Fresh Report

Return of Red

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:34:16 -0600

Welcome back, Red. Lagunitas Imperial Red is stupid good. Crazy flavorful hoppy, backed up by sweet malty goodness. Awesome.

In this week:

M I D W E S T

Dark Horse Black Bier
$10.79 6pk. bottled ?
Two Brothers Cane and Ebel
$11.99 6pk. best by 6/5/12
Founders Double Trouble
$10.99 4pk. bottled 1/23/12
Capital Pale Ale
$9.79 6pk. bottled 10/21/11
Capital Munich Dark
$9.79 6pk. bottled 1/20/12
Capital Special Pils
$9.79 6pk. bottled 10/20/11
Capital Wisconsin Amber
$9.79 6pk. bottled 11/18/11
Gumballhead
$10.99 6pk.
Jinx Proof
$10.99 6pk.
Dreadnaught
$11.99 22oz,
Blonde Behemoth Barleywine
$17.99 22oz,
5 Rabbit 5 Vulture
$9.79 6pk. bottled 1/17/12

E A S T

Victory Storm King
$12.99 6pk, best by 12/2/16
Cisco Bailey’s Blonde
$11.99 6pk. bottled ?
Dogfish Head Indian Brown
$11.79 6pk. bottled 12/20/11
Samuel Adams Winter Lager 6pks
$5.99 6pk. best by April 2012
Samuel Adams Whitewater IPA 6pks
$8.79 6pk. best by July 2012
Samuel Adams Noble Pils 6pks
$5.99 6pk. best by June 2012
Samuel Adams Griffin’s Bow Blonde Barleywine 22oz
$6.79 22oz. best by Jan 2013
Samuel Adams Cinder Bock Smoked Bock 22oz
$6.79 22oz. best by Jan 2013

W E S T

Lagunitas Imperial Red
$10.79 6pk, bottled 1/25/12
Lagunitas Sumpin Sumpin
$10.79 6pk. bottled 12/30/11
Left Hand 400 Pound Monkey
$9.99 6pk. bottled 12/7/11
Left Hand Milk Stout
$9.99 6pk. bottled 1/19/12

I M P O R T

Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
$3.79 each 550mL
La Trappe Quadrupel
$24.99 each 5 liter can
BrewDog/Three Floyds Bitch Please
$12.99 each 11.2oz
BrewDog/Mikkeller Devine Rebel
$12.99 each 11.2oz
Hirter Morchl
$1.99 each 500mL, $7.49 for 4

Cheers
~Randy

Three new beers

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:13:45 -0600

It’s apparently a slow week on the beer front lines: only three new beers this week. What the hell?

In this week:

M I D W E S T

Dark Horse Crooked Tree IPA
$10.79 6pk. bottled ?
Conways Irish Ale
$8.99 6pk. best by ?
Commodore Perry
$8.99 6pk. best by ?
Alpha King
$10.99 6pk.
Gumballhead
$10.99 6pk.
Pride and Joy
$10.99 6pk.
Three Floyds Arctic Panzer Wolf
$11.99 22oz, bottled ?who knows?
5 Rabbit 5 Vulture
$9.79 6pk. bottled 1/17/12

E A S T

Allagash Curieux
$16.99 each 750mL, bottled 12/1/11
Dogfish 60
$11.79 6pk. bottled 12/28/12
Dogfish 90
$10.99 4pk. $2.99 ea, bottled 1/5/12
Dogfish Palo Santo
$14.99 4pk. $3.99 ea 12oz, bottled 1/5/12

W E S T

Anderson Valley Oatmeal Stout
$9.99 6pk, canned ?
New Belgium Dig
$8.79 6pk, best by May 20, 2012
New Belgium Lips of Faith Cocoa Mole
$5.99 each 22oz
Grand Teton Sweetgrass APA
$10.79 6pk, bottled 1/3/12
*New to IL! Won Gold Medal at the 2009 GABF, American Pale Ale category. 6%abv, Columbus, Galena, Amarillo, Simcoe & Cascade, Dry hopped with Cascade
Great Divide Titan
$10.79 6pk. bottled 11/28/11
Lagunitas Sumpin Sumpin
$10.79 6pk. bottled 1/13/12
Lagunitas Maximus
$10.79 6pk. bottled 12/19/11
Stone IPA
$10.79 6pk. bottled 1/3/12
Left Hand Nitro
$10.99 6pk.

I M P O R T

Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
$3.79 each 550mL
Monchshof Schwarzbier 5L
$24.99 each 5 liter can
Wells Banana Bread Beer
$9.99 4pk 12oz
Hofbrau Maibock
$9.99 6pk 12oz

Cheers
~Randy

Dogfishery

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:34:20 -0600

Part 2 of the week’s arrivals came last night. Nice stuff, from the always entertaining Dogfish World Wide Stout and Faithful Ale to spring seasonal Conways Irish Ale from Great Lakes, there’s something for everybody.

In this week:

M I D W E S T

Dortmunder Gold
$8.99 6pk. best by ?
Conways Irish Ale
$8.99 6pk. best by ?
Commodore Perry
$8.99 6pk. best by ?
Alpha King
$10.79 6pk.
Robert the Bruce
$10.79 6pk.
Gumballhead
$10.79 6pk.
Pride and Joy
$10.79 6pk.
New Holland Dragon's Milk
$15.99 4pk, bottled ?/11

E A S T

Dogfish World Wide Stout 2011
$8.99 each 12oz, bottled “in 2011”
Dogfish Head Pearl Jam Faithful
$12.99 each 750mL

W E S T

Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout
$9.79 6pk, bottled ?

I M P O R T

Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
$3.79 each 550mL
La Fin du Monde
$9.99 4pk, bottled ?

Cheers
~Randy

Slammin

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:03:08 -0600

Last week brought us not one, but TWO deliveries of Bell’s Hopslam, each drop consisting of far too few cases. Well, I’m happy to report, we got a third tiny delivery, so if this post is uploaded quickly enough, you may still have time to swing over and pick up a six pack.

We got some interesting stuff this week: Anderson Valley Winter returned for the last time of the season, a new version of Left Hand’s Milk Stout, called Nitro, which is carbonated with nitrogen for a creamy draft-like pour (no widget!), the wonderful but under-appreciated Smuttynose IPA and Porter, the stupidly packaged but stupidly flavorful Dark Horse Black Bier among many other arrivals. Great week.

Since in recent weeks my Glunz delivery comes late on Thursday, I’m unable to post the full week’s Fresh Report until Friday afternoon. This week, I’m splitting the Report in half, posting what I can today then the remainder tomorrow. Those subscribed to the mailer will get a single email after all’s arrived. Cheers.

In this week:

M I D W E S T

Hopslam
$16.99 6pk. bottled 12/29/11, limit one 6pk per customer.
Dark Horse Black Bier
$10.79 6pk, bottled ?/11
Two Brothers Cane and Ebel
$11.99 6pk, best by 6/5/12

E A S T

Smuttynose IPA
$9.99 6pk, bottled 11/21/11
Smuttynose Porter
$9.99 4pk, bottled 12/12/11
Samuel Adams Alpine Spring
$12.99 12pk
Samuel Adams Brewer’s Choice Variety Pack
$12.99 12pk.
Contains two each of Lager, Black Lager, Alpine Spring, Whitewater IPA, Mighty Oak, Irish Red

W E S T

Sumpin Sumpin
$10.79 6pk, bottled 12/30/11
Lagunitas IPA
$9.79 6pk, bottled 12/20/11
Left Hand Nitro
$10.99 6pk, bottled ?
Stone IPA
$10.79 6pk, bottled 12/20/11
Stone Arrogant Bastard
$4.99 22oz, bottled 12/9/11
Stone Smoked Porter
$4.99 22oz, bottled 12/22/11

I M P O R T

Wells Banana Bread Beer
$9.99 4pk

Cheers
~Randy

Storming

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:28:26 -0600

Mid January and we FINALLY had our first snowstorm of the season in Chicago. I was beginning to think we we going to get off scot-free and slide right to spring. Oh well, all the better to drink to.

In this week:

M I D W E S T

Hopslam
$16.99 6pk. bottled 12/22/11, limit one 6pk per customer.
Bells Two Hearted
$10.79 6pk, bottled 12/16/11
Alpha King
$10.79 6pk,
Pride and Joy
$10.79 6pk,
Gumballhead
$10.79 6pk,
Jinx Proof
$10.79 6pk,
Robert the Bruce
$10.79 6pk,
Dreadnaught
$11.99 22oz,
Crispin Stagger Lee
$4.99 ea 12oz
It’s unusual that I post about cider arrivals (except for the fantastic JK ciders) but this one merited inclusion. Stagger Lee is a blended cider aged in American rye whiskey barrels, fermented with an experimental wit-style yeast, then blended back with unfiltered fresh-pressed Gravenstein apple juice to finish. Cool stuff.

E A S T

Dogfish 60
$11.79 6pk, bottled 12/13/11
Dogfish 90
$10.99 4pk, bottled 12/15/11

W E S T

North Coast Old Stock 2011
$12.79 4pk, $3.49 each 12oz, bottled in 2011
Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye
$7.99 6pk, bottled 12/28/11 *new beer!
$13.99 12pk, bottled 12/23/11
Sierra Nevada Torpedo
$7.99 6pk, bottled 11/22/11
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis
$7.99 6pk, bottled 11/10/11
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
$7.99 6pk, bottled 11/10/11
Dead Guy Ale
$10.79 6pk, bottled ?

I M P O R T

Hirter Morchl
$1.79 each 500mL, 4 for $6.49
It’s a Munich dunkel from Austria, malty and full bodied. Tasty stuff, check ‘em out, they’re nice and fresh.
Ayinger Celebrator
$11.99 4pk, *GREAT PRICE* on sale through Jan 21
Widely regarded as one of the best beers ever produced, this is the PREFECT beer to cozy up to on a day like today.
Trois Pistoles
$9.99 4pk, best by 11/8/14
Weihenstephan Korbinian
$9.99 4pk, best by 11/8/14

Cheers
~Randy