Costliest Beer Drop?

had a bag of assorted divided sky yeti's where the bag broke and all of them smashed into khaki mocha brown foam

 

and you grabbed the closest straw

 

Not the same thing, but I had a drunk friend last weekend take a BA DORIS out of my fridge, pour it in a glass, and then forget about it. I found it sitting on the counter in the basement a good day and a half later. I was a sad panda.

 

I told this story last month, but I'll repost it here because it's seriously the most heartbreaking thing and I still can't believe this happened:

"My girlfriend (the girl in my profile pic) is not a beer snob, but she's a total nerd and she set out to buy me a bunch of great beers. She made a spreadsheet that aggregated the scores of the top beers on several different websites and then calculated the highest total scores and tried buy as many of those as possible as well as a few other little gems. This was about a 2 month long beer hunt. Keep in mind, she doesn't like beer, won't even drink it.

Obviously this was being done without my knowing for my birthday. One day, about 10 days before the day, she is really distant and agitated. Not with me, but I can just see something is really bothering her. She confesses that she bought me a bunch of beer and was storing it all in a big white box at her mom's. She had packed it in her car and was bringing it to her place and the bottom wasn't secured. Nearly every beer, except ONE, fell out and broke. Every bottle except one, ruined.

She showed me the list of what was in there. The beers in this box were as follows: Goose Island BCBS, Pliny the Elder, Boulevard BBQ, Fat Head's Headhunter, Abyss, BA Speedway, Avery Samael, Supplication, Consecration, Founders KBS. Swear on my life. And the only beer that survived? You guessed it. Samael. She was able to get a few of those again and is working on a similar haul now for Christmas, but this really broke my heart. And yes, I know, I'm very lucky."

 

I love how tw always packed them in boxes, but even they can break. I carry them in the 4 or 6 pack, and I carry bombers by themselves.

 

That was definitely a rough day... sorry to hear that for her and for you

 

I've only broken one beer but it was a KBS and one of my very first 4-pack, earlier this year.

Held on to the remaining 3 pretty tightly...

 

Thats so awesome that she did that...what a brutal story she really did her research!!

 

My buddy dropped a 2009 bcbs at darkness day as he was getting in the camper. We were upset for a moment, but then got in the very warm camper at a time when most were bundled up in the cold. Life could be worse.

 

That is the saddest story I've ever heard.

 

Yeah, I think she loves the order and intracacies of the craft scene, but she just hates the beer itself. But she's very order and detail oriented, so this kind of stuff really appeals to her. Every couple of days, she starts name dropping breweries and beers and what people are saying about them and she's scouting out bottles, even stuff I'm not familiar with. She knows a ton about beer, but couldn't tell you what any of them truly taste like. Very odd.

 

Everyone know the Pliny was junk since it was bottled at least 3.2 second before it hi the ground.

 

Totally. She told me the Pliny was so overrated and unfresh that the ants on the ground of the parking lot wouldn't even drink that swill.

 

All these dumb German 6er holders seem to break. Superior engineering my ass. So many beers and dreams have been shattered here

 

Last year at Dark Lord day, I saw some drunk dude trip, fall and drop an unknown Dark Lord variance as it shattered on the pavement.

 

My gf dropped a Rare in its box off the counter onto hardwood floor.
I saw my life flash before my eyes, but thankfully the box did its job and the rare was unharmed.

 

That also happened this year at DLD. I bet this happens every year at DLD - especially those of us getting bottles at the end of the day.

 

put a ring on it

 

And friends laugh when I secure my padded beer carriers with a seatbelt when transporting. It's for a damn good reason!