Forbidden Root (2018)

Here now for a brunch and some of the latest (atomic, toro ). I'm at bar in a blue Reuben's brews shirt with a beard....in case any of you BAers walk in.

 

Toro>night moth>atomic child.
This Toro really is ridiculous. No hotness from alcohol...whatsoever ...wow.

 

Don't tell my wife but I stopped at FR for a tiny taster en route to the grocery store. Missed all inclusive, which I'm sad about.

Night Moth might just be peach juice? Or is it a vanilla Italian soda? Hmmm... it's probably because of the oak, but all my mind descriptors are coming from white wine.

Ghost tropic 2 is much better than the first one.

May have also gotten each type of glass, so as to not play favorites.

Can't wait to crush the toro! while making bad decisions at a Korean BBQ tomorrow.

Nice work, gents!

 

@BJP Will Toro, Night Moth and Ghost Tropic still be available for growler fills today? Thanks in advance.

 

YES!

 

Atomic Child not at Binny's Grand yet

 

Per Twitter it hit Beer Cellar & Capone's

 

Stopped by the other night and loved everything. All Inclusive Resort was an unbelievable beer. Toro was very good and, as others are saying, dangerously smooth. Night Moth was everything I hoped it would be and more (I forgot how much I enjoyed White Oak Jai Alai, and this really rekindled that flame). Sparking Rose was also killer and a pretty impressive recreation of a sparkling rose wine (I'm a sucker for wine-y beers).

Hands down, the winner of the night for me was Industry Night. I've never had a negroni, but this cemented that I have to try one sooner rather than later. Regardless, I know what it is supposed to taste like, and for this to be a beer and not a cocktail is a feat.

Also the nice touches on proper glassware for All Inclusive Resort and Industry Night were the cherry on top. Plus the new gnocci were delicious.

 

Does Binnys South Loop get FR cans?

 

@KrajDoesBeer inquiring minds must know (and make plans) for the week of 9/12

 

If you're talking about the Radio Swan release, they posted the info yesterday in a Facebook event. 6pm on the 12th with a 3 x 4pk limit (yay double batch!). One line, some will hit distro, yada yada.

 

Radio Swan is that Tuesday night 3 4 packs per person! 6pm - yep same way AC release was and man that was smoooooooooth!

as for the rest of the week/releases- that's a wait and see

side note..

we should have a new fruited berliner on either tomorrow or friday!

 

Rumor has it we'll see the return of Stay Lit and hear the announcement of a BA Stout.*

*rumor started here.

 

Man. With football season, and soon (hopefully) Cubs playoffs starting, I really wish there was a TV at the bar. That's my only issue. Sound isn't needed, but it would he nice to grab some a few beers and a burger while watching the game.

 

This may have been covered but was there an issue with the card readers during the AC release? It took us 8-10 minutes to get our beers and glasses from the time we ordered. Seemed like they were keying everyone's number in by hand. Not a big deal at all but I'm going to remember to bring cash next time. Beers and food were fantastic, as always...

 

That issue is completely fixed- they were brand new card readers that we were able to fix midline last week- all good going forward!

 

Any of these berliners making it into crowler/growler fills?

 

I say this about every good craft beer bar/brewery. But, we have to be careful...apparently beer nerds aren't supposed to be sports nerds as well, so we don't want to get shunned.

 

I have to say, while I'm not a big sports guy any more (I used to get way too invested, and my teams usually are cursed), I agree with you. Especially if I'm at a place by myself, having some form of sporting on to distract myself is a good time.

I'll even suffer through watching the Cubs if I have to.

 

There are literlly thousands of different bars in chicago to do just that. Its nice having places with no TV.

Im a huge sports fan btw. I usually watch most of my sports at a bar. Just dont think it needs to be everywhere.