http://www.seekabrew.com/distro/index.html
Useful map.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 12:44 (eleven years ago) link
I had one Clown shoes offering, it was fine, but I am actively repelled by every other aesthetic aspect of their brand- the ugly fonts, labels, stupid names, etc
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
Never seen Clown Shoes stuff before and yeah it's not my style at all but at least they seem to have some overarching aesthetic that somebody put some sort of effort into.
Compared to like Russian River who have beer labels that use both Algerian and Comic Sans simultaneously, like they just designed it in Word or something.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
clown shoes has become ubiquitous in my local store, they have like 35 different bombers in stock. and wow do i hate the labels.
can i also just say officially that the fact that 2013 seems to be the year of the chocolate milk stout makes me totally unenthused. odell has one that tastes like a fucking hersheys bar. sweet beer sucks.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
eww.
you can have a chocolate stout or a milk stout. but not both.
― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
so there's a clown shoes label that is just a butt, huh
― every hippie that goes home bloody feels like a martyr back in the city (dan m), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
on a different braggin tip, we just opened one of the applewines we made and holy shit i would buy this stuff for $$$, its really really good. its also stupid easy to make.
our 90 shilling is ok i guess, its solid just not that interesting. just finished brewing up an imperial IPA which i think has promise.
next up a old ale barleywine that hangs out in the carboy for a year before bottling O_O
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
is that 90 shilling an odell clone? better to have something solid and drinkable considering you've got 5 gal worth. i recently made an imperial IPA for the hell of it, full pound of cascade hops in the boil along with 4 oz of bittering hops and a lb of table sugar. it is actually delicious but it is quite hard to drink. i've given away quite a lot of it. rather have made something a bit more 'sessionable'
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
woo! my beer shop just got lagunitas sucks and troegs nugget nectar in. what a wonderful day :)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
whoa nice haul
― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
massive at-work lol
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
Imperial and other ultra-dark stouts, barrel-aged or otherwise, still seem to be the trend, which is sort of too bad, because I find them to be more a sometimes beer and slow-drinking (and sometimes all but meant to be shared by friends) to boot. I'd include chocolate stouts as part of this trend, too. Hunahpu's annual stout is coming up ...
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
chocolate stouts are my wife's go-to beer so I've been psyched at their explosion
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
DJP, have u guys tried this one? it's insane: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/3818/40058
― Mordy, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
not yet, but it's on the list
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
i also got a bottle of the double chocolate rogue stout lately (i'm told it's the only rogue that's any good)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
recently i mean. lately - idk grammar
― Mordy, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
I basically want to drink imperial stouts/IPAs all the time. Every time I get something out of the fridge or the closet I have to talk myself out of drinking a barrel aged stout.
I say that, but still 65% of the beers I drink I've never had before.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
Stumptown has this new "3Beans" thing coming out that has romano beans (?) mast brothers cocoa and stumptown cold brew in it. Will definitely try, although I'm a little skeptical, especially since they basically blend in the already made stumptown cold coffee at the end.
Drinking this now. Interesting. I'm not too familiar with the Baltic porter style of beer though, I think this is only the 2nd one I've had.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
I just walked into the liquor store off my train stop and picked this up out of the cooler. I was shocked. Supply of the cherry rye was so limited. But this store randomly puts stuff like this out a bottle at the time.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8377/8409969588_aaed030503.jpg
― Jeff, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 23:49 (eleven years ago) link
nice!!!
― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Thursday, 24 January 2013 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
whoa thats crazy
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 January 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
!!!
― Mordy, Thursday, 24 January 2013 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
So that brings my bourbon county haul of 2012 releases to four 4-packs of regular, 3 coffees, and a singular cherry rye.
Last year I got one single bottle of regular. Glad they can put more out these days.
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 January 2013 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
i really wanna try a cherry but i don't think my area got it
― Mordy, Thursday, 24 January 2013 00:26 (eleven years ago) link
If you can be in Chicago weekend after next I'll split it with you.
I can't imagine trying to find it in other states. Here in the city we got more than anyone else and it was difficult.
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
i plan to crack open the one coffee variant i was able to pick up this weekend to celebrate my brother's new babby's bris
― Mordy, Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:03 (eleven years ago) link
If you're ever bored, read the Beer advocate forum threads about bourbon county and you can find people arguing about supply/demand/yield of barrels/etc. It's quite funny. Especially now that there is going to be a Bourbon County Barleywine.
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:09 (eleven years ago) link
at my beer shop they say there's a lot of talk about bourbon county going annual-release
― Mordy, Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
or not annual - all-year
Lots of arguing about that too.. http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/goose-island-bourbon-county-stout-to-be-available-year-round.12465/
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
Just curious, Jeff, where did you find it? I noted this year, in addition to the much greater local supply, they staggered the distro pretty well, so that shipments of this and that would pop up all over the place.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 January 2013 02:05 (eleven years ago) link
Diversey Liquors, right beside the Diversey Brown line
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 January 2013 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
I picked up three four-packs of the regular BCBS, but haven't been able to come across the coffee or anything else. Also not running into any Hopslam anywhere. Last night I decided to pick up a couple of the New Belgium Lips of Faith series, the Fresh Hop and the Imperial Coffee Chocolate Stout. Also grabbed a six-pack of an old-standby, Founder's All Day IPA, an Apocalypse Cow, and Rye Da Tiger.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
Good haul
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
http://beerpulse.com/2013/01/bells-mallett-on-hopslam-smells-like-your-cat-ate-your-weed-and-then-pissed-in-the-christmas-tree/
― every hippie that goes home bloody feels like a martyr back in the city (dan m), Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
“I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.”
― every hippie that goes home bloody feels like a martyr back in the city (dan m), Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
lol
Jeff - let me know if you haven't had any of those.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
has anyone seen the wake-and-bake terrapin yet?
― Mordy, Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
J/v/c, I've had all of them but the imperial chocolate stout.
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, just curious.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
― Mordy, Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:27 AM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I saw it last night at my local bar. I didnt order it though. It's around.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
The Cloverleaf ?
― ω (carne asada), Thursday, 24 January 2013 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
In West Caldwell? I dont live up there anymore. This was in a Taco Mac location, which is a sports bar chain in Atlanta whose calling card is a very large beer menu.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
yeah thought you were still around these parts
― ω (carne asada), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
I used to work in Roseland, so I used to frequent Cloverleaf. Great place!
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Thursday, 24 January 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
I'm still in shock that I found that cherry rye in the cooler of a corner liquor store. Maybe it was a dream.
― Jeff, Friday, 25 January 2013 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
I would like to praise the dopplebock. Praise dopplebock.
― Jeff, Friday, 25 January 2013 01:23 (eleven years ago) link
troegs make a great dopplebock.
lagunitas sucks = one of the best beers i've ever drank
― Mordy, Friday, 25 January 2013 01:31 (eleven years ago) link
I've started looking for that Lagunitas based on all the comments here but still haven't seen it. This isn't the one that has a Censored "sticker" on it, is it?
Anyway, what style is it?
― nickn, Friday, 25 January 2013 03:44 (eleven years ago) link