{"id":1812,"date":"2013-11-19T01:20:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T05:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=1812"},"modified":"2013-11-19T01:20:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T05:20:16","slug":"travel-gis-bourbon-county-stout-release-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/11\/19\/travel-gis-bourbon-county-stout-release-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Travel: GI&#8217;s Bourbon County Stout Release 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stout season is here! My favorite stout is Bourbon County from Goose Island. They\u2019re a Chicago based brewery that is now owned by\u00a0Anheuser-Busch InBev and most of you know what BCS \/ BCBS is. A few months ago, I decided to go straight to the source for this year\u2019s release. We get BCS in Vermont and it comes to Mass as well but every store I know of will break the beer down into singles for $10 a piece despite is being sold in 4-packs for $25. We also don\u2019t get to see the variants such as Coffee, Barleywine or this year\u2019s Backyard Bramble Rye. Around the same time as I was thinking of going to Chicago, I got this inspiration to do a tasting at my place for our small meet up group. The group isn\u2019t full of craft beer snobs, just beer drinkers that enjoy quality brews. I wanted to do a BCS tasting with every bottled year and variant that I could find.<\/p>\n<p>While putting together the huge tasting and trading for some of the older bottles, my buddy Chris from RateBeer offered to join me in the Chicago trip. His Birthday falls on Thanksgiving this year, we both had a 5 day weekend so it only makes sense that share the driving responsibilities and make this an epic road trip.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never been to Chicago and the longest road trip I\u2019ve taken was about 13 hours when I drove from San Francisco to Seattle in 2009. This trip is 15 hours and cross 7 states from our home in New Hampshire. We\u2019ll also get to see 3 of the Great Lakes. Along the way, Chris and I setup some brewpubs and bars to visit and a stop-over in Cleveland to stay with a fellow RateBeer member that we haven\u2019t met before. Here\u2019s the schedule:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Depart New Hampshire Early-AM on Wednesday the 27th<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Brief stopover in Buffalo NY for lunch and beers<\/li>\n<li>Arrive in Cleveland at 3PM\n<ul>\n<li>Great Lakes Brewing<\/li>\n<li>Fatheads<\/li>\n<li>2 beer stores<\/li>\n<li>2 bars<\/li>\n<li>Crash with RBeerian Thanksgiving Eve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Up early morning on Thanksgiving day and head to Chicago<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Three stop-overs on our way there and check in to an apartment I rented for 2 nights that overlooks downtown and is half a mile from Goose Island\u2019s black friday festivities<\/li>\n<li>Dinner @ 5PM at Lady Gregory\u2019s Irish pub \/ restaurant<\/li>\n<li>Walk over to Hopleaf for 6PM beers. Their kitchen is closed Thanksgiving but they\u2019ll be serving beer.<\/li>\n<li>Turn in early that evening to get some much needed stress probably in bed by 10PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Black Friday, up at 3AM to get in line at Binny\u2019s beer store in Lincoln Park<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Hopefully, we each get a 4-pack \/ bomber of each of the beers coming out this year<\/li>\n<li>At 2PM, we have tickets to the Goose Island Brewpub BCS tasting \/ pairings event that sold out in 2 minutes flat!<\/li>\n<li>After that, it\u2019s time for a short nap and we\u2019ll hit Whole Foods near Lincoln Park and a few brewpubs (Half Acre &amp; Revolution are taking priority)<\/li>\n<li>Friday evening at 9, I have a reservation for Chris and I at Chicago Cut steakhouse. While technically not his birthday anymore, I wanted to take him somewhere really nice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, we get up early and head to 3 Floyds in Indiana<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Depending on how we feel, we either go back home the way we came (14 hours) or we drive through Indianapolis and Columbus and visit a few breweries and make the trip a 17.5 hour drive.<\/li>\n<li>If we take the longer trip, I have a few breweries in mind to visit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We will be back in town early morning on Sunday, December 1st. Maybe we\u2019ll have a stop over to sleep in Pittsburgh or Allentown but I\u2019m sure we can push through. I took Monday off from work to rest.<\/p>\n<p>========<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll try to take plenty of photos of our trip. The reason I\u2019m posting this schedule up is that I\u2019m sure a few readers here are on the route we\u2019re taking or are based in Chicago or are going to be at the BCS sale \/ tasting events. If you are, please let me know. I\u2019m looking to meet up with anyone that wants to grab a beer or food. If there are places we\u2019re missing out on, please post a comment and let me know.<\/p>\n<p>While our budget and time is tight, I\u2019m trying to maximize this trip as a road trip like this only happens every 5 or so years.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the Map to Chicago:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013 11 19 at 12 17 22 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-11-19-at-12.17.22-AM.png?resize=600%2C238\" width=\"600\" height=\"238\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my proposed trip back from Chicago (adds 2.5 hours of driving)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013 11 19 at 12 17 03 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-11-19-at-12.17.03-AM.png?resize=600%2C267\" width=\"600\" height=\"267\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a few spots we want to hit on the way with push-pins. If you live near any of these, let me know:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013 11 19 at 12 17 35 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-11-19-at-12.17.35-AM.png?resize=600%2C232\" width=\"600\" height=\"232\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stout season is here! My favorite stout is Bourbon County from Goose Island. 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