Chicago Stout Releases (2018)

I know! It will me so much better than the 2 or 3 12 oz I usually drink during Waldo season. I think employers may have actually had input in this....

 

Couple cases of Quadruple Barrel at Grand Ave Binnys as of 3 pm Wednesday. Also had Benthic but guessing that's gone.

 

Neckbeard Nectar at beer cellar tomorrow

 

Had a Baptista tonight. Quite excellent, very Mexican hot chocolate-coffee combo. Tons on the shelf at Wheeling Binny's....might go back and grab more.

 

Tomorrow is just an amazing day for stout season. Let’s all remember to hydrate, eat, and Uber/Lyft

 

Uber drivers should be making bank on Black Friday. Tips those drivers in cash.

 

So we've got Hailstorm, Neckbeard Nectar and obviously BCS. Anything else interesting today?

 

Insanely great month across the board. Volunteered at FOBAB, and a few trips to GI and Revolution resulted in my best Stout month ever!

10/19 Revolution Release
V.S.O.J. 4.51
Double Barrel Lynott's 2017 Stout 4.46
Barrel-Aged Lynott's 2018 Stout 4.41

11/4 All Stouts Day (at Bell's)
Expedition Stout - Bourbon Barrel-Aged 4.23
Expedition Stout 4.16

11/9 Rare Day at GI Brewhouse
Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout (2015) 4.91 (Rated previously)
Bourbon County Tart Cherry Stout 4.43

11/14 $20 GI Taproom Epic Sample Pours + Additional Stout
Double Barrel Brandy Bourbon County Brand Stout 4.62
Bourbon County Templeton Rye 4.51
Bourbon County Regal Rye 4.51 (Rated previously)
Double Barrel Bourbon County Brand Stout 4.40
Bissel Maple Stout 4.19

11/16-17 FOBAB (Volunteered Friday / Attended Free Saturday)
Proprietor's Bourbon County Brand Stout (2018) 4.68
Interventions & Lullabies 4.59
Benthic - Bourbon Barrel-Aged With Coconut And Cinnamon 4.59
Über Joe - Bourbon Barrel-Aged 4.47
Chemtrailmix (2018) 4.38
Darkstar November 4.25
Barrel-Aged Mehndi 4.08
Wheelhouse - Double Barrel-Aged 4.00

11/19 Revolution Brewpub (Plus 2017 Can at Home)
2017 Deth's Tar 4.71
Deth By Currants 4.53
Café Deth 4.46

11/21 Fountainhead / 11/23 Goose Island Brewpub Releases
Bourbon County Brand Reserve Stout (2018) 4.63
Bourbon County Brand Bramble Rye Stout 4.60
Bourbon County Brand Stout 4.59 (Rated previously)
Bourbon County Brand Coffee Barleywine Ale 4.52
Bourbon County Brand Wheatwine 4.39
Bourbon County Brand Midnight Orange Stout 4.19

 

2017 Deth's Tar as the number two stout overall eh?

 

This was in my fridge since I purchased a year ago and I’m glad I have a few more.

I’m just ecstatic with the broad number of offerings available vs when I first started drinking BCS years ago. Revolution has caught up, and other brewers are stepping up to the plate.

It’s great to be alive in this golden age of BA Stouts!

 

Not a Chicago stout but I was running some errands with the SO over the weekend and stumbled upon a random shelf of CBS and the Willitized gift set at the Round Lake Meijer if anyone is looking. It's pretty much right in the middle of the store around alot of shelves with random stuff on them.

 

How much was the CBS at Meijers?

 

24.99

 

Anybody else’s shits been extra dark the past couple weeks or so?

 

That's a mix of unhealthy food and copious amounts of booze. Welcome to the club

 

Barrel-aged shits

 

Could be blood in the stool...what was he trading for BCBS?

 

right next to the gift box liquor bottles right? usually theyre pushing 24 pcks of bud light there. i stared at the glenlevit box for a while. the fact a bottle of whiskey with glassware is only $10 more than a bottle of cbs is appalling, and i fuckin hate whiskey

 

in other news a certain NW suburb craft brewery just packaged up their barrel aged stout(s) (and barleywine) which should hit distro in early/mid december
edit: and let me tell you its drinkin thiccccc chocolattttt

 

That's exactly where they were and I was thinking the exact same thing. Depending on what you drink some of the gift sets were even less than $10 within the CBS price. I still bought a CBS anyway since I never ran into any this year and still have a 2017 I'd like to do a side by side with.