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

Holy crap!
Well done, @swenny916!

 

Glad it all made it. I tried to give the glass it's own little spot, but always worried about them. The Mr Green is your mystery beer. Nothing too crazy, but want to see your thoughts when you drink it blind.

 

Sweet hit Jay!

 

Beautiful hit there by @swenny916! So many great breweries represented with some awesome sounding brews!

I just finished swimming my way out of this massive box. Pictures taken, haul post imminent.

 

I live 1 hour and 54 minutes from the brewery. My sister, a decided non-beer drinker, lives about 15 minutes away.

There are times when the beer godz’ sense of humor isn’t very funny.

 

Stunning hit there @LehighAce06! Cellared beers are often the best, but obviously tastes differ.

 

Ok, here we go! Warning: lots of pics to follow. First of all, I'm going to recap the very generous boxes that @Dimidiata already hit me up with. Aside from the mystery beers and the Summer Life barleywine, I drank all of these already so they couldn't be included in a cumulative haul pic.
Box 1:

Box 2:

Now we get into the porch crushing box that landed today. It wasn't easy, but I made it through it all. I also want to mention that it was expertly packed with all of the bubble wrap able to be reused. First from the box, the cans:

top row:
HenHouse x Pink Boots Society - Well, Actually... IPA
Modern Times - Doors To Nowhere Imperial Stout w/ coffee, cocoa, coconut, vanilla, almond
Modern Times x Equilibrium - Silence Of Light Imperial Stout w/ pistachio, cocoa, vanilla
Modern Times - Chaos Grid: LOL Edition BA Imperial Stout w/ vanilla, cacao nibs, almonds, roasted salted peanuts
Modern Times - Monster's Park BA Imperial Stout Espresso Macaroon Edition
bottom row:
Saint Adairius Rustic Ales - Vanilla Joe Robust Porter w/ Verve coffee & vanilla
Moonlight - Death & Taxes Black Lager
Ghost Town - Inhume IPA
Ghost Town - Hammer Smashed Centennial SMASH IPA
Alvarado Street - Wave Jammer DIPA

Yes, there's more. Next up, the bottles:

L to R:
Modern Times - Barrel-Aged Maple Syrup
Saint Adairius Rustic Ales - Foudre #2 Foudre Aged Saison
Modern Times - Dragon Master BA Imperial Stout w/ cocoa, hazelnuts, vanilla
Modern Times - Modem Tones BA Imperial Stout w/ vanilla
Modern Times - Chaos Grid: The Final Course Blended BA Imperial Stout w/ coconut, coffee, almonds, cocoa nibs, vanilla
Modern Times - Monster's Teeth Blended Imperial Stout aged in Quadruple Flowers barrels
Modern Times - Flame Visions: Cuvee Moscatel Blended Red Sour aged in sherry barrels with pluots
Saint Adairius Rustic Ales - West Ashley Saison aged in French Oak Pinot Noir barrels with apricots

The whole box:


Well, I'm simply overwhelmed by all of this. Thank you so much, Christine! These all look insanely good. There are some new brewery ticks(SARA, Moonlight, Ghost Town), and all of these are new to me. These stouts and wilds just sound incredibly good, and I squealed with joy when I opened the two Moonlight cans. Receiving those cans from you felt like a right of passage in this group, and I can't wait to try them. This is more generous than I can even wrap my head around at the moment, and my liver is preemptively mad at me. Thank you thank you thank you!

 

I think Riwaka is where Nelson was a few years ago, not so popular yet that there's mediocre batches being used. I love that diesel-y aroma so much. Too much time spent at the race track as a kid, must be why fuel is a comforting smell for me lol.

I'm actually really curious about this one since I've not had a TH milkshake that wasn't flavored in some way. I'll drink the weird ones, but I don't go out of my way to acquire them.

Will do! I expect I'll be out traveling and taking beercations as soon as most places start opening up again. I watched an IG live with Jean of Tired Hands a few weeks back and he doesn't seem to be in any hurry to reopen so we'll see when that happens. Any tips on other places to check out in the Philly area are appreciated. Monk's Cafe is already on the list.

We've got access to a fair bit of lambic out this way. Cantillon bottles pop up in Whole Foods of all places. With Shelton Bros going under I'm not sure what will change, but with Cantillon and 3F readily available I've overlooked Tilquin. I've got the '17-'18 à l’Ancienne around here somewhere, just never opened it. Always can use more lambic since it's not got that need-to-drink-soon urgency like most beers.

The Abyss has licorice in it, which I'm not a fan of, so I've avoided it. On the other hand, I also thought I didn't like coconut but I do love pastry stouts with coconut in them so maybe it'll be the same for licorice. The Abyss is just too expensive for me to gamble on the off chance I won't mind the licorice, so I'm excited to try it and see!

 

WAVE JAMMER!!!

 

Finally able to post the tribute to @Mbgreg and the box that nearly did me in.
The inspection team did their job:

and I carried it downstairs to keep it as cool as possible until after work when I could properly address it. Very nearly tripped and fell while carrying this thing, and keeping the box from crashing down took some effort.
But finally work ended and I got to take the dogs out, which involved chasing deer over hill and dale. Exhaustion set in, box forgotten. (I know, right?!)
So I finally recall my waiting treasure and open it to see this:

This was new to me! Interesting. I carefully pulled the top off - lo and behold it was packed full of stuff, lots and lots of stuff - and beer!
First the non-beer:

first glass like that in my small but growing collection, thank you! And whole bean coffee! I am so looking forward to trying that! Spiffy shirt and BBQ sauce and sticker as well!
Then the non-stouts:

3 unlabeled (intentionally or do they come this way?) Trappist beers, mysterious indeed! And a Wild Ale named Plus Love from Fonta Flora, really looking forward to the weekend!
Next, the stouts. Holy cats, the stouts:

Whale Blood, three from Westbrook "Mexican Cake" (I've long wanted to try this!) and both a BBA and non BA version of "Gates of S'mordor" which I've wanted to try ever since reading about them here. The last two are from Fonta Flora - Spoonbill and Decoy. Both BA and both look soooo good. I don't know how I can properly thank you Mark, this is flat out amazing! And tonight just happens to be our monthly Stout Appreciation Night. Perfect timing!
Thank you again Mark, just amazing.

 

Nice hit, @Mbgreg ! Gonna assume those unlabeled Trappist beers are from Westvleteren, in which case you are in for a treat! The caps should tell you which ones they are.

 

Wow. Just wow. Very nice hit there @Dimidiata!

We definitely have some people on this BIF that know how to destroy porches in a way that makes their owners not mind repairing them.
Amazing, y'all are just amazing.

 

I had to throw in something that wasn't diabeetus inducing. I remember doing a blind tasting of eight or so ipas a couple years back and Wave Jammer was rated in first by most of us, over a bunch of Treehouse and Trillium. You miss the left coast, don't you, Jay? lol

 

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Box #4 from @WunderLlama. That is not a typo.

Two mystery beers (that makes 3 total), a trio of lagers (I’m like “Even Steven Seinfeld” - I shipped lagers to @Rub_This_BBQ and received lagers back!!!), and a delicious looking NEIPA, all new to me.

You have exceeded the boundaries that hold mere mortal beer nerds in check, Maynard.

 

Damn, great box from @Mbgreg! Gates of S'mordor is really great, and that Mexican Cake is sure to be great. Plus what @Dimidiata said below!

I was going to say the same thing. I never realized how easy those would be to turn into a mystery beer with just a single piece of tape. I mean, you know, if those bottles could just be easily found sitting around.

 

What a day of beer all around! I can't even keep up with the hauls in here anymore. Great hit @WunderLlama!

 

I’m thinking the bottle caps on those unlabeled bottles may yield a clue.

Look for a word word beginning with “West” and you’re golden, my beer nerd friend.

 

Friday night bombs dropping and week way from the official share day and lot of boxes still moving around the country. killer boxes @Dimidiata and @Mbgreg

at this point at least I feel not sure about others, bring it on!

 

Happy to see everything landed safely! I only just tried that bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup this weekend, and damn is it good. I recommend it on chocolate chip pancakes. I've seen some folks use it in Old Fashioneds as well.

If you don't have anyone to share the bombers with, I highly recommend one of these cappers if you don't want to dome the whole thing - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0010AWH2I/
I've had pastry stouts hold up for a week in the fridge capped with one of those with very little evidence of oxidation. Maybe because they are pure sugar but whatever. Enjoy!