FOBAB

[jmgrub]

Screw you Jeremy Danner, PLEASE. For the love of god, PLEASEEE

This was poured at Northdown last year, yes? I think I sat next to you and your girl that night.

 

[cfrances33]

This was poured at Northdown last year, yes? I think I sat next to you and your girl that night.

Yes! They also poured it at the fest under the name of Radlersnake. ******* killer beer. I'd drink that daily if I could.

 

[jmgrub]

Who wants to bang this week/end? Staying at the Marriott UIC for FoBAB convenience. Hitting Northdown tomorrow night.

 

[SAISON FUCK]

As much as I love Revolution, Filibuster is pretty bad. Tastes a bit like electrical fire. Also Working Mom is partially in rum barrels, which is not my thing.

A little disappointed in Goose, but whatever. Off Color and Side Project are my priorities. Especially if I miss out on stuff at Northdown tomorrow.

 

[Dunt1]

Who wants to bang this week/end? Staying at the Marriott UIC for FoBAB convenience. Hitting Northdown tomorrow night.

Will be at Northdown tomorrow, I'll be the mongoloid looking dude

 

[jmgrub]

Will be at Northdown tomorrow, I'll be the mongoloid looking dude

Perfect. I love Asians!

 

[jeblikesbeer]

Perfect. I love Asians!

It's funny because Dunt is about as not Asian lookin as they come...

I was gonna be a good boy and not hit up northbound tonight.... That's changed jmgrub pm me your number duder

 

[ClCardinal84]

Yes! They also poured it at the fest under the name of Radlersnake. ******* killer beer. I'd drink that daily if I could.

I'll gladly 2nd this.

 

[cneville1]

It's funny because Dunt is about as not Asian lookin as they come...

I was gonna be a good boy and not hit up northbound tonight.... That's changed jmgrub pm me your number duder

lymi

 

[ClCardinal84]

If anyone is off work today and downtown, River Roast had a Surly beer dinner and took over all the taps last night and had 2014 Darkness, Rye Whiskey BA Pentagram and their 8th Anny beer on tap among others. I'd bet they are all still on today.

 

[jeblikesbeer]

If anyone is off work today and downtown, River Roast had a Surly beer dinner and took over all the taps last night and had 2014 Darkness, Rye Whiskey BA Pentagram and their 8th Anny beer on tap among others. I'd bet they are all still on today.

careful on that rye pentagram kids.... it's like a roofy for beer nerds... last time i started drinking that I woke up 12 hours later on a friends couch like 5 miles away from where i was drinking.

 

[Treebs]

Flat 12 is bringing:

 

[gtx281]

If anyone still needs tickets, a limited amount for all sessions are back up on Ticketmaster right now.

 

[JRBecks]

Looks like SideProject will be pouring La Fosse, Raspe and du Ble.

Dat La Fosse thou

 

[air]

What is Raspe? Not seeing anything about it.

 

[sidetracked]

Well, it looks like I have two extra tickets for Saturday night's session. If anyone is looking for any, you can have them at face value, just message me.

 

[jmgrub]

So that was a pretty good start to the weekend between Northdown and Haymarket. Multiple pours of Clare's Thirsty make Jeremy a fat and drunk boy.

 

[sacrelicio]

Flat 12 is bringing:

They good or wotm8?

 

[stxSS07]

They good or wotm8?

Nope. Nothing to see here. Fight neckbeards at other stupid tables pls.

 

[sacrelicio]

Nope. Nothing to see here. Fight neckbeards at other stupid tables pls.

Shut up

 

[stxSS07]

Shut up

no u.

 

[Dunt1]

I couldn't handle the crowd at Northdown so I headed home, great taplist though. Anyone else feel the Yuzu was a shell of what it was at Zwanze? Very grainy finish

 

[middlebrow]

Happy some people agree, that group has gone full retard. I didnt think what I was saying was all that controversial, but apparently I am in the wrong for wanting breweries with established histories of barrel aging to have the spots. I mean seriously, is this list a joke? Look at Ratebeer and check out some of these places!

Middle Brow (no beers over 10 reviews, HAS THREE ******* BEERS!)
River Dog (2 beers over 10 reviews)
Hailstorm (1 beer over 10 reviews)
Rude Hippo (not even in database)
Mystery (8 beers over 10 reviews)
Southern Prohibition (3 beers over 10 reviews)
Like Minds (no beers over 10 reviews, HAS ONE ******* BEER!)
Buckledown (1 beer of 10 reviews)
Woodfour (2 beers over 10 reviews)
Champaign County (no beers over 10 reviews)
Mobcraft (2 beers with over 10 reviews, this is a ******* homebrew club)
Big Shoulders (1 beer over 10 reviews, HAS THREE ******* BEERS!)
Blacklist (1 beer over 10 reviews)
Stickmen (no beers over 10 reviews)

I realize people are supporting the work of friends or their own and Im completely fine with that, but dont feed me ******** about how the price increase is justified. There is plenty of **** I will drink there, and I am sure to go check out some new stuff because that's part of the fun, but this is poor form. This gives me a bad feeling that this is more geared towards getting friends of Crowley's exposure even if their beer sucks ass, which assuredly, most of it will.

checking in here with my 3 f*ckin beers. I understand your issues, and dude quite frankly I agree with you on many of the points but it should be noted this will have been about my 10th BA beer but second commercially released one (junta I did with transient back in April). Now I understand the giant rash of new breweries who threw a batch of so & so stout into some barrel they picked up and let it sit behind their psycho brew for three months, but a couple of those are and will be different.

The registration was open to every brewery coast to coast, they let anyone enter, and to my knowledge they turned no one away. Thats why kentucky bourbon water ale was there last year and its why woodchuck reserve hard cider is there this year. But you and most on this board know who to skip, and seriously I know I won't be wasting my ticket on a lot of these new guys only because the style & beer seem boring and I bet a lot of them aren't pulled off well. I understand its grown but those 20 to 30 proven breweries are still there and most have like 4 beers there, it will be OK.

But your right, it will suck with the other 1K people standing in the same line as you and drinking all BA abraxas before you and I do, but what the heck can you do? At the very least that giant diversity of breweries may force those not in the know to go elsewhere so I can stand in line unencumbered for SP.

Price increase does suck and can't figure out how that is justified. New venue? Because there's free volunteers, sponsors, and the breweries PAID to submit beers. Its great if it raises money for the guild which has a legal team and whatnot but ya that price is too steep & unjustified.

I really wish there was a taste screening process because I would have preferred that so I could prove myself to a panel of folks before it goes to the general public and wastes space at FOBAB and statements like this wouldn't come out, but oh well. And I'm not a new brewery wearing my crisp logo'd t-shirt talking about how my new IPA is so f*ckin great forcing a growler in your face. In fact, you've probably seen me at events & bottle shares over the past 7 years and have never mentioned brewing beer. I'm the hardest judge of beer especially regarding the **** I've done, but what is going to be poured at FOBAB from middle brow is pretty damn good and think it should be there next to some second tier breweries. Now seriously don't waste your own ticket on it, but tell someone else to waste one and take a sip at least. I tried to make a less acidic fuzzy with more spice-abbey notes and I think I pulled off what I set out to do, maybe you agree, maybe you don't. Either way, price increase sucks, some new breweries beers will suck, new venue looks like it will suck and has no character but FOBAB will still be a pretty awesome event.

Peace & Love, Peace & Love -
Nick (burica2020 on BA)


Also why have I not fully moved over here, BA is dead, how did I forget about this place? so look out for me & my ****** jokes all over this board from now on.

 

[mychalg91]

I'm all for new breweries at Fobab, if for no other reason than spreading out the lines. Though with more attendees at each session I'm not sure how much we will notice. Of course if one of those new small guys wins a medal tonight you'd better believe everyone will be clamoring for a chance to try them. Isn't that kind of how it was for Side Project last year after Fuzzy won? Or was their line long to begin with? I know I only first heard of Side Project at the Great Taste a few months before last fobab when I tried the blueberry flanders for the first time.

 

[middlebrow]

I'm all for new breweries at Fobab, if for no other reason than spreading out the lines. Though with more attendees at each session I'm not sure how much we will notice. Of course if one of those new small guys wins a medal tonight you'd better believe everyone will be clamoring for a chance to try them. Isn't that kind of how it was for Side Project last year after Fuzzy won? Or was their line long to begin with? I know I only first heard of Side Project at the Great Taste a few months before last fobab when I tried the blueberry flanders for the first time.

I think fuzzy had some buzz before from the folks who had a couple side projects (like that great one at zwanze who's name and style I've forgotten), as it kicked pretty early but it could be because myself and 30 other people in IMBIBE told everyone they know to go check it out when the gates opened to session one (and because some rastafarian was pouring full glasses of it.) But for the second session word spread, helped on by the award, and it became the bee's knee's.

also speaking of attendees, this has potential to be a colossal f*ckin disaster. I walked through the space yesterday and though the ceilings are higher, I think the square footage is about the same. Its like 6 rows about 15 feet wide and I'm not sure how everyone is gonna fit in there or navigate lines. There is a disaster potential of goose island anniversary block party proportions brewing.

 

[mychalg91]

I think fuzzy had some buzz before from the folks who had a couple side projects (like that great one at zwanze who's name and style I've forgotten), as it kicked pretty early but it could be because myself and 30 other people in IMBIBE told everyone they know to go check it out when the gates opened to session one (and because some rastafarian was pouring full glasses of it.) But for the second session word spread, helped on by the award, and it became the bee's knee's.

also speaking of attendees, this has potential to be a colossal f*ckin disaster. I walked through the space yesterday and though the ceilings are higher, I think the square footage is about the same. Its like 6 rows about 15 feet wide and I'm not sure how everyone is gonna fit in there or navigate lines. There is a disaster potential of goose island anniversary block party proportions brewing.

I've been to the Forum before for a UIC graduation, is fobab in one of those "gym" type areas? I can't remember the exact layout but I know the room we were in had bleachers that rolled out and then a gym type floor (not sure if carpeted of not). Kinda felt like a slightly larger high school gym.

 

[Treebs]

I've had a suspicion since day one of the FOBAB changes announcement that this might be my last FOBAB. I hope they're able to pull it off, but the way the ICBG is run I have my doubts. I'll guess we'll see after tonight.

 

[Treebs]

Btw, I'll be heading to GI Clybourn for lunch around 1:45-2, and then heading over to the Forum afterwards if anyone cares to join me.

 

[middlebrow]

I've been to the Forum before for a UIC graduation, is fobab in one of those "gym" type areas? I can't remember the exact layout but I know the room we were in had bleachers that rolled out and then a gym type floor (not sure if carpeted of not). Kinda felt like a slightly larger high school gym.

you're right, its a slightly larger high school gym. its has disaster potential but the silver lining is with the high ceilings, the last hour or two won't smell like hot farts.

 

[ClCardinal84]

I think fuzzy had some buzz before from the folks who had a couple side projects (like that great one at zwanze who's name and style I've forgotten), as it kicked pretty early but it could be because myself and 30 other people in IMBIBE told everyone they know to go check it out when the gates opened to session one (and because some rastafarian was pouring full glasses of it.) But for the second session word spread, helped on by the award, and it became the bee's knee's.

also speaking of attendees, this has potential to be a colossal f*ckin disaster. I walked through the space yesterday and though the ceilings are higher, I think the square footage is about the same. Its like 6 rows about 15 feet wide and I'm not sure how everyone is gonna fit in there or navigate lines. There is a disaster potential of goose island anniversary block party proportions brewing.