i use ba and *very* occasionally post there
― call all destroyer, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
so idk how widespread the distro is but
http://www.indeedbrewing.com/
just showed up in 6 packs at my fave beer store and it is craaaazy stupid good. only got the day tripper and the midnight rider so far but daaaaaamn
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Saturday, 2 February 2013 23:55 (eleven years ago) link
where are you jjj? acc to their distribution map it's only in minneapolis!
― Mordy, Saturday, 2 February 2013 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
And apparently that World of Beer place is already open in Evanston?
The irony; Evanston was bone-dry until 1985. But will definitely check out WoB next time I'm there.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 2 February 2013 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
Bought one of these today, never heard of the brewery before but was absolutely suckered in by the can design:
http://www.seattleite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/can_saison-400x600.jpg
― joygoat, Sunday, 3 February 2013 00:43 (eleven years ago) link
Very interesting. Not sure I've ever seen a canned saison.
― Jeff, Sunday, 3 February 2013 00:46 (eleven years ago) link
Mordy, it has already made its way all the way to Saint Paul!
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Sunday, 3 February 2013 01:34 (eleven years ago) link
I really hope it gets more distro though, I bought 2 singles to check it out, drank them, drove back to buy 6 packs of both.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Sunday, 3 February 2013 01:35 (eleven years ago) link
love those cans, looks like good stuff
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 3 February 2013 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, February 2, 2013 5:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Better than that: FEW Liquors, based in Evanston, takes its name from WCTU leader and Evanston resident Frances E Willard
― jaymc, Sunday, 3 February 2013 06:44 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone ever tried http://www.letspour.com? I've been thinking about it to get some brews that I can't get here.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
store buddy that is launching his own brewery this year just decided to have me be part of his testing crew and dropped off a six pack full of test batches. twist my arm
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
jeff i have no clue if you've ever done ba trading but if you ever want to do kind of a low-key locals for locals thing to get some new england beers let me know
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
i picked up bottles of old rasputin barrel aged and gueuze lambic cuvee rene at a nola deli -- looking forward to trying them. also grabbed a bottle of bayou teche courir de mardi gras (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/22408/77369) mostly bc it's mardi gras in nola yo i gotta try some local brews.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
also, when i get home i'd def be interested in doing low-key locals for locals stuff w/ ilxors
I've never done trading. I mainly only lurk on BA forums. Dudes get too intense about fair trades, throwing in extras, etc. low key trading would be more appealing.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
sweet, i'm up for doing this w/any of the ppl who post here--there's prob a decent amount of detail to work out so we could, like, ilxmail or something to get it started.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
How is postage for mailing beers across country? Seems like that might make things untenable.
― nickn, Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
― jaymc, Sunday, February 3, 2013 1:44 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ahahaha! Didn't know that! (about FEW, I mean)
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
― nickn, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 7:15 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
my friends who do it use fedex, it's not cheap but not horrible
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
yeah so I just opened one of these palo santo marrons (dogfish) and I think I agree with most people in this thread -- SUPER boozy tasting, thick as molasses, a bit of a jack-and-coke flavor to it although not as bad as that. Could possibly be delicious at a few % points lower ABV but that thick, syrupy, liquory taste overpowers everything.
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Thursday, 7 February 2013 05:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://alewatcher.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-trader-tips.html?m=1
Good tips on shipping beer.
CAD, I'll ilx mail you.
― Jeff, Thursday, 7 February 2013 14:01 (eleven years ago) link
Do any of you guys know anything about flying w/ beer bottles in carry-on luggage?
― Mordy, Thursday, 7 February 2013 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
Sure, just took a bomber of Bourbon County Coffee to Australia. But to answer your question: you can't do it. Liquids and all that. However, you can pack bottles, carefully, in checked luggage.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 February 2013 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
Mailing is a PIA, because for the same reason you can't use the US Mail. You need to use FedEx or UPS, and pack really well and somewhat mysteriously (ie, do not declare it as beer or whatever). In fact, a good way to pack for the plane is to buy a UPS padded mailer, stick the bottle in there and wrap it tight with tape.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 February 2013 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
BTW, per trading, I have several bottles of BCBS I'd probably want to get rid of...
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 February 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
uh, has anyone seen this brooklyn brewery 'dry irish stout' ? just tried it i likey
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Thursday, 7 February 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
I guess this will be in the US too? The UK brewery involved is really good, looking forward to checking it out:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/526495_477326158996103_1454753181_n.jpg
― Ballboy to Afghanistan (LocalGarda), Thursday, 7 February 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
local offie has sierra nevada pale ale in cans
nnnnnnnggggh
― do you even frogbs? (cozen), Thursday, 7 February 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
hey jeff! i ilxmailed you back; forgot about the masking thing before so i included an actual email you can use for me.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 8 February 2013 04:21 (eleven years ago) link
so that gueuze cuvee rene was so tart it made my tongue curl. i liked it but no one else did and i couldn't finish something that sour myself. i probably drank about 2/3rds of it tho.
― Mordy, Friday, 8 February 2013 04:39 (eleven years ago) link
At least for buying beer in bottles for home, I think the Seirra Nevada Pale Ale is like crack. I just don't even really care to try other beers. There are exceptions, as a porter or any dark beer or a wheat beer is just a different kind of thing, but anything ale or lager I get a six pack or a couple of most things and I like it but it's not as good as Sierra Nevada. Only thing I have gotten in bottle that I come close to liking is Breckinridge and it's way better on tap and there is only one place around here that I can find it.
Beer on tap is a whole different thing...as all that German beer is a whole other thing on tap than in bottle.
All that said, I think living in Kentucky for over a decade I've become pretty damn enamoured of bourbon and drink as much of it as I do beer anymore. And to be honest, most of that from the expensive stuff to the cheap stuff is all good with me.
― earlnash, Friday, 8 February 2013 06:51 (eleven years ago) link
paging ned:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/535023_334051373361459_1534585088_n.jpg
― Mordy, Friday, 8 February 2013 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
Only thing I have gotten in bottle that I come close to liking is Breckinridge...
I picked up their Lucky U IPA recently because it was new to me (I've had their other stuff) and was on sale, and it's pretty thin and underwhelming. Discovered it only got a 65 on ratebeer. Wouldn't buy again. Totally agree on Sierra as a go-to brand though, they're consistently very good and not crazy expensive.
― Nataly Dawn's echoey swamp sound (Dan Peterson), Friday, 8 February 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
And once again I'll rep for SN Torpedo IPA, my go to for that style. It's also available in cans (16 oz, 4 for $8).
― nickn, Friday, 8 February 2013 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
word! great balance and easy drinking
― ω (carne asada), Friday, 8 February 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
imna break my bottles of 2009 Bigfoot Ale for the snowstorm.
― ω (carne asada), Friday, 8 February 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
kernel IPA is so delicious
got a mallinson's columbus, sierra nevada hefewiezen, magic rock IPA, and mikkeler coffee IPA tonight
― frogbsline (cozen), Friday, 8 February 2013 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
heading over to NOLA brewery tour in about an hour!
― Mordy, Friday, 8 February 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
not even sure that coffee IPA is anywhere near a decent idea; give anything a try once tho
― frogbsline (cozen), Friday, 8 February 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
mmmm beer
― Mordy, Friday, 8 February 2013 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
it is amazing. there is so much great uk beer now.
― Ballboy to Afghanistan (LocalGarda), Friday, 8 February 2013 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
so the brew tour was great. not much of a tour tho - they gave us glasses when we came in (which we got to keep!) and then we basically drank w/ a bunch of ppl for a while. everything i tried was great. the brown ale had the lowest apv but was pretty complex despite that and flavorful. the mechahopzilla was, as you could expect from the name, super hoppy (the tap that poured it was sorta-broken so i got a ton of head) and super boozy, that one laid me out and i stayed drunk for hours after drinking it -- also drank this flambeau red ale which i thought was the best of the bunch. it's pretty awesome trying local brews in a new city -- maybe the best thing about going somewhere new.
i've been using this untapp'd app, which is like foursquare but you check in with beers. if anyone else uses it, my username is the same as my ilx dn -- when i remember i've been snapping photos w/ it to remember what i drank for later.
― Mordy, Friday, 8 February 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
mechahopzilla tap was ridic cool too
http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width_scaled/hash/6b/6a/6b6a7cd257f316d4fabce72e6cdfbb67.jpg
― Mordy, Friday, 8 February 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
I'm on Untapp'd, but I stopped using it b/c I don't have a smartphone, so I can't log beers when I'm out, and I never remember at home. I know that other ILXors use it, tho.
― jaymc, Friday, 8 February 2013 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
i just started it so i'm not totally attached yet (esp since i've got a separate spreadsheet w/ like ~90 beers reviewed that i'm loathe to jettison) but it's cool. the badges are pretty lame unfortunately - drink the 3 biggest market lite beers? i'll pass on that one, thx.
― Mordy, Friday, 8 February 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
I added you.
― Jeff, Friday, 8 February 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
For anyone else, my username is "Jeff"
― Jeff, Friday, 8 February 2013 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
I'll add you Mordy!
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 8 February 2013 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
Pliny The Younger kegs have shipped and should be arriving at destinations this weekend. My local got their's last night (and we drained it).
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 8 February 2013 22:43 (eleven years ago) link