Chicago Beer Lovers: Next Event Date

Discussion in 'Great Lakes' started by jegross2, Feb 6, 2013.

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  1. tinypyramids

    tinypyramids Pundit (897) Jul 19, 2012 Illinois

    this is the worst hangover i've had in quite a while. thanks to everyone for sharing ridiculous bottles.

    for anyone who i talked to about it, i checked some recent reviews and i was completely wrong about iris. i was under the impression it was a dead-still 3 year lambic, dry hopped, but the only thing i was right about was that it was dry hopped. i must have had something else at the brewery.

    also, for those who i talked to about ridiculous opening devices:
     
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  2. Mjmoser

    Mjmoser Initiate (0) May 6, 2012 Illinois

    Pissed I couldn't make this again. Did someone get a pic of the lineup?

    I need to make it one of these days!
     
  3. crossovert

    crossovert Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2009 Illinois

    Lol I can't believe I went to Local Option afterwards...
     
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  4. crossovert

    crossovert Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2009 Illinois

    [​IMG] only pic of it I've seen so far, the line of bottles stretched pretty far.
     
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  5. nickMB

    nickMB Savant (1,130) Nov 17, 2009 Illinois
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    Holy shit I drank too much.... The picture is missing about 50 bottles.
     
  6. tinypyramids

    tinypyramids Pundit (897) Jul 19, 2012 Illinois

    yeah, really hoping someone has a picture of the graveyard. i had to leave around 9 because there was no way i could continue drinkin without being in a very bad way, and there were dozens more bottles than that. i stopped trying to keep track of what i drank around 20 tastes in.
     
  7. incubuscience

    incubuscience Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2012 Illinois

    Can't wait to see the empties pic.
     
  8. JPortillo

    JPortillo Initiate (0) Mar 12, 2012 Illinois

    Sucks donkey balls I didn't get out of work till late as hell....maybe next time. How many heads showed up?
     
  9. jegross2

    jegross2 Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2010 Illinois

    I told you the kitchen was closed! Thank god for the drinking bird!
     
  10. jegross2

    jegross2 Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2010 Illinois

    I have 80% of the bottles in several additional photos to this one mike. Will post soon
     
  11. jegross2

    jegross2 Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2010 Illinois

    Only 50? I maybe tried only 2/3 to 3/4 of the bottles there and I notched 100 check ins last night
     
  12. Grohnke

    Grohnke Initiate (0) Sep 15, 2009 Illinois

    Solid time ladies and gents. Bummer I had to cut out early. What time did the festivities go to?
     
  13. jegross2

    jegross2 Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2010 Illinois

    We cut out around 11/1130 and it was still going strong
     
  14. jegross2

    jegross2 Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2010 Illinois

    Here are some of the graveyard photos I took. Does anyone have a better quality line up? There were many bottles that I did not capture in these photos
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  15. BeerMeFitz

    BeerMeFitz Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2011 Illinois

    Thanks to everyone who came out last night (finally ended at 4am)! We opened 131 different beers and had a little over 50 people come out for the beer share and all of them were super generous and great to talk to. Big thanks to Heineman Bar co., 18th st Brewery, Goose Island, Flesk Brewing in Lombard, Light the Lamp Brewery in Grayslake, Spiteful Brewing, Chaos Brew Club, Beer Temple and all the others I can't remember for sending beer to share or coming by and hanging out with the BAs and talking beer. It was a blast and hope to see you all and hopefully some new BAs at the next one. Speaking of that..... If all things work out we might have a Chicago Craft Beer Week kick off party May 15th at Heineman Bar co. I am driving back from the East on May14th and I am bringing back HF and Alchemist along with some other great East coast beers which I want to crack open with all of you to start Craft Beer week the right way! Cheers , Fitz!
     
  16. jegross2

    jegross2 Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2010 Illinois

    All together now (thanks for sharing the pic Robbie)

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  17. Mjmoser

    Mjmoser Initiate (0) May 6, 2012 Illinois

    Anger from missing the event starting to set in....
     
  18. jegross2

    jegross2 Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2010 Illinois

    Yes, BIG thank you to Heineman for hosting, bringing the worlds best pretzels, and graciously putting up with the bathroom shenanigans.
     
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  19. BeerMeFitz

    BeerMeFitz Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2011 Illinois

    Thanks Robbie, now can you name them all!?!?!?! :wink:
     
  20. jegross2

    jegross2 Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2010 Illinois

    Left to right:

    Bottom Row table 1: GFY, Bitter Biker, y2k, Sang Noir, unknown x3, Who's Your daddy, unknown rest of table

    Bottom Row table 2: DRIPA, Creme Brulee Java Stout, Hop Venom, unknown growler, Smoking Wood Rye Whiskey Version, unknown growler (I think both unknown growlers are from Desthil if I recall correctly), unknown bottle, Deviant dales, Dole's Pilgrim Wheatwine (by New Holland), Westy 12

    Main Table: Conflux #1,
    Peruvian morning, Sprecher's hard root beer, Damnation, Unknown bottle, Oil Rigger, backwoods bastard '12, NG IIIPA, Ivan '12, Sinister, Nugget Nectar, White Rajah, Nogne O highland imperial stout, BB Hellfighter, Jackie O's Dark Apparition Rum Aged, Alesmith BA Old Decadence?, Dayman, Sour In The Rye, CCB Imperial Sweet Stout, Dark Intrigue 2011, Civil Disobedience #5, BB Black Better, Old Blue Hair, Noyaux, Iris '12, Southampton RIS, BA Abraxas, BB4d 2010, Cascade Apricot, Headtopper (1 of 3 cans), Eclipse Rittenhouse '12, Consecration, 2009 BCS, Unknown NG beer, Big River IPA, unknown bottle, Surly Pentagram, White Chocolate, another Oil Rigger, Funkwerks Scepter, Unknown bottle, 512 Dbl Pecan Porter, Blackbeerd, Collaboration not litigation (RR/Avery), Big Hugs '12, unknown bottle, Flossmore BA Scotch ale (Finlaggin?), unknown bottle x2, old growth stout, Brux, unknown bottle, Kalviopoeg, Unknown bottle, one of 2 Old Rasputin XV bottles, and a bunch of unknown bottles until the end -- last 2 in row are Delusion (green bush) and Sucaba/Abacus (unknown year)

    Second row from top: Unknown bottle, Cognac Moloko, funk metal, clara, tilquin gueuze, Maple aged Fayston Maple Imperial stout, Melange 3, Midnight Sun 3000, Unknown growler by Boneyard, Mikeller weasel something, unknown bottle x2, Umami, BB Monster 29, BBpt5, Bells batch 9000, BA Old Numbskull, unknown bottle, black note, CCB BA Big Sound

    Top Row: All I can make out are the Viviant Brewing beer Fitz brought, Ithica flower power, sweet baby jesus, Supplication, and prima pills

    I know there was also: Gilgamesh, Civil Disobedience #4, BCS Bramble, the Game of Thrones beer from Ommegang, PT Defiance IPA, Schlafly's Imperial Stout, BORIS the spider, Some fingerlicking Chicken BA Barleywine or something similarly named, HUB Cascade Dark Ale, some awesome homebrew (especially the coconut one), 2 years of old guardian (09 and 13?), CW BB Cherry Stout '13, BB Scotch Ale Silly, Fat Head IPA, DH Sour Off The Scale, Twilight of the idols, 75 min ipa, and some "king" beer i have a blurry photo of.

    Oh, plus a handle of Jameson and a bottle of brandy.
     
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