2016 BCBS Chicago Release (Black Friday & Beyond)

You can buy breakfast stout by the case in Binnys. You can't buy any bottles of Vietnamese stout at this moment

 

Speedway all day. Even if it was the regular. And that's saying something, cause Breakfast Stout is great.

The Vietnamese is one of the best stouts in the world though. So creamy.

 

Not to disrupt all the BCBS hunting tips but I'm drinking BCBCS '16 at DePaul WF and it is way better than whatever the hell they were pouring at Fobab. Hope I feel the same about Prop '16. Cheers!

 

I think all the WF's were putting some sort of BCS on at 6. Randomly popped into edgewater (still a few reg... and high westified) and was going to grab a pour when the bartender flipped the sign to show prop and reg on tap. Don't mind if I do!

Damn....prop tastes different every single time!! 50/50 with reg FTW

 

I skipped WF this year after getting my hands on variants locally on BF, got in line last year at 6am and was only able to get 2 infected nov05 reg bottles. Congrats to you guys that scored variants and reg at WF this year.

 

At the LP Whole Foods, coffee and regular full pours are pretty tasty. Coffee stands out a lot imo, cuts a little bit of the seeetness in a good way.

 

At the West Loop WF. They have prop and regular on draft. First taste of either this year. Prop is better than I expected from early reviews, however it is definitely the worst of all of the variants this year (haven't had this year's coffee, but if it is close to prior years I stand by this statement). Regular is very vanilla heavy this year which I really enjoy. This is probably the first year that regular is better than any of the variants.

 

Yo, health actuary, where do you work? I'm a p&c actuary.

 

A health insurance company in the loop haha hby

 

Anyone have any leads near Logan Square? Not really looking for variants at this point- just want to pick up a couple bottles of regular at a fair price. Feel free to send a DM or reply. Much appreciated.

 

Zen Wine & Spirits in Wicker Park still has regular, $20 a bottle. Easy pass for me.

 

How did it taste on draft there?

 

Coffee is OK, Prop is tasting better imo, good spice pecan balance. Both are on tap there along with barley wine and regular.

 

Got one of the last 2 pours of coffee before it kicked at the Taproom. I missed out on 2 bottles by 5 total people so I was beginning to think this wasn't meant to be. I think the coffee is pretty great actually. The Barleywine is a step down afterwards unfortunately

 

I wasn't able to wake up to get in line for the last release I know of today.

I guess my 2016 BCBS hunt ends with a hard earned loot of:

14x 2016 reg
5x 2016 bw
2x 2016 prop
1x 2016 coffee
6x 2015 reg (non infected)
2x 2015 rare


I really wanted to get a coffee today... why did I go out last night?!!??

 

BCS coffee still going strong at Whole Foods LP. 4 or 12 oz pours so more than at the tap room which ran out

*Nevermind it just ran out

 

Tried the 2016 barleywine, which was also my first ever barleywine.

It tasted like the regular, but slightly sweeter and there was a hint of coffee. It's pretty good, but I think the reg is still better.