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talk about a loaded question. . .

Plowboy, I’ll PM you Celticbomber’s wife’s number. Only thing is she’s Jewish (just in case you didn’t know).

I might resemble that.

I could use some help tightening up the old wallet.....

Easy there! Clearly that last part was just dripping with sarcasm

Actually, I was thinking of a couple times when I said something in passing / off-the-cuff and next thing I knew, boxes appeared.

How about customer service?

Just sayin

I'm still wondering what happen to HOTM

ISO Weller 12,Antique 107,Full Proof.........so on and so forth.

last 3 boxes died on wombat's porch.

Peace, love and understanding.

How about quality high gravity stouts. Finding good stouts has become such an issue I had to learn to drink ipa’s...

Check with the smallest local breweries you can find.

There's two near me that date back to around the same time 3Floyds opened and their imperial stouts surpass anything the bigger boys put out save for Darklord.

Gotta find a place that doesn't have much overhead, has their revenue stream beers, but still has room to let the brewers do things they want to do just to do em.

Just got home from One Trick Pony in Lansing IL and definitely overdid it with my two glasses of beer. But they were pouring up a resinous sticky sweet thick robust stout with vanilla beans and cacao nibs at 11%abv. Took home a 4 pack. One Trick has very limited distribution. I believe they self distribute to area bars and liquor stores, no middle broker.

Flossmoor Brewery in Flossmoor, IL also has a few stouts on tap in the same vein. They were the brewery that turned me on to beers outside the norm, I think their taproom opened before 3Floyds did, or around the same time. I at least frequented them more than 3F mostly because they had tables and chairs and 3F had couches that looked like they picked em off the curb on garbage day. Now it's more of a high end restaurant and not as much a grimey brewpub but they still turn out some fantastic stouts. They have no distribution.

18th Street Brewery in Hammond and Gary IN also turns out some incredible high gravity stouts but much less frequently. They seem to focus more on the profit beers over the hobby beers but they do make them occasionally. But they sell out immediately.

I'm not a huge fan of IPAs. I do enjoy them, I do buy them, but I don't go out of my way to get my hands on any of them. The high gravity stuff like Russian Imperials, Heavy Scotch Ales, Barleywines, Belgian Tripel and Quad, etc I'll drive a good bit and wait in long lines to get my hands on them. A lot of that I think comes from brewing experience. I know what it takes to make these beer styles and to make them good. IPAs aren't anywhere near as technical/difficult as the heavy stuff, so I appreciate the art that goes into them.

Look for the ones that don't even have food.

When I'm out of town that's what I do, and I've rarely been let down. Even in a small town Florida near Gainesville I found a brewery that was in a pole barn down a dirt road behind an excavating company that had a FANTASTIC selection of heavy Belgian ales. They had mostly IPAs on tap of course but one tap handle and a fridge with bottles served up some mighty delicious Belgians.

Best Scotch ale I ever had was at a brewery in Georgia about an hour outside of Atlanta cant remember the name but it was a small stripmall slot next door to a bbq joint. I stopped for food and wandered over to get a beer and their chalkboard menu had like 6 beers on there. The brewing tanks and stuff were all in the same room, it was basically the setup I had in my garage just tripled in size. Anyway, they had nothing in bottles to go, just red solo cups and I bought the most expensive beer on the menu a something schilling scotch ale. Mind blowingly good. It was thick, resinous, coated the mouth with a melted caramel. Went to the bbq joint and got my food, finished my beer, and got back on the road.

Was in San Diego and hit up 5 different breweries, but the only one that had the good stuff was the one that only had pretzels on the food menu. Didn't find it on our own, there was a road closed on the way to the one we found online and the uber driver suggested we go to this one but he said they don't have food. I said PERFECT!!!

I think it's the hobby business breweries that make the best stuff ....if they can stay in business. There's been several that have opened, made some beers but petered out or transitioned to all IPA and food because that's what makes money. The heavy brews are expensive and hard to make and take a LONG time to finish. IPAs can turn over in under 2 weeks.

But people that are passionate enough about brewing to open a brewery to expand their brewing capabilities over seeking profits, those are the places you need to find. They're scattered everywhere, often times not easily found online either. The pony that I frequent, it's just got a rarely updated facebook page. No website if you look em up on the googles. Dude does it for the love of brewing. Most of the brewers are/were homebrewers who got together and made large batches of good stuff. They play with yeast growing and stuff too. It's a hobbyjob for pretty much everybody I know there. With no distribution, there's no need for pushing stuff out to meet orders and stuff. They just brew beer to brew beer, and enough people buy it so they can keep brewing.

+1

Whoever did that to palama was a mean BOTL.....

So illinichaser needs good stouts and cacman is ISO LFD Oscuro Lanceros. Napalm is an aspiring comedian, and jongk47 needs a free Tinder account.

I’m too pretty, I’d kiss it if I did.

As long as we understand what Z is in search of, I'm sure something can be worked out. Otherwise, I moved.. .

I haven't ordered from CBID since I lived in Illinois. That address is certainly not correct.

im heading down to a local shpo today
ill see what they have

ISO Gurkhas

Yeah at least tell us what model of Rolls Royce you’re after....

Napalm I didn’t care for that blend, also thought the Jacobs Ladder blend was overpowered.

Wait......are you with ISIS?

I’m not helping any goat fugger with IEDs

Any of the deadwood line, my B&M does not carry them and the smallest order I have see is a box of 10.