Weldwerks in Chicago?!

They are in town for the festival at Mikerphone. Probably just sent a few extra cases and kegs for key accounts in the city and burbs. Not a regular thing if I had to guess

 

Iso

 

Fischmans had WW on tap Wednesday with some Juicy Bits cans to go, but sold fast as I got there too late.

 

seeing some posts that there was a weldwerks drop this week, has anyone seen any in the western burbs, Beer cellar geneva posted it Wednesday but was gone same day TIA

 

It all hit Wednesday. BJ's in Oswego had some as well as JP's in Naperville. Might want to check and see if any is still hanging around but.......that was 2 days ago.

 

Prestige in Westmont got it all yesterday. There was a a good amount of Weldwerks and Outer Range

 

Hey @eppCOS any thoughts on Outer Range? We got a bunch in Chicago recently.

 

Haven't there been frequent drops of Weldwerks in Chicagoland the past couple years?

 

I'd say there have been infrequent drops. Maybe 2-3 per year, in my experience.

 

They make some really solid IPA's. We have been getting distro from those guys here in VA for about 6 months or so and everything I've tried has been pretty good. Nothing life changing but for a shelf beer its worth the money.

 

Flight Tasting Room and Bottle Shoppe in Yorkville got all of the WW and OR, and you can buy singles all with curbside delivery. GREAT BUSINESS and SUPER PEOPLE!

 

I strongly recommend their IPAs. Stopped in their taproom last summer and tried a bunch of stuff - their IPA game is strong.

 

The Sabro and Lotus DDH Juicy Bits were both pretty good. Double Orange Dreamsicle was more solid to good. Got all 2 packs at The Beer Cellar Geneva and missed out on the Outer Range drops elsewhere. So if you have FOMO I would let that go but I don’t regret picking these up even at $5.50 or so a can

 

ORB makes great haze. Also a great brewery to visit if you happen to find yourself in Frisco or Breckenridge.

Juicy Bits (canned 4/14) showed up downstate this week. Thanks Covid-19 (?).

EDIT: I'm pounding a Fader instead of going to bed. No regrets.

 

Okay maybe a regret or two. But yeah, that beer is delicious.

 

Wound up getting a couple cans of everything expect Double Orange (Too many orange milkshakes this past month) and thought Long Distance Distancing was by far the best of the bunch. It was a collab also.

 

I've had Juicy Bits a few times now and never been impressed. Maybe I'm the problem but I'll be skipping it in the future.

 

I’m in the same boat. I had a few of their IPAs during the last drop. Nothing blew me away.