Bourbon County 2017

I got in line right at 5, tickets ran out about 20 people in front of us. Shit went to hell once the line started moving.

 

Until Binnys decides to ticket or wristband upon arrival to limit line jumping and such...thinking I’ll stay away from LP.

Good luck to those near cut off. Hope they have 1200 alllotments to account for this type of tough situation.

 

yeah it's kinda bs but what do you expect with an unorganized system, people are going to suck.

 

Wow. They did everything they could to push people to LP and were totally unprepared for the increase

 

Agreed. I'm still gonna drink through my cellar and pick up some stuff I happen to come across. But my days of actively seeking out beer through Facebook posts or waiting in line for releases is likely over. It's too much of a time and money-suck.

 

They need to be giving out numbers on arrival and have somebody at the end of the line directing people. You can’t line up 1200 people in the dark without adult supervision and expect this to work.

 

smooth sailing at non event Jewels in the western burbs. They only had regular & Barleywine, limit 2 reg or 1 reg 1 BW. hit 3 stores, sales started at 8, left my house at 7:50 & was home by 8:30 with 5 reg & 1 BW. no lines at any location & I'm happy with my haul.

 

lol lamentable, I know.

To be specific, Reserve was much hotter, more like whiskey than bourbon, and noticeably more raisiny than regular.

Anyone hoping for a Rare-like experience, it's exactly the opposite, less decadent and woody, and more like a Jack and Coke.

 

This pretty much sums up this cluster. EDIT - sideways, just like this whole morning. Perfection.

 

Line moving kinda slow

 

Montgomery binnys ran out of Northwoods first, then reserve - few folks ahead of me. So, fewer than 50, had to be there before 6. Lamesauce. Time for my second breakfast!

 

I lived in Illinois for 18 years before moving to Michigan and for thanksgiving I was back for the holidays. So this morning I woke up and decided to give this hunting a shot while everyone was still asleep.

Bottles at Jewel where I bought Bourbon County were $9.99. At 730am there were no lines and they started selling at 8am due to the liquor law in Prospect Heights and Arlington Heights. Fairly easy to obtain, however there was a 2 bottle limit and they sold out within 20 minutes of 8am. May have gotten lucky but I wasn’t expecting to get my hands on any, very excited!

 

Got in line 15 mins after my place opened and got every variant. Went back through and got every variant again. Happy dance and I’m back in line.

 

Did they sell you one of everything? Bloomingdale switched and made people choose between northwoods and reserve

 

Surprisingly small allotment of Prop, Northwoods, and Reserve at Binny’s Grand. Northwoods and Reserve gone in 10-15 minutes. Prop soon followed.

 

Yeh exactly my thought

This would be my solution. They should do something to stop shenanigans and make an effort to let people know where the cutoff is so they don’t waste their morning.

 

anyone know what the situation is at grand?

 

Binnys Grand is out of Prop, Reserve, Northwoods

 

Anyone at Batavia Jewel?

 

Out of Prop, Reserve, and Northwoods. Line out onto Grand still, may still wrap around to Franklin, but is moving well.

 

Nope, full allotment until they ran out. Looked like only a little prop left for the people after me, and a little coffee after that.

 

Yep, as an example, I found Triple Barrel Baptist and Big Bad Baptista sitting on a shelf days after it was released.

 

Grand only has regular and BW

 

And Coffee now gone too. Only benefit, the line just got a lot shorter.

 

Highland Park Binny's report out: looks like they had 2 cases of Reserve and Northwoods, 4 cases of Prop. Sounded like Coffee must have been around 6 cases. I was #62 in line. Interesting side note, people started lining up at the Half Price Books and the lines intermingled for a bit. Made for some fun listening to the beer folks making fun of the book line and the book line making fun of the beer line. Worlds colliding...

 

Walked into a Jewel in Aurora at 8:30a and me and a few other guys who walked in were able to get two cases each. They only got one case of each of the BW, prop, and coffee but looked like a whole pallet of regular.

 

That’s like choosing between brussel sprouts and pizza. Not a tough decision

 

What are the limits on regular and BW? Hoping to stop by for scraps after work at 1pm.

 

But I love brussels sprouts

 

My report from St. Charles: got there at 7 and walked away with 4 regular, coffee, and Prop (I rejected barleywine like I was Dikembe Mutumbo). They only had 2 cases of NW and Reserve and you had to be there by 5 to get those. They had 5 cases of Prop and probably 8-10 coffees which was a change from last year. The suburbs were a good move this year as it turns out

 

Anyone know if the ticket distributor at LP was checking IDs? A father is walking the line with his son who looks between 14-16 and trying to sell his sons ticket for $100. Ticket number is around 820 and with a guy with a grey beard and a blue Michigan stocking cap, late 40s or early 50s

 

Dude walking around selling a ticket for $100. Got a taker about 12 people back from me. By my estimation, his kid was in line with him and he sold his ticket or something damn close to that. Stay tuned folks. If I can't get a full allocation I can at least entertain you all.

 

Which is which? I enjoyed both personally.

 

Went to Lake Zurich binnys and was in line for like 2 minutes but then I turned around and went to Costco instead got 4 bottles priceed at 8.99

 

They most definitely were not checking IDs.

 

Wow. I think Reserve is a legit great beer. I don’t think NW is even good tbh

 

That sold Ticket # was 838 FYI

 

So, if I summarize the experience so far:

LP binnys is a post-apocalyptic, lawless wasteland of broken dreams and line-cutters.

Suburbs binnys had earlier turnouts than usual, and limited supply of reserve and Northwoods.

Jewels were a crapshoot between meh and amazing.

Beautiful weather, nice folks in line, and we’ll see what the future tells us about the trade market for the 3-12 hours most of us spent in line...

 

I think Reserve is one of the best beers I have had in a quite some time. Someone earlier in the thread was saying it wasn't good, I was just curious.

Northwoods is fine, I could share it with three friends, but certainly not as solid as Reserve.