FIB War Room

[middlebrow]

f*ckin 1%'er beer nerds gonna need 1%'er income to afford all the beers on chicago shelves. as a jaded brewer in the city, welcome beerandnosh ,you boys & gals make my ass work harder and for that I thank you. just dont bring your quasi kvass to chicago before I can get mine out. (J/K - we do ours a lil different with actual soaked sourdough and onky use a pinch of sourdough yeast...I do love yours so please ship that at some point)

 

[danbanana]

middlebrow What will you be pouring in Oak Park this weekend?

 

[vav1]

I'm gunna try my damndest to make the Hopleaf event.

 

[mychalg91]

Glad to see Almanac is bringing a nice variety to Chicago. My pet peeve is breweries expanding here and only giving us a few beers.

 

[Hopping Tiger]

Anyone have a thought on Lunar Brewing in Villa Park? Passed it today and nearly stopped but was hurting on time. Should I stop next time?

 

[SAISON FUCK]

Anyone have a thought on Lunar Brewing in Villa Park? Passed it today and nearly stopped but was hurting on time. Should I stop next time?

Worth a quick stop. Not gonna blow you away, but it will always be there.

 

[danbanana]

Anyone have a thought on Lunar Brewing in Villa Park? Passed it today and nearly stopped but was hurting on time. Should I stop next time?

Prior to there being a brewery in every suburb, Lunar was the only one in those mid-west burbs. If I remember correctly, they were bought out by Rock Bottom (or Rock Bottom bought a portion of them?). Beer is pretty standard, but the atmosphere is pretty unique: it's a local dive spot. So if you go in at 5pm or so on a weekday, it'll be filled with people drinking Old Style and Miller Lite who just got off of work who will give you a dirty look because you're not a regular. Their tap list (usually updated on Beer Menus) is usually pretty good, if unspectacular. Basically, it's worth a visit if you're in the area.

Bonus points: a couple years ago at FOBAB, they brought a beer aged in Malort barrels. It was ******* awful but ********* they tried.

 

[Hopping Tiger]

Kinda surprised every brewer in town hasn't tried Malort barreling. You know, for the taste.

 

[middlebrow]

middlebrow What will you be pouring in Oak Park this weekend?

umm...I got a half keg of cobrastyle (the coffee saison), a un-crashed sixtel of our new lemongrass slightly tart saison (gonna be cloudy), and I think the distributor is bringing some robyn (blonde saison) or parklife (mint-lemon wheat). I'll see where the pepper & apricot wit are at today and see if I can rip another uncrashed brew for samplin purposes.

also went to flossmoor station last night with my parents.....I can say, kinda impressed. The juniper berry/basil belgian saison had a crazy yeast profile and the adjunct's were so mild & complimentary. pitchfork hipster rating 6.8/10. the candied lemon french saison was super mild & easy drinker, subtle yeast profile, again another 6.8/10. The american/english mild missed the mark a bit by being to american 2-row'y but the hops and subtle caramel/toffee notes were nice, 6.1/10. Overall, I was more impressed with those three than I have been in years over there. also I hear he's clearing house of all the old stuff in barrels so if you like BA beers, I think they're gonna have like 3 on tap for the next 3 months.

 

[Dunt1]

I'm gunna try my damndest to make the Hopleaf event.

Holler at me bae!

 

[foscorelli]

Anyone remember talk of the caps on Radiolaria not attached properly? Threw mine in the fridge this morning to open tomorrow and noticed it is slightly crooked and now I'm worried.

 

[SSTroller]

umm...cobrastyle

Speaking of Cobrastyle, I really dug it middlebrow.
Wish I would've grabbed more than one now. I'll definitely be looking out for more.

 

[capnmike]

Anyone remember talk of the caps on Radiolaria not attached properly? Threw mine in the fridge this morning to open tomorrow and noticed it is slightly crooked and now I'm worried.

Yes, all but one of mine were crooked and/or had a dimple in them. That said, I've shipped 3 without issue (though SSideTROLLer actually thought his was a little straighter than the one I gave him for a shared box, so he subbed his in).

 

[BobCobb1]

Holy **** the ISO FT for MD.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/iso-list-ft-md-pre-4-1.324146/

If the bottles taste like the drafts at Dexter's, people on the ISO are going to be trying so hard to convince themselves after it was worth it.

 

[ClCardinal84]

Holy **** the ISO FT for MD.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/iso-list-ft-md-pre-4-1.324146/

If the bottles taste like the drafts at Dexter's, people on the ISO are going to be trying so hard to convince themselves after it was worth it.

He's kidding right? I don't know if he is?

 

[BobCobb1]

He's kidding right? I don't know if he is?

Maybe. If not, and he thinks the hesitation with the trade is just that he's new...ok.

And I am not kidding, if the MD is on par with the drafts I had in Madison, I would not trade Prop 1:1.

 

[ClCardinal84]

Maybe. If not, and he thinks the hesitation with the trade is just that he's new...ok.

And I am not kidding, if the MD is on par with the drafts I had in Madison, I would not trade Prop 1:1.

Can you literally not comment on posts over there anymore? No wonder why I haven't been on their forums in months.

 

[user 306237]

Can you literally not comment on posts over there anymore? No wonder why I haven't been on their forums in months.

"Replying is a privilege"

Oh, wait, not any more! As of Saturday and per Todz:

• Replying has been fully disabled. The playing field is once again even. We tried using posting as a privilege, but well-over half the people who were replying failed to do so properly. I also grew tired of dealing with users who felt they were entitled to reply, and users who didn't understand why they couldn't reply because they didn't read the updates.

 

[Unbreakabolt]

So any idea if Cognac Jesus has or will hit chicago? Because if I'm gonna get down with Jesus its gonna be Congac Jesus.

And every time I go to beer temple I feel like their selection gets better and better. I ******* love that place.

 

[RedCoffee]

"Replying is a privilege"

Oh, wait, not any more! As of Saturday and per Todz:

• Replying has been fully disabled. The playing field is once again even. We tried using posting as a privilege, but well-over half the people who were replying failed to do so properly. I also grew tired of dealing with users who felt they were entitled to reply, and users who didn't understand why they couldn't reply because they didn't read the updates.

Good lawd.

 

[SAISON FUCK]

Beer Advocate be like "you are our only source of income, but you annoy us, so screw off"

 

[ChicagoGuy]

Holy **** the ISO FT for MD.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/iso-list-ft-md-pre-4-1.324146/

If the bottles taste like the drafts at Dexter's, people on the ISO are going to be trying so hard to convince themselves after it was worth it.

I'll bite: which beer is "MD"?

 

[trickytunadicky]

I'll bite: which beer is "MD"?

Mawnin Dicklite

 

[ChicagoGuy]

Mawnin Dicklite

Is that the lower-calorie version of Mawnin Dick?

 

[Alum]

FT: Non-BA Stout TG can theoretically start making fairly regularly anytime now (Especially with all that JBros $$$)
ISO: Rarest of rare beers

 

[ChicagoGuy]

FT: Non-BA Stout TG can theoretically start making fairly regularly anytime now (Especially with all that JBros $$$)
ISO: Rarest of rare beers

Not only that, but when it's hot & sunny out, I just can't make myself care about a big coffee stout...I'm still in summer beer mode.

I definitely can't rustle up so many ***** about it that I want to go down to the basement and start pulling out wælzez for the greedy bastard from upthread.

 

[furley]

"Replying is a privilege"

Oh, wait, not any more! As of Saturday and per Todz:

• Replying has been fully disabled. The playing field is once again even. We tried using posting as a privilege, but well-over half the people who were replying failed to do so properly. I also grew tired of dealing with users who felt they were entitled to reply, and users who didn't understand why they couldn't reply because they didn't read the updates.

i'm not even sure what the hell this means

 

[kawilliams81]

Holy **** the ISO FT for MD.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/iso-list-ft-md-pre-4-1.324146/

If the bottles taste like the drafts at Dexter's, people on the ISO are going to be trying so hard to convince themselves after it was worth it.

There was a guy last night on ISO:FT that posted this:
Going to try this out. Feedback welcome.
ISO: MD
FT:
BA Abraxas
Iris
HF Biere De Norma
HF Sue
Black Tuesday
Allagash Resurgam
6:1
My feedback was: You're Dumb.

 

[ClCardinal84]

Looks like FKA Heyoka is back at Half Acre Taproom this weekend.

 

[user 306237]

Per Binnys, and via mdomask : We put off cleaning the cellar for too long. When we finally did, what we found was a ridiculously awesome collection of rare beer. Now we're opening the vault and throwing a WHALE OF A SALE.

Ouch.