Everything Local Hints and Hauls!!!

Lunch>Meadowlark. Both really good brews, but Lunch was the winner IMO.

 

My target will have to wait until next week. I need to try and round up a few items that will require me to do a little driving this weekend.

 

However, I did say State, not city!!!

 

To my target: I just picked up a bag of my favorite local coffee beans. I've done a little background sleuthing and I'm hoping you enjoy them. I'm still waiting on some fresh hop beers to show up in the market but if they take to long you'll be getting some pumpkin beers from up north that people seem to enjoy..... Weirdo's.

Another hint: My target is on the east coast and it will take a full week to get there. I plan to ship out next Monday!

 

Pfft...whatevs

 

Well the good news is, I won't have to buy mustard for a while.



I just got ninja'd a box by radio2525! Thanks Matt! Great timing too, I've got a porter/stout tasting I can bring some of these Big Bad boys to tomorrow. Grabbing some Great Lakes beers was high up on my list of "next things to trade for". He knocked this box out of the park (Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians to be exact judging by the mustard).

All 4 of the Great Lakes beers were wants, I could have sworn I added Headhunter IPA to my wants, and the Big Black Voodoo Daddy is a should have been want for sure. Columbus IPA was actually involved in my first trade ever, so I'm excited to see how my opinion of it has changed as my palate has expanded. And I'm always interested in trying some nice local IPA's such as this Buckeye Seventy-Six.

The pint glass and T-shirt will allow me to act like I've been drinking these awesome Great Lakes beers for years.

Great job again. Can't wait to try these beers.

 

I love Big Black Voodoo Daddy!

 

I bet you do, big boy.

 

Box will be packed this weekend and shipped on Monday for a long journey to the east coast.

 

box landing on the west coast TODAY!!!!

 

The box has been secured. Can't wait to open it up and get drinking. I'll post the haul later tonight when I get home. Is it 5pm yet?

 

Exciting times ahead. This next week should prove to be good times! My box will ship out Monday morning!

 

Its after 5 now. Be careful. Swag is in top dont cut it.

 

My box will be heading mostly north early next week, looking forward to seeing some of these hauls land!

 

Apparently I'm technologically challenged, and I can't seem to get the picture to rotate properly, but this lovely gift was waiting at my doorstep when I came home from work. Judging by the hints, I can only assume this was sent from brendan4532 from sunny Jacksonville, FL. Well done good sir! Definitely stoked to try a whole box of previously untried, and several unknown, treats. Here's the rundown for everyone, if the picture doesn't quite illustrate it clear enough:

Swag: Intuition Aleworks globe snifter, can coozy, and sticker. Pinglehead Brewing Company T-Shirt

Non-Beer: Dark Chocolate covered potato chips

Beer (L to R): Cigar City Good Gourd, Sweetwater Crank Tank Rye'd Ale, Green Room Secret Spot, Terrapin Double Feature, Terrapin Pumpkinfest, Intuition People's Pale Ale, Intuition I-10 IPA, & Cigar City Improv.

Love the fall seasonal offerings for sure, and can't wait to give them all a try. I'm guessing the Intuition cans will go great with watching the football game tonight. Thanks again for the great box!

 

Oh...god.

 

I also seem to be technically challenged at the moment.
Huge box from BigGene arrived today full of awesome brews from Florida.
The haul:
Cigar city big uns; cucumber saison, guava grove, batch 69, homefront ipa
Cigar city smalls; maduro x2, jai alai x2
Saint somewhere lectio divina
Swamp head brewery saison du swamp (great name)
7venth sun temerity nu

Swag:
Cigar city bottle bag and very cool snifter glass

Other:
Poppa D's nuts (butter toffee and hot)

Couldn't wait to get into these and cracked the 7venth sun tonight. Awesome. I have never heard of this brewery but will seek out more in the future

Thanks for the great box BigGene!! I'll try to get a pic up tomorrow

 

Glad you liked the box. 7th sun a a really small brewery in Dunedin FL. http://www.facebook.com/7venthSun
The Temerity is a Dark Ale aged in Virgin Oak Barrels for 4 months. You will have to tell me how it is, I have a bottle but have not tried it yet.

 

Here is the pic:
Huge box from BigGene arrived today full of awesome brews from Florida.
The haul:
Cigar city big uns; cucumber saison, guava grove, batch 69, homefront ipa
Cigar city smalls; maduro x2, jai alai x2
Saint somewhere lectio divina
Swamp head brewery saison du swamp (great name)
7venth sun temerity nu

Swag:
Cigar city bottle bag and very cool snifter glass

Other:
Poppa D's nuts (butter toffee and hot)

Couldn't wait to get into these and cracked the 7venth sun tonight. Awesome. I have never heard of this brewery but will seek out more in the future

Thanks for the great box BigGene!! I'll try to get a pic up tomorrow[/quote]

 

I arrived home today with the giant box awaiting me on the doorstep. I'm a huge fan of the Michigan beer scene and was super excited to see that I had received a box from Steimie!

Pics:

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Beer (Left to Right):

Jolly Pumpkin E.S. Bam (have loved everything I've tried from them)
Jolly Pumpkin de Viente (see above)
Dark Horse Plead the 5th (perma want and maybe my favorite RIS to date)
New Holland Ichabod Pumpkin Ale
Kuhnhenn Wheat Wine (never had super excited!)
Shorts Ale la Reverend IPA x2 (first beer from Shorts again really excited)
Bell's The Oracle DIPA (another new tick! Love Bell's)
Founders Imperial Stout (perma want and is battling it out with Pt5th for the RIS title)
Founders Breakfast Stout x2 (bottled a week ago? Fuck yes!)

Schwag:

Sanders Milk Chocolate Hot Fudge (yum)

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A really sweet Michigan pint glass

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and a fantastic Shorts T-Shirt (currently wearing it)

Thanks again Steimie what a great start to the weekend. I'd be very surprised if a number of these survive past it.

Cheers
Matt