The Locals HINTS AND HAULS THREAD

I guess I'm going to have to leave the locals after a quick week or so. I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!

 

^^^^ that's what I meant to do.

 

Brady! Thanks.

 

Utah VBS

 

I'm pretty sure that you already have cherry...

And 6-er time...

Maine LUNCH--Big want! Never had. It's chilling right now.
Elysian Dragonstooth Stout--Haven't heard of this before, but I have a buddy who moved to WA last year. I was talking to him over the holidays and he mentioned Elysian. Excited to try it.
Terrapin Liquid Bliss--Yummy. Always good to have some on hand.
Evolution No.6 IIPA--Just had a No. 3 (I Think?) from @heystevec LIF win. It will be cool to compare!
Prairie Wine Barrel Noir--Haven't had this one yet. I have one that I have been sitting on but I've been afraid to try it because I am trying to build a little Prairie horizontal. Now I can try one and keep one for the horizontal!
Prairie BOMB--Love this one. Always good to have more!

Thanks for a solid 6-er @_RL_ (I think? right?)!

 

I remember Brad Johnson to Brad Johnson (for a 2 yard TD, IIRC), and this reminded me of one of my favorite signs -- the Vikings were playing on Monday night football sometime in the late 90's; Warren Moon had just retired and Brad Johnson was the new QB -- and a fan had a sign that said something like "you've seen our Moon, now check out our Johnson".

 

I was planning on asking if i can join soon, but since you ask...

 

Welcome!

 

#VCS

 

All your St. Arnold Bishop's Barrel 8 are belong to us... (or more specifically me...I hope)

 

I had never heard of this either until I got a bottle from @HoppySeb in a prior round. I haven't opened it quite yet, but Elysian is a favorite of my wife's, so we're definitely looking forward to it!

 

Of course you'd know The moment you said this, it occurred to me that instead of figuring out which box all the Abductions are in, I could just go to my photobucket and look through the pictures until I find either a cherry or a raspberry. Low and behold (and unsurprisingly) you're 100% right. I also figured out what keeps throwing me off; a lot of the online photos of the cherry are the 750mL bottle, and I know I don't have that. In any case, now that it's confirmed that cherry is what I already had, adding raspberry and coffee break, along with the recent mint truffle, completes my set.

Amazingly, not one of the 9 (10 if you count a duplicate bottle of the base) bottles came from me specifically putting out an ISO, even within the thread. Every single bottle came from the generosity of you folks, either in a BIF box, LIF box, or pure ninja box (and I think the majority were the latter). Simply amazing. If (when) we do a locals share, I have an idea what my contribution might be

 

Glad you like the box! Lots of PA locals that I grabbed while home over the holidays (that Irregardless should still be under a month old), a little CA, and some southeast beer.

Sadly, that's the newest batch of Monster, since it was named after a cat at the brewery (as I understand it) and they stopped brewing it when he died... so it's as fresh as they get.

The BA Old Numbskull was picked up around May 2013 at Alesmith, so it's got a bit of age on it.

It was hard to dodge coffee in stouts, hoppy IPAs, and sours since those are things I gravitate to, so the box was a fun challenge to put together. As a result, there are definitely some beers in there that I've never had, so hopefully they're good.

 

LIF Time! This will be called the, 'Who's That Team We All Call The Arsenal' LIF

The Gunners are in good form and face Brighton Hove & Albion in their 4th Round Defense of the FA Cup on Sunday. I want you to guess the starting 11 players for Arsenal for this match. You need to consider squad rotation, players returning from injury, and the fact that Brighton are in a lower division.

There will be a lot of beer. Ask @treznor or @mbmiche. Winner needs to send a shipping label though (it's easy).

Please quote or tag me in your replies.

 

Oh and if no one nails the XI on the nose then person with the closet to 11 wins.

Capiche?

 

I didn't understand any of this,

 

Now....when is the abduction tasting?

Anyone know when they changed over the abduction from 750 bottles to 22? I've got a couple that are the larger format. Guess I could look at the batch number, then try to figure that out, but I'm lazy and sure someone here already knows.

 

Yep, lot's of beer. Dude is crazy like that.

 

I wish! Getting bottles to-go is pretty hard. I tried a couple times for this one, but struck out. I did manage to have it on-site a couple times (last night at my weekly trivia bar being my second time).

 

Don't know a lot about it, but after some research I'm going with this picture.