Bourbon County 2018

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  1. ChiPez66

    ChiPez66 Pundit (775) May 21, 2018 Illinois
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    Same ratio my buddy used and said it was great.
     
    #3341 ChiPez66, Dec 14, 2018
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  2. dtjager

    dtjager Initiate (0) May 20, 2014 Illinois

    For my nw suburb friends consume lz has prop, mo, bramble, ww on and it’s pretty chill here. Love the dude at the bar with the fosters can.
     
    #3342 dtjager, Dec 14, 2018
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  3. schweezly

    schweezly Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2017 Illinois

    I live nearby but couldn’t make it out unfortunately. Glad to hear it was a good time
     
    #3343 schweezly, Dec 14, 2018
  4. dtjager

    dtjager Initiate (0) May 20, 2014 Illinois

    Seemed like everything was still on when I left and place was basically dead. Would bet lunch or even maybe dinner tomorrow would still work out.
     
    #3344 dtjager, Dec 14, 2018
  5. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    Ah shit, you were there? I was sitting on the stool at the far end of the bar when the place opened.

    Almost split a bottle of Reserve with the guy to my left, but they were gone by the time we tried (they had 8, for $40 a piece). Had 2 8 oz pours of Prop; I can safely say that imo Midnight Orange should've been this year's Prop (and I prefer it). Prop is basically that minus the orange.

    Vanilla is the vanilla bomb that everyone said; I prefer it to Vanilla Deth, but I always prefer flavor slaps to the face to well-integrated, more thoughtful beers, ha.

    shoutout to @TigerDriver91 for bringing this one to my attention
     
    #3345 SeanBond, Dec 14, 2018
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  6. Beer_Economicus

    Beer_Economicus Pooh-Bah (2,698) Apr 8, 2017 Ohio
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    Guess I am catching up on not posting much recently.

    For me, it's not a flavor slap. It's present enough that every sip that I take, I say, "Oh, that vanilla is nice."

    Jackie Os makes great beers, but all of their beers with flavoring, by contrast, are so nuanced that I'm not sure that they should be called that flavor. For example, their black maple is so light on the maple that I feel like you kind of have to search for it. If you werne't told that there was maple there, I'm not sure you'd really know.

    I want the name to reflect what I taste.

    I also understand that palates are different. So, while Vanilla was not the ONLY thing that I taste, I understand that for others it might be.
     
    #3346 Beer_Economicus, Dec 14, 2018
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  7. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,735) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    I have this experience with 90% of stouts where the 2nd half of the bottle is much more nuanced the next day. I wonder if straight up decanting these over night benefits them by removing some of the carbonation which doesn't add any flavor and may mask it a bit.
     
    #3347 HouseofWortship, Dec 14, 2018
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  8. Lazhal

    Lazhal Pooh-Bah (1,890) Mar 13, 2011 Michigan
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    Finally tried the vanilla last night. I liked it but I expected more. I've dropped a lot of vanilla beans in a regular BCBS and this tastes EXACTLY the same. Going to revisit another bottle in a few months I think. The rest might end up getting traded, just not worth $25/bottle, so far anyway.
     
    #3348 Lazhal, Dec 15, 2018
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  9. sportscrazed2

    sportscrazed2 Pooh-Bah (2,360) Mar 29, 2010 American Samoa
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    Binnys in Mokena still seemed to have cases of it sitting on the floor. Is that weird?
     
    #3349 sportscrazed2, Dec 16, 2018
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  10. randjuke

    randjuke Zealot (608) Feb 13, 2010 Iowa
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    I happened to hit 3 Binnys this weekend - Orland Park, South Loop and LP and they all had cases of regular out on the floor. Should be pretty easy to get again this year.
     
    #3350 randjuke, Dec 17, 2018
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  11. ravens_wood

    ravens_wood Crusader (406) Dec 21, 2017 Illinois

    Ravenswood Mariano's had Bramble and Reg on tap today for those that need BCBS while grocery shopping this week.
     
    #3351 ravens_wood, Dec 17, 2018
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  12. ktr5010

    ktr5010 Savant (1,028) Dec 12, 2014 Illinois
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    For any wheatwine fans, Jewel on Desplaines has ~15 cases out front near the produce section.
     
    #3352 ktr5010, Dec 17, 2018
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  13. ColonelHopslam

    ColonelHopslam Savant (1,037) Jan 22, 2014 Michigan

    To be fair, Vanilla BCS is literally BCS aged on vanilla beans, so your experiment worked perfect.
     
    #3353 ColonelHopslam, Dec 17, 2018
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  14. stevegoz

    stevegoz Savant (1,122) May 5, 2008 Illinois
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    Is it, though? Or is it basically Randalled nowadays!?
     
    #3354 stevegoz, Dec 17, 2018
  15. Jplachy

    Jplachy Pooh-Bah (1,848) Feb 12, 2012 Illinois
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    Yeah, it's not aged on vanilla beans.
     
    #3355 Jplachy, Dec 17, 2018
  16. jlsims04

    jlsims04 Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2013 Illinois

    What were you expecting?
     
    #3356 jlsims04, Dec 17, 2018
  17. jlsims04

    jlsims04 Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2013 Illinois

    sort of. it is my understanding that after the pull it from barrels it is conditioned on shredded vanilla beans.
     
    #3357 jlsims04, Dec 17, 2018
  18. Jplachy

    Jplachy Pooh-Bah (1,848) Feb 12, 2012 Illinois
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    Its run back and forth through a tank that is filled with vanilla beans. Conditioning isn't quite the right word for it.
     
    #3358 Jplachy, Dec 17, 2018
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  19. macewank

    macewank Zealot (666) Aug 28, 2010 Illinois

    Neither is randalling.
     
    #3359 macewank, Dec 17, 2018
  20. Jaycase

    Jaycase Grand Pooh-Bah (3,858) Jan 13, 2007 Illinois
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    Agitated with vanilla beans?
     
    #3360 Jaycase, Dec 17, 2018
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