Originally Posted by
chgoeditor
Same here in Chicago, though I've rarely made the effort except for Dark Lord. I'm lucky to have a few friends who pursue hard-to-find beers and are happy to share. [...] A friend who gave me tickets to the Midwest Belgian Beer Fest has indicated that he may also give me his beer suitcase and expect me to come home with it -- ugh, checked luggage -- filled with some gems that are expected to be released next Saturday.
May I ask, regarding the beer suitcase transportation, does your friend prefer any particular bottle container? I hate to hijack the thread, but I was recently looking on Amazon and there was a large number of candidates:
Jet Bag
Jet Bag Absorbent
WineSkin Bag
Bottle Bully ("TSA approved")
Wine Safeguard
Anyway, in order to steer this thread back from the tangent, while I do love getting my drink on with Pliny, JO, and the other wonderful IPAs I mentioned previously, of late I have been drinking mass-quantities of
Stone Go-To IPA. In fact, I'm sucking one down as I type this.
I'll be visiting a local cigar bar on Thursday this week, hoping to find some on tap.