FIB War Room

[mychalg91]

I'll add my two cents on the JEG drama (tl;dr = Walgreens is least of the problems)

I was in line near him at Jewel on Black Friday. I knew nothing about Walgreens story at the time, so it kind of just amplifies my reaction to everything that took place:

He listened to me ask a store clerk where the line was, and then as I began walking, he told the clerk "I need to follow this guy". When I slowed briefly to ask those at the end nearest us whether it was the front or back (it was front), he speedwalked the last 10 meters to get by me and ahead in line. I only saw who it was after as I really couldn't believe what just took place. Mind you this was 3 hours ahead of release time. 25 people there maybe.

He complained loudly many times to everyone and no one about how terrible of a day it had been, so much hunting effort for such a small haul. I suppose that, comparatively, indeed it had been a terrible day.

He contemplated going to buy an overpriced Stagg he got a tip on, and when someone asked why at that price, "I'll just flip it".

He argued loudly with the GI rep concerning the decrease in allotment due to an error by Jewel people. He badgered her with legal terms (as I noted previously). He then argued further with another GI and Jewel rep inside about why only Chicago is getting shafted with the limits, and that people around the country can walk out with a huge haul.

There were other things, but I fear I would reach a character max.

Now, I don't fault someone for scoring cases on a hot tip if that's all it was. But the rest of this, as crazy of a display as it was at the time, is just mind boggling to me now given that he had/has one of the largest hauls of variants in the country, let alone Chicago. And beyond that, the general theatrics in line / out in public were just painful for those nearby. I'm sure we've been at some of the same events, but I've never been near the guy until now and only had BA/TB urban legend to go on. Nothing I've heard (true or not) would surprise me after this. If he has any interest rehabbing his rep, forget about walgreens and start with the other 99% of things like this that seemingly take place constantly.

After reading that I am reminded of the Seinfeld episode in which Elaine decides to "out-sidle the sidler". Our future just became clear...

 

[jegross2]

I think the original controversy was that it was rumored JEG strong-armed the guy at Walgreen's into selling early knowing full well what he was doing. I think that has since been cleared and I see no problem with what JEG did. If someone told me "hey, this place is selling variants, with no limit, and there's no one here" I would have done the same thing and went and bought what my wallet allowed.

What doesn't change is how much of a micro-penis JEG is in real life and how he defines what we all hate about craft beer (completely outside of this incident). I think the already standing hatred for JEG is being blurred on this subject and is just an excuse for people to hate him more. Hate him for hiring homeless people to buy Side Project releases or being an insufferable choad as a person with the personality of a lamp, but don't hate him for doing something everyone else would have done, whether they admit to it or not.

Um, sorry to quash yet another false rumor, but I've never ever once hired mules, let alone homeless mules.

 

[mychalg91]

Um, sorry to quash yet another false rumor, but I've never ever once hired mules, let alone homeless mules.

As a neutral party I should make it known that I feel like jegross is being used as a convenient scapegoat for the frustrating Bourbon County Chicago "release" (read: shitshow).

 

[mychalg91]

Perhaps this video will help clear everything up:

 

[trickytunadicky]

Clearly the real culprit is jegross1, and not jegross2. (/sarcasm font)

Also, how are we still talking about this a week later? Haven't there been at least 2 other releases since then?

Who bought all the Blue Gene? Can we make funny photoshops of them, too?

 

[mjmoser]

Anyone else think Not Your Father's Rootbeer (10.7% bomber) is better than Vanilla Rye right now?

ApocalypseZombie?

 

[trickytunadicky]

Anyone else think Not Your Father's Rootbeer (10.7% bomber) is better than Vanilla Rye right now?

ApocalypseZombie?

Not sure if better, but VR is not at it's peak, so I know which one I am drinking now (though admittedly, I am slightly allergic to one of the herbs in the root beer - instant hay fever for about 20 minutes after drinking).

 

[gtx281]

Anyone else think Not Your Father's Rootbeer (10.7% bomber) is better than Vanilla Rye right now?

 

[mjmoser]

I take it you haven't tried a bottle of vanilla rye yet?

 

[Duffman929]

Who actually drinks this ****?

 

[evileye77]

Ask yourself this question: do you think these guys making this out of a garage are making better alcoholic root beer than a company that has been making root beer for how many years?

It's not made in a garage. All contract brewed. Maybe it was once made it a garage, but I don't think that's happened for a long time.

Now it's owned by this guy: https://twitter.com/chunter228

 

[evileye77]

It's not made in a garage. All contract brewed. Maybe it was once made it a garage, but I don't think that's happened for a long time.

Now it's owned by this guy: https://twitter.com/chunter228

Here he is retweeting NYF a week before the first Tap This: Local at Fischman's, where most people first heard of it.: https://twitter.com/beercentric847/status/388808012909273088

So anyway.....

 

[dvelcich1]

I miss one day, and I'm 172 messages behind. When did this turn into Random Thoughts?

 

[stxSS07]

I miss one day, and I'm 172 messages behind. When did this turn into Random Thoughts?

A+ avatar work. I feel like my Oregon guy should be holding Xmas gifts or something now.

DID YOU FIND A BURGER HOME YET?!</1

 

[gtx281]

I take it you haven't tried a bottle of vanilla rye yet?

Just on tap. Maybe it wasn't ZOMGFUCKINAMAZINBRO, but it was still BCBS, which never deserves to be mentioned next to ******* root beer.

 

[tinypyramids1]

honestly, i found my pour of vanilla rye (only had it from the bottle) to be borderline undrinkable. the vanilla was overwhelming and it was very sweet (albeit not BT or DL sweet). i gave the rest of my pour to the guy that hosted the tasting. maybe a couple years from now when the vanilla calms the **** down it'll be good but it isn't now. dat prop on the other hand...

 

[sacrelicio]

regarding finances, I echo the not caring what anyone else makes or spends, but seriously WTF does the fedora guy do? Is he an investment banker? is he in charge of my 401K? I mean his weekly pictures I'm sure are equal to a bunch of folks weekly salary.

Who the **** is Fedora Guy?

 

[gtx281]

 

[elkhunter36]

Who the **** is Fedora Guy?

http://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/fib-war-room.1419/page-199#post-465339

Plus search "fedora" on here and you will see all the love for him. I was in line at Binny's last year as well when he got booted by Vav.

 

[stxSS07]

I went to grab some beer at a hole-in-the-wall store earlier today and even they had a giant sign on the front door on computer paper reading "SOLD OUT" with a little printed logo of Not Your Father's Root Beer.

I asked the guy how his week was going with BCBS and the root beer thing at the same time, and he replied that he wanted to kill himself.

**all FIBs ruining beer in my mind right now:

 

[gtx281]

I went to grab some beer at a hole-in-the-wall store earlier today and even they had a giant sign on the front door on computer paper reading "SOLD OUT" with a little printed logo of Not Your Father's Root Beer.

I asked the guy how his week was going with BCBS and the root beer thing at the same time, and he replied that he wanted to kill himself.

I was bullshitting with a beer dude over here. He doesn't get the root beer thing either. Mid-root beer talk, the phone rings, he's like hang on.. It's some dingus from Kansas City, asking if he can charge a root beer sixer over the phone so his aunt can later pickitupforhimbro.

Srs.

 

[stxSS07]

I was bullshitting with a beer dude over here. He doesn't get the root beer thing either. Mid-root beer talk, the phone rings, he's like hang on.. It's some dingus from Kansas City, asking if he can charge a root beer sixer over the phone so his aunt can later pickitupforhimbro.

Srs.

I am starting to think that the general public has turned into a group of mindless lemmings that will buy/go to whatever they see their friends post about on FB....doesn't matter if any of them have actually been to said destination/sampled said product.

Case in point: my buddy works for a local place (craft beer/wine gastropub thing) that just opened up this week. Place has been hyping itself on FB for the last 6 or so months...keeps delaying opening, gathering more FB/local steam, moving opening dates back, etc. Text him on how he's doing this week -- they've had no less than a 90 minute wait for tables...they've been open less than a week...

I'm moving out of IL. Maybe I'll just go to Mexico and join a cartel.

 

[tinypyramids1]

i don't get why NYFRB is selling out at all these places; i've seen it at like 5 grocery stores and there were cases and cases of it.

 

[lb304854]

I am starting to think that the general public has turned into a group of mindless lemmings that will buy/go to whatever they see their friends post about on FB....doesn't matter if any of them have actually been to said destination/sampled said product.

Case in point: my buddy works for a local place (craft beer/wine gastropub thing) that just opened up this week. Place has been hyping itself on FB for the last 6 or so months...keeps delaying opening, gathering more FB/local steam, moving opening dates back, etc. Text him on how he's doing this week -- they've had no less than a 90 minute wait for tables...they've been open less than a week...

I'm moving out of IL. Maybe I'll just go to Mexico and join a cartel.

Come with me to east Africa. Gunrunning is so in right now.

 

[sacrelicio]

I am starting to think that the general public has turned into a group of mindless lemmings that will buy/go to whatever they see their friends post about on FB....doesn't matter if any of them have actually been to said destination/sampled said product.

Case in point: my buddy works for a local place (craft beer/wine gastropub thing) that just opened up this week. Place has been hyping itself on FB for the last 6 or so months...keeps delaying opening, gathering more FB/local steam, moving opening dates back, etc. Text him on how he's doing this week -- they've had no less than a 90 minute wait for tables...they've been open less than a week...

I'm moving out of IL. Maybe I'll just go to Mexico and join a cartel.

Twin Cities bro. All the midwest with only a third of the idiocy.

 

[gtx281]

Twin Cities bro. All the midwest with only a third of the idiocy.

 

[sacrelicio]

Ok, a tenth?

 

[Leafhouse]

i don't get why NYFRB is selling out at all these places; i've seen it at like 5 grocery stores and there were cases and cases of it.

It is god awful. I' pretty confident 95% of their sales are people that have had the 10% version on tap and think that the 5.9% is the same thing (or even close). Boy are they in for a surprise!

 

[JulianC]

It's not made in a garage. All contract brewed. Maybe it was once made it a garage, but I don't think that's happened for a long time.

Now it's owned by this guy: https://twitter.com/chunter228

Only the 5.9% in contracted afaik, the 10 and 20% are still 'out of the garage'. The 5.9 is also notably different and not as good. Will bang the 10 and 20 all day tho. Still suspicious of the 'brewing' procedure, but not sure if care, it's good.

 

[sherm10161]

It is god awful. I' pretty confident 95% of their sales are people that have had the 10% version on tap and think that the 5.9% is the same thing (or even close). Boy are they in for a surprise!

Interesting. Sprecher's is 5%, and it's pretty good, for an alcopop.

Still suspicious of the 'brewing' procedure

This. 20% seems like a stretch without using grain alcohol or some other neutral spirit to get the alcohol up.

Pretty sure Sprecher's is brewed to roughly 5% then flavorings are added.