The Locals HINTS AND HAULS THREAD

Just turn off your notifications them! Gawd! Lay off me!

 

You are evil.

 

This is SO what this thread is about -- I haven't checked in for about 5 hours, and got LIF results, amusing stories, good pictures... makes up for the disappointment of Monday morning. The good news is I found out Nugget Nectar is now available near me (and I will probably stop to pick it up on my way INTO work at 7:30 AM), and I got my inventory reorganized (the refrigerator was getting low, so I moved recent purchases and other chosen beers to the fridge). And yes, this WAS a tab in my beer spreadsheet that I printed out and used as a reference...

Caldera Brewing Company Mogli - move this from the Plan Bee logo box on the small shelves (bottom 2nd from right) to the basement fridge - bottom shelf
Rogue Chocolate Stout - move this from the Plan Bee logo box on the small shelves (bottom 2nd from right) to the basement fridge - bottom shelf
Trillium Stonington - move this from the HF logo box on the big shelves (bottom far left) to the basement fridge - bottom shelf
Mikkeller Beer Geek BreAKfast (with Anchorage Brewing) - move this from the box on the big shelves (2nd from bottom, far right) to the basement fridge - shelf
Trillium Pot & Kettle with Cold Brewed Coffee - move this from the HF logo box on the big shelves (2nd from bottom, middle) to the basement fridge - bottom shelf
Trillium Pot & Kettle Oatmeal Porter - move this from the HF logo box on the big shelves (2nd from bottom, middle) to the basement fridge - bottom shelf
Black Husky Big Buck Brown Ale - move this from the 2nd shelf up, far right to the basement fridge - top shelf
Jester King Wytchmaker Farmhouse Rye IPA - move this from the 2nd shelf up, far right to the basement fridge - bottom shelf
Revolution Bean Gene - move this from the 2nd shelf up, far right to the basement fridge - bottom shelf
Jack's Abby Cocoa-Nut Framinghammer - move this from the 2nd shelf up, far right to the basement fridge - top shelf
Southern Tier Choklat - move this from the 2nd shelf up, far right to the basement fridge - top shelf
Ballast Point Victory at Sea - move this from the bottom left shelf to the basement fridge - bottom shelf
Greenbush Distorter - move this from the 2nd shelf up, far left to the basement fridge - top shelf
Oddside Mayan Mocha Stout - move this from the 2nd shelf up, far left to the basement fridge - top shelf
Russian River Damnation - move this from the 3rd shelf up, far right to the basement fridge - top shelf
Trillium Double Pot & Kettle - move this from the 3rd shelf up, far right to the basement fridge - top shelf
Trillium Lineage Rye - move this from the 3rd shelf up, far right to the basement fridge - top shelf
Trillium Lineage Wheat - move this from the 3rd shelf up, far right to the basement fridge - top shelf
Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin - move this from the 2nd shelf up, far left to the basement fridge - top shelf
Rogue Shakespeare Stout - move this from the 2nd shelf up, far left to the basement fridge - top shelf
Ballast Point Sea Monster - move this from the long shelf to the basement fridge - bottom shelf
Broken Bow Red Ale - move this from the long shelf to the basement fridge - top shelf
Founders Black Rye - move 2 of these from the long shelf to the basement fridge - top shelf
Newburgh Cream Ale - move this from the long shelf to the basement fridge - top shelf
Pipeworks Mocha Abduction - move this from the top shelf far right box to the basement fridge - bottom shelf
Southern Tier 2xPresso - move this from the long shelf to the basement fridge - top shelf
Southern Tier PMX Extraordinary Ale - move this from the long shelf to the basement fridge - top shelf
Tallgrass Zombie Monkey - move this from the top shelf far right box to the basement fridge - top shelf
Trillium Rubbel - move this from the top shelf beer case box to the basement fridge - bottom shelf
Firestone Walker Sucaba 2015 - move this from the long overflow shelf to big shelves, 2nd from bottom, far left (there should be one empty slot)

 

I'm subtle like that

 

You're fine ... trust me, there are a few guys who are worse.

Although the one thing I have learned is not to blindly accept friend requests -- I think I accepted one guy I didn't know who has about 2000 friends; I have rejected 2 or 3 other requests after verifying they weren't locals members. Untappd actually gives an amusing response when you reject a friend request (something like "who needs friends anyway")

 

I think @Mikexw is actually John Nash...

 

Haha, some guy had like 70-100 toasts every time

 

Yeah -- I mean some are cool (I got requested by the owners of Carton and Trillium pretty early), but I think there are some people who literally just try to friend thousands of people. I don't purge people I've already accepted, but I don't toast them unless they REALLY deserve.

 

How do you deserve a toast? Is it solely based on quality of beer?

 

I guess that sounded obnoxious -- typically if they either drink something that's in my very top tier and rate it high, or if they give a particularly insightful comment, or (in the past) if I had nobody else to toast, which isn't really an issue anymore.

I'm still fuzzy on proper toasting etiquette -- I rarely toast a beer with a low rating; and usually toast one that has a high rating that I agree with, if it is someone from far away checking in something local to me (I'm looking at you, @NJB145 ) I toast it if I see it.

 

Priceless.

 

I'm friends with Wil Wheaton on Untappd, he gets a pretty good amount of Toasts (and comments) on everything he checks in.

Recently someone asked him if he had ever had BCBS (he was checking in some other BA stout) and I added that if he hadn't I'd send him one, but no response

 

Hey, @Syracuse12, or any of you other alumni, I'll be in Syracuse next week. What is the one brewery, bar, beer establishment that I need to try? Will just be getting off the airplane and will make a sip for beer, and maybe food before heading to Rome. I think we stopped at medival something or other last time, wasn't too bad...

 

You probably stopped at Middle Ages. Dinosaur BBQ is a staple of Syracuse, there are now a number of them but Syracuse is the original. Is good bbq for the north...

I'll write you more tomorrow when not on mobile

 

@PassMeAZima is my man! One of the best/easiest trades I've had yet. Hope all is going well with your situation.

 

That is awesome, since he is associated with two of my favorite TV shows...

 

On the radio today they said that was a self-imposed penalty, and the opinion was that it was smart of them to take the hit now since they weren't having a very good year anyway...

 

Are you kidding? I haven't cried this hard since my last trader sent me 15 day old Zombie Dust! #Lehighfresh.

 

That's all true, but the NCAA can still penalize them more

 

Ha. I definately remember that trade. Awesome hookup and my first Surly. I blame you for introducing me to that deliciousness.

Appreciate the well wishes. My wife is doing better each day. At a rehab facility now, getting therapy daily and hoping to get home middle of next week. Also, my cousin(who's a contractor) surprised me today. Went home to shower and there was a brand new ramp to get in our front door (very well done to ADA specs I might add). Couldn't ask for more supportive friends and family, present group/company definitely included