Bourbon County 2018

I'd like to offer a differing point of view on taproom pricing. Maybe they are priced where they are because most folks won't spend that coin to drink one by themselves, but don't mind doing it when it goes 2, 3, or 4 ways. Thus more folks end up drinking their beer. I probably wouldn't spend $100 on Prop '14 onsite only, but had no problem doing it with a couple of other guys that wanted to split one. That's something I see quite often at Side Project, so it works.

 

FWIW I don't actually think they are pricing based on secondary but using secondary as justification is absurd.

 

While I'm not a fan of this (I don't really like sharing BCBS bottles, so paying half still wouldn't jibe with me), that's a good theory. I think most of the people I see with bottles at the taproom are sharing.

 

I'm fine with paying a reasonable amount more to split a bottle at GI, but if the mark up is big enough I'd feel ripped off if trying something like Regal Rye or Reserve for the first time....

 

Of all the silly posts in Bourbon County threads, calling something that isn't original, "OG18" is the silliest one I've seen.

OG stands for original gangster. People for some reason just use that as an abbreviation for "original". So OG Vanilla = 2010 Vanilla to differentiate between that and Vanilla Rye. OG Rare is to differentiate 2010 Rare from 2015 Rare.

OG18 makes no sense in any aspect of anything.

 

bruh. it was just a joke.

 

Thank you for letting me know. I had no idea what OG stood for. Ive always been so confused. /s

 

Revolution makes better BA beer than Goose. All Day.

 

OMG I guess I can't come back to this thread until this SCORCHING HOT take cools.

 

I don't agree with this, but I think Straight Jacket is probably the best BA barleywine in Chicago. I'd still take BCBS over Deth's Tar any day, though.

 

Best BA beer do you mean? Just clarifying the stout statement (sorry to be that guy). I have a 2015 SJ bomber at need to crack when the weather cools

 

I would recommend everyone just ignore and move on.

 

Yeah, typo. I corrected, thanks!

 

SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME

 

To each their own on Regal, but Cherry Rye was never good.

https://dontdrinkbeer.com/2013/06/10/gooseisland-cherry-rye-bourbon-county-brand-stout/amp/

 

I enjoyed regal, but thought northwoods was way too sweet. Haven't tried any of the pre 2015 fruit variants though.

 

He also shit on Bramble which was one of the best BCBS variants ever made. Hard to put stock in that article...

 

I have a really hard time imagining a fruited variant being tops in my personal list of BCBS favorites, but I haven't had Bramble. Feel free to begin the donor drive.