2016 Black Note pt Deux

It did earlier this year. This one, not sure.

 

Pretty sure this is a big batch so it should see distro.

Most of the FIB's were at RAM yesterday so that helped

 

Did anyone else get a huge fucking X on their hand?

 

Do yourself a favor. Rather than chase around to round up a bottle or two in Chicago, go for a nice drive today to visit Bell's today and pick up 12 bottles. While you are there, you get to pick over this killer taplist.

 

Anyone there now with info on a line to get bottles and/or how long the wait is for a table?

 

Someone posted a somewhat long like on Facebook but it didn't look crazy or out of hand. 9 pallets for today so that's enough allotments for like 1k+ people

 

Wish I didn't work today I'd make the drive !!

 

Hmmm. If I thought there would enough to last until 5pm, I'd consider making a drive.

 

At least 6 pallets left with pretty much no line

 

So they went through 3 pallets in 3 hours? Hmm. May head over.

 

Best release we've ever been to. They moved the line incredibly fast. At least ten pallets to start. Stamping hands as you went through. Super fast start to finish.

 

This blows since I'm in Wisconsin. 2 of 3 recent Bells releases I'm gone. Will let you know when I leave next time, I'm sure BA 30th will be released then.

 

From what we've heard, BA 30th in bottles isn't happening for release. Bell's employees did get it in 750's during their last annual seminar.

 

I went through about an hour ago on my drive back to Chicago. They have it working like a well oiled machine. Other breweries should take note of the use of permanent marker to put an X on our hands to avoid double dipping.

 

Holy shit that was easy. Arrived at 1:33, back in the car at 1:38. Easily the best run release I've seen.

 

Indeed, theses guys have it so fined tuned, it's amazing. Showed up around noon and waited a whopping 10 minutes in line.

 

Btw, we're leaving the taproom now and it's roughly 2pm....still a lot of 4 packs available. It's also still on tap.

 

Got here about 10. Probably 20th in line. Got the Black Note and went right into taproom. Got a table within 15 minutes. What a perfect weather day, too.

 

Those who want to double dip won't be stopped by some Sharpie marker. New Glarus used to do it but had to switch to scanning driver's licenses because so many people scrubbed it off, changed clothes, and double, triple, quadruple dipped.

 

Yeah, but it definitely cuts down on it.