spanky wrote:Did you get the HopSlam in Illinois or did you get it in Michigan?
mhill95149 wrote:spanky wrote:Did you get the HopSlam in Illinois or did you get it in Michigan?
Cardinal Liquors in Palatine. I had stopped in at 2pm to just ask "when will you be getting the hopslam?" and as I was looking for the beer guy, the delivery guy showed up with the stuff! Pricey though, $19.99 a six pack. I suspect Binny's will be at least 2 to 3 dollars cheaper.
mamagotcha wrote:I have invented the Alberta Clipper cocktail. It consists of Lakeshore gin, a few drops of maple syrup, a big handful of snow, and bitters... lots and lots of bitters.
mamagotcha wrote:I have invented the Alberta Clipper cocktail. It consists of Lakeshore gin, a few drops of maple syrup, a big handful of snow, and bitters... lots and lots of bitters.
Bspar wrote:Half Acre Chocolate Camaro... I think their best version of this yet!
pudgym29 wrote: This thread may be slightly dormant, but it was what the search turned up for this information.
Unless you've been hiding out for awhile, you should know that this Friday, the 27th, is when Goose Island will officially release the 2015 Bourbon County Stout, and its variants.
I was not trying too hard to get this in 2014. I was not going to queue up overnight at Binny's in Lincoln Park. I will not do it this year, either. (Especially since Lev is no longer working there.) Part of the story was that with its increased production, bottles of the main beverage would turn up at locations like Walgreens, & Jewel-Osco. I'll just utter I didn't find it there. I did not get any bottles of 2014. I finally managed to taste the main beverage at World Of Beer in Evanston in February.
Where I shall go this Friday will be Fatpour @ Division & Damen Sts. At 2:00 pm, Goose Island is having some sort of tasting event there. It might be upstairs at Fatpour.
If that's too early for you, you may want to try for Timothy O'Toole's @ Fairbanks & Ontario at 5:00 pm. I will be on a one-day Ventra pass. (I also have the Central Electric Railfans' Association's monthly meeting @ State & Congress that evening.) I may try to hit both venues. Maybe not.
If you enjoy Goose Island Bourbon County, be on the lookout for it starting Friday.
Smassey wrote:My ingredient of the summer was Giffard's Banane du Brésil. It is a banana liqueur with a hint of cognac, much less syrupy and sweet than your parents' creme de banana. It would likely not appeal to people who hate artificial banana, but everyone I've served it to who likes banana has loved this. My favorite application is in an old-fashioned, with bourbon or rye and different bitters, garnished with a brûléed banana slice.
deesher wrote:Smassey wrote:My ingredient of the summer was Giffard's Banane du Brésil. It is a banana liqueur with a hint of cognac, much less syrupy and sweet than your parents' creme de banana. It would likely not appeal to people who hate artificial banana, but everyone I've served it to who likes banana has loved this. My favorite application is in an old-fashioned, with bourbon or rye and different bitters, garnished with a brûléed banana slice.
I'm not exactly sure why, but I bought a bottle of the banana liquer about a month ago. I've loved fake banana flavors ever since I had my first Beich's banana Laffy Taffy. This stuff is awesome and highly recommended if you like banana. It's the most banana flavor ever. It would be delicious inan old fashioned.
https://www.binnys.com/spirits/liqueurs ... esil-70543
Since I was so taken with the banana flavor, I returned the next week and bought a bottle of their pineapple liquer. Nowhere near as satisfying as the banana and not super pineappley. I will probably have to use it while making Painkillers in the future.