The Locals HINTS AND HAULS THREAD

Mmm that chocolate rain is so damn good...

 

Pay attention Ucdru.

 

That Double Duckpin is legit!

 

My sixer from @mkhartnett:



Summit Saga (I've had their beer but never the IPA).
Paddle Break Blonde (I've never had anything from these guys. Excited!)
Epic Big Bad Baptist (As everyone knows, this is an amazing stout. And I'm one of the people who drinks stouts year round).
Surly Furious (This stuff is amazing. One of my favorite IPAs).
Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA (I've never had this but I'm sure its delicious like all Deschutes)
New Glarus Raspberry Tart (whhhhhaaaaaaaat!!! This is amazing. I've wanted to try this for a looooooooooooooonnggg time.).

Dear lord. A-mazing. Mind = blown.

EDIT: Forgot the Surly coozie. Never forget the coozie.

Whoever gets @mkhartnett next round better hook him up or I'll send @Mikexw , the BIF enforcer, after you.

 

Glad I got a few that you haven't had. Hard to figure with your distro. You are close enough to other states to get stuff, but that Fresh Squeeze is a fantastic summer (or any time ) IPA. And you said you liked Stouts and what not, so figured throw one in for some random "cold" summer night.

 

the fact that we don't get Deschutes here in MD is insane. If we did I wouldn't buy another IPA if I could get Fresh Squeezed at my bottle shop!

 

What does it take to get a Chocolate Rain? Is it something that one has to trade brewery only stuff for? Or harder to find released beer work as well? Thinking I need to line up a Black Tuesday and CR for the fall

 

CR is on top of my hit list, also...

 

A buddy of mine just landed a CR for a Brother Soigne, if that helps.

 

A little **** from a happy hour bottle share I had yesterday...



And then a little food **** for those that care:
German sauerkraut with bacon in the back, spaetzle with fried onions in the fore, and off to the side is a mix of bratwurst (boiled in home brew Belgian Pale Ale), knockwurst, bockwurst, and kielbasa. Also served was some chunky applesauce and Weihenstephaner Hefe for all parties involved.

 

For those CR bottles, I traded 2 CW 16's each. Those bottles of 16 are brewery release only, or supposedly, and aged in bourbon barrels for 21 months. I was pretty happy with the deals and think my trade partners were as well. The nice thing is, I had a buddy drive up to CW and they allow you to buy 8 bottles at a time, so with his gf they grabbed 12 total.

For the GM, I traded an Upland Persimmon and a Pipeworks TNA and then we expanded to do some other stuff as well. I've had pretty good luck landing bottles like that by just being patient and finding the right person. It's when you feel like you've given up too much that it becomes a bad trade.

 

Patience and the right person is always key - if any west coast peeps here has a CR or BT to trade let me know and we can work something out for sure!

 

Great sausage fest!

 

let me know if you need a CR i have an extra for trade

 

Yes please! I will PM you later this evening! Locals BIF FTW!

 

I firmly believe that, like SWTFYW, trade requests should be brought to the family before taken to FT:ISO. It's a great way to keep the thread alive, and almost assuredly you'll end up with a more favorable trade since there's already a beerlationship (I'm helping make it a thing @hansenm72) between the two parties

edit: Freudian slip and originally typed "... two partiers"

 

While I know not *technically* the proper thread to do it, since I've started posting in here and saw other people are from the same general area as me, just wanted to put it out there that I might be going to Al's of Hampden next Saturday at some point in the later evening (myself and some friends probably going to hersheypark for the day, and will probably try to convince them to swing by there on the way home, probably around 8 or 9ish, perhaps earlier), so if anyone wants to meet up, lemme know! I can try to work something out. I'll know for sure probably or Monday if the park Saturday is even happening (if it's not, probably won't go to Al's)

 

So this guy @Mipper apparently lives like 10 minutes from Al's, or so I've heard, I think. Maybe.

 

@PA-Michigander also lives close and enjoys meeting up with fellow BAers.

 

I do indeed............in fact I am meeting up with one at Al's Monday afternoon!