FIB War Room

[thewimperoo]

Went to spiteful for 1 beer a bit ago. Really nice space with great natural light. Another solid option to add to the Chicago rotation

I'm looking forward to checking it out. Did they have a decent variety on tap or is it pretty much the stuff they put out in cans?

 

[jdhende]

I'm looking forward to checking it out. Did they have a decent variety on tap or is it pretty much the stuff they put out in cans?

I thought it was a pretty decent variety. I didn't count, but feel like they had 15-20 taps varying all different styles. Just had a quick pint of diggable and bolted, but they had lots of versions of their porter and their BA barleywine on draft.

 

[thewimperoo]

I thought it was a pretty decent variety. I didn't count, but feel like they had 15-20 taps varying all different styles. Just had a quick pint of diggable and bolted, but they had lots of versions of their porter and their BA barleywine on draft.

Cool, thanks for the update. Haven't had Diggable in a long time. That'll be nice.

 

[vav1]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-billy-goat-ipa-is-a-lager-20171214-story.html

So that's an interesting one. It's fairly common to re-brand or sub-brand a production beer as a private label, but it's the first i've seen where someone knowingly changed the the style so drastically. Interesting comment thread on Josh Noel's FB wall about too. I kinda like the breaking down of style "barriers" because i feel like that's where innovation is. But, as Michael Roper says on Josh's wall

"When I order a hot dog, you can't serve me a hamburger and say "We call our hot dogs hamburgers here". When I order a Cabernet, you can't bring me a Sangiovese and say " We call our Sangiovese a Cabernet here". If I buy a ticket to see a symphony performance, and a heavy metal band comes out, you can't tell me, "They are both playing music, so what is the difference?" Words are important. Ale is not lager and lager is not ale."

 

[Scalzo]

I wish there was a public dislike option for posts

 

[Beerlistman]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-billy-goat-ipa-is-a-lager-20171214-story.html

So that's an interesting one. It's fairly common to re-brand or sub-brand a production beer as a private label, but it's the first i've seen where someone knowingly changed the the style so drastically. Interesting comment thread on Josh Noel's FB wall about too. I kinda like the breaking down of style "barriers" because i feel like that's where innovation is. But, as Michael Roper says on Josh's wall

"When I order a hot dog, you can't serve me a hamburger and say "We call our hot dogs hamburgers here". When I order a Cabernet, you can't bring me a Sangiovese and say " We call our Sangiovese a Cabernet here". If I buy a ticket to see a symphony performance, and a heavy metal band comes out, you can't tell me, "They are both playing music, so what is the difference?" Words are important. Ale is not lager and lager is not ale."

Yeah, but what about Steamed Hams?

 

[vav1]

Yeah, but what about Steamed Hams?

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[Mugatu]

Yeah, but what about Steamed Hamms?

FTFY

 

[mishuggah]

 

[vav1]

That’s got a gueuze.

 

[middlebrow]

That’s got a gueuze.

It’s a gueuze in the skinner aurora borealis in the kitchen sense or in the billy goat ipa sense.

 

[tinypyramids1]

It’s a gueuze in the skinner aurora borealis in the kitchen sense or in the billy goat ipa sense.

localized enTIREly in your brewery?

 

[daniel1]

SeaWatchman

 

[SeaWatchman]

SeaWatchman

Wish I could reply to brewery posts like that with #notlambic or a link to the site sometimes.

 

[Scalzo]

Still yet to have anything from Moody Tongue thats worth buying....


SeaWatchman pls avoid self promoting in this thrad.

 

[quinnsi]

Agreed - it's nice to have both Maplewood and Spiteful's spots open. Congrats to both of them.

Here's a question - with so many taprooms open in the Chicago area now, will beer geeks go to beer bars anymore? Or just pop from tap room to tap room?

 

[ClCardinal84]

Agreed - it's nice to have both Maplewood and Spiteful's spots open. Congrats to both of them.

Here's a question - with so many taprooms open in the Chicago area now, will beer geeks go to beer bars anymore? Or just pop from tap room to tap room?

Personally, I enjoy the variety of different styles and breweries on tap at beer bars.

 

[Dunt1]

Agreed - it's nice to have both Maplewood and Spiteful's spots open. Congrats to both of them.

Here's a question - with so many taprooms open in the Chicago area now, will beer geeks go to beer bars anymore? Or just pop from tap room to tap room?

I like variety, I dont want to just drink one breweries beers when Im out at a bar

 

[middlebrow]

Agreed - it's nice to have both Maplewood and Spiteful's spots open. Congrats to both of them.

Here's a question - with so many taprooms open in the Chicago area now, will beer geeks go to beer bars anymore? Or just pop from tap room to tap room?

I just hope there’s room for another brewpub in 9 months albeit one that won’t have more than one hoppy beer on at a time with a focus on Belgianish and unique ales/lagers.

 

[Dunt1]

I just hope there’s room for another brewpub in 9 months albeit one that won’t have more than one hoppy beer on at a time with a focus on Belgianish and unique ales/lagers.

Just keep those popcorn cream ales coming and we should be all good

 

[Scalzo]

Agreed - it's nice to have both Maplewood and Spiteful's spots open. Congrats to both of them.

Here's a question - with so many taprooms open in the Chicago area now, will beer geeks go to beer bars anymore? Or just pop from tap room to tap room?

Whatever offers the freshest beer at the best price. - and has food.
Never been a big bar guy. So my opinion is about meaningless here.

With there being so many breweries, and having them so close together, its possible to try any style one would want without having to go to a bar

 

[Ferowcious]

Still yet to have anything from Moody Tongue thats worth buying....


SeaWatchman pls avoid self promoting in this thrad.

I'll drink BA Chocolate Barleywine. Stiff price point, but very tasty.

 

[middlebrow]

Just keep those popcorn cream ales coming and we should be all good

Why does a beer I love so much get so much **** and bad reviews? It’s like the BA coffee saison that got only one star and five star reviews. Or we’ll see how Chicago reacts to the year round Brett kolsch coming? We’re like the band morphine of the brewing biz.

 

[danbanana]

It’s like the BA coffee saison that got only one star and five star reviews.

That beer was a solid 4 stars. Brew it again KTHX.

 

[vav1]

We’re like the band morphine of the brewing biz.

Morphine was amazing.

 

[Mugatu]

Agreed - it's nice to have both Maplewood and Spiteful's spots open. Congrats to both of them.

Here's a question - with so many taprooms open in the Chicago area now, will beer geeks go to beer bars anymore? Or just pop from tap room to tap room?

I think that breweries are at a significant price advantage as well as a “perceived freshness” advantage. Going directly to most breweries you can assume the beer has been properly stored and reflects how the brewer intended it to taste.

Because of distributors, even the best beer bar is going to have a difficult time matching the brewery’s price and quality. I think the main reason I’ll go to a beer bar is that the bar affords something beyond what the brewery might: convenience (within walking distance), food, atmosphere, or variety/non-local drink options. Thinking about examples of where I’ll go outside of breweries are places like Beer Temple, Hopleaf or Cork Lounge. They all fall into one or multiple of those categories.

 

[middlebrow]

But back to quinnsi ’s point...as long as beer bars offer outta state and country different styles of stuff I see no issue. How many more ipa/stout taprooms could survive in this city? I’m gonna put that number at negative 2.

 

[JRBecks]

Brett kolsch coming

HHHHHHNNNNNNGGGGG!!!!

Summer 2018?

 

[vav1]

It’s not a kölsch.

 

[middlebrow]

It’s not a kölsch.

Now that I think of it...maybe I barrel age this with wild cultures and then blend it into some young version and call it a kolsch gueuze. Piss off two countries & cultures at once.

I know but the white labs slurry says kolsch? I’m actually surprised, I figured someone would’ve gotten pissy and made them change the title to simply German ale. And for the record, i called it an American wheat when we originally released it a few years ago to which people shrugged.