Where & What IBW Bottles to Buy Right Now
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We've been hard at work here in our underground bunker pushing out new recipes for bottle release about every 2 weeks since the start of the year. Here's a quick primer on what's available in stores and where to find it:
Nabikhopf (7% Hoppped-up Farmhouse) - Not everything gets better with age. For instance, this juicy, farmhouse style ale made with almost 10 pounds of hops per barrel is best enjoyed while still in the plumb of it’s youth when it’s tropical fruit and citrus notes have been uncompromised by time. And, for a fruit so ripe and bright with flowers, it drinks with a surprisingly sensual smoothness generally reserved for only the most delightful of sins.
You can find this at Bitter Pops (Chicago), Binny's Jefferson (Chicago), Go Tavern (Chicago), Madison Vine Wines (Chicago), Puerto Rico Food & Liquors (Chicago), Foremost Liquors (Oak Forest), Garden Gourmet (Chicago), Grape & Grain (Homewood), BJs Wine & Spirits (Oswego)
Jinx Remover (5.1% Brett Pale Ale) - This is our brewer Brian's favorite beer that we make. John Douglas, the beverage manager from the Paramount Room, asked us to create a beer that would pair with their special Wednesday night Wagyu beef burgers. We wanted to make something with a caramel heart and enough acidity to cut through the buttery fat of the burger. Using a tart finishing yeast and a pale ale grist we then blended the base beer with our 100% brett fermented Cult of Ed to help accentuate the floral notes of the dry hopped base. The result is a highly sessionable beer with about four distinct points of flavor, perfect for enjoying with Paramount Room’s delicious burger or enjoying all on it’s own for hours at a time.
You can find this at Beer Temple (Chicago), Binny's Marcey (Chicago), Grand & Western (Chicago), West Lakeview Liquors (Chicago), Iron & Glass (Romeoville), Art of Beer (Highwood)
Orange Sunshine - (4.8% Citrus Saison) We’ve combined our house yeast, orange and lemon zest and topped it all with experimental German hops. The result is an insanely sessionable beer with the flavor and complexity of something twice it’s weight in booze. The wine-dry, crisp body and delicate citrus notes insure you keep Orange Sunshine close during those long Summer days melting your face under the Chicago sun.
You can find this at Beer Temple (Chicago), Binny's Marcey (Chicago), Binny's Jefferson (Chicago), Binny's Lakeview (Chicago) ,Grand & Western (Chicago), West Lakeview Liquors (Chicago), Bitter Pops (Chicago), Bottles & Cans (Chicago), Logan Liquors (Chicago), Maria's Packaged Goods (Chicago), Warehouse Liquors (Chicago), Madison Vine Wine (Chicago), Grape & Grain (Homewood), Iron & Glass (Romeoville), Foremost Liquors (Oak Forest), Prestige Liquors (Westmont), The Beer Cellar (Glen Ellyn), Binny's Naperville
Fnord - (7% Wit) FNORD harnesses malted wheat & pilsner combined with American and Noble hops to provide a playground for our yeast to enjoy. The result is a crisp Wit full of complicated herbal, fruit and floral notes dressed in understated wisps of candy and citrus, each working together beneath a rocky, creamy head that helps the medicine go down. If you don’t see the Fnords, they can’t eat you.
You can find this at Beer Temple (Chicago), Binny's Lakeview (Chicago), Binny's Marcey (Chicago), Warehouse Liquors (Chicago), Red & White (Chicago), Art of Beer (Highwood), Iron & Glass (Romeoville)
IBW-25 - (6.3% Fruited Farmhouse) Discover the miracles of modern chemistry with IBW’s homage to Sandoz Lab's greatest contribution to humankind, IBW-25. A pilsner & wheat grist is dried paper-thin laying the foundation for this crushable farmhouse acidified with tamarind & passion fruit. Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream.
You can find this at Beer Temple (Chicago), Grand & Western (Chicago), Beermiscuous (Chicago), Binny's Marcey (Chicago), Binny's Lakeview (Chicago)
Sex Cult - (6% Tart Farmhouse) Sex Cult is the perfect beverage to pour alongside the bath-salt fondue and catnip jello-molds at your next key party. This tart farmhouse is made with only water, hops, barley, yeast & time while achieving acidity comparable to the best bacteria-born beers. It pairs exceptionally with taboo.
You can find this at Beer Temple (Chicago), Binny''s Lakeview, Binny's Jefferson, Binny's Logan Square (Chicago), Bottles & Cans (Chicago), Fresh Market Place (Chicago), Go Tavern (Chicago), Grand & Western Liquors (Chicago), Madison Vine Wines (Chicago), Noble Grape (Chicago), Puerto Rico Food & Liquors (Chicago), Warehouse Liquors (Chicago), West Lakeview Liquors (Chicago), Garden Gourmet (Chicago), Logan Liquors (Chicago), BJs Wine & Spirits (Oswego), Binny's Glen Ellyn, Binny's Downers Grove, Binny's Naperville, Foremost Liquors (Oak Forest), Grape & Grain (Homewood), Iron & Glass (Romeoville), Prestige Liquors (Westmont), The Beer Cellar (Glen Ellyn)
Augstus Glooped - (9% Salted Chocolate Stout) We’ve combined rye, roast malts, cocoa nibs and alderwood smoked sea salt and boiled everything for 15 hours to create this rich, black beauty offering you the best dark fruits and deep, dark chocolate in a complex, adult stout that comes on like chocolate cake and leaves without linger.
You can find this at Beer Temple (Chicago), Binny''s Lakeview, Binny's Jefferson, Binny's Logan Square (Chicago), Bottles & Cans (Chicago), Fresh Market Place (Chicago), Go Tavern (Chicago), Grand & Western Liquors (Chicago), Madison Vine Wines (Chicago), Noble Grape (Chicago), Puerto Rico Food & Liquors (Chicago), Warehouse Liquors (Chicago), West Lakeview Liquors (Chicago), Garden Gourmet (Chicago), Logan Liquors (Chicago), BJs Wine & Spirits (Oswego), Binny's Glen Ellyn, Binny's Downers Grove, Binny's Naperville, Foremost Liquors (Oak Forest), Grape & Grain (Homewood), Iron & Glass (Romeoville), Prestige Liquors (Westmont), The Beer Cellar (Glen Ellyn)
Alright friends, that's it for now. Get your affairs in order, Craft Beer Week is just around the corner. Keep your eyes peeled for our schedule of CCBW 2017 events later this week.