Chicagoist: Chicagoist's "Beer of the Week": Three Floyds' Black Sun Stout

Chuck

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:07:46 -0600

You know, the attempts at class warfare that break out here over beer never cease to amaze me. It's just beer, people. Really. I'd rather read constructive criticism about the quality of my photos (and I'm working on that, btw).

Joe m500

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:01:21 -0600

Nice choice Chuck! Been drinkin' Three Floyds since day one. ( damn, it's been TEN YEARS already)...

brewer a

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:34:51 -0600

Thanks for picking a local beer this time around. Chicagoland has a lot of local beer that deserves to be highlighted.

vivachavez

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:20:14 -0600

Wow, like a true Daley voter, you have your head firmly buried up your ass. I guess we should all get down on our knees and thank Da Mayor for keeping the unions from trying to raise our standard of living and stick it to the aristocratic bloggers who are the true oppressors!

Erin

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:27:17 -0600

"Now, I am off to Banana Republic/J Crew in my BMW 5 Series (CTA is for losers). I need to buy some khakis and a black leather jacket so for my weekend out at Barleycorn and the Hangge Uppe. Too bad they didn't close down Double Door to put a BR in there, but I take comfort in knowing that my condo displaced some affordable WP housing units. Made spending my trust fund more palatable." Aping off of the lptrixie.com lingo *NEVER* gets old. Sigh. Can someone please come up with an interesting rebuttal other than this sort of lazy, God-forsaken tripe? Thanks.

Go Daley Go

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:51:26 -0600

...being PAID $7 an hour. And while not great, its better than the $0 an hour they will get if they had not job. Good to see you calling out Chicagoist writers as yuppies for drinking this stuff. They sometimes have trouble coming to terms with it. Now, I am off to Banana Republic/J Crew in my BMW 5 Series (CTA is for losers). I need to buy some khakis and a black leather jacket so for my weekend out at Barleycorn and the Hangge Uppe. Too bad they didn't close down Double Door to put a BR in there, but I take comfort in knowing that my condo displaced some affordable WP housing units. Made spending my trust fund more palatable.

vivachavez

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:46:12 -0600

Yes my friend, thank god for Mayor Daley. Those loafing liquor store clerks are much better off being payed $7 per hour, keeping the cost of this tasty brew down to around $6 per bottle... oh wait, now that I think of it, those clerks can barely afford to drink the yuppie swill they sell you on that salary!

vise77

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:49:33 -0600

Yeah, the same Mayor Daley who's been waging war on taverns and liquor stores for at least a decade.

Go Daley Go

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:45:16 -0600

I am just glad Mayor Daley won, so that small business owners such as the liquor stores selling this fine product have an ally behind them in city government. Otherwise, the city council would probably force them to pay the clerks $25 an hour plus benefits, and this product would cost $20 a bottle!

Chuck

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:22:54 -0600

Indeed it is, erin. I wished I taken a picture of the shock on my face when I saw that. Bertp: I would guess that the reason Black Sun - and most stouts - are served on nitrogen mixes, as opposed to CO2 is specifically because most drinkers expect those bubbles, and the cascading effect that stouts are known for. The hop flavor is much more prominent on this beer served from the bottle.

erin

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:04:23 -0600

love the pic of the light. that there stout is a black hole.

BertP

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:51:33 -0600

While you're at the Floyds, maybe you can ask why they seem to prefer having people serve Black Sun on nitrogen, instead of carbon dioxide. The hoppiness gets muted due to the finer bubbles. Do a side-by-side comparison and you'll see. Your review is spot on, though.

Llama

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:37:08 -0600

I took a trip to Three Floyd's brew pub this past weekend for some libations and tasty, greasy foods. (I live in Indiana, so it's not much of a trip.) The first thing I tried was their BA (barrel aged) Robert the Bruce - aged in bourbon casks for a year, it was pure mouth-happiness. I then switched to the Black Sun and was stunned by the, well, stout-ness of it. It's everything I've ever wanted a stout to be, served swiftly from a nitrogen tap.