NBS BIF #13: Peninsular Envy 2 (The Rocket-Ball Inception)

Feeling good enough to have a couple from @FrankenMiller

Went with the hoppy beer from the box first and it's very nice.

 

Hopefully it's bad Michael Jackson, not bad... well, later Michael Jackson.

 

Yeah, UPS is our poorist deliverererer. Their drivers are stealthy and never, NEVER deliver a package to the actual door - one rainy day they left $300 worth of books in the driveway. FedEx and USPS may not knock but at least they leave packages close to the door.

 

We lived in Minnesota for 18 years (1999 - 2017) and our son still lives in Minneapolis, so I still consider Minnesota "local." We've been to Surly many times over the years, both the original brewery (in a factory) and The Mothership, which opened at the end of 2014.

That's when I got my original Surly tulip glasses. I use them a LOT, and the glass you have is one of 4 I ordered in February after my original 6 had dwindled to 3 through various excruciating breakages.

 

I got tired and lazy last night and forgot to post this easy drinking Cellarmaker IPA from @Dimidiata. Turok Juice was smooth with some Mosaic berry notes. Thanks, Christine!

Tonight's first round is the last beer in the ninja box that @jdell15 sent my way - Stagger Homeward by Great Raft. This is a full bodied imperial milk stout with some dark chocolate notes and a bitter, dry finish. Thanks, Jake!

 

My targets state had a firm hand in the founding of this country, there were many battles fought here.

 

I like to fill the inside of the glass with newspaper/bubblewrap too. Not sure if it actually helps.....

 

Hop Juju from @Pinz412 and Very Green from @Rub_This_BBQ have gone down. Prolly just work brews from here on out. whilst I listen to the Mariners first of 162 victories of the regular season.

Goms!

Do the things!

Score and prevent runs assholes!

(a holla to my homies from Lookout Landing)

 

Many thanks! I used to play around with photography in a former life, and the pandemic has made me put more thought into my staging. My wife is totally to credit for the decor that I have to work with, but I've become the official caretaker of the plant.

 

Damn, I can’t see you.

 

I do the same. I think it only helps my shipping anxiety, but, as far as I know, all glassware I have shipped has made it intact, so why mess with something that works?

 

I stumbled upon a potential solution for sending intact glassware- wrap it in bubble wrap and place it in an oatmeal carton. They are cylindrical and fairly sturdy.
My target will have to let us know if it works.

 

I'm-not-even-supposed-to-be-here-today hint #I-can't-remember: Your package is finished, and weighs more than one of my children.

 

One more from @FrankenMiller



Cheers!

 

Oooooooh! I hope it's the fat kid!

 

(acknowledging you were obviously joking) You wouldn't guess it to look at ME, but my kids are actually all pretty damn healthy, we're trying really hard to avoid letting them inherit my bad food habits.

That said, "a small child's worth" is no small amount of beer.

 

Somebody has beer waiting for them...

 

Dear God!!! @ovaltine

 

I’ll do my best to adequately explain what happened here tonight. It’s more or less safe to use the porch again, and I finally got the news crews and the gawking neighbors to leave. I don’t mind the news crews so much but I really don’t like the gawking neighbors (except Micah and Dawn, they’re OK). Anyhow, there was literally 100lbs of boxes waiting for me after work. No joke.

I brought everything inside and waited for the obligatory cat scan followed by a thorough lab report, then started unboxing (it took awhile).

Box no. 1 was from NH, one @smanson56 . This was a secret LIF prize, advertised as some ‘bourbon samples and maybe a few beers.’ Behold:



The bourbon samples he handcrafted himself (!) and have aged 2 years in/on charred white oak. Can’t wait to try them.

As far as the ‘few beers’…

Foam Pavement IPA
Barreled Souls Port BA Bombs Over Barley
Barreled Souls Sticky Fingers
Barrel Souls Cluster F%*k
3 Fonteinen A&G 17/18
Trillium BA Double Pot & Kettle w/Vanilla
Trillium BA Danish Gentlemen
Trillium BA Observing Reason
Foam Desolation Angels 4
Barreled Souls Dark Matter (Chocolate, Coconut, Almond)
Barreled Souls Honey Pot w/Almonds Wheat Wine
Foam Pop Crimes IPA
2 x Evil Twin NYC The Great Northern BA BW

And this was a LIF, a secret one at that! Sandy, that’s an over-the-top selection and truly a new bar!

Next, boxes no. 2 and 3. These were from Seattle and @kemoarps , whose graduate-level hints kept me baffled until the bitter end. Actually, I’m still baffled by a few of them. I might also add this was one of the finest packing jobs I’ve ever seen. First the bottles, there’s a lot of wax:



pFriem Chuck’s 10th Anny BW
Reubens Brews Three Ryes Men BW
Fremont Dark Star
Fremont Coffee, Cacao, Vanilla Dark Star
Fremont Cinnamon Coconut B-Bomb
Fremont B-Bomb
Holy Mountain Well of Souls
Holy Mountain The Goat
Postdoc Mexican Cake Demon Star
Urban Family Bottleworks Port BA 22nd Anny
Ferment Woodsman Porter
Machine House Dark Mild
Also, a Mystery Beer, cool Ravenna Brewing T, organic chocolate bars, cheese (Cheese!!), beer chocolates and stickers

The remaining goodies looked like this:



Burke-Gilman Troll Tarer
Burke-Gilman Ty’s Triple Tipple
Block 15 Sticky Hands
Reuben’s Brews Blimey That’s Bitter!
White Bluffs Nectar of the Gods
Watts The Leafcutter
Headless Mumby Smoked Rye Lager
pFriem Pilsner
Urban Family Dragon’s Wrath
Ravenna Wishing Fountain
Ravenna Altered State
Structures Seeing Things
Wayfinder Gravity Drop (another for Baltic Porter weekend)
Matchless Bar
Matchless Bar – Hazelnut
Mirage The High Window
Cloudburst Seems Plausible
Matchless 3rd/4th Anny BW
Stoup Robust Porter
Local-roasted coffee (grinding this in the morning!)

Crazy right? A spectacularly curated assortment of styles, with 19 new (for me) breweries and 31 new beers. Kestrel, this is just an insane collection - I can not thank you enough.

So no, with all this it’s not likely I’ll be able to sleep tonight. Thinking instead I’ll spread all these out on the living room floor and lie amongst them like a childhood Christmas. And as I lie there, pondering human altruism, I’ll be thankful and amazed at the incredible generosity of the folks here on BA. Gentlemen, thank you both!