FIB War Room

[PHBoiler]

Ok, copy and paste was too long. Tried to break it in half and still too long. Hopefully this works.
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That was actually interesting. Thanks for sharing and kudos to yourself and many others for solid insight. I made it to step 3 around this time last year after a year in step 2. My daughter was closing in on one year old and more mobile. I was literally too tired to keep chasing and drinking stuff. The big shift in purchasing happened for me by having 2-3 places with great taplists in my general area. Unless I absolutely have to have a bottle for some reason, I just wait for it to hit draft at one of those spots. Oddly enough, one of them eventually had Sump on tap so I had the opportunity to be completely underwhelmed and very excited to have not hunted that beer down. Good stuff by many on that thread. Cheers!

 

[middlebrow]

am I crazy for not liking sump or BA sump?

 

[LSMroz]

I still think breweries should just start jacking up their prices to the appropriate market price. It works for wine; why not beer? People wouldn't buy goose island bombers by the case if they were $75.

Ugh. This conversation again?! Beer and wine are completely different. I can't, in my home, make a wine that tastes pretty much exactly like the $100 version I tried to copy. Wine isn't sold on tap and costs way less to make. Sure the BA stuff takes lots more time an money to make, but not 100x more time and money.

I'm pretty close to the point of giving up on buying BA beers and just adding bourbon and adjuncts at home. Yes I know it's not the same, but the skyrocketing price says it's good enough for me.

 

[jeblikesbeer]

am I crazy for not liking sump or BA sump?

personally i think so. that being said I can understand where you may be coming from, I like coffee way more than I should. I like reg sump just as much if not more than BA sump.

 

[stxSS07]

God damn you all.

God.

Damn.

You.

All.

 

[Scalzo]

Weed and Cascade for everyone!

pls dont associate weed with cascade sours

I was in Sour and Barrel aged Beer Enthusiasts or whatever that **** show is called, and was saying bad things about Cascade beers.. so I got booted. Apparently the person I was talking to was the owners wife? which makes it worse? or better??

 

[jeblikesbeer]

their gose was horrible...

 

[ApocalypseZombie]

Maybe not intentionally but lots of people saw what he said and respect Gerrit's opinion. If JVR said a certain vintage of Kriek was the best beer he's ever made, that would have a huge value compared to just another year.

So what are you going to trade BA abduction for that you are going to in turn trade for BA Abduction? Since you seem so concerned about "value".

 

[adschus]

So what are you going to trade BA abduction for that you are going to in turn trade for BA Abduction? Since you seem so concerned about "value".

I don't have a BA Abduction, Tom, and I don't anticipate getting one. I'm interested in BA Jones Dog though. Value and award winning.

 

[mychalg91]

Quick check out the other site for the first quality review of BA Abduction!

 

[user 306237]

Quick check out the other site for the first quality review of BA Abduction!

5/5 rDev n/a
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

I have not had this beer, but it is awesome! Definitely worth seeking out!

Bassguy206, Today at 09:31 PM

 

[tinypyramids1]

am I crazy for not liking sump or BA sump?

you aren't alone. i won't say that they're bad beers but they are definitely not worth the hype or price of admission.

 

[Rizdac]

am I crazy for not liking sump or BA sump?

Not a fan of Sump or the Sump de Vanilla I had at Beer Temple's 1st anniversary party. BA Sump, on the other hand, is a really tasty treat.

 

[Tooch4321]

Ooh la la.

I also happen to live one block directly north of Pipeworks...

 

[middlebrow]

Not a fan of Sump or the Sump de Vanilla I had at Beer Temple's 1st anniversary party. BA Sump, on the other hand, is a really tasty treat.

**** man, I had that one too. I've seriously not liked any of em and I'm a huge coffee & perennial fan. coffee on regular was junky and in the barrel it was acidic. oh well, diff'rent strokes, diff'rent folks.

 

[Unbreakabolt]

Y'all are tripping with the Sump hate, even if sump is the only coffee shop I've ever been to where they were more pretentious and up their own asses than Intelligentsia.

Having said that, dat Kyoto doe.

 

[CansIn2022]

Maybe not intentionally but lots of people saw what he said and respect Gerrit's opinion. If JVR said a certain vintage of Kriek was the best beer he's ever made, that would have a huge value compared to just another year.

What? People respect my opinion? What? I'm the next Jean van Roy? Sweet... Gonna take a victory lap

Stop inflating my ego you fools. It only makes me put more stupid **** into beers! Ahahahahhahaha! Caesar salad saison is upon us!

 

[DanH11]

What? People respect my opinion? What? I'm the next Jean van Roy? Sweet... Gonna take a victory lap

Stop inflating my ego you fools. It only makes me put more stupid **** into beers! Ahahahahhahaha! Caesar salad saison is upon us!

Will I be able to trade it for a BA Abduction?????

 

[RedCoffee]

What? People respect my opinion? What? I'm the next Jean van Roy? Sweet... Gonna take a victory lap

Stop inflating my ego you fools. It only makes me put more stupid **** into beers! Ahahahahhahaha! Caesar salad saison is upon us!

Anchovy can aged.

 

[CansIn2022]

Did you guys see Gerrit add that it's the best abduction he's made? Slyly shooting up the value and demand. I'm not on the CBE but what are people asking for?

Out of context. I said the newest batch of regular, non-barrel aged abduction, was the best regular, non-barrel abduction we've made. Because I think it is. We haven't made a regular batch in a very long time and this one is better than the last couple we made a few years ago.

 

[CansIn2022]

5/5 rDev n/a
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

I have not had this beer, but it is awesome! Definitely worth seeking out!

Bassguy206, Today at 09:31 PM

sorry that was me

 

[user 306237]

Interesting event at the Map Room this weekend:

BEERS IN THE DARK

26 Drafts shrouded in secrecy. Can you tell what beers we have on tap? There will be three levels of difficulty.

EASY: Order from a menu listing styles of beer on draft, you name the brewery.
MEDIUM: No menu, guess the beer style being served to you...name the brewery.
HARD: You are BLINDFOLDED. Identify the style and name the brewery.

Prizes for top guesses!

Doors open at 11 am and all draft beer identities will be obscured.

You may order from a menu listing styles on draft; e.g., ‘American Pale Ale’, ‘Belgian Dubbel’, and so on.

Beers from the menu will be priced like we price our regular beers, half sizes at half-size prices will be available.

For $15, you can get a flight of 7 4-ounce beers. no menu. you will be provided a worksheet wherein you can try to guess the style and brewery of each of the 7 beers served to you.

For the very brave, you can get the same flight described above at the same price, but you’ll be blindfolded. The blindfolded tastings start at 1 p.m.

Identities of beers revealed as kegs blow, or 4 p.m.

 

[furley]

how many people are in this CCBE group? tens of thousands?

how are they impacting the availability of ALL beer in Chicago?

help me out as this group/phenomenon is all new to me

 

[middlebrow]

Day of the living ales line-up looks kinda fun, i think some tix still available.

http://chibeer.org/2015/01/25/2015-day-of-the-living-ales/

 

[Lansman]

how many people are in this CCBE group? tens of thousands?

how are they impacting the availability of ALL beer in Chicago?

help me out as this group/phenomenon is all new to me

There are about 4K people in CCBE. I would argue that Twitter is impacting the availability of beer in Chicago more than CCBE. Rarely do you see a post in CCBE saying "X beer just arrived at Y place". That's Twitter's domain.

 

[cneville1]

Interesting event at the Map Room this weekend:

BEERS IN THE DARK

26 Drafts shrouded in secrecy. Can you tell what beers we have on tap? There will be three levels of difficulty.

EASY: Order from a menu listing styles of beer on draft, you name the brewery.
MEDIUM: No menu, guess the beer style being served to you...name the brewery.
HARD: You are BLINDFOLDED. Identify the style and name the brewery.

Prizes for top guesses!

Doors open at 11 am and all draft beer identities will be obscured.

You may order from a menu listing styles on draft; e.g., ‘American Pale Ale’, ‘Belgian Dubbel’, and so on.

Beers from the menu will be priced like we price our regular beers, half sizes at half-size prices will be available.

For $15, you can get a flight of 7 4-ounce beers. no menu. you will be provided a worksheet wherein you can try to guess the style and brewery of each of the 7 beers served to you.

For the very brave, you can get the same flight described above at the same price, but you’ll be blindfolded. The blindfolded tastings start at 1 p.m.

Identities of beers revealed as kegs blow, or 4 p.m.

that's ****** awesome

 

[Tooch4321]

Day of the living ales line-up looks kinda fun, i think some tix still available.

http://chibeer.org/2015/01/25/2015-day-of-the-living-ales/

There is maybe a handful that look interesting and I wouldn't be surprised if Off Color takes the prizes as their offerings look the most imaginative...

 

[Gonzoillini1]

Personally I'm looking forward to a nice selection of traditional cask centric styles and a few unique one off's (Off Color, Forbidden Root and Goose all have interesting sounding non traditional styles going).

Will be a good time as long as the new space can accommodate everything.

 

[middlebrow]

Personally I'm looking forward to a nice selection of traditional cask centric styles and a few unique one off's (Off Color, Forbidden Root and Goose all have interesting sounding non traditional styles going).

Will be a good time as long as the new space can accommodate everything.

I'm with you, I go for the traditional takes and stay for the weird one off's. hoping the new venue works out and the temp is right and what not.

 

[Alum]

Day of the living ales line-up looks kinda fun, i think some tix still available.

http://chibeer.org/2015/01/25/2015-day-of-the-living-ales/

Ha. They published the list. That's a first.

Possibly because tickets aren't selling.