FIB War Room

[danbanana]

Didn't Shelton Pull all their stuff from Chicagoland last fall? I don't think I've seen a new shipment of any of these beers since last summer/fall. This sucks, this list brings so much more gravity to the situation.

Newer Jolly Pumpkin has hit in the last few months (Biere De Mars, small bottles of Oro), so not all Shelton's has been unavailable, but I think a lot had dried up. I haven't seen a new Prairie beer on the shelf since November.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Newer Jolly Pumpkin has hit in the last few months (Biere De Mars, small bottles of Oro), so not all Shelton's has been unavailable, but I think a lot had dried up. I haven't seen a new Prairie beer on the shelf since November.

JP is working direct with Lakeshore, which is why we're seeing the new format bottles.

 

[Lognar]

Guys! It was a typo! Space Station Middle Finger should only be $8 a bottle. All better, right?

Also, I daresay there's a 100%, straight-up useful thread on BA right now about the Shelton Bros. pulling all of their brands out of Illinois. Chris, owner of the Beer Temple, put together a list:
8 Wired
Achel
Achilles
Adnams
Amager
Anchorage Brewing Company
Bad Attitude
Baird Brewing
Beer Here
Ben Middlemiss Brewing Company
Birra San Martino
Birra Toccalmatto
Birrificio Torrechiara (Panil)
Blaugies
Bourganel
Brasserie Au Baron
Brasserie Du Mont Blanc
Brasserie St. Germain
Brasserie Theillier
Brasserie Thiriez
Brasserie Trois Dames
Brauerei Spezial
Bretagne
Brewfist
Brodie's Beer
Brouwerij West
Buxton Brewery
Ca l'Arenys (Guineu)
Cambridge Brewing Company
Cantillon
Castelain
Christoffel
Cittavecchia
Coniston
De Graal
De La Senne
De Molen
De Proef
De Ranke
De Witte Leeuw
Dieu Du Ciel!
Djævlebryg
Döllnitzer/Ritterguts
Drie Fonteinen
Ellezelloise
Epic Brewery
Fantôme
Flo
Freigeist
Fyne Ales
Géants
Haandbryggeriet
Het Nest
Hofbrouwerijke
Hook Norton
Invercargill Brewery
Ise Kadoya
Isle of Skye
Jandrain-Jandrenouille
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Kaimai Brewing
Kerkom
Kissmeyer Beer and Brewing
Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle
Klosterbrauerei Weissenohe
Kulmbacher Brauerei
La Choulette
La Companyia Cervesera del Montseny (CCM)
Le Trou du Diable
Lervig Aktiebryggeri
Les Trois Mousquetaires
Loterbol
Magic Rock Brewing
Mahr's Bräu
Malmgård
Marina Cervesa Artesana
Masia Agullons
Microbrasserie Charlevoix
Midtfyns Bryghus
Mikkeller
Naparbier
Nils Oscar
Nøgne-Ø
Nørrebro-Bryghus
Oppigårds
Pays Flamand
Pivo Konrad
Pivovar Kout na Šumavě
Prairie Artisan Ales
Rappi Bier Factory
Renaissance Brewing Company
Ridgeway
Rooie Dop
Saint Somewhere
Sainte Helene
Salopian
Siren Craft Brew
Slaapmutske
Stoke
Struise
The Monarchy
Timothy Taylor
Titanic Brewery
To Øl
Troch
Tuatara Brewery
Van Viven
Wadworth
Weissbräu Andorfer
Westvleteren
Xbeeriment
Yeastie Boys
Ægir Bryggeri

Not that I ever enjoyed paying Shelton Bros. prices for beers, but some of these were worthwhile, every now and then.

vav joined us. Can we get Quinnsi (Chris Quinn) too? Perhaps via an AMA?

 

[jegross2]

Jegross is there already soliciting homeless people

Where does this latest rumor come from? You realize Jeff Smith is a different person, right?

 

[stxSS07]

Where does this latest rumor come from?

The fact that you are terrible.

At everything.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Where does this latest rumor come from? You realize Jeff Smith is a different person, right?

All you people look the same...

 

[trickytunadicky]

Where does this latest rumor come from? You realize Jeff Smith is a different person, right?

The Jeffs:

 

[corby112]

pukelman quite enjoyed Haymarket on Saturday.

Different strokes, man.

Sorry if this is a bit late but I did really enjoy the haymarket event and CCBW as a whole. I'm coming from an outsider's experience and don't really know what distribution is like throughout the year, but there were a lot of cool events while I was in town and the lack of enthusiasm meant smaller crowds.

The haymarket event was a little crowded but the back bar wasn't so bad and I was able to get a seat right away. All of the FW beers were at the front bar and although it was slightly crowded, I was able to get pours pretty easily. Also, they offered three different sized pours of every beer on draft so I was able to try a bunch of FW and house beers without getting completely hammered. Their Simcoe double IPA was really good.

The lambic/sour event at Delilah's was beyond ridiculous and the maproom had some cool stuff on while I was in town including CW16. Being able to drink that with a small crowd and no hassle was awesome! The Fountainhead waves of craft was really cool because I got to try a bunch of great beers not usually available to me. The draft list at Local Option for their day after event speaks for itself. Amazing!

I have no access to FFF except trading and again, got to try a bunch of their beers without any hassle/crowd fighting.

I agree with Frank, the BA Atlas beers were interesting. The pumpkin one was weird but the old sugar rum barrel intemporelle was very good.

Deep dish pizza is weird.

 

[Hops McG]

vav joined us. Can we get Quinnsi (Chris Quinn) too? Perhaps via an AMA?

Don't think Chris knows about TalkBeer. I mentioned it about a month ago, and said he didn't know of it. Would like to see his uncensored rants though.

Speaking of Chicago Beer Media....

Anyone listen to the 2nd to latest beer download pod cast?

It was the Happening Hair and a very special loon edition.

http://www.beerdownload.com/wordpress/

 

[Dunt1]

Newer Jolly Pumpkin has hit in the last few months (Biere De Mars, small bottles of Oro), so not all Shelton's has been unavailable, but I think a lot had dried up. I haven't seen a new Prairie beer on the shelf since November.

You see the Calabaza Boreal around?

Where does this latest rumor come from? You realize Jeff Smith is a different person, right?

I don't know, I just repeat everything I hear on the internet bc it's true

 

[jegross2]

This is how I feel about Backmasking too. $5 imperials? **** yeah. $10 bombers? **** you!

In what world is a delicious $10 bomber expensive? $5 for a 11-12 oz pour seems reasonable to me....

 

[lb304854]

In what world is a delicious $10 bomber expensive? $5 for a 11-12 oz pour seems reasonable to me....

Wasn't it $5-6 for an imperial pint at FFF? That's a serious disconnect from the bomber price.

 

[stxSS07]

In what world is a delicious $10 bomber expensive? $5 for a 11-12 oz pour seems reasonable to me....

YOU ARE ******* HIGH.

 

[gtx281]

In what world is a delicious $10 bomber expensive? $5 for a 11-12 oz pour seems reasonable to me....

Several grand on BA Vanilla Shake seemed reasonable to you too.

 

[PHBoiler]

I've seen at least 2 places now on twitter mention that they got a shipment of Lost Abbey Track #8 in today. Didn't know that was hitting distro. Good luck and enjoy for those hunting it down. Beer Temple and one of the north shore Binny's were the ones I saw that tweeted it out.

 

[SSTroller]

I've seen at least 2 places now on twitter mention that they got a shipment of Lost Abbey Track #8 in today. Didn't know that was hitting distro. Good luck and enjoy for those hunting it down. Beer Temple and one of the north shore Binny's were the ones I saw that tweeted it out.

Seeing suburban Binny's post about it in stock now too. Did they re-brew it or just have excess old bottles?
Any opinions on it?

 

[Treebs]

What's the cost on that? If this was one of the ones they had at FOBAB two (?) years ago then I thought it was pretty solid, but I'm not paying $17.99 for it.

 

[SSTroller]

Haven't seen any prices myself but I'd guess around $18 like Older Viscocity.
Maybe FFF will offer pours of it for $5 too? I swear OV was on there for months last year

 

[SSTroller]

Buddy of mine says Binnys is asking $15.99

 

[Treebs]

Buddy of mine says Binnys is asking $15.99

Lol, nope.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Haven't seen any prices myself but I'd guess around $18 like Older Viscocity.
Maybe FFF will offer pours of it for $5 too? I swear OV was on there for months last year

Oh, I definitely remember that. Cheap pours at the pub: the fate of all kegs sent to DLD that nobody is interested in paying for.

 

[Hops McG]

For those of you at kegs for kidneys. Yes or no. Transient Berliner Weiss The perfect amount sour with the right amount of funk. Right or wrong, **** all the big boys, my highlight for the night. Opinions?

 

[Treebs]

For those of you at kegs for kidneys. Yes or no. Transient Berliner Weiss The perfect amount sour with the right amount of funk. Right or wrong, **** all the big boys, my highlight for the night. Opinions?

Was it just his standard or a variation. I tried a few of his berliners at One Trick the day before DLD and they were all mighty tasty.

 

[Hops McG]

It was the Maigre Farmhouse Berliner Weiss. I also had the Flanders Oud Bruin at beer temple. I'm really looking forward to this stuff in the future.

 

[Dunt1]

It was the Maigre Farmhouse Berliner Weiss. I also had the Flanders Oud Bruin at beer temple. I'm really looking forward to this stuff in the future.

How was the oud bruin? That is gonna end up being a society beer and I'm mighty interested in it.

 

[SSTroller]

I haven't had the Berliner yet but really enjoyed the few I have had enough to join his society. Really looking forward to the upcoming bottles.

 

[Hops McG]

How was the oud bruin? That is gonna end up being a society beer and I'm mighty interested in it.

Oud Bruin was top notch. Chris the brewer said it was barrel aged for 3 months. That society membership looks mighy tempting as well. Not a bad deal either considering how much I like the 2 I tried. Village Tap has 3 of his beers on tap Americain, Locaux, Maigre. Heading up there in a bit to try the 2 I haven't had.

 

[lb304854]

Is there a link for Transients society?

 

[SSTroller]

Is there a link for Transients society?

Yeah I think it's a pretty good deal with all that's included. He mentioned in a members email that it was close to the max capacity so make sure to submit soon if interested.
http://www.transientartisanales.com/transient-reserve/
Edit: Chris' communication over email or fb has been great since he started last year. If you want to know who's pouring his beers just email or hit him up on fb and he usually gets back pretty quickly. One Trick always has two of his on as well.

 

[Dunt1]

Lions Tigers and Beers Friday, get dat ass ready