2017 FOBAB

That’s why there’s Small Cheval. But then you’re in a opening up a different can of worms if you’re going that far away.

 

The French Market is also not a bad idea. Basically just a giant indoor street market with a ton of food if all kinds. The poke in the city is there.

frenchmarketchicago.com/vendors/

If you’re looking for Mexican, 5 Rabanitos is great.

 

Take a short trip to Pilsen, point our finger somewhere and there you go lol

 

This place is like two blocks away. Nothing that screams must have Chicago restaurant, but the food is solid, portions are good for soaking up Fobab samples, and it always seems to be filled with people going to Fobab: https://www.yelp.com/biz/moxee-restaurant-and-mad-mouse-brewing-chicago

 

Except too bad it closed lol

 

Lol. That'll do it!

 

Event finally showing sold out. Gotta be a record on how long tickets were available, right?

 

Check out this barrel aged event happening through Wednesday at Rabbits on the NW Side:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=158975911509086

 

Not showing up for me; any chance you could cut & paste? Looks like they changed it to 'private'.

 

Sorry ... here are the details on the Rabbits event. Just show up and buy a $30 punchcard for 9 5 oz pours of barrel aged goodness:

Rabbits is offering a blind tasting of 9-(5oz) pours of barrel aged beers from 4pm Nov. 6, 2017 to 9pm Nov. 8, 2017 for $30 during normal business hours with the purchase of a ticket. You have this amount of time to drink all 9 beers and get your vote in by marking the number of your favorite brew. The numbers on the cards will be punched as you try the beers. Votes will be tallied at the end of the event and beers will be revealed. Cheap medals will be awarded to 1st 2nd & 3rd place. Absolutely NO REFUNDS will be given. Beers may be substituted if they are not available. Not responsible for lost or stolen tickets or anything else for that matter. Please drink responsibly, the ABV may be high. Tickets are not necessary to purchase beer at regular price. Must be 21 years of age.

 

Does it list any beers?

 

All the beers are on Rabbits Beer Menus page here: https://www.beermenus.com/places/4352-rabbits

 

Go to either Chilango down the street in University Village for tacos or go to Plzen in Pilsen for higher end Mexican food along with a generally great taplist. Bonus: Plzen is affiliated with Evans Street Liquor (directly above it), and they have a boutiquey/curated selection of local beers.

 

It's one of my major pet peeves to do blind tastings of extremely different beer styles and substyles. I felt the same about that blind New England hoppy tasting that was on that podcast in the Chi NEIPA thread (including oaked Night Moth and single IPA M-43 with the IIPAs was silly). Putting a coffee imperial stout with a vanilla imperial stout with a wee heavy with a gin saison with a quad with a brown ale with an additive-free imperial stout is kind of stupid in my opinion. Obviously it's for fun, but I see no point in blindly comparing beers so wildly different. It's going to come down to personal style preference rather than which beer best achieved what it was aiming for. "You don't have to go." Yeah, I am not going. Obviously it doesn't really matter. I just think it's really weird to even bother doing from an event standpoint, and I felt like expressing my confusion.

 

Any speculation what the More Brewing entry is for this weekend? BBA Double Rainbow? BA Babka?

 

Heard it's neither of the two. Something new. Also has only been in barrels for 3 months....

 

Come on now, I believe I've seen you enjoying some Popeye's for a mid-FOBAB break.

 

The accuracy of my FOBAB memories is very substantial and will not be questioned.

 

That may explain the indoor air quality issue at Fobab.

 

How dare you?! I resemble that remark!

 

Thought I'd post all confirmed beers that I am aware of so far. Feel free to add to this list.

Weldworks - 2 Medianoche varients
Desthil - Dosvidonya (reg, rye, & vanilla rye)
Lost Abbey - Veritas 019, Oldest Viscosity
Three Floyds - BA Crack the Skye
Revolution - VSOD, VSOJ, Working Wiman Brown
Spiteful - BA Caliente, Belligerent Bob
Goose Island - 2017 BC lineup

 

FartsBAB

 

Mikerphone - Who Wants That Honey, and a Fernet BA "stout"

 

Triple Didgit/Listerman - Chickow! + Brandy Chickow!

 

FOBAF (festival of barrel aged farts)

 

Does the fart density map get thickest in the stout aisle? Particularly around the pastriest of pastry stouts

 

Please eliminate/limit the farts this year. That shit is gross man. Be an adult. Pretend like FoBAB is a girl you're trying to get up in for the first time.

 

Yes but the cropdusting is in the mead aisle

 

Actually it is thickest near the vanilla bean stouts...sorry that should have read vanilla AND beans stout.

 

Lot of fresh Brown Ales

 

It's the #1 reason I'll never go back.

I don't like beer festivals much anyway, but I was taken aback. I'm trying to enjoy these great beers while dudes are just tearing ass constantly right next to me?? In an enclosed space?

 

I thought the odor problem was much less last year. They seemed to do a pretty good job of ventilation as compared to previous years.

 

Hey that's my son!

 

This whole conversation makes me think of The Chamber of Farts from that South Park episode. Possible name for the stouts room if that ever becomes a thing?

 

How come nobody's made a beano stout yet

 

Beer Temple’s program tonight is on point. Killer list and guest speakers (pw, spiteful, sierra nevada, against the grain, mikerphone, avery, transient, maplewood) — Exciting stuff. Living in the city is paying off right now.

 

So people are just crop dusting through FOBAB all day?

 

I don't even drink any beer there...