FIB War Room

[stxSS07]

So...anybody else getting unsolicited requests for Proprietor's BCBS yet?

Will agree to trade alarmingly reasonably to the first random I get, offer to ship first, then send box of gorilla **** instead.

 

[Dunt1]

...yet all the Bourbon County Barleywine in the world couldn't fill the Don Quixote-sized hole in his heart. And so the beast eventually died of acute alcohol poisoning.

THE END

 

[user 306237]

Penrose hasn't been on tap anywhere, right? Or did they brew with someone for some event? Either way, I'm also excited to see their beer.
http://beerpulse.com/2013/10/penros...windy-city-for-chicagoland-distribution-1654/

 

[Jaminjohnson]

Penrose hasn't been on tap anywhere, right? Or did they brew with someone for some event? Either way, I'm also excited to see their beer.
http://beerpulse.com/2013/10/penros...windy-city-for-chicagoland-distribution-1654/

They brewed a beer called hereafter with perennial

 

[kawilliams81]

Penrose hasn't been on tap anywhere, right? Or did they brew with someone for some event? Either way, I'm also excited to see their beer.
http://beerpulse.com/2013/10/penros...windy-city-for-chicagoland-distribution-1654/

They have had a couple beers at bars, but I think only a few times. More pilot batches I think than anything on their homebrew systems, not the 40 barrel brewhouse. The tap room is supposedly planned to open by Thanksgiving, but we all know how that goes (cough....Lagunitas!).

 

[sidetracked]

New Half Acre beer today...

draft/growlers only.

 

[user 306237]

And from Revolution:
Working Mom, a version of our Winter Woman imperial brown ale aged in Woodford Reserve and Appleton Estate barrels.

I think I liked Winter Woman (or I might be confusing it with Working Woman?) -- not sure about the rum barrels and I continue to think that Woodford Reserve barrels are not so good but, being a super fan, I guess I'll try this one anyway...

 

[user 306237]

Also, the Goose Island brewpub is doing something special tomorrow:

In honor of Goose Island Beer Co's Wild Ale releases, our chefs have put together something special to pair with these ladies of the fall. Join us for 4oz tastes of Gillian, Halia, Juliet and Lolita and bite sized pairings. No advanced reservation is required but quanitites are limited.

Juliet
Goat cheese en croute with a preserved blackberry

Halia
House made salami, peach mostarda, baby greens

Gillian
Honey funnel cakes with pickled strawberries

Lolita
Chinese five-spice shortbread, cream, raspberry preserves

I don't think $30 is a terrible price for the food and beer -- and the dishes seem like something the kitchen could pull off. On the other hand, it might be more fun to just buy a bottle of Gillian and MarkIntihar it up on your own (did I say that right? I really have no idea).

 

[Dunt1]

And from Revolution:
Working Mom, a version of our Winter Woman imperial brown ale aged in Woodford Reserve and Appleton Estate barrels.

I think I liked Winter Woman (or I might be confusing it with Working Woman?) -- not sure about the rum barrels and I continue to think that Woodford Reserve barrels are not so good but, being a super fan, I guess I'll try this one anyway...

I think that sounds awesome

 

[Treebs]

Are there any other beers that have blended different barrels like that? I can't think of one off the top of my head. I think it would be pretty unique....

 

[yeahnatenelson]

And from Revolution:
Working Mom, a version of our Winter Woman imperial brown ale aged in Woodford Reserve and Appleton Estate barrels.

I think I liked Winter Woman (or I might be confusing it with Working Woman?) -- not sure about the rum barrels and I continue to think that Woodford Reserve barrels are not so good but, being a super fan, I guess I'll try this one anyway...

Why is that? For reference: every bourbon barrel-aged beer from Rev has used Woodford Reserve. Same goes for Three Floyds, with the exception of the PVW Dark Lord from 2011.

Just sayin'.

 

[user 306237]

Why is that? For reference: every bourbon barrel-aged beer from Rev has used Woodford Reserve. Same goes for Three Floyds, with the exception of the PVW Dark Lord from 2011.

Just sayin'.

(emphasis mine)
For my taste, and as much as I do enjoy many/most of Rev's barrel-aged releases, I find them to consistently have a really hot, almost unpleasant nose. Don't get me wrong -- I want my barrel-aged beers to have lots of barrel character but I find that Rev's beers come off as particularly one-note (and a harsh one note, at that), especially up front. I guess I just want... a 'rounder', but still barrel-forward, flavor?

Hell, maybe it's not the barrels at all (and while I haven't had too many of FFF's barrel-aged beers, I can't say I have ever noticed the same super-hot/boozy notes with them) -- the A/C system in the tap room was installed primarily for the barrels' benefit, after all, rather than for the comfort of guests.

Then again, I like to complain about everything.

 

[user 306237]

In case anyone wants more information on what went into making Halia and Gillian, here are some articles!
http://www.timeoutchicago.com/restaurants-bars/16467481/drink-this-now-goose-island’s-halia-sour-peach-saison-beer-review
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleade...ands-gillian-can-a-30-dollar-beer-be-worth-it

ETA: Not surprised that Sofie is the base for Halia. That beer is amazing. I'd love to see more Scarlett. Anyone know offhand which beers also use Sofie as the base?

 

[lb304854]

In case anyone wants more information on what went into making Halia and Gillian, here are some articles!
http://www.timeoutchicago.com/restaurants-bars/16467481/drink-this-now-goose-island’s-halia-sour-peach-saison-beer-review
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleade...ands-gillian-can-a-30-dollar-beer-be-worth-it

ETA: Not surprised that Sofie is the base for Halia. That beer is amazing. I'd love to see more Scarlett. Anyone know offhand which beers also use Sofie as the base?

Its not the base beer per say. Its technically not even the same recipe.

 

[user 306237]

Its not the base beer per say. Its technically not even the same recipe.

Yeah, that's me being imprecise. When I saw, "Brewing off the base recipe for Goose's Sofie saison, Taylor added some amped-up amounts of ingredients like wheat...", I read it as base beer rather than recipe.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Hey, lurchingbeast, when is your buddy gonna hook us up with Cook County Stout?

 

[lb304854]

Hey, lurchingbeast, when is your buddy gonna hook us up with Cook County Stout?

Don't know. Especially since they always refer to it as "brewing Bourbon County" instead of cook county. You've probably said the words Cook County Stout more than the brewing staff over the last year.

The spent grains smell amazing, BTW.

 

[sidetracked]

ZOMG!!!!1!!!

Hand bottling another beer in honor of our 25th Anniversary--next up: Brettanomite!! Sour wheat aged in oak barrels with Brettanomyces, Lambicus, Bruxellensis and Lactobacillus (6.3%). Stay tuned for more details on its release!

 

[Treebs]

ZOMG!!!!1!!!

Hand bottling another beer in honor of our 25th Anniversary--next up: Brettanomite!! Sour wheat aged in oak barrels with Brettanomyces, Lambicus, Bruxellensis and Lactobacillus (6.3%). Stay tuned for more details on its release!

That sounds quite tasty. So this will be the fourth release then?

 

[sidetracked]

That sounds quite tasty. So this will be the fourth release then?

Sounds like it. Hopefully it will be another weekday release.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Eh. Wish it was that Willlett BA Baltic Porter...

 

[thewimperoo]

Sounds like it. Hopefully it will be another weekday release.

Same day as FOBAB

http://instagram.com/p/f356nhi-tB/

 

[sidetracked]

Same day as FOBAB

http://instagram.com/p/f356nhi-tB/

Oh god damn it.

 

[sidetracked]

So, really random, but I thought this was neat. If you search for Sun King on google maps and click on the street view image of the inside of the brewery in the left column you can navigate around inside the brewery. I've never seen them do that before...

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sun+...apolis,+IN&t=m&z=17&cbll=39.768945,-86.144744

 

[Treebs]

Eh. Wish it was that Willlett BA Baltic Porter...

Dat was good.

 

[Rau711]

Figured this was the place to ask, but have you FIBs set the market value for the BCBS variants yet? I need to figure out where I need to drive to get something on the acceptable beers list. Thanks I will hang up and listen.

 

[lb304854]

Figured this was the place to ask, but have you FIBs set the market value for the BCBS variants yet? I need to figure out where I need to drive to get something on the acceptable beers list. Thanks I will hang up and listen.

Do you live near any breweries that release sours only through lotteries or other weird means?

 

[Rau711]

Do you live near any breweries that release sours only through lotteries or other weird means?

No. I live near a brewery that sends a lot of beer to Chicago.

 

[Chest Rockwell]

No. I live near a brewery that sends a lot of beer to Chicago.

Well you are clearly ******

 

[Rau711]

Well you are clearly ******

Oh I know. I have pipe dreams about Coconut and Backyard Bramble and Barley wine in my sleep. Then it just leaves and I cry into my Parabola.