Chicagoland NE IPAs (2018)

I'd love to be a part of a hazy juice bomb share... Granted my work/kid schedule is pretty busy so I get if it happens without me...

I could bring a juice bomb home brew in 5 weeks.

I could also get weldworks juicy bits from Colorado in a trade with my cousin.

 

I heard Juicy Bits is damn good!

 

prob not worth looking for any of these at Binnys huh? Sounds a little too whaleish for me to have time to hunt down this weekend...maybe next

 

yeah its brutal down here. i will prob swing by Grand Binnys and Clark Binnys this afternoon anyway, so maybe ill get super lucky.

 

Man, I'm really interested in hearing/reading others thoughts on SoJ. I picked up 2 bottles at the release. If I still had one, I'd give it to anyone that missed out on it. Good beer, but it fell into the 'if I see it on the shelf, I might buy it again' category for me.

 

I've got 2 left (bought an extra for my brother, but won't end up seeing him before this is past peak), and am near the Clark Binny's. If you strike out, feel free to PM me if you're still looking for one.

 

I'm the same way, I go new more times than not. I'll buy a fish series each time they're released though along with some year round stuff as fillers. I can't say that about SoJ though, unless I just really had a couple off tasting days when I drank it (which has happened).

 

That's why I shop at Bottles & Cans pretty much exclusively; you can pick a 4 or 6 pack out of anything in the store.

I can try 4 or 5 new beers and still grab 1 or 2 favorites.

I drive by about 6 million liquor stores on my way there, but they have my business until I move, die or enter rehab.

 

Thank you sir, I will let you know how the afternoon shakes out. Much appreciated...altho you know you would be dealing with a Mich grad right? haha.

 

Oops, I just drank the last one.

 

Small compared to Binny's, but extremely potent. Pretty much anything good, they have.

 

I really like Bottles and Cans, the owners and employees are friendly and helpful, they try to be fair (in my opinion) when it comes to releasing whales like BCBS, and they have a well curated beer selection. Great resource for Pipeworks stuff as they get big shipments (for their size anyway), but they tend to sell out of the harder to get beers really fast.

 

Chalk up another positive vote from me for Bottles & Cans. I finally went there a couple months ago, and now I've been back 3-4 times. Nice people in there and a good selection.

 

I still havent been honestly...whenever i am walking up Lincoln I get sucked into Bitter Pops.