The Warmth wrote:West Lakeview Liquors is in Chicago. The lady who owns it is a little crazy, but they an amazing selection.
Looks a very good store. I wish we had something as good as that over here. We probably do to be fair, i just don't feel it. And their prices seem fairly reasonable too, especially for the high strength beers. While the real ale scene is flourishing over here, the general overall choice can seem to be very dull, to me anyway. I never buy bottles of what we call 'real ale' unless there's the odd Brew Dog or Meantime beers that catches my eye.
spzrtent wrote:Well the Raspberry Icce Black i'm pretty sure was a raspberry eisbock. Completely different. It goes thru a frozen process which takes out much of the water and leaves the alcohol hence the high abv. It was delicious. Brewery only. Never bottled.
I saw a raspberry ale and a blueberry stout on that website and got the two mixed up, made five. I simply can't think of a brewery over here where, even if you're as enthusiastic as yourself, where it's almost essential to drive to just to get hold of these beers. Mainly the micro breweries tend to churn out as and when they feel like it, or the seasonal and occasion beers (i.e, the royal wedding) but they are usually blends of beers or dry dry hopped. I don't think there are any beer release days over here. Some special beer festival beers but that's about it really but having been over here many times and recently I guess you already know that Alan.