FIB War Room

[dgoogle]

But Niles tho

Hey! I live in this vibrant town...on a serious note I have to make it over to try it. I haven't been to Une Anne in too long

 

[kodt]

Overheard at FoBAB:

"No one gives a **** about Barleywine, that **** sucks"

"More brewing is my first stop for sure"

"OMG More brewing is here"?

"Have you ever heard of Lost Abbey Cable Car?"

"The trade value isn't very high though"

 

[vav1]

its hilarious looking...we did all the haze steps and added the vanilla & fruit at sorta the same time as the hops to see if the specific yeast would suspend a lil of the adjuncts and rip the flavors similar to the hops, and it turned out crazier than we planned. its pretty ****** delicious.

What the ****

 

[SAISON FUCK]

Picture an acquaintance posted on Facebook about 3 hours ago at Half Acre.

I had a good long laugh in my office looking at it.

Benthiccc

 

[middlebrow]

What the ****

Berlin brat, you don’t milkshake IPA? Though this one might be a smoothie IPA...Can I copyright that?

 

[SAISON FUCK]

Berlin brat, you don’t milkshake IPA? Though this one might be a smoothie IPA...Can I copyright that?

I personally prefer "Moist Milkshake IPA."

 

[trickytunadicky]

Overheard at FoBAB:

"No one gives a **** about Barleywine, that **** sucks"

"More brewing is my first stop for sure"

"OMG More brewing is here"?

"Have you ever heard of Lost Abbey Cable Car?"

"The trade value isn't very high though"

This right here is why I escapee to Ferndale for the weekend

 

[disapowzment]

Overheard at FoBAB:

"No one gives a **** about Barleywine, that **** sucks"

"More brewing is my first stop for sure"

"OMG More brewing is here"?

"Have you ever heard of Lost Abbey Cable Car?"

"The trade value isn't very high though"

Overheard at fobab... nothing because I ain’t sitting in a conference hall with a bunch of people who would say any of this.

 

[Treebs]

Overheard at fobab... nothing because I ain’t sitting in a conference hall with a bunch of people who would say any of this.

I saw a brewery post one of those overhead shots, makes me so happy I wasn’t there. Looked like a giant vat of fart filled sardines.

 

[disapowzment]

I saw a brewery post one of those overhead shots, makes me so happy I wasn’t there. Looked like a giant vat of fart filled sardines.

I was content with talking to you last weekend in a vat full of fart filled happiness

 

[mjohnson171]

I was content with talking to you last weekend in a vat full of fart filled happiness

There was a certain funk in the air last weekend... for sure.

 

[Alum]

If you didn't do the Imbibe hour, you probably lost on the deal.

That said, the More BA Stout was pretty good. But I think they were down to their last pitcher before the doors opened.

I enjoyed myself. This year's Prop is nice. The others were fine.

Crowded and farty by 7 pm for sure.. interested on how the awards fall this afternoon

 

[DiscountMegaMall4ever]

I wonder how the guy who is going to all three sessions is doing after two of them are in the books.

 

[disapowzment]

I wonder how the guy who is going to all three sessions is doing after two of them are in the books.

I once did one session then passed out in a hotel bathroom. Think it was the last year it was in Bridgeport

 

[Alum]

That More BA Karma won best in show, fwiw

 

[TheJB]

That More BA Karma won best in show, fwiw

I went to both imbibe sessions and it was for sure one of the best things I tasted. Outside of the barleywine category I think the judges got it mostly right.

 

[JulianB1]

Overheard at FoBAB:

"No one gives a **** about Barleywine, that **** sucks"

"More brewing is my first stop for sure"

"OMG More brewing is here"?

"Have you ever heard of Lost Abbey Cable Car?"

"The trade value isn't very high though"

Only part of this that surprises me is he said "trade value" and not "secondary value".

 

[Scalzo]

At the only RAM release I was at I heard a bunch of instant classics

"Anna is too boring"
"Def not sour enough"
"if you add peaches to any beer its an automatic win"
"that transient berliner was not as good as my degrades"
"citra hops are the best"
"I got 6 bottles, hope its good"

 

[kodt]

At the only RAM release I was at I heard a bunch of instant classics

"Anna is too boring"
"Def not sour enough"
"if you add peaches to any beer its an automatic win"
"that transient berliner was not as good as my degrades"
"citra hops are the best"
"I got 6 bottles, hope its good"

Oh man that reminds me. The same guy who said Barleywine suck, also complained of beers not being sour enough saying "the more sour the better"

 

[ChicagoGuy]

"if you add peaches to any beer its an automatic win"

Well, I mean, that's not entirely wrong....

 

[Gonzoillini1]

I saw a brewery post one of those overhead shots, makes me so happy I wasn’t there. Looked like a giant vat of fart filled sardines.

It was crowded for sure, but no better or worse than the last couple of years at the UIC Forum.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

RIPossible Northdown? anyone know anything?

I know there was mention of a tramatic injury when they cancelled LTB. I am never one to pry and I was busy with buying a house in a different state and planning a wedding. I hope everything is going ok with Kate and Tom more than I care about having a great bar available.

It sounds like they are not closing for good, just for a few weeks for renovations. Hoping that really is the case...

edit sauce: the mikkeller running club runs out of northdown, and someone in the group got in touch with Tom and was told that

Saw something on Twitter this weekend and looking at Yelp (I felt really dirty looking at it) it appears that Northdown has permanently closed. Hoping everything is OK with Tom and Kate as they were always extremely nice whenever I stopped in over the years.

 

[middlebrow]

Saw something on Twitter this weekend and looking at Yelp (I felt really dirty looking at it) it appears that Northdown has permanently closed. Hoping everything is OK with Tom and Kate as they were always extremely nice whenever I stopped in over the years.

 

[SecretSquirrel]

It was crowded for sure, but no better or worse than the last couple of years at the UIC Forum.

I took a similar shot from the deck I stayed upstairs after 2 and headed out right before 1st session was over to hit Mouse Trap in which a bunch a brewery peoples were over there...

 

[Bill2]

It'd be a real shame if they oversold the venue and ruined such a wonderful event.

 

[Treebs]

Looks like I’m going to be able to sneak away for a few hours Saturday. Who else am I going to see at Rev??

 

[RedCoffee]

Looking like I'm gonna be a Friday.

Should I light out of work early to come line up at open? If one of the beers was Deth by Vanilla then obviously yes, show up at like 10 AM. But I'm guessing Rev gonna Rev and you can come get it at like 9 PM and be fine.

 

[thewimperoo]

I figure there will be people that line up because there's always people that line up, but by 3-3:30 the line should die down before the after work rush starts. I'm aiming to get my To-Go around 3:30, take it to the car, and be back in the taproom before the rush for the drafts starts at 5.

 

[gtx281]

Saw something on Twitter this weekend and looking at Yelp (I felt really dirty looking at it) it appears that Northdown has permanently closed. Hoping everything is OK with Tom and Kate as they were always extremely nice whenever I stopped in over the years.

What a shame. Always a good time there.

 

[BobCobb1]

Looking like I'm gonna be a Friday.

Should I light out of work early to come line up at open? If one of the beers was Deth by Vanilla then obviously yes, show up at like 10 AM. But I'm guessing Rev gonna Rev and you can come get it at like 9 PM and be fine.

Need that TB exclusive Intel from beeraficionado.

The cocoa vanilla combo version last year was basically on auto pour from the moment it tapped. Couldn't have lasted an hour even. I also thought it was the weakest of the lineup by a pretty wide margin. Hoping the two standalones are an improvement.