The Official Beer Thread

[Tooch4321]

Save your monies, buy Anti-Hero...

 

[ChicagoMediaMan]



Save your monies, buy Anti-Hero...

I find Anti-Hero to be just ok, but yes, it is a lot cheaper than hopslam.

While I don't think hopslam is quite worth all of the hype it gets, it certainly is a pretty damn good DIPA and is worth it for me to seek out a few six-packs when it comes out.

 

[otc]



Did you go to the south loop Binny's? I'm surprised they still had some. I know the downtown and lincoln park locations were sold out.

Plum Market at Wells & Division had 7 cases on Thursday night when I stopped in. I got 2 six-packs from them and then another one from Galleria at North and Wells. 3 six-packs is enough for me.

Didn't check Binny's. Just called Warehouse right after I posted and they said they had "a bunch" so I wandered over at lunch time.

There were 2 more boxes on the floor (4x6packs), don't know if they had any more in stock, but they were limiting it to one pack per customer.

Heard binny's had some zombie dust this weekend.

 

[hc4thehc]

Gonna have one of these next week...

 

[indesertum]

I had the Arcadia barrel aged porter and kunhenn cherry brune recently. Both were excellent. Age on the porter tempered everything and made it very balanced. The cherry brune is like.a more complex sweeter version of rodenbach grand cru. Delicious

 

[bdeuce22]



I had the Arcadia barrel aged porter and kunhenn cherry brune recently. Both were excellent. Age on the porter tempered everything and made it very balanced. The cherry brune is like.a more complex sweeter version of rodenbach grand cru. Delicious

 

[indesertum]

this saint arnold endeavor ipa is amaaaaazing. dank, citrusy but more so like oranges than lemons and limes, really nice malty sweetness, but more balanced than a lot of IIPAs i've had recently. would be really happy if this was a local beer i could go to

 

[nahneun]

save some beer for me, bro

 

[indesertum]



save some beer for me, bro

dude i have so much beer right now. i could literally drink a few beers a day and have enough for you as long as we meet up within a month or two

 

[hc4thehc]

Tonight, sharing with my dad:

 

[erictheobscure]

Question for you beer dudes: in New Jersey for the weekend and was grabbing some wine when I spotted a 1.5L bottle of 2011 Abbaye de St. Bon Chien for $35. I did a double-take because I'm used to Philly prices. (I think the place around the corner from me sells 750ml bottles for about $40). Is this the great deal that I think it is and should I snap it up or have I just grown accustomed to exorbitant prices?

 

[indesertum]

that actually sounds like a relatively great deal. I'm used to seeing it for like 30 a 750. still bit expensive, but it would be nice to pop it open at a dinner party

 

[erictheobscure]

I guess I'll go buy it. If I cave into temptation and open it when I'm drinking solo, havoc and headache will ensue

 

[fiestaplatypus]



Question for you beer dudes: in New Jersey for the weekend and was grabbing some wine when I spotted a 1.5L bottle of 2011 Abbaye de St. Bon Chien for $35. I did a double-take because I'm used to Philly prices. (I think the place around the corner from me sells 750ml bottles for about $40). Is this the great deal that I think it is and should I snap it up or have I just grown accustomed to exorbitant prices?

Not a bad deal for a currently hard to find vintage. Around here, it runs about $25-27 a bottle for either the 2007 (vintage release) or 2012 (current year) vintages. All other years have sold out. I found three bottles of the 2006 in the last few months and quickly snapped them up.

I'm no sure if it's just our distributor or if it's a brewery thing, but every year a vintage cellar release goes out, along with a fresh release. Thinking about picking up a case of the '07 before it's gone.

 

[Van Veen]

Did Hopslam prices go way up this year ($17.99/6pk), or am I just not remembering correctly?