Chicago Stout Releases (2018)

if Amazon coming here happened to bring Fremont Brewing distro, we all may need to reconsider our positions on the hq .

They have one of the best barrel programs out there & picking up their releases is a big perk of my travel. This year's Kentucky Dark Star & KDS Coffee are killer & I have fingers crossed to score some B-bomb reg & variants when I'm out there later this month. Barleywine variants with adjuncts can be stellar when done properly

 

What is this ChicagoBusinessPoliticsAdvocate? To get us back on track, see below. I know it's a porter, but isn't a porter really just another name for a type of stout anyways?

 

Cracked a Firestone

I don't believe B-Bomb is a barleywine?

 

Fuck Amazon.

 

I believe it's a Winter Warmer. But I also believe I could not tell you what the difference between those styles is.

 

The open bottle has coffee Dino s’mores. Limit one 2 pack.

 

Gloria went real quick. At least I snagged a regular.

 

The Whole Foods on Ashland has 12 oz pours of Triple Barrel B Baptist for $6 if you're in the mood. 2016 Darkness for $5.

 

it has been in the Barleywine category at Fobab so that is good enough for me

 

Fair enough!

 

Perennial Sump has landed, y’all...

 

Where was the sighting?

 

Binny’s LP had about 4 cases on the floor at approx. 11:00am. Limit 1. Saw another place list it on IG. Can’t remember where.

 

Thank you fellow BA'er

 

Iron & Glass in Romeoville just got in Sump.

 

Sump has officially entered the "good beer that's no longer worth hunting down/paying a premium for" category for me.

Joining such luminaries as HopSlam, KBS, Bomb!, Abraxas, Sunday Morning Stout, Old Viscosity....

 

What’s the price of Sump this year?

 

No clue, but it's been north of $20 in the past.

I don't mind paying a premium for a great beer, but after drinking it last year I made the decision that my $20 would be better spent elsewhere.

 

I had it once on tap last year and missed the bottles, so I will seek out one for sure.

 

I am sensitivity to bitter, so non-BA coffee stouts to me are not necessarily my thing but...

I donmt get the love for sump. It's well done, but it's just kind of 1 or 2 Note for me. Coffee, and stout. That's about it. Nothing fancy to warrant the price point or chasing it down.