Forbidden Root (2018)

Batch is top shelf. GT shines again.

 

The lady enjoyed the stone fruitti toody more than the assembly required v3, but also liked the assembly. I really like the ruby red ghost, although there is a very strong grapefruit aftertaste. Pekko-for-later... excited to try it!

Newborn liked the tunes.

 

Congrats on the progeny! Hope he or she is as weird as you.

 

My kids were dancing up a storm when I was there back in July. I believe it was I Believe in Miracles.

 

Yeah, GT is killer

 

Just had my first can of Small Talk, and it is great. It's beyond me how this is not harder to get, but I am happy it is so available. The price is right, and the liquid is excellent. Do not sleep on this one just because it's oh-so-available.

 

@KrajDoesBeer bruh. Are we going to get a little list preview for tomorrow?

 

Im finishing the list now. some places still trying to get my fresh kegs for yalllll

 

Here are some of the beers on the list

#1 Maplewood “Fizzle Drizzle 2”
Sour IPA-Grapefruit & Pomegranate 6.0%
#2 Forbidden Root “Assembly Required V4”
Sour IPA with Raspberry, Peach, Vanilla, Lactose 6.5%
#3 Forbidden Root “Assembly Required V3”
Sour IPA -Pear & Rhubarb 6.5%
#4 Collective Arts/18th Street “Pina Colada Sour”
Sour Ale with Toasted Coconut, Pineapple, & Lactose 5.6%
#5 Forbidden Root “Stone Fruitti Toody”
Kettle Sour -Apricot 6.5%
#6 Oxbow “Frambiovese”
Mixed Fermentation Farmhouse Ale with Raspberry and Sangiovese Grape Juice 10%
#7 Noon Whistle “Bourbon Face Smack”
Bourbon barrel aged Berliner Weiss with Lactose 5.2%
#8 Cruz Blanca “Agent Pina”
Barrel Aged Farmhouse Ale with Pineapple 7.0%
#9 Half Acre/TrVe “Path of Nomad”
Wild Ale with Blackberry aged on Oak 5.0%

 

<3

 

There are some late additions and late fall outs!

Logsdon Suburban Kriek made it to Chicago at 3pm and my guy took it off palate and drive it to FR.

Three Floyd’s is in with Center Square
Sketchbook Strawberry Mint Gose
Illuminated/Urban South Collab- Sour saison with tons of raspberry
Hoping for a brand new Off Color Sour to land today. A new Fouder beer from them!
Marz/4 Hands did a Mango Brett Berliner about to hit stores that you can try tonight!
On Tour Guava Gose
Blue Blood from Lincoln NE has a Brett Saison with Blackberries aged in Cabernet barrels. Literally just got to Chicago and has 3 total check ins.

So we got rare, new and some funnnnn beers for tonight!

And yeah the best Assembly we have ever done..... and the first time we have ever used Galaxy hops.....

Cheers!!!!

 

It's like The Avengers of beer.

 

Will the new Assembly be available to go in crowlers?

 

Of courseeeeeeeee

 

FYI we do have Resos left. The bar will be insane if ur not there by 530- go to FR website and get a table if u want it.

No don’t reply here lol! I’m setting up!

 

Table booked. Good idea. Thanks for the reminder.

 

any GT sightings out and about in the burbs yet? Saw Capone's in the city has it. Nw, West burbs preferred...

 

Untappd reviews are kinda meh. You think because the lower ABV is less flavor?

 

I found it very flavorful. Untappd is, in my opinion, full of idiots that don't know how to rate to style and only give high scores to the murkiest most additive-laden beers. No, it's not like a triple IPA, but it's not trying to be either. @KrajDoesBeer correct me if I am wrong, but Small Talk is something of a reformulation of Piccolo, no? That beer is rated well here, even if Small Talk isn't (though the most recent review makes no sense as the person clearly doesn't even like NE hoppy beers nor Citra hops).

Try it for yourself. It's not like it's expensive. If you're looking for a flavorful lower alcohol NE-style pale ale, this is the best one around (maybe the only one of that substyle available in the area).

 

I enjoyed small talk for what it was, I can’t see buying it again though. There’s no itch of mine that it really scratches.

It’s a very solid beer.

For the price though, I’d rather buy something more substantial, and for the ABV, I’d rather have something with a better value. I don’t want to crush 4 beers, not have a buzz, and be out $13 (after tax).