Surprise beer from guests this Thanksgiving weekend?

My sister in law showed up with wine from that rapper e40 .. I kno I kno it's not beer but I was quite surprised of how good it was .. Nice and strong

 

At least you now know who to invite back.

 

Had someone bring over a 4 pk of 2013 Bourbon County Coffee. We drank two amongst a group and he left two for me!!!!!!!

 

Had a rep from Miller stop by with with a sixer of Revolution Fistmas.

 

I got two surprise six-packs from Atlanta from the hosts of our Thanksgiving dinner. Didn't see that one coming. I reviewed them both and gave my gracious friends some props.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/user/beers/?ba=DarkerTheBetter

 

Actually, yes. My son came over with Founder's Breakfast Stout. We recently got Founder's in my state, but I didn't think we got FBS. Talk about a surprise.

 

Does "no beer? count?

 

Man I wish I had relatives that would show up with some "surprise" beer, that was worth drinking!

Great idea for a thread though!

 

Dayum! Now there's something beer-wise to be thankful for!

 

Had a guest show up with a a bottle of Cascade Blackcap Raspberry. She didnt end up liking it very much, so the majority went to me.

 

GFs brother pulled a 2011 Widmer Brrrbon out of the cellar and that was quite awesome.

 

My brother is working up at the Mayo Clinic and stopped at a place in WI and picked up Toppling Goliath bombers-pseudo, light speed and golden nugget.

 

My gfs parents are wine drinkers and we traveled out of state to visit. We didn't want to check bags in to save the hassle so we couldn't take any beers. Her parents surprised us with red rock, moab, and epic beers. All local utah brews. No whalez or anything but I was pleasantly surprised and it was a nice gesture.

 

Good topic. My cousin showed up with a 4pk of Evl Twin Lil' B, Quite surprised! He knows I'm into beer so I think he's making it his mission to find stuff I haven't had before when we get together for the holidays. Well done for sure.

 

Kind of. Years ago I stumbled into a tradition of meeting a group of people on top of a mountain every black Friday for a beer tasting. I knew there would be good beer as always, but the quality this year was astounding. It sure made the snowy descent entertaining though.

 

Sister's BF brought over a bottle of 11' Oak Aged Yeti. Nice surprise and tasted great.

 

Konig ludwig Weiss beer when I visited the in-laws in Georgia, but also found The Bruery's bourbon barrel aged Smoking Wood at a craft beer store nearby! - Ace Growlers in Newnan, GA. That was the highlight beer of the trip

 

Since Wednesday, Bomb!, BCBW, Tweak, Rumpkin, , Moloku, Gumball Head, and many different Colorado beers have found there way into my home. Now I am looking forward to see what happens at Christmas...

 

My relatives drink Coors Light or Miller Lite, no surprises for Thanksgiving, I brought a six pack of Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin, sadly, no one dared to have one!