Oldskewl
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Picked up 2 bottles on Black Friday. I over paid. Both went in my wine cooler since they were already chilled. Plan to drink one very soon and try to save the other for next year.
Who picked up BCBS today?
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spongebob2
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Yes -barrel & bottle aging are different but my point was maybe the stuff might be worth the price if they invested their time not mine jmho.
Price would be higher. Local bar did a big BCBS tapping on black friday. They had last year and this year of Regular BCBS on tap, plus a couple variants from this year. Bottles of several variants (including Prop and Rare) for the past few years and regular BCBS in bottles going back to 2010. The prices went up on the regular BCBS as they got older. A bottle of 2010 was $18, IIRC, which, IMHO, isn't bad for a bottle they stored for five years served in a bar.
hi. my name is Billy the Klubb. have you ever been pawnched in the berries?
wobrien
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Free Dan Hess.
Just added to my stash. Guy at probably my favorite local store held on to a few more bottles for me. (I'll also add that he and the grocery store were the only ones that did not mark up the prices.) Brings my total take up to:
1.5 case of regular
3 bottles barleywine
2 bottles coffee
1 bottle regal rye
1 bottle rare
That's more than enough regular BCBS for me, and i doubt that I'll see any more variants anywhere, so I think I'm done. Well, unless I can find a reasonable trade for Proprietor's...
1.5 case of regular
3 bottles barleywine
2 bottles coffee
1 bottle regal rye
1 bottle rare
That's more than enough regular BCBS for me, and i doubt that I'll see any more variants anywhere, so I think I'm done. Well, unless I can find a reasonable trade for Proprietor's...
formula2fast
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I think this beer is at its best at 3 years old. I have had some up to 5 years, but they are starting to fall off around then.
Also, part of what makes BCBS different is that it is not barrel aged in a temperature controlled room. It is aged for almost a year in chicago seasonal temps which is what makes it slightly different. Our temps are all over the place...Super cold in the winter and super hot and humid in the summer. As the seasons change, the beer moves in and out of the wood pulling different flavors. Go on GI website and watch the grit and grain series about BCBS...It is really cool and gives a lot of info on the process of making the beer.
Also, part of what makes BCBS different is that it is not barrel aged in a temperature controlled room. It is aged for almost a year in chicago seasonal temps which is what makes it slightly different. Our temps are all over the place...Super cold in the winter and super hot and humid in the summer. As the seasons change, the beer moves in and out of the wood pulling different flavors. Go on GI website and watch the grit and grain series about BCBS...It is really cool and gives a lot of info on the process of making the beer.
I'm willing to trade one of my 4 y/o Bud Lights for 1/2 case of BCBS or the variants.
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I can probably get Hamms out here, I get you two of those to beat out the Billy.
has it been properly cellared for 4 years?
MonkeyBot
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I don't understand why we I can't get this in Minneapolis 
I can get all sorts of other Goose Island beer, why not this one?
I can get all sorts of other Goose Island beer, why not this one?
formula2fast
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I don't understand why we I can't get this in Minneapolis
Many areas don't allow the sale of this because of the high ABV...I don't know anything about your area, but maybe that is it. I know that GI sent this to just about everywhere they had distro, so maybe there is a reason it is not around you. The distributor also determines who gets it, and around here they usually base the stores allotment based on their entire year of GI sales.
MonkeyBot
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Definitely not the ABV. I can get Avery's Tweak which is 17%. It could be sales I suppose, there's a lot of competition in the beer market here especially with Surly, Fulton's and other great local breweries. Doesn't mean I have to like it
formula2fast
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Definitely not the ABV. I can get Avery's Tweak which is 17%. It could be sales I suppose, there's a lot of competition in the beer market here especially with Surly, Fulton's and other great local breweries. Doesn't mean I have to like it
My thoughts are with you during this terrible time. I think your only option is to trade for it. I know a lot of guys around Chicago want 2014 Darkness, so you can probably work out a trade if you have a supply of that, or any other high profile beers from your area.
MonkeyBot
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I actually had a guy send me a bottle of the 2014 regular and barleywine with a couple local beers tagging along. I was only really looking for the BCBS regular (won't ignore a barleywine though!) and it was the only bottle in the package that broke
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I'm calling you out BK... I have a bottle of Bad Frog Lemon Lager from 1997 with your name on it.
Properly cellared under my BILs bed (at his parents house) for ~18 yrs.
we're gonna be in Sioux Falls on the 31st.
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It's yours. I've also got an 18-year-old Bud ice that is now brown with some nice floaty's in there just begging to be reviewed.
I'll do it. and I'll bring you some Abrasive or something for the trouble.
Monkey Steals the Peach. straight up. Monkey Steals the Peach and Feeds it Back to Them.
I don't understand why we I can't get this in Minneapolis
Just happened on several cases in Rochester...regular and Rare. Gone in a few hours. Hit town same day as BA Darkness. Blew my beer budget for December.
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On no. I got a second bottle later in the week, so I opened one last night. Not super happy, and glad I didn't go whole hog hunting this one.
Poured about a third of bottle into an 8oz snifter. Taste up front is a bit of barrel aging, raisin, and roasted malt caramel. There is classic bourbon vanilla and aged wood as well. Thick mouth-feel, but with a slight bit of heat from alcohol. (Very little for 14%, but it is noticeable.) I also noticed a bit of oak, not as in barrel aging, but definitely oak. I don't recall that in past.
Second and third sips it is noticeable sweet. Almost under attenuated sweet. That starts to make the whole thing heavy and unbalanced toward the end of the glass.
I am not sure the sweetness will age out, but I do have one more bottle to put downstairs with previous years. I need to find a '13 and try it today, to compare, but I don't recall them ever being "sweet".
Poured about a third of bottle into an 8oz snifter. Taste up front is a bit of barrel aging, raisin, and roasted malt caramel. There is classic bourbon vanilla and aged wood as well. Thick mouth-feel, but with a slight bit of heat from alcohol. (Very little for 14%, but it is noticeable.) I also noticed a bit of oak, not as in barrel aging, but definitely oak. I don't recall that in past.
Second and third sips it is noticeable sweet. Almost under attenuated sweet. That starts to make the whole thing heavy and unbalanced toward the end of the glass.
I am not sure the sweetness will age out, but I do have one more bottle to put downstairs with previous years. I need to find a '13 and try it today, to compare, but I don't recall them ever being "sweet".
wobrien
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I ended up with a case of regular and I have a couple trades in the works for some of the coffee variant
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wobrien
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I have two to trade (keeping four to age). I'd be interested in anything that ages well that is hard to get in the Chicago area. Barleywines, sours, barrel aged beers, etc.
I don't understand why we I can't get this in Minneapolis
I picked up some in the Minneapolis area. My local liquor store had it. And even Total Wine and Haskells had it.
My sister grabbed me 4 in Cloquet. It was all over. Just regular BCBS is what I got. I think Total Wine had barleywine too
MonkeyBot
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Huh to be fair I have not searched for it I used a beer locator. I'm lazy
Now I have to go see if any bottles went unnoticed somewhere. Me being lazy makes more sense than it not being distributed here.How about a prop?
Sorry I do not. All are spoken for on trades or will spend a couple years in my cellar.
I can do this! thanks for the invite! would you prefer aromatic or non-aromatic? well, I'll just do what I want anyways.
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