West Lakeview Liquors (Chicago)

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  1. Vitamin_Hop

    Vitamin_Hop Pundit (812) Mar 26, 2015 Illinois
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    Are they open again?
     
    #1 Vitamin_Hop, Aug 3, 2020
  2. Jplachy

    Jplachy Pooh-Bah (1,848) Feb 12, 2012 Illinois
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    773-525-1916
     
    #2 Jplachy, Aug 3, 2020
  3. Vitamin_Hop

    Vitamin_Hop Pundit (812) Mar 26, 2015 Illinois
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    what’d they say? Depends on how they’re feeling that day?
     
    #3 Vitamin_Hop, Aug 3, 2020
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  4. kodt

    kodt Pooh-Bah (2,286) Mar 6, 2013 Illinois
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    Website says they are open now. But the store hours look pretty limited.

    They are selling some of their store picks on the web shop for lots of $$$
     
    #4 kodt, Aug 3, 2020
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  5. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    Lmao, those are some daring prices
     
    #5 SeanBond, Aug 12, 2020
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  6. Beer_Economicus

    Beer_Economicus Pooh-Bah (2,698) Apr 8, 2017 Ohio
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    Out of curiosity, I checked. Some of those prices are truly crazy. Interestingly, the 8-yr willet rye at $400+ seems to be the most reasonable, and actually not such a bad deal based on current Willet pricing. I seem to recall seeing somewhere that since COVID Willet did a 10-yr Bourbon raffle, and those bottles were $800 each (straight from the source). That makes that 8-yr Rye quite the bargain.

    (I'm not saying I could/would pay this price, just saying.)
     
    #6 Beer_Economicus, Aug 12, 2020
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  7. Vitacca

    Vitacca Pooh-Bah (2,250) Sep 15, 2010 Montana
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    I'm sure her $790 store pick Evan Williams single barrel tastes identical to the $27 bottle on my shelf.
     
    #7 Vitacca, Aug 12, 2020
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  8. BobCobb

    BobCobb Savant (1,026) Jul 10, 2012 Illinois
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    Has there been anything positive about this place in the last 10 years aside from Zwanze Day (bonus if you were her friend)?
     
    #8 BobCobb, Aug 13, 2020
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  9. bradner

    bradner Pundit (751) Dec 26, 2007 Illinois

    Does anyone know what hours they are open?
     
    #9 bradner, Aug 13, 2020
  10. Beer_Economicus

    Beer_Economicus Pooh-Bah (2,698) Apr 8, 2017 Ohio
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    It’s on the website. It’s something insanely ridiculous, like 5-7pm 4 days a week, and 12-6pm on sat or sun.

    I’m not joking.
     
    #10 Beer_Economicus, Aug 13, 2020
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  11. Vitamin_Hop

    Vitamin_Hop Pundit (812) Mar 26, 2015 Illinois
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    In the last 10 years - yes
    In the last 2 years - hell no
     
    #11 Vitamin_Hop, Aug 14, 2020
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  12. kodt

    kodt Pooh-Bah (2,286) Mar 6, 2013 Illinois
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    Yeah 10 years ago it was probably the best beer store in Chicago until Beer Temple opened up in 2013.
     
    #12 kodt, Aug 14, 2020
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  13. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,735) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    The Pipeworks guys should buy the space and make it a PW taproom.
     
    #13 HouseofWortship, Aug 14, 2020
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  14. ChangSing

    ChangSing Zealot (640) May 5, 2013 Illinois
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    When I started to REALLY get into beer (as in start searching for one off releases, etc) I heard this place was THE shop to go to 5 or 6 years ago. About 2 yrs ago I asked a forum "why does everyone loathe this place so much?"..yikes, it sounds like the owner just became a miserable gorgon.
     
    #14 ChangSing, Aug 14, 2020
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  15. SeanBond

    SeanBond Pooh-Bah (2,904) Jul 30, 2013 Illinois
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    yes
     
    #15 SeanBond, Aug 17, 2020
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  16. JFresh21

    JFresh21 Savant (1,036) Mar 6, 2012 Illinois
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    No Chicago Zwanze day location this year. :slight_frown:
     
    #16 JFresh21, Aug 13, 2021
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  17. SteelCranium

    SteelCranium Crusader (425) Jul 1, 2010 Ohio

    Most of the Midwest has been left out. No Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa either. Guess we don’t buy enough of their products.
     
    #17 SteelCranium, Aug 13, 2021
  18. monstershu

    monstershu Crusader (450) Jun 10, 2020 Illinois
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    Really?! Just the fact that we have Hopleaf wasn’t enough?
     
    #18 monstershu, Aug 15, 2021
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