FIB War Room

[Dunt1]

Nice - if the store you stopped at without BCS yet was La Primera - I was there around 11:15, looked like they got a case of BW and a case of coffee plus some regular. There were only 2 dudes there as the owner was signing the invoice from the driver - the 2 dudes each had a 4-pack of reg, BW, and coffee on the counter, and the owner said all he could give me was a regular 4-pack, so maybe the rest was held for friends/family/list or will be singles later. Just FYI.

I was brown coat/purple hat/Starbucks dude, BTW.

Nice, good meeting you man. Thanks for the heads up! Kinda stupid he just straight up lied to me.

 

[lb304854]

Prop at Clybourn is a perfect beer. Better than keg at FoBAB tenfold.

 

[SAISON FUCK]

So everyone on Beer Advocate?

Hey, I have a beer advocate profile still from 2005.

 

[user 306237]

I like this comment from the other site:

I'm sure the people who roll in at 8:30 appreciate that they can get some beer, but I feel like the minimum allocation at the flagship location in the country should be at least one of everything. Especially if all the other stores are going to do that, and announce it ahead of time.

Thing is, Vav said up front and at every available opportunity -- allocations to be decided day of (dem feels tho!). Last year, you got 3 items. Why on earth would you think you'd get any more this year? Last year, he had about 550 people - this year, he stopped giving out tickets at 950. Lord knows what next year is going to look like - it's a ******* arms race as far as showing up earlier and working harder for less beer.

I got the sense that this year's Big Bad was Walgreens - ie. lots of stores had reduced allocations precisely because Walgreens wanted to go big with the release, too. Too bad they screwed the pooch with their release. While at the Bucktown location, I heard tell of people going to the Greektown and State Street locations and buying cases. And, again, people were buying a lot of the variants last night in Bucktown. If you're going to go through the trouble of hosting an event - and to the point where it's even listed on Goose's website - put a damn "Do Not Sell" sign on the boxes. ******* amateurs.

I am grouchy and I haven't even started drinking today!

 

[mychalg91]

I'm back in KY for the holidays and got a 4 pack. Sounds like I'd end up with the same if I was back in Chicago. I'm happy with it.

You got more than I did

 

[RedCoffee]

Everyone who has been in the hobby for less time than me, you suck.

Hey bro, like, you just didn't WANT it bad enough, man.

 

[Ckozl]

You guys will have more coming in soon. It will be easier consideing the hype will be over. Plenty of stores told me they will get more next week. Just be patient.

 

[Thorpe]

Anyone know how big Aquanut is? Hoping that it's big enough to where things at the Transient party on Sunday won't be nearly as crowded as the first event, and hopefully the lines will move quite a bit faster. In any event, really looking forward to some beers and re-upping for the next round!

 

[lb304854]

Why does vav really feel betrayed by the community?

 

[MarcatGSB1]

I like this comment from the other site:

Last year, he had about 550 people - this year, he stopped giving out tickets at 950. Lord knows what next year is going to look like - it's a ******* arms race as far as showing up earlier and working harder for less beer.

There probably aren't even 950 people in the entire Upper Peninsula of Michigan that have tasted BCBS. That number, 950, for basically one beer, at one location, blows my mind.

 

[dvelcich1]

I like this comment from the other site:

Thing is, Vav said up front and at every available opportunity -- allocations to be decided day of (dem feels tho!). Last year, you got 3 items. Why on earth would you think you'd get any more this year? Last year, he had about 550 people - this year, he stopped giving out tickets at 950. Lord knows what next year is going to look like - it's a ******* arms race as far as showing up earlier and working harder for less beer.

I got the sense that this year's Big Bad was Walgreens - ie. lots of stores had reduced allocations precisely because Walgreens wanted to go big with the release, too. Too bad they screwed the pooch with their release. While at the Bucktown location, I heard tell of people going to the Greektown and State Street locations and buying cases. And, again, people were buying a lot of the variants last night in Bucktown. If you're going to go through the trouble of hosting an event - and to the point where it's even listed on Goose's website - put a damn "Do Not Sell" sign on the boxes. ******* amateurs.

I am grouchy and I haven't even started drinking today!

Yeah, I can't see any reason to bitch here. Adam did a great job. You should have heard all the **** he had to deal with over his little walkie talkie. He handles 1000 beer geeks showing up at a retail location, which still operates as a normal liquor store during the release, better than most breweries.

It's also the only place in Chicago you're pretty much guaranteed some variants because of his style of not releasing allocations ahead of time, which is why so many people showed up there. He actually cares about getting the beers into as many people's hands as possible.

Alright vav, I'm done sucking your dick. What the **** happened with the raffle? First time in five years you don't call my number? *******.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

So everyone who knows me heard this story, but it did restore my belief in beer geek karma.

My sister and mother went to Oakbrook Binnys this morning and my sister ended up with the last bottle of proprietors (with my mother getting the 2nd to last one). Guy behind her in line was talking with them for a while, explained how he was looking to grab it for a buddy, and my sister lets him buy the bottle. Said guy proceeds to buy them a 4pack of regular and his bottle of BCBW and just gives them to my sister while really being happy he got to buy the proprietors.

Mystery person stand up (or message me via PM) if you are on this board.

Cheers!

 

[middlebrow]

One of the goose reps said a couple of the prop kegs at fobab were murky and had some slight off flavors so that's why there's a big difference between the one I had then and today. Also after hearing how they extracted the vanilla, it's obvious why this years is no where near as good as 2010. 2010 was a group of folks painfully scrapping all the beans caviar, this year they threw the **** in a fancy industrial blender and kept adding and recirculating at the last minute. Somewhere a fellow named laffler is laughing at them cutting corners and delivering an inferior version.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

One of the goose reps said a couple of the prop kegs at fobab were murky and had some slight off flavors so that's why there's a big difference between the one I had then and today. Also after hearing how they extracted the vanilla, it's obvious why this years is no where near as good as 2010. 2010 was a group of folks painfully scrapping all the beans caviar, this year they threw the **** in a fancy industrial blender and kept adding and recirculating at the last minute. Somewhere a fellow named laffler is laughing at them cutting corners and delivering an inferior version.

I thought 2010 was Yankee Candle when it was fresh and I believe 2014 is Yankee Candle now, will they be different? Absolutely. But give it a year and I think we'll be just as happy with 2014 as 2010.

Also lets not act like John was the dude actually cutting up and scraping the vanilla beans...

 

[BobCobb1]

Too bad they screwed the pooch with their release. While at the Bucktown location, I heard tell of people going to the Greektown and State Street locations and buying cases. And, again, people were buying a lot of the variants last night in Bucktown. If you're going to go through the trouble of hosting an event - and to the point where it's even listed on Goose's website - put a damn "Do Not Sell" sign on the boxes. ******* amateurs.

I thought Jewel and Goose combined for quite a doozy at the Southport/Addison store this afternoon. Had the potential to be one of the best spots of the day and turned into...not so much that.

 

[beerhoarderssuck]

The story behind Bucktown Walgreens is that some guy from MN went in and the sign said "Black Friday Release 12-2pm" and conned the clerk to sell at midnight. One of Chicago's upstanding beer guys got word somehow and headed over with his mule. They each bought 1 case of everything. So between a few good ole boys from MN and a guy recently in a neck brace, they bought up 80% of the variants. This proceeded to mess up the entire Bucktown Walgreens release.

 

[RedCoffee]

The story behind Bucktown Walgreens is that some guy from MN went in and the sign said "Black Friday Release 12-2pm" and conned the clerk to sell at midnight. One of Chicago's upstanding beer guys got word somehow and headed over with his mule. They each bought 1 case of everything. So between a few good ole boys from MN and a guy recently in a neck brace, they bought up 80% of the variants. This proceeded to mess up the entire Bucktown Walgreens release.

But then how could he carry such large amounts of beer? I'm confused.

 

[IronDave]

The story behind Bucktown Walgreens is that some guy from MN went in and the sign said "Black Friday Release 12-2pm" and conned the clerk to sell at midnight. One of Chicago's upstanding beer guys got word somehow and headed over with his mule. They each bought 1 case of everything. So between a few good ole boys from MN and a guy recently in a neck brace, they bought up 80% of the variants. This proceeded to mess up the entire Bucktown Walgreens release.

The "somehow"? They know each other. IIRC, they were the team behind the proxy logjam at the 16 release 10 months ago.

 

[user 306237]

The story behind Bucktown Walgreens is that some guy from MN went in and the sign said "Black Friday Release 12-2pm" and conned the clerk to sell at midnight. One of Chicago's upstanding beer guys got word somehow and headed over with his mule. They each bought 1 case of everything. So between a few good ole boys from MN and a guy recently in a neck brace, they bought up 80% of the variants. This proceeded to mess up the entire Bucktown Walgreens release.

I look forward to hearing how this was just as selfless move so that so many others out there can enjoy the goodness that is BCS.

Also, dick move!

 

[BobCobb1]

They each bought 1 case of everything.

You would have never known it from (a) his audible complaining heard down the street re: how unproductive the hunting was today and (b) getting into a legal argument with the GI rep at the front over the expectation interest of those in line given what was mentioned initially about allocations.

Snippet:

GI rep: "That (the allocation) was never written down anywhere"

Anon - "IT CAN BE ORAL"

 

[user 306237]

Well, crikey, scuttlebutt on the other site is that someone at the Walgreens got fired over the illicit midnight sale.

Would not surprise if that's not true but I like having even more reason to be annoyed.

And I've since started drinking so... hoo boy!

 

[Leafhouse]

Happened to pass Lake Zurich Binnys on my way home tonight. Looks like tomorrow I'm gonna have to get there earlier than anticipated.

 

[user 306237]

Happened to pass Lake Zurich Binnys on my way home tonight. Looks like tomorrow I'm gonna have to get there earlier than anticipated.

http://imgur.com/hje0Gas

Like I said before, unless there are butts in the seats, it doesn't count!

 

[BobCobb1]

Like I said before, unless there are butts in the seats, it doesn't count!

Morons. Like they shoveled out a spot a la parking dibs in the city.

I've seen this more than once today. In what way could someone think this is a legitimate hold on the front of the line?

 

[daniel1]

Morons. Like they shoveled out a spot a la parking dibs in the city.

I've seen this more than once today. In what way could someone think this is a legitimate hold on the front of the line?

We're not dealing with rational people here.

 

[drewba1]

Guys in front of me at Binny's.

"What kind of Bourbon County are we waiting for? There's some kind of vanilla right?"

"Not sure. Just supposed to wait for this stuff. Supposed to be good."

If that doesn't describe Chicago then I don't know what does.

Some hippie appeared out of nowhere at Armanettis and asks "So uh, you guys here for the uh super special release stuff?"

 

[middlebrow]

That's pretty gross behavior (har har har)

 

[jdhende]

http://store.beeradvocate.com/collections/all/products/whalez-bro-tee

 

[daniel1]

Hey guys, come on now. Leave him alone. He has to get his rest to drive down to St. Louis tomorrow to get his eight billion bottles of Pulling Nails.

SideProject: beware the neck brace.

 

[gtx281]

The story behind Bucktown Walgreens is that some guy from MN went in and the sign said "Black Friday Release 12-2pm" and conned the clerk to sell at midnight. One of Chicago's upstanding beer guys got word somehow and headed over with his mule. They each bought 1 case of everything. So between a few good ole boys from MN and a guy recently in a neck brace, they bought up 80% of the variants. This proceeded to mess up the entire Bucktown Walgreens release.