Chicago Stout Releases (2018)

I agree. I think Sump is short for "Sump-ting is Missing"

 

18th street Imperial Blud going on tap at the Map Room tonight.

 

Sump is great

 

That's a bit vague. Reviews are fine, but too often peppered with flowery language and people looking for nuances that might be lost on most people.

Why is it great?

 

Because it's a good beer.

 

Great new Avatar. But you have got to stop changing them so quickly. I just got used to the last one.

 

Saw BA Ivan the Terrible on the shelf at downstate Binny's. Not sure if that's something people want. Assume it'll see distro up there.

I passed as my experience with last year's was so bad. You might even invoke the "I" word to describe it - cork almost blew out after uncaged, over-carbed, large and quickly dissipating head, bad metallic taste, no barrel. Just wrong. My friend and I couldn't finish it. So I left it uncorked in the fridge all night. It retained 2 inches of head and was bubbling like a freshly popped bottle of champagne the next day still. Besides, I finally saw VSOD and felt that was a much more prudent investment.

 

You're not the only one with that experience.

 

Over in the Mountain forum (my occassional home away from home here in GL) there were a few folks that would agree with us. Apparently Big Sky disagreed with our beer experiences.

 

Imagine that......

I think I’ve seen that trick before.....

 

This is not the foam from the tip you are looking for. *waves hand*

 

It wasn’t soured, but it sure wasn’t right to have a BA stout be a mini gusher. That’s a beer I’ll never buy again

 

How long’s that one been in the chamber?

 

I imagine for Sump time, now. Of course, that joke is a perennial favorite of mine...

 

Sump is great, but I'll pay for it on draft if I happen to see it. I'm over buying bottles of non-BA beers for $15+ unless it's really something special. I can have just as much fun with Old Rasputin of a Nice DIPA 4-pack/sixer.

 

This is how I feel as well, but I was actually thinking that I wasn't sure how much Sump hits draft around here. Even though I really enjoyed it the one time I had it (which is rare for a coffee stout that isn't BA), I still may not get it on draft...but there will be plenty of other beer to drink.

 

Jake Melnick's usually gets it.

 

i don't think vas foremost gets too gougey with pricing, and they have sump for 24.99...