The Half-Acre thread (2018)

Discussion in 'Great Lakes' started by wolfpac255, May 29, 2015.

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  1. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,629) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    Let's hope HA staff can get in to assist. Would be pretty sad if they can't get enough employees in to run things smoothly so people are stuck out there an additional 8-9 hours on top of what they are already camping out for. Though on the other side, if someone dies from exposure, the government is going to have to start regulating these releases.
     
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  2. Nbrock24

    Nbrock24 Pooh-Bah (1,736) Mar 11, 2016 Illinois
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    Last year I got there at 930 and was around the corner and like a block down. I was in line at least an hour after opening. 2 caveats: 1 No BABH, 2. They handled the line about as poorly as possible where they had only two registers going and they separated cash and credit after opening. The problem was that cash only went into the taproom (colliding with anyone wanting drafts) and it was a giant mess. Throw in the weather and who the hell knows. I wondered if the presage would help but not with just 200 bundles
     
  3. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,880) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    I'll probably swing by later in the day to see if there's anything left; part of me feels bad for everyone standing in the snow tomorrow morning, but if it's still going by then, at least it'll be a nice view.
     
  4. Redsunsx01x

    Redsunsx01x Initiate (0) Jul 5, 2016 Illinois

    I saw somewhere that they have 1200 full allocations? That I think would last a pretty long time especially because of the snow.
     
  5. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,880) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    I would normally 100% agree, but it's Half Acre, so I'm not sure that an earthquake + meteor shower would stop people from showing up.
     
  6. RStaff4

    RStaff4 Initiate (0) Oct 5, 2014 Illinois

    Very little of me truly believes that this snow will shorten the line significantly.
     
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  7. jverdo1

    jverdo1 Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2012 Illinois
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    First person in line @4:30ish...
    Lines is 42ish deep now
     
  8. mtskier

    mtskier Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2013 Illinois

    Current line?
     
  9. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,629) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    So much for the snow being a factor....doesn't look like it will hit until afternoon.
     
  10. dextro312

    dextro312 Initiate (0) Jul 16, 2015 Illinois

    1200 allocations including BA?
     
  11. Redsunsx01x

    Redsunsx01x Initiate (0) Jul 5, 2016 Illinois

    I dont know where I heard it from but I would guess a "full" allocation is 4x big hugs, 2x vanilla, 2x ba big hugs, 2x espresso, mug and glass.

    I just saw it said somewhere to it could be 100% no accurate.
     
  12. YoDudeguy

    YoDudeguy Initiate (0) May 5, 2015 Illinois

    Rolled up late- about noon to see if we could just easily grab some regular and try some variants on tap. Grabbed my 4 bottles of regular and stil waited about an hour outside. Once inside had the vanilla, salted Chocolate espresso and regular on taps. I have to say that anyone waiting out there at 4am for these beers is off their fucking rocker. The vanilla was decent- probably the best of the bunch i tried but have had MUCH better vanilla stouts. Dark matter in there tastes nice. The salted chocolate was COMPLETELY underwhelming. Tasted very similar to regular. Little bit more chocolate espresso roast. Didn't try that barrel aged version but I'm positive that I wouldn't even wait the hour I did spend again for Big Hugs, and anyone who got there at the ass crack this morning for those variants is nuts.
     
  13. RStaff4

    RStaff4 Initiate (0) Oct 5, 2014 Illinois

    The earliest person according to an employee at the door was 2am.
     
  14. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,880) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    That's ludicrous. Good for HA that they're generating this level of hype for Big Hugs, though.
     
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  15. dextro312

    dextro312 Initiate (0) Jul 16, 2015 Illinois

    Got it line at 10:45pm. Around 12 they announced that there are no more variants. If they making hug events for this, why they have variants for only about 100-200 people? That's ridiculous. They just building too much hype around it. Next year the line will be bigger.
    Went to tap room (after about 30-40mins in another line), tried salted caramel and barrel aged.
     
  16. YoDudeguy

    YoDudeguy Initiate (0) May 5, 2015 Illinois

    I was laughing at some of the untapped check ins when we were sitting in the taproom trying some of these. 5/5!!! Best beer ever!!! No. what you're tasting is hype my friend.
     
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  17. Discopij

    Discopij Aspirant (254) Nov 28, 2016 Illinois

    Decided to go to the taproom once i heard variants were sold out. I thought the barrel aged was a solid (maybe even excellent) representation, the salted chocolate espresso was very thin and underwhelming, and the 2016 vanilla very inferior to the 2015 vanilla on a side by side comparison. That said, the regular Big Hugs was the best version i've had yet ... so i happily waited 15 minutes in line for 4 bottles of that after leaving the taproom as opposed to 4-5 hours in line for variants.
     
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  18. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,880) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    Yeah, this is why I use Untappd mostly for my own beers. The app might as well be called Hyppd for how crazy the ratings on there are.
     
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  19. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,629) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    In their defense, no matter what anyone says, the best beer is the one you currently have in your hand....

    Glad to hear the these weren't that impressive(not for HA's sake, but for reinforcing my decision not to go to HA today for them). Hopefully HA just does this with Benthic next year, that is their flagship, they just don't know it yet. BIg Hugs should be so named because it is a consolation beer, "I'm sorry you have to drink this, let me give you a great big hug to ease the burden...."

    I would have camped for Benthic variants!
     
  20. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,880) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    I'm gonna be honest, there are a LOT of times where sadly, the best beer is not the one in my hand.

    I didn't have BA Big Hugs, so I can't say whether I think it should be their flagship stout, but based on Benthic I agree that that should be it going forward.
     
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