Darklord Day 2017

Discussion in 'Great Lakes' started by Beanblossom, Oct 13, 2016.

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  1. choder669

    choder669 Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2015 Ohio

    I was D last year, towards front of line and I grabbed a Bourbon and my wife grabbed a Muerte. We really enjoyed both, would do the same again this year if I had the same options. Luckily I got a group B this year, so hopefully get something new and mega tasty
     
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  2. croush

    croush Pooh-Bah (2,371) Mar 20, 2015 Illinois
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    Thanks for the insight into your thinking. I can see that from your perspective now. I still would normally think that the average craft beer geek would be more intrigued by a Bourbon barrel aged beer as opposed to a wine barrel aged beer...based on the craze & hunt for BBA beers when they hit the shelves.

    I haven't had any of them yet (still waiting to crack my BBA DL), so I can't speak to their actual taste.
     
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  3. Sabtos

    Sabtos Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,486) Dec 15, 2015 Ohio
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    I can help you with that ^BADL :wink:
     
  4. ChiCubs78

    ChiCubs78 Initiate (0) Jan 2, 2015 Illinois

    DAMN IT FFF! RELEASE THE VARIANT LIST ALREADY!

    I feel better now. Carry on.
     
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  5. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,629) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    The year before they did some weird cherry, cocoa nib and coffee thing I believe. Cherry is a novelty still and sounds better than a stodgy, reliable Bourbon DL. FFF has done had a version of Moloko with Cherries called Ronaldo so maybe people who liked that (it was good) based the choice off that.
     
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  6. kreg02

    kreg02 Savant (1,210) Nov 19, 2012 Illinois
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    Pretty sure Ronaldo had the lowest bottle count too... I just verified that it actually was(422) on @kodt 's wiki page which is pretty awesome btw!
     
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  7. Runofthedill

    Runofthedill Initiate (0) Oct 28, 2014 Ohio

    I somehow dont believe this unless you went with C, I was back of C and did not have access to bourbon. Not calling you a liar, but something happened cause they told me no bourbon.
     
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  8. ChiCubs78

    ChiCubs78 Initiate (0) Jan 2, 2015 Illinois

    I actually had a very intoxicated guy offer to hold my backpack full of Dark Lord for me when I had to visit port-o-potty island. The "I promise I won't take it when you're in there" response to me politely telling him "No thank you" almost persuaded me however.
     
  9. ChiCubs78

    ChiCubs78 Initiate (0) Jan 2, 2015 Illinois

    I was early C and grabbed what appeared to be one of the last BBA DL. So unless there was a box hiding somewhere I can see your point.
    *Also not calling the OP a liar...just seems odd.
     
  10. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,629) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    The Dark Lord Fortune 3666

    Without trial, there is no growth: those who only get Handjees should try for Cherry.
     
  11. kreg02

    kreg02 Savant (1,210) Nov 19, 2012 Illinois
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    There was a lot of this "boxes appearing out of thin air" thing happening throughout the day if I remember correctly from last years thread
     
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  12. choder669

    choder669 Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2015 Ohio

    Yeah I dunno then, they must have boxes of shit getting mixed up or something then, whether intentional or not. But to Kreg02's point above seems like there was enough stories of things showing up when others were told they were gone that things are either getting lost in the mix or they are just popping some boxes randomly at later times. At any rate I'd be happy with regular BBDL if thats what it comes to, but fingers crossed for B luck
     
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  13. Sammonsd

    Sammonsd Crusader (411) Aug 13, 2015 Michigan
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    Chris said they would be focusing more on the crowd favorites this year. I would expect more of the heavy hitters than in years past.
     
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  14. eppie82

    eppie82 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,341) Apr 19, 2015 Illinois
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    That would be awesome. Just do 4 variants: Handjee, FVM, BBADL and Coffee and call it good. Only thing that would be nice is if they had enough of those variants for all the attendees.
     
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  15. croush

    croush Pooh-Bah (2,371) Mar 20, 2015 Illinois
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    I like those choices for the most part, but would also encourage some experimentation. Adding in another variant or two with something different would be fun...you never know when they may stumble upon the next big thing.
     
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  16. eppie82

    eppie82 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,341) Apr 19, 2015 Illinois
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    True... Something that's Apple Brandy BA would be very appealing to me if they ever decided to do that. With coconut also.
     
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  17. Zoomslowik

    Zoomslowik Savant (1,016) Mar 17, 2016 Illinois
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    This assumes that they share our definition of "crowd favorites." After all, Temeculan gets a lot of mentions around here!

    Also, there are only 3 that they regularly make, so there will still probably be others.
     
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  18. Socalfan21

    Socalfan21 Pundit (870) Aug 1, 2013 Illinois
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    I mean I get it. These people working the festival have no idea whats going on. They don't care about the craft beer shit so when they say "oh wow we missed this box of *whatever*" I'm guessing they really did misplace a box.
     
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  19. LloydDobler

    LloydDobler Pooh-Bah (2,028) Jul 25, 2014 Indiana
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    Here is my obligatory post to help launch this past 100pgs again
     
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  20. Jplachy

    Jplachy Pooh-Bah (1,664) Feb 12, 2012 Illinois
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    Just make fun of the tote bag.
     
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