2016 BCBS Chicago Release (Black Friday & Beyond)

Been reading Untappd reviews and it's fascinating. The descriptions don't sound like the Prop I had at Prop Day which was not overly hot at all

 

The reviews seem really divided, especially about the spice/smoke.

 

Reminds me of the dress controversy ...."is the dress blue and black? or is the dress gold and white ?"

 

So just to be clear, it was terrible, but your still going to purchase it?

 

Wow, Tom's a dick.

 

I first tried prop '16 and it was awful. Complete garbage.

I had it a prop day, and it was fantastic. I'm not sure what happened, but the served at prop day, was not the same beer as Fobab.

Now, with this Sheffields description I'm very worried Fobab was closer to what the bottle is.

 

Yup-have friends that would like to try it.

 

Line update?

Last year at this stage, there was already a group if I recall correctly.

 

It will really be interesting to see how the FOBAB prop vs. Prop Day prop stuff plays out over the next few weeks as people actually open bottles.

 

Wait, people will actually open this beer and... drink it!?!

That's bizzare. I thought it was only for collecting or trading for whalez bro.

 

Woah..woah . ..woah...I'm supposed to drink this?

 

First, this is all VERY entertaining on so many levels. Second, I just want to make sure I'm hearing this right? So I can probably go to the Jewel that is 30 seconds from my parent's house around 7 or a little before and get some regular, and maybe a variant (but probably not). Then go to the Mariano's down the street and probably get some more regular? Then drive by and gawk at the "burby" Binny's line for fun. To be transparent, I really like regular and my frequented shop back home is saving my allocation, which includes coffee. I just want to score a few more regs to last the year. Not to mention my buddy scored Dosvidanya regular and rye yesterday. Therefore I'm not inclined to deal with driving to LP and the roll of the dice that is Prop as I have a superior beer in my back pocket already.

 

Thought the Barleywine was great this year as well.

 

Now that Jewel has gotten the word out, I think you need to get there earlier versus later. To think you can just show up at or near 7am, for example, and get a full allocation is not a good plan IMO.

 

Like I said, already have an allocation waiting for me back home that includes coffee. Which was my big motivator at this point. Mostly I'm going out to score a few more regs. I'd be totally fine with an extra BW as I happen to really like that too. Thanks for the feedback!

 

Pricing update - $11.99 regular and $13.99 BW. Actual purchase prices, but obviously not at a Binny's.

 

I think Rare played a large role in that.