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I just got my Upland email, I won!
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Dec 5, 2013 15:47
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Me in Reverse posted:I just got my Upland email, I won! Nice!
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Dec 5, 2013 16:01
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Me in Reverse posted:I just got my Upland email, I won! You mean "we won" 
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Dec 5, 2013 16:03
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I really love Wisconsin and part of the reason for that is that even the hotel bar (all of them, it doesn't matter which one, even the Motel 6 for all I know) has things like Spotted Cow and Edmund Fitzgerald on tap. That, and Madison has The Old Fashioned, which may or may not be the best WI beer bar ever, but I always go there when I can because they sell cheese curds and fish fry platters and 50 WI beers on tap. It's fun to just have tastes from all around the state and learn about the geography -- the person next to me at the bar, a UW asst. professor, waxed poetic about how pretty Door County was and how all the Chicagoans ruined it 20 years ago while I had a porter from somewhere in there. That and I finally got to commemorate the fact that I'm in Bell's-land again with a Christmas ale at Maduro, a place nearby The Old Fashioned that sells beer and cigars and has a stubby bulldog walking around and seems pretty much straight out of the 19th-century urban Midwest (assuming they had Bell's back then).  I was also surprised to hear that Ale Asylum had moved to a bigger place/brewing system and the old location and system had been taken over by a new joint, Karben4, which specializes in "English-style malt bombs" (according to their website). I tasted a smoked porter from them and it was bliss; too bad I'm just here overnight so I couldn't pay a visit. Chicago awaits tonight...
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Dec 5, 2013 16:28
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Great write up  sounds like a really cool place
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Dec 5, 2013 16:43
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HatfulOfHollow posted:You mean "we won" Well there is a bottle share coming up...
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Dec 5, 2013 16:43
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Maduro is world class!
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Dec 5, 2013 16:44
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SUPER HASSLER posted:Spotted Cow I'm not the biggest fan of NG outside of their fruit and sour beers (which are usually fantastic), but there's something amazing about an entire state devoted to a single local brand. You can walk into any lovely gas station in any part of the state and even if they only have room for 4 six packs in their fridge, at least one of them will be NG.
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Dec 5, 2013 17:00
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Had an extra-long terrible day at work so I went to my bottle share place early last night to unwind a bit. Turns out their BCBS Coffee had been delayed so they just got it fifteen minutes before I showed up. Five cases, limit one 4-pack per person, and it was gone a half hour after I arrived. So that was a nice surprise. I also heard one of the Total Wines in town might have some FWXVII and regular BCBS on shelves, so that's on the agenda after work tonight. The bottle share was pretty great too. A couple of bottles of Coffee got opened, so I got to see just how great that was. BCBS and BCBBarleywine were on tap and fantastic (but not as good as coffee). There were some new things on the shelf and we had a couple out-of-towners bring in some good things too: - BrewDog Cocoa Psycho - I got the feeling they were trying for Cocoa Puffs milk with this one, but it mostly tasted boring. Still, it's a BrewDog beer that isn't actively awful, so I'd rate it a 5/5. - BrewDog Dogma - Tasted sort of like a booze-laden fig, but not very strongly. Again, it's boring which makes it a fantastic result for BrewDog. - Founders Rübæus - Summer brew, so it wasn't fresh or anything, but it still tasted like raspberry. It's the only thing I've found that comes close to New Glarus's Raspberry Tart. The raspberry in Rübæus is more syrup-tasting than fresh-raspberry tasting, but it's done well if you don't mind a sweet fruit beer. Raspberry Tart is a much better beer, but I wouldn't turn down a Rübæus once in a while during the summer. - De Garde Brewing Lee Noir - Flanders red aged in port and bourbon barrels. I liked this quite a lot. It's got a good balance of tart, funk, and a nice background of barrel flavors that mimic the tannins in red wine very well. - Noble Ale Works Tongue Tickles - Heavily Mosaic-hopped 8% DIPA. This might be my new favorite DIPA. Huge Mosaic presence on the nose, cantaloupe and tropical/wine aromas. Smooth and drinkable, not a ton of residual sugar, absolutely refreshing. Seek this beer out, it should be available in a lot of places and it's excellent. - New Belgium Wild2 - Thoroughly forgettable. I'm not sure what they were trying to do with this but it didn't work out. Too bad they pasteurize loving everything they make so it has no potential to develop favorably in the bottle (no I'm not bitter). - Funky Buddha Chocolate Covered Cherry - It's a cherry chocolate porter and it tastes very much like a cherry cordial. Not my favorite thing from FB, but I'd drink it again any time. - Cigar City Life Is Like... - Kinda blew away the Chocolate Covered Cherry. This is a great dessert beer; way lower cherry character than the Buddha offering, but delicious. - Cigar City El Murciélago - Double cream ale with lime peel and cumin aged in  TEQUILA BARRELS Hey Dontdrinkbeers guy, drink this loving beer and tell me aging in tequila barrels is a bad idea. You won't be able to, because El Murciélago is utterly fantastic. There's no agave present in the aroma, but it's there on tasting. It mixes well with the cumin and lime peel. Balanced flavor all around, good mouthfeel, everything works. It's an interesting beer because it doesn't try to ape the margarita like Sister Maryrita; it goes in a different direct and delivers a fantastic beer. This was probably my favorite of the night.- Karl Strauss Mouette à Trois - It's their fruitcake beer. They set out to intentionally make a beer that tastes like dayglo-green candied pineapple. They achieved that goal. Whether that's laudable or a crime against nature is an exercise left to the reader (or taster, but you have been warned).
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Dec 5, 2013 18:08
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bartolimu posted:- Cigar City El Murciélago - Double cream ale with lime peel and cumin aged in This beer always reminds me of this particular BA review. Some BA Review posted:Bottle at CCB. I like one of those two things. I'll pass next time on the beer.
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Dec 5, 2013 18:21
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Did anybody win the Upland lottery?
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Dec 5, 2013 18:25
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...ISO Murcielago...
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Dec 5, 2013 18:26
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Kudosx posted:Did anybody win the Upland lottery? Strange thing is that some of the emails went out yesterday and I thought I was a loser...then I got an email this morning saying I won, but it was dated yesterday. Bizarre.
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Dec 5, 2013 18:28
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crazyfish posted:Strange thing is that some of the emails went out yesterday and I thought I was a loser...then I got an email this morning saying I won, but it was dated yesterday. Bizarre. Same thing happened to a coworker of mine. If anyone ends up going down to pick any up, let me know... I'd hook you up if you proxied for us!
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Dec 5, 2013 18:53
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atothesquiz posted:This beer always reminds me of this particular BA review.
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Dec 5, 2013 19:08
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Chicagoons, SUPER HASSLER and I are meeting up at Local Option sometime around 8 tonight, come on out and hang with us! LeafHouse or Ubik, let me know if either of you are planning to go so I can bring your Upland bottles from the last lottery.
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Dec 5, 2013 19:15
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I loved that Lee Noir. It was better than Vin Rougie imo.
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Dec 5, 2013 19:19
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ChickenArise posted:I loved that Lee Noir. It was better than Vin Rougie imo. I have one of those as well, might crack it open soon to compare. I like the idea of fermenting with grapes but it rarely pans out as well as I'd hoped.
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Dec 5, 2013 19:25
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bartolimu posted:I have one of those as well, might crack it open soon to compare. I like the idea of fermenting with grapes but it rarely pans out as well as I'd hoped. I thought you might. Our mutual acquaintance recommended that I try the Rougie first, and I did like it a lot, but when it's grapes vs. port/bourbon, there's going to almost always be a clear winner for me. I'm tempted to try and get my hands on a Mulligan, which I've only had on tap, but I think it'd be a bad investment for me at this point.
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Dec 5, 2013 19:29
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Woohoo I won the Upland lottery! Now I have an excuse to take a nice drive to scenic Indianapolis.crazyfish posted:Chicagoons, SUPER HASSLER and I are meeting up at Local Option sometime around 8 tonight, come on out and hang with us! LeafHouse or Ubik, let me know if either of you are planning to go so I can bring your Upland bottles from the last lottery. Are you guys still doing Revolution tomorrow? If not I'll meet up with you tonight 100% otherwise I gotta think about it. LeafHouse fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Dec 5, 2013 |
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Dec 5, 2013 20:04
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atothesquiz posted:This beer always reminds me of this particular BA review. I've seen someone have the same kind of reaction to a pineapple(?) berliner. She was convinced that it smelled just like dirty panties. She still drank it, though.
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Dec 5, 2013 20:21
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LeafHouse posted:Woohoo I won the Upland lottery! Now I have an excuse to take a nice drive to scenic Indianapolis. I have a work function that will last to some unknown time near Lincoln Park and the taproom closes at 11, so I may be cutting it a bit close, but I will let you and SUPER HASSLER know what winds up happening.
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Dec 5, 2013 20:33
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So I'm on the phone with Holiday Wine Cellar (they forgot to email me a receipt) and they just told me about this code to get free shipping on orders over $100: FSHWC100 The code's valid until the end of the year. Actually I just looked and their front page has a big ad for it as well. And I just bought 10 bottles of Bomb too god loving dammit...  e: NC goons, I have a friend in Raleigh who I will dispatch to go beer shopping. Where should I send him? What's been good on shelves lately over there? Looks like Event Horizon and Silent Night both just got released. air- fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Dec 5, 2013 |
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Dec 5, 2013 21:45
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bartolimu posted:BrewDog Cocoa Psycho - I got the feeling they were trying for Cocoa Puffs milk with this one, but it mostly tasted boring. Still, it's a BrewDog beer that isn't actively awful, so I'd rate it a 5/5. I got one of these in a brewdog 4-pack. It tastes like a car bomb where you go all out on the baileys and skip the whiskey, with alot of artificial sweetener. The other beers in the 4 pack were Jack Hammer: Pretty good dipa. Dead pony ale?: It tastes just like punk ipa, only it's 4% abv. If it was cheaper I could easily spend a night drinking it. Edgy name black ipa: Bland as gently caress, but I'm not black ipa fan.
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Dec 5, 2013 21:54
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Chicagoons, Bottles and Cans is doing a purchase raffle for BCBS variants on Saturday at noon. Prices are very fair at 20 bucks for bombers and 5.50 for barleywine singles (no coffee). Arrive between 11 and 11:59 to get a ticket.
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Dec 5, 2013 22:42
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air- posted:So I'm on the phone with Holiday Wine Cellar (they forgot to email me a receipt) and they just told me about this code to get free shipping on orders over $100: FSHWC100 Tasty Beverage Co Bottle Revolution Sam's Quik Shop (Durham) I put Sam's on there cuz it's the only one I've actually been inside and they've got a huge selection, but the other 2 I hear mentioned pretty often. EV and Silent Night are out, not sure how quick EV went in Raleigh but you can probably still find it (Total Wine usually gets some too if the bottle shops are out). Olde Hickory's Irish Walker barley wine (silver at GABF this year) is out right now too and worth picking up. Don't know if you got the BCBS variants, but those seem to be hitting today through possibly Wed., so you could get lucky there. NoDa's Hop Drop n' Roll just started getting canned and fresh it's a pretty great IPA, very piney/dank. FullSteam's First Frost should still be on the shelves and is a very interesting beer, made with NC figs they buy from their customers. The version out this year is actually 2012's, because they are switching to aging the beer 1 year before release so they can release in early fall instead of almost winter. Had a bottle of last years and picked up 4 more immediately, it's very good.
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Dec 5, 2013 23:23
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Cigar City is selling Lactobacillus Guava Grove American Sour Guava Ale. $9 per 750mL, no bottle limit. Tasting room only.
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Dec 5, 2013 23:24
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So, not sure how many DFW goons are in the thread, but thought I'd give a heads up. AB Beer and Wine in Rockwall has The Abyss and Prairie Bomb available. The Abyss is limit one (two if you're a regular  ) Prairie Bomb is unlimited. The owner is also pretty confident he'll be getting BCBS in the next couple of weeks. It's a small place out in the middle of nowhere, but if you're nearby (I'm literally like 5 minutes away) or are looking for some hard to find stuff it's definitely worth checking out as he tends to get almost all of the limited release stuff that makes its way to Texas.
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Dec 5, 2013 23:33
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Retemnav posted:Tasty Beverage Co Thanks a ton. I actually wasn't sure about NoDa at all and I'll have my buddy look out for BCBS variants. Really hoping for any at all, I think all Texas will have are coffee/barleywine. Bucky_Grid posted:So, not sure how many DFW goons are in the thread, but thought I'd give a heads up. AB Beer and Wine in Rockwall has The Abyss and Prairie Bomb available. The Abyss is limit one (two if you're a regular Thanks a ton, I will brave icemageddon this weekend and haul rear end out there. Don't recall seeing you in the thread before... you participate in any regular bottle shares? Come join us. My regular hangouts are WBC, The Libertine, Common Table, and Craft and Growler.
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Dec 5, 2013 23:46
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Don't think I'll be able to head out to Local Option tonight, but I am planning on heading to the Lincoln Park whole foods after work with a buddy tomorrow, and then hitting up the Revolution tap room afterward for the Gene release. I would love to meet up with you guys there.
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Dec 5, 2013 23:47
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LeafHouse posted:Woohoo I won the Upland lottery! Now I have an excuse to take a nice drive to scenic Indianapolis. Yeah I should be at Revo tomorrow (and maybe that GI thing at whole foods too, haven't had any bcbs this year). Looks like there's this joint right by my hotel, and if that's considered a 2nd-tier taplist by Chicago standards then this is plainly a pretty happenin' city. SUPER HASSLER fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Dec 6, 2013 |
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Dec 6, 2013 00:35
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Me in Reverse posted:Cigar City is selling Lactobacillus Guava Grove American Sour Guava Ale. $9 per 750mL, no bottle limit. Tasting room only. I gotta say this is the best deal you'll find on a sour beer that's actually good, do I expect to see these guys sell very quickly. Also you heard it here first: latest tests on Amplitude have also failed, so bottles will not be released. Most likely we will just open a bunch up in the tasting room soon and see how that goes. Stay tuned.
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Dec 6, 2013 00:37
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SUPER HASSLER posted:Yeah I should be at Revo tomorrow (and maybe that GI thing at whole foods too, haven't had any bcbs this year). I'd honestly consider it even less than second tier. It feels like they're just throwing a bunch of year-rounds on a list and saying "hey 90 beers on tap!" and then charging Old Town prices for the priviledge. I can't say this enough, but I love Local Option not just because of their quantity of taps but the fact that they know their consumer base and try to whip out kegs from places you didn't even know existed, see the random kegs from Scratch Brewing (the BA apricot braggot was amazing). edit: I'd much rather have a bar with 10 taps that puts thought into everything they do rather than a bar that has infinite selection. Even if it's 10 year rounds, I'd go to this kind of place becuase the beer they have is going to turn over quicker and be fresher in general given the same crowd. crazyfish fucked around with this message at 00:56 on Dec 6, 2013 |
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Dec 6, 2013 00:44
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Scored a Velvet Merkin, 3x Coffee BCBS, 2x Barleywine and a 22 oz of the Backyard Rye. This never happens to me.
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Dec 6, 2013 01:00
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air- posted:Thanks a ton, I will brave icemageddon this weekend and haul rear end out there. Long time lurker in the thread, but no, I haven't posted here before. Godspeed on your trek, you're a braver man than I! Bear in mind, he does mark things up there, but I'm pretty sure it's just a $1 markup on an item compared to like Total Wine. Which isn't bad, if you're like me you'll take what you can get in North Texas. I think I ended up paying $8.99 per Prairie Bomb. Haven't participated in any bottle shares, wouldn't be opposed to it. I go to Craft and Growler when I'm in the area, none of the others unfortunately, the wife and I usually go to the Saucer on the Lake cause it's close.
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Dec 6, 2013 01:01
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XxGirlKisserxX posted:I gotta say this is the best deal you'll find on a sour beer that's actually good, do I expect to see these guys sell very quickly. Ahem. $10 a 4 pack.
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Dec 6, 2013 01:27
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XxGirlKisserxX posted:I gotta say this is the best deal you'll find on a sour beer that's actually good, do I expect to see these guys sell very quickly. Lacto Guava Grove going to be distributed at all?
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Dec 6, 2013 01:42
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XxGirlKisserxX posted:Also you heard it here first: latest tests on Amplitude have also failed, so bottles will not be released. Most likely we will just open a bunch up in the tasting room soon and see how that goes. Stay tuned. I am very much tuned, I want to drink that so badly.
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Dec 6, 2013 01:50
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Yeeeahhh man... yeahhhhh.. yeeaaahhhh OHHHHHH god man, I got two Sweet Reputes for $16.99 tonight and convinced a random stranger to buy one as well. I thought about buying 3 or 4 but... well, money. And also I wanted some other random strangers to get a chance to try it too.
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