NBS BIF #6 Sign-up thread

Discussion in 'Beer It Forward' started by BBThunderbolt, Aug 3, 2017.

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  1. Grizzarky

    Grizzarky Initiate (0) Jun 6, 2014 Tennessee

    This is me every BIF
     
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  2. Wasatch

    Wasatch Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,062) Jun 8, 2005 Colorado
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    Some people filled out their Want/Got lists.

    Cheers!
     
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  3. beerjerk666

    beerjerk666 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,155) Aug 22, 2010 Florida
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    ...or you do figure it out and your sender won't admit to it, which is still part of the fun. Round 4 I was convinced it was someone and she wasn't, but still sent me a box!
    Plus the ninja boxes....oh boy that's even more of a surprise!
     
  4. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Oh sure, when you get your targets name, definitely look at their Wants/Gots/Hads. The point is to send beer that is NBS worthy. Now, if you have access to something that your target has had before, and loved, go ahead and throw one of those in too. I hate coffee and pumpkin beers, so I'm never particularly psyched to get those brews. A modicum of effort is required for these things.
     
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  5. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Plus the side boxes. Which have already started, and this is just the sign-up thread!
     
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  6. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Lol, sounds like fun. So we get a name and address and everyone ships at once? I'm not into pumpkin beer either, nasty stuff.
     
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  7. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    You can send early, just make sure that your target gets their box a few days before the 'Share" date. That allows for errors by the shipping companies, and, if a certain beer is yeasty, gives it time to settle. I, and some others, tend to send two boxes. I'll mail a box of cans early, just to make sure, and time the box with bottles and swag to land on Wednesday or Thursday of share week. Except last round, my target was moving, so the big box had to wait until they had finished the move.
     
  8. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    What about shipments not to the continental US? Sounds like a nightmare.
     
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  9. beerjerk666

    beerjerk666 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,155) Aug 22, 2010 Florida
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    Yep, and most of us update our Wants list on here to help our senders ship us beer we want.
    You can start a spreadsheet, which I've done, to help you figure out who your sender will be by following along in the hints & hauls thread or you can just let it be a surprise. Some folks won't even leave hints.
    I had my porch utterly destroyed by @SammyJaxxxx in the last round! So, God help the BA that gets him as their sender this round!!!:smiley::smiley:
     
  10. 2beerdogs

    2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California
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    Yeah. I think @SammyJaxxxx is the 5th Horseman of the Apocalypse riding the Caramel Malt horse (Destroyer of Porches).
     
  11. beerjerk666

    beerjerk666 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,155) Aug 22, 2010 Florida
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    I'm still looking at some the epic bottles he sent me, that are sitting in my fridge! The Bruery beers alone were just crazy, not to mention the Surly Darkness and BBA Darkness he sent me!! Insane!
     
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  12. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Generally, everyone is from the contiguous 48, but we have had some Canadians in. Whet they'll do is rent a box at a drop n ship place, and use that. As far as our Hawaiian members, USPS Flat Rate boxes work nicely.
     
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  13. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    I saw a mention of Belgium, is Europe in or out?
     
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  14. SammyJaxxxx

    SammyJaxxxx Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2012 New Jersey

    If someone from Belgium wanted in there would need to be a discussion by the executive committee. We would need to make sure someone was willing to ship to Belgium.
     
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  15. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Would, theoretically, be in, but the logistics and expense means it's likely unrealistic. I think you're referring to one of the members who is traveling to Belgium, and will be bringing beer home with him, and then he'll throw a bottle or two in the box he sends.
     
  16. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Ah, that might be what I saw. I'm not a sour guy, but I'd guess most BAs might not be opposed to having Cantillion laid on them.,
     
  17. ovaltine

    ovaltine Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,787) Apr 6, 2010 Indiana
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    Or, as a newb, you can tell your target you're sending to him because, you know, you're a moron.

    Fortunately, @WesMantooth spared me the indignity of public humiliation.

    The "Hints and Hauls" thread ..... is like going up into your attic to fetch your wife's box of high school yearbooks and finding a box containing multiple bottles/cans of Westie XII, Heady, KBBS, Pliny, Parabola, Cantillon, and Mexican Cake. I spent a couple of months watching that thread and doing this on a daily basis .....

    [​IMG]
     
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  18. FFFjunkie

    FFFjunkie Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2014 Illinois

    Ok boys it's time for a little FUN.

    I'm putting together a care package of some very good locals. THE DEADLINE IS TUESDAY NIGHT AS I WOULD LIKE TO GET THESE OUT THIS WEEK DUE TO THE FRESH HOPS. The package will contain an assortment of the following 2 pics.






    PLUS, PLUS,PLUS.....

    To encourage the participation and spreading the love to others.....IF YOU AGREE TO DO A LITTLE NINJA BOX/CONTEST DURING THE SIGN UP MONTH I WILL INCLUDE YOUR CHOICE OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING. SEE PIC BELOW.





    Still with me?....GOOD. Here's the details.

    Winners will be chosen by either a random number generator, prettiest avatar or some other such stuff. Put something random about yourself in your response and it may just tip the scales in your favor.

    So, respond or tag me and say "I'm in for beer " if you just want the basic box. Or, put "I'm in for beer +1 and add a bomber from the bottom pic") if you agree to do a little BIF box here before we officially begin the BIF and help spread some love.

    To recap:

    if you just want the minimum tag me or send me a message saying "I'm in for beer"

    If you want the maximum then tag me or send me a message and say "I'm in for beer +1 molten mirrors(or one of the others from the bottom pic). You just have to agree to do a small random care package here before we officially get underway. I believe that gives you around 3 weeks to share some good beer with someone else.

    Cheers boys and sorry for the long post!
     
  19. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    @FFFjunkie I'm in for beer+1 Vlad the Conquistador. A random thing about me is that my favorite numbers are 11, 14, 41, and 112.
     
  20. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Lol, I don't know how to tag, but I'm in too, Conquistador sounds good. Bm sent if that counts,
     
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