FOBAB 2014

They are allowing back packs...


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Is this even here? Can't find it.

 

Video was removed. Is there another link?

 

http://www.illinoisbeer.com/fobab-livestream/

 

No worries man. I'll find you. Your lack of a cell phone will make it interesting but people did it in the 80s somehow...

 

Beers were good, kind of a shitshow with people hanging out down the isles, but pretty good overall.

The beers from Off Color were pretty fantastic. I had the Dino S'mores, Yuzu, and Papaillion. Two of those won hardware.

 

Winners list?

 

http://www.beerdownload.com/wordpress/2014/11/15/fobab-2014-results/

Best Of Show
#1 – Port Brewing Company – Veritas 013
#2 – Perennial Artisan Ales – Barrel-Aged Abraxas

Category 1: Classic Porter/Stout – 11 entries (2013 was 11 entries, 2012 was 12 entries)

#1 – Saugatuck Brewing Co. – Barrel Aged Oatmeal Stout
#2 – 5 Rabbit Cerveceria – Barrel Aged Yodo Con Leche
#3 – Perrin Brewing Companny – Lil’ Griz

Category 2: Strong porter/Stout – 36 entries (2013 was 33, 2012 was 21)

#1 – Pipeworks Brewing Company – The Jones Dog
#2 – Great Divide Brewing Company – Barrel Aged Yeti Imperial Stout
#3 – 4 Hands Brewing Company – Barrel Aged Bonafide With Cinnamon

Category 3: Barleywine/Wheatwine – 33 entries (16 in 2013, 2012 was 16)

#1 – Revolution Brewing – Straight Jacket
#2 – 4 Hands Brewing Company – Volume 2
#3 – Firestone Walker/Barrelworks – Abacus 2013

Category 4: Classic Styles (not higher than 7% abv) – 32 entries (2013 was 16, 2012 was 11)

#1 – Ei8ht Ball Brewing – Reintarnation
#2 – Glacier Brewhouse – Beam Marzen
#3 – Sun King Brewing Co. – Soul Shakedown Party

Category 5: Strong/Double/Imperial pale Beer – 15 entries (2013 was 21, 2012 was 21)

#1 - Revolution Brewing – Filibuster
#2 – Southern Prohibition Brewing – Barrel Aged Mississippi Fire Ant
#3 – Rock Bottom Chicago - Gin Blitz

Category 6: Strong/Double/Imperial Dark Beer – 32 entries (2013 was 29, 2012 was 24)

#1 – Milwaukee Brewing Company - Louie’s Resurrection
#2 – Sun King Brewing – Sympathy For The Devil
#3 – Glacier Brewhouse – Buffalo Trace Eisbock

Category 7: Fruit Beer – 26 entries (2013 was 11, 2012 was 14)

#1 – Off Color Brewing Company – Yuzu Er’d Og Begravet
#2 – Lake Effect Brewing Company – Cerise De Michigan
#3 – Goose Island Clybourn – Vainglorious

Category 8: Experimental Beer – 32 entries (2013 was 20, 2012 was 18)

#1 – Perennial Artisan Ales – Barrel-Aged Abraxas
#2 – Breakside Brewery – Aquavit Barrel-Aged IPA
#3 – Temperance Beer Company – Boulevardier Barrel Aged Might Meets Rights

Category 9: Wild Beer (Brett) – 19 entries (2013 was 12, 2012 was 9)

#1 – Off Color Brewing – Papillon (AKA I Can Do This Too, Cory King)
#2 – Trinity Brewing Company – Easy Swinger Wild IPA
#3 – Oakshire Brewing – Hermanne 1882

Category 10: Wild Beer (Acidic) – 30 entries (2013 was 35, 2012 was 27)

#1 – Port Brewing Company – Veritas 013
#2 – Trinity Brewing Company – 365 Day Sour
#3 – AC Golden – Dark Kriek

Category 11: Cider/Perry/Mead – 9 entries (new category in 2013 with 9 entries)
#1 – Virtue Cider – Lapinette
#2 – Vermont Hard Cider Company – Wyder’s Reposado Pear
#3 – Vandermill – Champman’s Oaked

 

If anyone in the 6:00 crowd is reading this: get yourself a pour of the bourbon county barleywine randled with coffee.

 

Shoot it.And get a double pour at the end of the booth.

 

FOBAB was a nice event as it is every single year. Only one complaint- the lay out was absolutely horrible. You need to put all the beer on the outside perimeter so that the festival isn't so congested; either that or get a bigger space for the festival. What a cluster.

 

I can't believe no one has mentioned the real highlight of #FoBAB. The unfiltered, instant twitter feed. It was raunchy and hilarious.

 

fobab 2014 was good. a lot of great beer only complaint was about avaiibitity of certain beers. my brother went to perennial at 6:15 and they said they had been out of BA Abraxas for the whole session and sucaba 2013 was out the whole session as well. I thought they were supposed to have 1/3 available for us. other than that every thing was awesome and had a great time.

 

Session 3 FTW

 

goose island sours rock.. i wish I could spend more on their bottles of sours but I had Juliet, Gillian, Halia, and Madame Rose and they were all top notch. Too bad they are so much to buy at stores but they are all top notch.

 

I couldn't find it either which was a bummer.
The fact I got four pours of Barrel Aged Yeti (an all-time-favorite of mine) more than made up for it though.

 

1st time at Fobab and first time on BA. The show was freakin awesome! Went at the 1 pm show Saturday and went straight for Abraxas. I was fortunate enough to get one of the last glasses of the rich and toasty liquid gold . Off Color stole the show with their offerings hands down. It seems everyone was so concerned with hitting up the big dogs (Goose, Bell's, Perennial, exc) that they overlooked some killers in BA Jones dog, Fremont's BA Dark Star and Bourbon Abominable, and both Dino'smores and Yuzu from previously mentioned Off Color. The show's layout could use some work in the future but other than that I had a great time. Had little issue getting the brews I wanted and was able to try some rarities that would otherwise be a pain in the ass getting here in IL. Cheers!

 

Even when the gi line went all the way to where the food was, it wasn't more than 15 minutes

 

Whomever told him that was lying (that's if you are talking about Saturday night. There wasn't e e. Anyone in line. I got 3 pours in a row of BA abraxas.

 

The beers were great as always, and even with more people the crowds almost never got too constricting to be uncomfortable. All in all a smoothly run FOBAB.

This, however, pales in comparison to what was given up by moving to the venue to UIC. The atmosphere at Bridgeport Art Center was so much more fitting for a world class beer event. Its a beautiful building and made for a much classier FOBAB. It seems likely that we are now stuck with this convention style setting for future FOBABs and I personally feel like it has lost something that made it great. There is little magic to be found in a giant convention hall.