IBW in Forbes & on Star 96.7 Today!

Greetings Space People.

Real quick one today to let you know that our head brewer, Brian Buckman, was featured in a great article on candy beers today at Forbes.com

ALSO... He's going to be on Star 96.7 today around 4:30 to talk beers with professional wrestler, turned astronaut, turned radio DJ Eddie Volkmann. If you're not in Chicago, you can stream it at https://www.star967.net

Last and certainly not leaking, All Rise Brewing/Cobra Lounge has a pop-up bottle shop opening today in their Live Room and they're featuring your favorite UFO Cult cum International Beverage Front... US!. Isn't it funny how words change meaning and associations over time? Hmmph.

Lastly, as we descend deeper into the fall and this Presidential Mind Screw of 2020 please remember at all times that ideas, by their very nature, can not be stupid. Ideas only become stupid because of the people they inhabit and those people's interest in sharing them. 

OK! We are, as always, ABYSFULLY AWAKE (though sleepy today) and we hope you will join us soon....

IBW DEFEATS DEATH COMMEMORATIVE COINS!

We here at IBW International have exceptional news! And, like a virus or a chain letter - or, better yet, a good, old-fashioned pyramid scheme! -  we can hardly wait to share it with you!

It is our privilege and honor to announce that, as of today, October 9th, 2020, IBW has reached a state of unbridled perfection; the pinnacle of human aspiration.

We have become as gods.

We are like a poison toad cornered by the specter of it's own undoing, transforming and transcending the glacial peaks and darkest abysses of existence until, at last, we have become an ethereal and eternal being, enmeshed in the very air that every finite being breaths. We are thrilled to announce that:

IBW HAS DEFEATED DEATH!!

It hasn't been easy. It has tried the deepest reserves of our once limited continence. It has challenged our deepest held ideas of space, time and the role of humanity and human consciousness within the very fabric of the universe itself. But, alas, we did it.

And to commemorate this stellar achievement, we want to sell you something! We want to sell you a lot of things really, but, right now, we want to sell you this LIMITED EDITION COMMEMORATIVE COIN celebrating IBW's Defeat of Death. 

You can pre-order this newly minted coin through our website for only $99.90. But, you must ACT FAST, we are only making a limited number of these truly remarkable coins and they will not last long!

Featuring one of our most prominent cult members, Daniel Day Lewis, this LIMITED EDITION COMMEMORATIVE COIN can be yours for the LOW LOW PRICE of $99.90.

Mr. Lewis has been an inspiration to all of us here at the IBW compound with his uncanny ability to turn his nose up at the old, out-dated, ego-artifact that we call "Identity". Instead, Mr. Lewis embraces his true place in the universe as the ALL. Shedding and changing identities as the moment and the need demands it. Mr. Lewis is a beacon of light to all of us Light Seekers here at IBW and we can't wait to share his face with you.

This LIMITED EDITION COMMEMORATIVE COIN is made of about 80% post-user recycled copper and features this great year of our dark lord 2020 emblazoned upon it's frontispiece. It also features one of IBW's favorite mantras: "IN GOD WE TRUST (front)... THOUGH OUR CAMELS STAY TIED (back)".

We don't really know why it says "LIBERTY" on it... we had to rush this thing to minting and missed that during our proof read. Whatever, it's fine.

ANYWAY, get this LIMITED EDITION COMMEMORATIVE COIN now while supplies last!!! These beautiful pieces will not last long!

And, if you have any money left over after buying all of your friends & family commemorative coins - a truly hot piece of collector gold if there ever was one! - then you should make your next investment in FRUIT CREEP (formerly Fruit Slave) & BRONY which release to accounts starting today!

We've changed the label on the Brony can to make it clear we aren't selling My Little Pony branded beer and, frankly, we think this label is way better anyway. We had done a shout out to the Brony community in hopes of securing a real, honest-to-jah, Brony on the label, but, unfortunately, none of the photos that were submitted would have worked for hi-res can art. We're hoping to do something with the many great submissions we received, but we're not quite sure what just yet.

In the meantime, you'll have to drown your sorrows with the beer that's in the can (it's the same recipe you know and love!). It's a one-stop-shop of disappointment and all-resolving salve.

Jason is out doing city deliveries today and tomorrow. West burbs will get your beer on Friday. North is next Tuesday and South burbs are next Wednesday. Ohio should have their beer by Friday. Look for Michigan, Florida and Georgia mid to late week next. And everybody else, join TAVOUR as they'll be launching Fruit Creep very soon (their shipment goes out today!).

We're also super excited to announce our partnership with Shirts On Tap. Every month Shirts On Tap features a different brewery, it's members receive a one-off brewery shirt and coupon for that brewery's tap room (or in some cases, very soon-to-be tap room). Shirts On Tap is a great bunch of people and we loved working with them. We think you will, too.

You should definitely join Shirts On Tap and indulge in their great service, but, if you just want the fan-freaking-tastic shirt design they did for us, you can order the shirt and a hoodie off of our web store as of today. I promise!!! 

Pretty rad design, eh? Almost as cool as our LIMITED EDITION COMMEMORATIVE COIN!!!

Ok, you all know what to do, right? Then DO IT!!!

We are, as always, ABYSFULLY AWAKE and we hope you will join us soon....

Memory in Reverse...

We're on the other side of the Fall Equinox. Pretty nutty how much data we've shoveled in between these two solar nodes this year, eh? 

I keep thinking of two things when I think about this year:

1. I'm on a particularly gory grade of a mountain slope on my snowboard, now is not the time to freak the hell out about heights or try and control my speed, but just relax my cramping sphincter and find a digestible rhythm until the land flattens down again.

2. That apparently apocryphal Churchill quote: "When you find yourself in hell, keep going." There's plenty to chew on in those 8 fantastical words.

I suppose all this makes me think of one more snowboard-based piece of wisdom that seems to have resonant application throughout all of my troubled life. A friend used to tell me, as we would head into a particularly tree-laden point on our run, "If you don't want to hit the tree, don't look at the tree." Words of wisdom, Loyd, words of wisdom.

We dropped MEMORY IN REVERSE this week and we are pretty damn giddy about it. This is one of those hazy, juicy things your 9 and 10 year olds keep telling about. They're hotter than Brittany Spears, I tell you. They are going to blow up. 

MEMORY IN REVERSE has Pacifica and El Dorado hops, but the star of the show is the wholly enigmatic Sabro hop that gives this beer, while shuffling through moments of apricot, citrus and creamsicle, an undeniably coconutty finish. 

The name MEMORY IN REVERSE was cribbed from one of the most mind-bending books we've forced all of our cult members to read this year, Eric Wargo's "Time Loops: Precognition, Retrocausation, and the Unconscious". Here's a little blip off the sleeve:

"This landmark study explores the principles that allow the future to affect the present, and the present to affect the past, without causing paradox. It also deconstructs the powerful taboos that, for centuries, have kept mainstream science from taking phenomena like retrocausation and precognition seriously. We are four-dimensional creatures, and sometimes we are even caught in time loops—self-fulfilling prophecies where effects become their own causes."

If 2020 hasn't gotten weird enough for you yet, crack open a can of our MEMORY IN REVERSE and curl up with your pet reptile and a copy of Eric's truly profound book.

That's pretty much all I got today. I'm going hunting for rabid emu this weekend and have a lot of shots I need to take before we head out in the morning.

FRUIT CREEP (formerly Fruit Slave) & BRONY (with a hot new label) drop a week from Monday. And there's a super rad collaboration we're working on that we'll let you know about very soon. 

Tie your shoes, keep your mind right and, please, just wear your damn mask. You can have any stupid idea you want even while wearing a mask. I promise.

The Ballad of the Peanut Butter Pony & Kreeper Release TODAY!!

Greetings Furry Friends,

As part of my lockdown therapy I've procured a bird feeder that sits just outside my back door. These tiny dinosaurs are strange, loquacious little beasts. And, while I feed them a steady diet of extremely rare and expensive birdseed that I've procured on the dark web, it would seem at least one of my neighbors has been feeding these freaks modular synthesizers and demon whistles. 

The ever evasive illusion of a peaceful mind can take many forms. And, apparently, many strange and disturbing sounds as well.

And, please don't tell me the lockdown is over. I'm just getting the hang of it.

We've got some delicious poisons to drop on all you beautiful people this week. Our friends down in the IBW Reality Studio have been very hard at work.

I'm most excited about THE BALLAD OF THE PEANUT BUTTER PONY. This 13% gooey and gory stout is punched up with cocoa and non-allergenic peanut butter flavoring and is perfect for sharing with your pony after a long day chasing steers.

Now, I can hear some of our Amish brethren gasping for breath at the idea of us using a peanut simulacrum instead of REAL INDUSTRIAL PEANUT BUTTER. But Stop, Ok? And then I'll remind you that this whole freaking charade we're involved in here is a simulacrum - we're living in a freaking computer simulation, folks - so get over it, Mr. & Mrs. Peanut Butter Puritan. Plus, this particular flavoring that we used is incredibly delicious and it's non-allergenic so our cult members who suffer from peanut allergies can actually, for once, enjoy some pleasure again in this life.

Now, we've released THE BALAD OF THE PEANUT BUTTER PONY previously in a limited 750ml format. But these bad boys are in 16oz cans. And, my sweet lord, these cans look delightful.

And, plus, if you buy THE BALAD OF THE PEANUT BUTTER PONY and don't like it, well, you can go back to your favorite local bottle shop and buy KREEPER which also releases today.

KREEPER is one of those classic, old-school IPAs that is crystal clear - remember those? And, while you can stare at your cat through it like some kind of delicious fun-house mirror, KREEPER is still endowed with all that rich, hoppy smoothness you've come to love in your other IBW sacraments. I believe we've got Meridian, Hallertau Blanc and Nelson Sauvin in this particular hero. Go on, son, get it.

But wait! That's not all. We have been busy lately. Busy for you, ladies and gentlecreeps. And that means that next week, after we drop all the KREEPER and THE BALLAD OF THE PEANUT BUTTER PONY, Jason will be back in the van delivering super fresh FUZZ MAGICK to the world. FUZZ MAGICK remains one of our favorite Double Dry Hop Double IPAs here at the compound. Clocking in at 8% and full of apricot and tangerine goodness from the hops, this fellow is all you need to attain full awareness on your death bed. So you've got that going for you.

OH! And this Friday we're excited to be participating in CHICAGO FRIDAY NIGHT FLIGHTS - TO GO! Here's a bit moreinfo from the site (note that orders have to be in by TOMORROW!):

"Chicago Friday Night Flights... returns on August 21, 2020 highlighting the craft brewers in the West Loop and Chicago Brewing District. We have curated a sampling of tasting room only and small production beers from local brewers, packaged together for an exclusive, Chicago craft beer tasting tour."

We've got our delicious piquette-inspired-wine-spritzery-not-beer-but-gluten-free-and-crushable-thing that we made with our friends at City Winery and that humans call PLEIADIAN PLAY DATE available for this event. As part of the event you'll also get beer from ATB, Burnt City, Cruz Blanca, Haymarket and other West Loop breweries. This should be a great way to erase your awful memories and start from scratch.

Astro Eye Scream & Pleaidian Play Date Released...

Long time, no talk. How you holding up? How's this karmic enema treating you and yours?

Go ahead and answer out loud, we can hear you. We can hear everything, actually. 

Despite the world stopping in its collective "Oh No!" moment, some strains of collective trance prattle on. One narrative we're happy to promote is the one where IBW is producing and distributing delicious beer to help you:

• Cope with stress

• Cope with room mates

• Connect with room mates

• Connect with stress and work through it

• Forget

• Remember

• Discover those little fleeting moments of transcendent Joy that come only in solitude and with music

• Drank

In service of maintaining this particular illusion, we proudly announce this year's release of cult favorite ASTRONAUT EYE SCREAM!

Produced with Galaxy, Mosaic, Citra & Mandarina Bavarian hops as well as some yummy lactose sugar to boost sweetness and body (it's balanced!), Astronaut Eye Scream will keep you giddy and buoyant no matter how fierce our gravity gets. It's in stores this week.

Also available in Chicago, Detroit and Ohio is a fun little experiment we made with our friends at City Winery. Pleaidian Play Date is a piquette-inspired spritzer made with Washington State Cabernet pomace and hibiscus to land at a delicious 6% ABV as the perfect answer for sweaty, hot summer nights under the stars.

Pleaidian Play Date is also, as luck would have it, Gluten Free. So all you folks who fear the Glutens, dig in! Pleaidian Play Date was packaged in lovely little 8oz sleek cans that are perfect for sticking into totes, coolers, or pockets depending on your outing and your kink. Don't know what the hell a piquette is? Follow this here link.

You can acquire either of these fine offerings - as well as our other treats like Orange Sunshine, Trust and Brainwash - at all the best bottle shops & liquor stores across this fair land.

We hope you all are doing what you can to enjoy the summer in this strange year of our lord 2020. Please just wear the damn mask.