Abraxas in Chicago ?

I was just talking with someone about this recently, and how I thought it was strange it hadn't hit here yet. I assumed that it was just getting here later this year.

 

I was in St. Louis this weekend and both places I chased BCBS had it available. Since I wasn't particularly successful in the BCBS hunt, I picked one up.

They both said they had just gotten a second drop of it from Perennial. Not sure what that means for us Illinois folk. Would be nice if they showed us some love, it's a barren wasteland as far as stouts go here.

 

I talked to Binny's and a local liquor store. They both said they were told they are getting Abraxas, but that the distributor hadn't gotten it yet. They didn't know when it would happen.

 

Heat's probably all gone by now....

 

It's coming......

 

And BA Abraxas for raffle again. Wondering how slim my chances will be.

 

"You miss drinking 100% of the bottles you don't enter a raffle for."
-Wayne Gretzky
-Michael Scott
-ktr5010

 

Beer Temple just posted on IG that there are 3 bottles of BA Abraxas.

 

And to get a raffle ticket, you need to buy a bottle or 4-pack of non-abraxas perrenial.

 

I purchased a bottle of Abraxas at Binny's South Loop today. Limit 1 per person. Was out on the shelf.

I noticed the month/year that it was bottled is no longer on the label. Previous years always listed the bottling month/year.

 

Yeah saw Abraxas sitting on the shelf at EP Binny's, no limits.

 

You can also get a ticket if you buy a Perennial draft. I’m drinking their Ghost Chords NEIPA now, and it’s really good. It’s like a grapefruit spritzer.

 

I believe I saw it on a shelf at DG Binny's as well; if anyone is looking.

 

Also at Bolingbrook Binnys. 1pp.

 

Also bottles of Darkness sitting on the shelf.

Remember when Binnys locations used to tweet beer drops and Darkness sold out in 15 minutes at several of them? Or how people milled around Binnys for hours waiting for the truck to deliver Darkness?

Crazy...

 

It was delicious this year, too. There are just so many options out there now, though.

 

Wondering if it won't be a yearly thing anymore. Multiple batches per year. They're cranking out more volume than ever.

 

Bottles and cans in north center/Lincoln square has a ton on the shelf. No limit