NBS BIF #16 Hints and Hauls: Sweet Sixteen - Teenage Lust Tastes Like Creamed Corn and Rolling Rock

OK, I've finally got a couple of minutes without babe in arms where I can shirk doing the dishes and pretend to be eating breakfast while the baby gets some fresh from the source.

I love my mother. I'm a grown-ass man, and I'm comfortable saying that. She's a wonderful woman. The reason I bring this up is that she has been very helpful with both of our recent concerns. She loves her first grandchild, and as such has been enthusiastically helpful about coming down to watch the baby while Mrs. Kemo and I are trying to resolve this car issue. The other reason she's come down has been to let us use her car to run errands, such as yesterday when we had to drive an hour away to clear out the last remnants of stuff from the husk that once was my old car. Anyway, en route to the salvage lot where my dear old Sub has been sitting, we were able to swing by our old apartment building. (As my wife reminds me) I'm getting long winded. The point being, I received a notification from our old apartment building that I had a package. Huh. Well, with the benefit of transportation, we were able to swing by and pick it up. The package was a massive cube of cardboard (see banana for scale, especially you @woemad ) with llama-tape holding the seams together, so I had a pretty good idea of what awaited me when we finally got home.
And soon, so will you!


(not pictures because I couldn't fit everything from this massive haul into frame, but a rad Moxie tshirt. I was going to make a spunk joke here, as that was apparently part of their salespitch, but, uh, I figured one banana innuendo was kind of my quota for the day)

This absolute mountain of aluminum and liquid will introduce me to my first ever Treehouse beers (and boy howdy there's a bunch of them!), I think my first ever Lawson's, my first ever Sound of Music beer, and so much more. There's even some goodies in here for the baby! Everyone gets some excitement.

First, the food:
Lots of New England waterfood:
Clam Chowder (is this the red kind, Maynard?) (my wife is staring daggers at me and threatening horrible things over that poor excuse for a joke)
Lobster Corn Chowder
Smoked Oysters
probiotic cranberries (have y'all ever read the post about the cranberry farmer and the wolf spiders? Claasic).

There's also some things to keep us warm as the weather slams full scale into late fall/early winter (when it was literally in the 70s two weeks ago! This year is so weird. So weird):
Heady Topper based hot sauce (perfect! I just used the last of my other hot sauce this morning!)
Chili infused maple syrup (I have to admit... I opened it and took a swig straight from the can/teen upon finding that one. Yup, it's tasty!)


Next, the swag:
The aforementioned tshirt. You can see the tail of it sticking down into the corner of the pic.
A dope little sea bean onesie (it's perfect, she is a little sea bean)
A gaggle of stickers, mostly affiliated with the aforementioned breweries (out of curiosity... what's the DB to which The Alchemist is so opposed?)
Some temporary tattoos of the same
A handful of coasters
An incredible/special Treehouse tulip (that also happens to be gigantic!), accompanied by an explanatory note telling of how they are not actually sold to the public, but were a special customer appreciation gift!
And finally, a truly Wunderful little llama that will be going in Juni's room!


This post is getting a bit long, so I'll be back with the beer content in a mo

 

Go team meteor!

 

OK, anyway, this is a site about beer, so I should probably tell you about the bounty of beer of which I am now in possession, thanks to the wunderful generosity of @WunderLlama

As I stated, I've never had anything from Treehouse before. I don't believe I've ever had anything from Lawson's either. And I've had Heady Topper once (thanks to @Roguer way back in the very very first iteration of this here BIF!), but that's the extent of my Alchemist experience.
Well, all of those things are about to change, in addition to some, uh, additions from other breweries with which I was completely unfamiliar!


(I figured since I was splitting the listing into two posts, I may as well include the one where you can actually see the tshirt, even though it's not as good of a picture for the rest of it!)

Hokay. Beer.

-Treehouse:
Wycinanki (a grodziskie! You don't see them often!)
Single Shot
Double Shot (Barrel Blend)
Quadruple Shot (Monochrome)
Quadruple Shot (Walden Autumn Blend)
Double Rainbow
Cobbler
King Cobbler
King Canpoy
Big Pineapple
Bigger Guava
Bigger Tangerine
Tangerine Scream

-Lawson's:
Double Sunshine
Hopcelot
Mad River Maple

-The Alchemist:
Luscious
Heady Topper
Focal Banger

Von Trapp - Oktoberfest (I'm saving this one for a week from now while the Seahawks are playing in Munich!)
Brick and Feather - Throw Me the Idol
Equilibrium with Other Half - HDHC Dream Wave Fluctuation
Living Life - Marshmallow Small Joys


Hot diggity daffodil! I've got some drinking and learning ahead of me!
Thanks Maynard!!!


EDIT: And I forgot to list the silver can 'o' mystery! That's what I"ll be hopping into tomorrow, inch'allah

 

Holy shit, that box was amazing! Great work, @WunderLlama!

 

The trashcans (which, honestly, didn't bother me a bit. Sign stealing is a time honored tradition in baseball. And folks are suspiciously quiet about the Phillies sign stealing...) we're 5 years ago, and they've only got about 4 players left from that team. It's history, get over it.

 

Damn.

 

Great Caesar’s ghost!

 

@kemoarps

I just sent another box today …to the old address ( not Lopez island)


Juni, I raise a glass of beer to you!

 

@russpowell

I sent a return to you , too for your full frontal assault upon my porch



I’ll dm you and @kemoarps the FedEx digits later

 

And shortly I'll be raising a whole bunch of glasses of beer to her (and to you)!

Thanks, Maynard!!

 

Way to hit @WunderLlama

 

@WunderLlama

 

Full list from last night;
Boundary Bay Cedar Dust
Bottom Cutter IIPAX2
Mystery BeerX2
Chuckanut Skagit Tulip Ale
Chuckanut Light Lager
Chuckanut Kolsch
Georgetown Bodhizafa
Georgetown Bobs Brown
Georgetown Lucille IPA
Georgetown Lily IPA
Boundary Bay Scotch Ale
Wayfinder Weizenbock
Boundary Bat Oatmeal Stout
Bake Breaker Hot Tub Lifeguard Sour

Also included was this neat little travel guide for Fall experiences in the PNW.

Thanks again, Terry. I might have to make a trip out your way someday.

Cheers.

 

Just popping in to say . . . wow.

 

First up; Bounday Bay Cedar Dust

Pours a golden/copper; fully translucent. A dense white foam coats the top, providing decent lacing and good retention.

Nose is some citrus, pine, and bit of bready malt.

Taste follows suit with some syrupy sweet nearly tropical fruit like notes. Feel is crisp but the sweetness adds some texture. Overall, I think this held up fairly well. I think I’m going average across the board 3/5. Cheers all and big thanks @BBThunderbolt

 

My dislike of the Astros mostly is based on the fact that they really didn't get punished all that much for cheating in a World series. Also, the fans that act like it's no big deal and have the audacity to get angry about being the team being called cheaters annoys the crap out of me. I mean, sure they've got a great team, but I think the Astros should get at least as much crap as the Patriots get for their alleged transgressions in the nfl. That's been going on for what, 20 years? Astro fans need to man up and take the criticism on the chin.

 

You'll be getting a very fresh can next week. That was just a box filler.

 

Word.

 

It's raining beer! I've been hit by @foundersasap. This is no normal Amazon package.


Damage report:

Food / Swag:
Jiffy Apple Cinnamon Muffin Mix
Kalamazoo Coffee Co - Backpackers Blend
Witch's Hat Brewing Co glass (doesn't show up well in the picture, but the glass is sweet!)

Beer (left to right):
Bell's - Larry's Last - Imperial Oatmeal Stout
Oddside - Hazel's Nuts - BBA Imperial Stout with coffee, coconut, hazelnuts & marshmallow
Oddside - Reinoso - BBA Imperial Stout with coffee
Brew Detroit - Cornerman - Red Ale
Brew Detroit - Campin' Beer - American Blonde Ale
Upper Hand - Laughing Fish - Norther Golden Ale
Lansing Brewing Co - Amber Cream Ale
Old Nation - Oktoberfest
Mystery beer
Pigeon Hill - SCP - Salted Caramel Porter
Saugatuck Brewing Co - Peanut Butter Porter
Easter Market - Raspberry Gose
Eastern Market - Oktoberfest
Witch's Hat - Night Fury - Imperial Stout brewed with Molasses
Witch's Hat - Three Kord - Kolsch
Founders - KBS Maple Mackinac Fudge

Jeff, well freaking done! This is amazing. So much beer, and so many new to me breweries. This is what this BIF is all about. Can't wait to dig in (and I'm super excited about the KBS and Larry's Last bottles!)