FIB War Room

[trickytunadicky]

was it as amazing as I imagined it would be? also last year I'd say about 50% of folks were enforcing tickets.

In all honestly, I liked it better than new Rare.

And I can't spend the whole fest drinking heavy stouts. I plan to pop by your neck of the woods.

 

[foscorelli]

so I hear there's 400 entries for FOBAB...as much as I love the open participation I think maybe it's time for a screening committee. this is now GABF for barrel aged beer, which is fine but with 30 tickets who's bothering with dipshits like myself or other unknown entities?

I'm not sure of what else y'all are bringing, but I am going to try Curriculum Vitae.

 

[middlebrow]

I'm not sure of what else y'all are bringing, but I am going to try Curriculum Vitae.

It's a 50/50 wether we get our kegs back so I opted to only bring one entry to get lost in the shuffle. Our seedling farms raspberry & 3F/crooked stave stolen yeast Brett beer will be out in January with bottles of curriculum. Curriculum came out pretty nice, we hardened the water a pinch to bring out some additional malt flavors that aged to create a mild Trappist-ish cereal flavor that plays lovely with the blueberries, Brett and oak.

 

[JRBecks]

looking thru some of my glassware and stumbled upon on this beaut. middlebrow

 

[ClCardinal84]

In all honestly, I liked it better than new Rare.

And I can't spend the whole fest drinking heavy stouts. I plan to pop by your neck of the woods.

I second both of these statements.

 

[Scalzo]

so I hear there's 400 entries for FOBAB...as much as I love the open participation I think maybe it's time for a screening committee. this is now GABF for barrel aged beer, which is fine but with 30 tickets who's bothering with dipshits like myself or other unknown entities?

Ill be the drunk ******** pretending not to hear you ask for my tickets

 

[IronDave]

was it as amazing as I imagined it would be? also last year I'd say about 50% of folks were enforcing tickets.

According to the volunteer meeting, there are no tickets this year. There will be a "booklet," but I don't think we'll be asked to check anything off. We were told, simply, not to overserve.

 

[sidetracked]

looking thru some of my glassware and stumbled upon on this beaut. middlebrow

middlebrow how would one go about obtaining one of these?

 

[mdomask]

According to the volunteer meeting, there are no tickets this year. There will be a "booklet," but I don't think we'll be asked to check anything off. We were told, simply, not to overserve.

Well, that's better. Juggling glass + book + ticket was a pain, and I can't imagine tickets did any favor for cleanup.

 

[Hopping Tiger]

middlebrow how would one go about obtaining one of these?

It's a great glass for sure.

http://www.middlebrowbeer.com/store/fancy-stemware

 

[JRBecks]

middlebrow how would one go about obtaining one of these?

It's a great glass for sure.

http://www.middlebrowbeer.com/store/fancy-stemware

yep, I actually got my glass from a social media contest that middlebrow was running back a few years ago

 

[middlebrow]

middlebrow how would one go about obtaining one of these?

dont pay shipping & **** on the website, I'll sell you one for 5 bucks. shoot me a message and we'll figure something out, I live over by dry hop and bounce between south suburbs & city daily.

 

[Ferowcious]

I had 23year Maman last night and the regular Maman at Great Taste back in August. I liked regular better. It had better body. It was so deliciously chewy. 23year Maman seemed comparatively thinner and just had too much barrel hear for my liking.

It was very good but I'd prefer the standard Maman.

 

[Scalzo]

looking forward to drinking all future Chicago pours from this vial? da fuq fobab, is this a glass for ants?

 

[trickytunadicky]

looking forward to drinking all future Chicago pours from this vial? da fuq fobab, is this a glass for ants?

It's a glass for the dishwasher/your friend who doesn't get fancy glassware/your mom who breaks stuff (If I had a dollar for every rare glass my mom broke before t even made it home...)

 

[middlebrow]

Stray observations - gin barrels used to be used by one skinny dude, I think I counted like 15, maybe we just keep it to one. Dry-hopping sours makes for great crushers, these will be the official beers of summer 2016. They should call it goose island presents FOBAB. Well run (minus the goose line), good time, hipster pitchfork rating of 6.7. And the perrenial 30 year Japanese thing, I assume it was maman? Sounded exactly like the 23 one at northdown but it said 30 year and didn't say maman. Either way, whatever was at Fobab sure wasn't thin and tasted like heaven.

 

[Unbreakabolt]

Sad to miss fobab but crushing it at cigar city is a nice consolation prize. Holy crap is white oak Jai Ali delicious fresh and Cafe Americano is the boom sauce.

 

[Scalzo]

I enjoyed several pours of that Japanese 30 year concoction, made me forget about the BCBS. based on word from Northdown I figured it would be thin, but it wasnt. Probably my favorite of the night. It had an incredible amount of barrel and whiskey flavors, without contracting from the mouthfeel or flavors of the base beer.

A couple surprises were Rum Victory at Sea and BA Dark Secret w Raspberries. Clares Thirsty <3 was delicious as always, I can never pass that up.
Nice to see a wide variety of breweries from all around the country. Crooked Stave, Fremont, Hardywood, Lost Abbey, etc
The gin barrel beers were really nice, particularly the Off Color stuff. Yuzu Gin Fierce was an amazing change of pace. Although I found myself drinking a 90/10 ratio of stouts to other beers

Overall an amazing time. Think I might have liked this year than the last three

It's a glass for the dishwasher/your friend who doesn't get fancy glassware/your mom who breaks stuff (If I had a dollar for every rare glass my mom broke before t even made it home...)

Good point, they do seem unbreakable/idiotproof
but I would have liked a snifter it was awkward trying to get a nose on these beers. specially if you have a large schnozz

 

[Tooch4321]

Stray observations - gin barrels used to be used by one skinny dude, I think I counted like 15, maybe we just keep it to one. Dry-hopping sours makes for great crushers, these will be the official beers of summer 2016. They should call it goose island presents FOBAB. Well run (minus the goose line), good time, hipster pitchfork rating of 6.7. And the perrenial 30 year Japanese thing, I assume it was maman? Sounded exactly like the 23 one at northdown but it said 30 year and didn't say maman. Either way, whatever was at Fobab sure wasn't thin and tasted like heaven.

I'm all for more gin barrel use, but it definitely has to be done right. Loved the original batches of Gin Pony and John is Gin Jesus, he can turn any water into Gin and then drinks it all, takes his shirt off and dances on bar tops...

 

[trickytunadicky]

I'm all for more gin barrel use, but it definitely has to be done right. Loved the original batches of Gin Pony and John is Gin Jesus, he can turn any water into Gin and then drinks it all, takes his shirt off and dances on bar tops...

The Gin Pony I had at Northdown was solid. And B Nektar does solid things with Gin (but they don't FoBAB as much as I try to fix that) that being said, I agree Laffler is Gin Genius. RIP Tonic the Hedgehog.

 

[middlebrow]

I guess I was just on gin overload but gin pony & all the off colors were fantastic. I guess when I saw the other not so great ones, I was crying ripoff like a pearl jam fan bothered by stone temple pilots.

Why doesn't he just work with a local distiller & make tonic the hedgehog commercial available? The gin from that place by rev is pretty damn good.

 

[Tooch4321]

I guess I was just on gin overload but gin pony & all the off colors were fantastic. I guess when I saw the other not so great ones, I was crying ripoff like a pearl jam fan bothered by stone temple pilots.

Why doesn't he just work with a local distiller & make tonic the hedgehog commercial available? The gin from that place by rev is pretty damn good.

Having helped out at anther local distillery, it's a matter of dollars and cents. Besides Koval, Letherbee and maybe FEW, I'd say most of these smaller operations can't afford it. That gin from Chicago Distillery is quality, their other stuff is pure garbage juice...

 

[trickytunadicky]

middlebrow I wanted your beer but couldn't find it. Hook a bitch up next year. Headed to BA now. Dave Tohtz and Julia Davis are my heores. The end.

 

[furley]

middlebrow I wanted your beer but couldn't find it. Hook a bitch up next year. Headed to BA now. Dave Tohtz and Julia Davis are my heores. The end.

liked for Tohtz

 

[ClCardinal84]

Apparently, the line at WLV for the Abraxas bottle release this morning is 75-100 deep. LOL.

 

[Tooch4321]

Anyone want a bottle of Abraxas? I've got one sitting in my fridge, I'll gladly accept a 6-pk of Tooth 'N Claw in return...

 

[SSTroller]

Apparently, the line at WLV for the Abraxas bottle release this morning is 75-100 deep. LOL.

[insert stxSS07 laugh here]

 

[Treebs]

Good article on Metro's expansion. I'm excited to see them grow and have more room to pump out more of a variety of delicious lagers.

 

[Mugatu]

Apparently, the line at WLV for the Abraxas bottle release this morning is 75-100 deep. LOL.

Did you end up getting one? I was going to head over around 11:15 and then I saw your post lol. Hopefully I can find one in the city today

 

[Tooch4321]

Did you end up getting one? I was going to head over around 11:15 and then I saw your post lol. Hopefully I can find one in the city today

Or you can buy me a 6-pk of Tooth & Claw and I will give you a bottle...