FIB War Room

[disapowzment]

PHBoiler get a bacon and mash potato pizza. jeblikesbeer bought it when I IP traded him a few years back.... Life changing

 

[SecretSquirrel]

you locals can slam hailstorm but the crew working tonight is pouring beers and handling food trucks like no ones business.

 

[daniel1]

you locals can slam hailstorm but the crew working tonight is pouring beers and handling food trucks like no ones business.

What the fu...oh, never mind.

 

[Lognar]

First time having Clare's. I love it. Like fresh Backyard. Smells & tastes like chocolate dipped raspberries. The Woodford 17.5 month was also delicious. Rich and nice bourbon character. Can't beat a 32 oz growler for $13.50. All 5 indignant variants are still on and all at that growler price.

Netflix & Chill was tasty at the GIFulton taproom. Lots of red wine tannins and boozy grape notes. It is in fact BCBS body aged in Pinot Noir barrels. My wife loved the new Apricot Honey saison. It was a bit yeasty and one more for me but I prefer a drier saison.

Solid Saturday so far. Finally getting to Piece later too.

Dammit! Wife and I were at Haymarket around this same exact time. Bummed I didn't run into you.

Maybe my palatte has changed but Clare's was tough for me to finish. It was soooooo damn sweet.

 

[BobCobb1]

Dammit! Wife and I were at Haymarket around this same exact time. Bummed I didn't run into you.

Maybe my palatte has changed but Clare's was tough for me to finish. It was soooooo damn sweet.

Yeah struggling to make it through this howler at home. Masks the base beer, barrel, everything.

Not sure if this is same batch at fobab, but it seemed more balanced there. I recall having it with Brickstone's raspberry dark secret, and I thought the latter suffered in comparison for being too sweet / overpowering.

 

[PHBoiler]

Dammit! Wife and I were at Haymarket around this same exact time. Bummed I didn't run into you.

Maybe my palatte has changed but Clare's was tough for me to finish. It was soooooo damn sweet.

We were up at the bar watching college hoops & 2 drunk guys pound drinks while falling over chairs.

Regarding Clare's, I had the 5 oz pour. That was perfect. I maybe could've done another 5 oz but I could balance it with the other BA stouts on tap. My indignant howler is now in the fridge thawing out. Despite being inside a parking garage, that thing froze almost solid.

The Piece/FW pale ale collab was solid. Seemed like galaxy or mosaic. Nice balance. 5%.

 

[jeblikesbeer]

PHBoiler get a bacon and mash potato pizza. jeblikesbeer bought it when I IP traded him a few years back.... Life changing

Dusty forgot the added banana peppers for optimal face stuffing

 

[Scalzo]

you locals can slam hailstorm but the crew working tonight is pouring beers and handling food trucks like no ones business.

Whats a hailstorm?

 

[jeblikesbeer]

Whats a hailstorm?

You can't speak fib can you

 

[sunnrider]

I just had the raspberry stout at Haymarket. Holy ****! do you guys realise how good it is?
I took a howler to go and I'm still wondering if that's enough.

 

[danbanana]

You can't speak fib can you

And to think I traded IP with that guy...

Seriously though, Scalzo was overly generous with extras.

 

[Lansman]

Other site reporting infection issues with bottles of Hunter Coffee and Hunter Vanilla from the ALL-TIME FIB FAVORITE 18th Street.

 

[lb304854]

Other site reporting infection issues with bottles of Hunter Coffee and Hunter Vanilla from the ALL-TIME FIB FAVORITE 18th Street.

1-800-Gary-Me

 

[kawilliams81]

I'm surprised people on HERE are raving about Clare's. It is by far the worst vintage they have made. It is a raspberry jam bomb with nothing much else going on, slight chocolate/coffee aftertaste. Clare's used to be poor mans' Bramble, but they really ****** it up this year.

 

[Scalzo]

I'm surprised people on HERE are raving about Clare's. It is by far the worst vintage they have made. It is a raspberry jam bomb with nothing much else going on, slight chocolate/coffee aftertaste. Clare's used to be poor mans' Bramble, but they really ****** it up this year.

Iso 2 x juicy
#babybramble

And to think I traded IP with that guy...

Seriously though, Scalzo was overly generous with extras.

Your trade was super generous, had to even the scales a little

 

[LSMroz]

I'm surprised people on HERE are raving about Clare's. It is by far the worst vintage they have made. It is a raspberry jam bomb with nothing much else going on, slight chocolate/coffee aftertaste. Clare's used to be poor mans' Bramble, but they really ****** it up this year.

Haven't tried it yet, but sounds like they did less barrel time to stretch out the batch and make it last longer on tap. I have a growler a friend bought and excited to try it either way. If it really is too sweet, I plan on adding a couple drops of bourbon to cut the sweetness. They used Woodford Reserve barrels right?

 

[Gonzoillini1]

Haven't tried it yet, but sounds like they did less barrel time to stretch out the batch and make it last longer on tap. I have a growler a friend bought and excited to try it either way. If it really is too sweet, I plan on adding a couple drops of bourbon to cut the sweetness. They used Woodford Reserve barrels right?

IIRC the description on the menu said they blended 3 barrels that were aged from 6-24 months into this version.

It is very sweet to the point that I wouldn't want to try and drink 32oz of it, but worked out great yesterday at a share.

 

[LSMroz]

IIRC the description on the menu said they blended 3 barrels that were aged from 6-24 months into this version.

Right. Effectively "cutting" the longer aged stuff with younger aged stuff in order to have a bigger batch.

 

[kawilliams81]

Haven't tried it yet, but sounds like they did less barrel time to stretch out the batch and make it last longer on tap. I have a growler a friend bought and excited to try it either way. If it really is too sweet, I plan on adding a couple drops of bourbon to cut the sweetness. They used Woodford Reserve barrels right?

Yeah I blended about 50/50 with the 2.5 month Indignant and it was much better. Still a little sweet but better none the less.

 

[Ferowcious]

Other site reporting infection issues with bottles of Hunter Coffee and Hunter Vanilla from the ALL-TIME FIB FAVORITE 18th Street.

Some have even gone on the record to say they've detected....a Sour Note

 

[user 306237]

Some have even gone on the record to say they've detected....a Sour Note

Well, at least we still have Hailstorm.

 

[Farnsworth]

Do any of you city people/workers want to grab a drink sometime after work? This week or next week somewhere around the loop?
Had a good time last time we did it and hopefully we can get some more people out.

 

[trickytunadicky]

IN. Sorry. I think by setting up the last one I was inadvertently in charge after that, and as a grad student on top f working full time, I really shouldn't be. Any day by next Friday I can make work.

EDIT: In order of preference, days that will be snowy as **** and the trains will suck anyway, Wednesdays, then days that are cold and I won't be walking further than from my office to Miller's (across the street).

 

[BobCobb1]

Todd the Axe Man on at Monks. Tasting awesome. I see it is on tap at Surly too so must be new batch. Would love to see cans again if they are doing semiannual batches.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

Todd the Axe Man on at Monks. Tasting awesome. I see it is on tap at Surly too so must be new batch. Would love to see cans again if they are doing semiannual batches.

While everyone freaked out about the newest IPA from Vermont / Tree House / etc... Todd was by far my favorite IPA from late 2014 / 2015.

 

[SSTroller]

Do any of you city people/workers want to grab a drink sometime after work? This week or next week somewhere around the loop?
Had a good time last time we did it and hopefully we can get some more people out.

ChicagoNick and I were thinking about hitting the Fulton Taproom Fri after work for a little bit. Otherwise, I'd be down for something next week, Mon-Thurs. Heading up to WI next Friday.

 

[BobCobb1]

While everyone freaked out about the newest IPA from Vermont / Tree House / etc... Todd was by far my favorite IPA from late 2014 / 2015.

It is outstanding, and I think significantly better than anything produced in Chicago on any material scale right now.

Resurrecting the convo perhaps on when Chicago will catch up to Northeast (and Surly) on the style.

In quality. TtAM from Surly is the closest example I can think of that stands with the best I have had elsewhere. Are you saying there are 6+ regularly produced beers in/around the city that are among the best in the style?

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[Farnsworth]

IN. Sorry. I think by setting up the last one I was inadvertently in charge after that, and as a grad student on top f working full time, I really shouldn't be. Any day by next Friday I can make work.

EDIT: In order of preference, days that will be snowy as **** and the trains will suck anyway, Wednesdays, then days that are cold and I won't be walking further than from my office to Miller's (across the street).

ChicagoNick and I were thinking about hitting the Fulton Taproom Fri after work for a little bit. Otherwise, I'd be down for something next week, Mon-Thurs. Heading up to WI next Friday.

Nice.
With the exception of next Monday, I'm free anytime this week or next. I'd be down to hit up the Fulton tap room, and could also meet up next week... more drinking days are a good thing...

I think I remember a number of people last time saying that Wednesday or Thursday were their best days. So maybe someone else will chime in with a day preference.

 

[LSMroz]

For some it might not be worth the hassle but Binny's has an e-gift card promotion going on of buy $10 get 10. I bought a $10 card (cost $11.50 with fee) and got a free $10 card. Used them both. So basically got $8.50 off my purchase.

Link: http://ltrk.co/q/s/RM7dk


Also a couple cases of Abrasive at St. Charles Binny's. Hard pass for price and being canned 12/5/15. Sad we can't get super fresh Surly down here. They are like a 6 hr drive from us. Why is everything a month or more old when it gets here?

 

[danbanana]

Also a couple cases of Abrasive at St. Charles Binny's. Hard pass for price and being canned 12/5/15. Sad we can't get super fresh Surly down here. They are like a 6 hr drive from us. Why is everything a month or more old when it gets here?

I think that batch actually arrived in mid-December since I bought a 4 pack around then. I actually think people just didn't buy a ton of it.