Piggy backing off @Griff57 he has been one of my long time traders and fits the mold of a Newbie. Dependable and always sends the NE goodies. He will be an awesome edition to the group and upcoming BIF round
We'd love to have you join us for the next round. A little piece of me wishes we had a @Dicers -esque character to vet and question all new "applicants" but alas, we do not (lucky for you ). Maybe @Elkevjoe fit the bill! Anyway, cheers and welcome to the madness. I thought I heard @azuelke mentioning a new round starting up with a ship date in mid-June???
Welcome @Griff57 I am no longer the only one from Upstate NY anymore. I am also in Buffalo and would be happy to meet up for a beer while out searching beers to add to our boxes for next round!
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. @Burrass has spoken very highly of this group so really excited to be here! @timmy2b That sounds great man. Do you live right in the city?
I'm looking forward to the @Griff57 vs. @timmy2b chug off. Loser has to jump off a 1980's model conversion van onto a folding table. The more I think about it, it is Buffalo we're talking about - maybe the winner gets to jump off the van?
Hahaha....The fine hard working people of Buffalo wear jumping through tables like a badge of honor. I feel like me, being an outsider, and a Patriots fan, would be infringing on something they hold so close to their heart. Unless they were purposely throwing me thru one wearing a Tom Brady jersey, at least.
Calling out @BillyWagons for always offering to pick up beer from the great state of Colorado. It's hard for me to say no...especially when he sends great extras from Wiley Roots and Outer Range plus he even helped me to become a Minister! Thanks @locoformavs ! May need to get in touch with Logan for future wagon wheel repairs!
Recent haul pics from the good doctors. First up is @MTKATL's brackets box: Passionfruit and guava Athena Paradiso, Dino Smores, Cigar City Yes, Always BA stout and CC El Cat / 3 Sons collab Across the Alley, Creature Comforts Booger Hill biere de garde and Siren Craft BA Caribbean Choco Cake - excellent line-up and many thanks for such a great box! Next up is @HeartofMiami, who again manages to slam my porch while staying below the shipping notifications radar: Didn't expect to have a chance to try 3 Sons Hug Hug Kiss Kiss, got blown away to see that in the box, which also came with other great goodies like Cycle Fresh Blacktop, Invasive Species Shogun imp stout, Odd Breed Blended Dark Strong, FB Mixology Series Margarita Gose, Civil Society Space Bunnies + Puppies DIPAs and Invasive Species Trapper Nelson DIPA and Braincloud IPA. Overly too generous beer mail Jared, many thanks!
I seem to always be behind on haul photos. Got this awesome congrats box from @jschott75: I have cracked a few of these already and they have been excellent. Looking forward to cracking into that Nectar soon. Thanks a ton Jim!
Welp...it's been about a year that I've held on to the cushions. I suck and am the absolute worst. I'm posting this now so that the mocking tomorrow at DLD can be slightly less. Got them from @Satch44 at the disastrous Buckley release so I'll just say the cushions were cursed by the the same thing that cursed that release, hence the delay. I still need to sign it and then off it goes! #CIF Rules... To keep the momentum going for the #CIF (Cushion It Forward), bridging the gap to the next round, here is this standard language: Invite list: Obviously anyone in the Newbie BIF is encouraged to participate. I'll open this up to lurkers as well. The only requirement is at least 5 trades and 100% feedback. In the spirit of the Newbie BIF anyone with less than 5 trades or with less than 100% feedback is welcome to join with a veteran sponsor. Veteran lurkers are also welcome. I will ask that you only sign up if you are committed to keeping the #CIF going. How it works: If you want a chance at these red chair cushions all you have to do is send me a PM titled "#CIF I'm in!". Include your name, full shipping address (work or home?), phone number, email address, and your Untappd name (optional). Let me know about any shipping date restrictions and style preferences. Rather than announce the recipient I will ninja the box out. The lucky BA who is surprised by the cushions will add their BA handle and location to the cushions with a permanent marker. Anyone who hasn't received the #CIF box is eligible. There are a lot of familiar names on these cushions so I need some new targets! I hope to get these moving along sometime before boxes start dropping for this next round. I will take entries through Friday, 05/23 at 11PM. Good Luck!
I think that second group picture really captured the "let's party" vibe that @Blacksheep2plt was throwing around all weekend!! Oh Yeah! And of course the picture is missing @Elkevjoe and @Elneenee due to Snoop Dogg problems.
