to beer.

Partial Land
http://untp.beer/j2x1

 

[daniel1]

Wylde Ales

 

[TheJB]

Partial Land
http://untp.beer/j2x1

Nailed it, thank you sir!

 

[Lognar]

"Matt's Table Beer," keeping in line with the series of homebrew recipes Imperial Oak scales up (normally from winning competitions such as the wonderful Brixtoberfest).

I'm Matt.

Hi.

(Welcome to Talk Beer)

Your collab beer was really ****** good. Both the missus and I really enjoyed it.

 

[vav1]

I'll be right back. Making popcorn.

https://www.brewbound.com/news/illi...w-allowing-taprooms-sell-companies-beer-cider

I probably could have cleared our logo with PR in time to go to press if you’d have called me

 

[ThatJackOC]

Re: Big North

Gin BA WYLD Pony FTW. Glad the all-foam-pour deterred folks enough for me to go back for it multiple times.

And Craw. So much Craw.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

vav, what is the specificity of the "collaboration beer" provision in the new law? Hypothetically, could I create a 1/2BBL "brewery" and use it as a defacto bar for out-of-distro breweries if I so chose?

So long as I made "some" beer could I use my space as a place for hot new breweries to dip their toes into the Chicago market, or even act an exclusive location for [insert brewery]'s beer in Chicago?

EDIT: to be clear, I don't intend to do this. I'm just curious about how loose this law is relating to the "collab beer brewed somewhere else" use case.

 

[middlebrow]

Pizza gose

 

[DiscountMegaMall4ever]

No shark left to jump...
No one in Chicago has brewed a beer in hot dog water yet.

 

[vav1]

Pizza gose

*slaps keg*
Yah you can fit so much ******' spaghetti in this beer

 

[vav1]

vav, what is the specificity of the "collaboration beer" provision in the new law? Hypothetically, could I create a 1/2BBL "brewery" and use it as a defacto bar for out-of-distro breweries if I so chose?

So long as I made "some" beer could I use my space as a place for hot new breweries to dip their toes into the Chicago market, or even act an exclusive location for [insert brewery]'s beer in Chicago?

EDIT: to be clear, I don't intend to do this. I'm just curious about how loose this law is relating to the "collab beer brewed somewhere else" use case.

There isn't a lot from stopping you from doing that. Further, after my podcast appearance last week, i learned that Breweries are not subject to the same zoning laws as Bars are, which means you can open that 1/2bbl brewery in a corridor that other businesses legally cannot open in. You know what's even better?

With a Class 1 or Class 2 license for your 1/2bbl brewery, you can open up to 4 taprooms in which to distribute your beer, so long as you have a 5 gallon hombrew system there for "R&D" and then just order any beer or cider you'd like from wholesalers.