Countdown to Coconut BCBS

Does anyone know if Goose was referring to their Clybourn location for a bottle release (like KH) or Binnys across the street when they said "see you in line"?

 

Castle Vav

 

I would guess it's more of a general "see you in line". They did release Cthulu at Clybourn but that bottle count has to be way smaller, no ?

 

Probably a stupid question.. But Chicago distro includes burbs right?

 

Cthulu(or hwoever its spelled) had a bottle count of about 350.
All of the variants, including proprietors coconut should have a MUCH higher bottle count, I would guess coconut will be around 500 cases?

Neither the Clybourn or Wrigleyville brepub will ever sell BCBS in bottles again.

Unless something very bizarre happens or they happen to sell you some "cellared" BCBS at a much, much higher markup.
The brewpubs are in no way connected to Goose Island, except the name on the building. Owners are completely different.
Think of the brewpubs as a independent operation that does not have a distributor or a bottling line. Essentially the same as Pipeworks except even smaller scale.

The brewpubs could change their name to whatever the hell they want, if they choose to. They could be the Greg Hall Beer Company if they wanted to. But they choose to keep the Goose Island name on their building, and Greg Hall ensured that part of the deal when selling Goose was to be able to keep the GI name on the brewpubs. They keep the GI name for the notoriety.

 

For Great Lakes/Midwest breweries? Yes, Chicago means the burbs as well. For an out of state brewery? Many times Chicago does not include the burbs.