The Beer Temple

3173 N. Elston Ave Chicago, IL 773-754-0907 Craft beer taproom, bottleshop and podcast.

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@beercruncher That, or a quirky one-liner

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@beercruncher @FatHeadsBeer @maplewoodbeer Looked it up - only IPA to ever Gold in both is Odel IPA. GABF 2007 & WBC in 2008.

So @fatheadsbeer “Super Gold” for Headhunter is unprecedented

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@beercruncher @FatHeadsBeer Yeah when you win twice it takes away a lot of those arguments - for example @maplewoodbeer Charlatan. When you win twice in the same YEAR??Very impressive. Or a million to one shot for a beer people just happen to say is the best IPA in the country (brushes dirt off shoulder).

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Just Released - Ep #300 - The Rise and Fall of American Wild Ale w/ Paul Arney, Vinnie Cilurzo, Ron Jeffries, and John Laffler
https://t.co/i045HZD3Ya

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Ep #463 of Zombie Dust Radio Hour is out! https://t.co/DU2NdnQMD5

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@avbc @BeerScribe Side note: Love your beer and think you got a raw deal in the Chicago Market.

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@avbc @BeerScribe Doesn’t eliminate, but changes. For the worse of the Indy retailer I think we can all agree on. It’s not surprise we’re against it. But like @OlympicTavern said, I’m not mad at the hustle. I get it.

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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt Also, very much value your opinion/ position, Clint.

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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt In the end, this bill as it stands is not THAT important to either side IMO. But for the guild to say the law’s goal is to help the end consumer rings hollow for me.

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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt DTC is MORE expensive for the consumer due to shipping costs, and there’s Zero experiential / fave-to-face relationship building.

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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt I don’t understand why the guild / BA is trying to weaken their strongest retail advocates. Now that people can buy craft in Walmart they don’t need us? Better hope Seltzer and RTD doesn’t continue to take more shelf space there.

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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt True, but only inside IL. Of course the idea is to make this available nationwide - which is why this is a BA push vs ILCBG. But easy nat’l beer shipping for suppliers and not retailers (what BA is pushing for I’d guess?) is existentially dangerous for craft specialty shops.

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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt Obviously as a retailers, we’d love to see these offerings (when it’s a brewery we regularly carry and champion).

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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt Couldn’t agree more - it’s to sell the specialty / hype offerings that can’t all go out the front door while still retaining full own-premise margins.

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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt I found it interesting that nobody seemed to think that this legislation was being championed by a local brewery, but rather at the request of the National Brewers Assoc.

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@IllinoisBeer No it’s not

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@ubme4aday Craft’s share in Chicago is higher than nat’l avg. Also, Fine wine is a smaller % than even that, yet expert distributor reps are prevalent and instrumental in selling to, and educating their retailers.

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How do the big beer distributors feel about craft? I don’t know. But I DO know that in Chicago, Reyes and the craft distributor they acquired are now fully merged & assigned us a new rep across both portfolios who’s “not super knowledgeable about craft.”