Chicago Stout Releases (2018)

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  1. flat_lander

    flat_lander Pooh-Bah (2,490) May 11, 2016 Illinois
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    Crasher has been on Open Bottle's Beer Menu for weeks. There was a shelf full when I passed through last Thursday. I loved the '15 Crasher. Still have a bottle put away for another day.

    EDIT: Still on their menu...
     
    #1401 flat_lander, Jun 22, 2017
  2. VinHalen54

    VinHalen54 Pundit (807) Jun 4, 2014 Illinois

    I wasn't in the city - south and western 'burbs started seeing it right after Labor Day and I saw it in many other places the following week. Posted on 5/31 by Iron & Glass, 5/31 The Open Bottle, 6/9 BJ's in Oswego... #DistributionMakesNoSense #DistributorsAreCrazy
     
    #1402 VinHalen54, Jun 22, 2017
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  3. VinHalen54

    VinHalen54 Pundit (807) Jun 4, 2014 Illinois

    From my experience, that '15 bottle is not getting better and mine were not good after a year. I hope yours is better than mine, but I would drink it soon...
     
    #1403 VinHalen54, Jun 23, 2017
  4. flat_lander

    flat_lander Pooh-Bah (2,490) May 11, 2016 Illinois
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    I may have to do that. The last person on here (don't believe it was you) that told me that Clown Shoes stuff wasn't holding up and I should drink soon was Bluegrass Billionaire. So I did. It was great. And ended up drinking the entire thing on a work night. I lived, and life went on.
     
    #1404 flat_lander, Jun 23, 2017
  5. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    Evil Twin's Imperial Biscotti Bourbon Maple Syrup Barrel-Aged hit Chicago this week - I got one today. It was .... pricey :grimacing:.
     
    #1405 FBarber, Jun 23, 2017
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  6. Elldawg13

    Elldawg13 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2016 Illinois

    Where did you find it? You sure it was the Bourbon maple syrup BA? Because I know the Evil Twin/Westbrook Mexican biscotti hit this week.
     
    #1406 Elldawg13, Jun 23, 2017
  7. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    I'm sure - I was also offered the Mexican biscotti break, but I had already gotten that one.

    Edit: Sorry, missed your first question. Binnys on Grand.
     
    #1407 FBarber, Jun 23, 2017
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  8. PhilBallins

    PhilBallins Savant (1,173) Nov 29, 2016 Illinois

    How bad?
     
    #1408 PhilBallins, Jun 23, 2017
  9. Beer_Economicus

    Beer_Economicus Pooh-Bah (2,698) Apr 8, 2017 Ohio
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    I was not in Chicagoland, and I paid $12 for Michigan Maple Jesus which was a 12oz bottle. My guess, if this is a bomber, would be 30.

    Not trying to detour this thread, but personally, I don't get the love for Evil Twin. Everything I have had has been crazy overpriced for how good I feel like it is, and I have yet to try anything that I'd seek out a second time. Oh, and F*** their ridiculously long names. :grimacing::rolling_eyes:

    But, yea, I am curious on how much it was.
     
    #1409 Beer_Economicus, Jun 23, 2017
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  10. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    $27.99. I didn't realize the price until I checked out ... I probably would have passed at that amount had I known in advance. (Second priciest beer I've bought to date after GI Rare)

    I got Michigan maple Jesus for $9.99 in NJ over Christmas. I personally thought it was fair considering plenty of other BA stouts go for that price that I like far far less ... (looking at you Avery).
     
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  11. Elldawg13

    Elldawg13 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2016 Illinois

    Just left Grand, manager said they didn't get it.
     
    #1411 Elldawg13, Jun 23, 2017
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  12. GrumpyGas

    GrumpyGas Grand Pooh-Bah (4,579) Apr 7, 2009 Illinois
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    I don't get it either.
     
    #1412 GrumpyGas, Jun 23, 2017
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  13. oN3xM

    oN3xM Zealot (694) Mar 22, 2013 Illinois
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  14. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,735) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    Binny's Grand is the worst.
    My experience with their releases:
    "Are you on the list?"
    "No, how do I get on the list?"
    "We no longer do the list...."
     
    #1414 HouseofWortship, Jun 24, 2017
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  15. croush

    croush Pooh-Bah (2,407) Mar 20, 2015 Illinois
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    I've never had that problem there and never been on a list. You must be as likable in person as some think you are on this board. :wink:
     
    #1415 croush, Jun 24, 2017
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  16. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    Grand doesn't do lists ... however I know that LP and some of the others do ... It really depends on the store. Grand in my experience is actually one of the best at first come first serving their releases.

    Last year I got Pappy Van Winkle at Grand no issues. Tried to grab a bottle of *blantons* at LP and was laughed at ... (for non-bourbon people its a solid bourbon that isn't common, but isn't hard to find) because Im not on their list.
     
    #1416 FBarber, Jun 24, 2017
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  17. croush

    croush Pooh-Bah (2,407) Mar 20, 2015 Illinois
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    I'll say that my experience at LP is much more extensive than that at Grand and I've been able to get way more stuff at LP than Grand. Never heard mention of a list at either place (and the same goes for Lakeview). Granted, you mentioned bourbon, so maybe that is a different story.
     
    #1417 croush, Jun 24, 2017
  18. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    For sure. Grand is my go to ... I'm in there uh, let's say, a decent amount ... :stuck_out_tongue: never heard of any lists.

    Tthe first time I heard about a "list" for anything at Binnys was the LP bourbon, but I've heard rumors of other locations keeping "lists".
     
    #1418 FBarber, Jun 24, 2017
  19. Zoomslowik

    Zoomslowik Savant (1,148) Mar 17, 2016 Illinois
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    Wait, Pappy actually exists?! I was under the impression that it was simply a legend about this mythical liquor of the past.
     
    #1419 Zoomslowik, Jun 24, 2017
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  20. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    to be fair it was only the 12 year ... the 23 year is a mythical unicorn reserved only for the most worthy of customers. :stuck_out_tongue:
     
    #1420 FBarber, Jun 24, 2017
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