Stout BIF Round 4 Hints & Hauls

Hoppy box is packed and will got out tomorrow. I'll be in Point Reyes this week, and my box will be headed to the same state!

 

That's a soid MD/PA box. Brewtus is no joke. Drink before SSU, bc after SSU most coffee stouts will fall short

 

VBS...Eclipse Elijah Craig 12-year, courtesy of Stout BIF Round 2. I love this BIF!

 

No new hints, but just some info for my target to stew over:

- Average rating of all the stouts I have dedicated to this BIF is 93.7
- 25% of the beers are your Wants
- 40% of the beers are Colorado brewed and NOT distributed and out of those, only 1 is non-BA
- 25% of the beers are Colorado brewed with limited distro and out of those, only 1 is non-BA again

I am going to have a second box put together that exists outside the BIF parameters to hit some more non-stout wants and get some more CO-only beers your way. Not sure if I'll send this box before or after the main course....

 

That makes two of us.

 

I guess that counts me out. 15 suspects left.

 

Down to 12 possible senders. I think my sender posts about as much as my target.

 

Enjoy Seth! Didn't realize you were the SWTFYW "gatekeeper" until after I sent this box, maybe when I decide to join the Big Leagues of the BIF world you can vouch for me!

Been itching to unload that SSU since it's my last bottle from the first bottle run, when I saw you haven't had it I knew what to do with it. Let me know how the BA Flying Mouflan is, brewery only release last week and the early returns have been good. The Double Duckpin and Brewtus are two of the best beers in Maryland that are under the radar for the most part.

 

Hint # whatever My Targets capital building is the largest in the country.

 

Hint 1: Shipping West
Hint 2: I have more documented trades on ba than my target
Hint 3: I have more "likes" than my target
Hint 4: I have a Want on my wants list that is from my targets state (but hes not sending to me so)
Hint 5: My targets BA profile pic is not beer related
Hint 6: I have shipped to my targets state (have fun)

 

Hint #1 - Shipping West - just a regular hint
Hint #2 - Terry Brooks - the precursor to the fun hints....and now it begins.....
Hint #3 - Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Hint #4 - Neil Diamond - Song Sung Blue
Hint #5 - Bastille - Of the Night
Hint #6 - Henry Gross - Shannon
Hint #7 - Less ON - ^^ Shann
Hint #8 - Artic Monkeys - Arabella
Hint #9 - Less BELLA - ^^ Ara
Hint #10 - Hudson Taylor - Weapons -(bonus one today!)
Hint #11 - Metallica
Hint #12 - Guns N' Roses
Hint #13 - Less DEN
Hint #14 - Steven Spielberg
Hint #15 - __________ (yes that is a blank....nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more<= NOT a clue)
Hint #16 - Hank Williams, Ray Charles, and Elvis Presley
Hint #17 - Pink Floyd, The Who, and Pink Floyd
Hint #18 - Foo Fighters

Bonus Hint # 19 - Still Not shipping to @@LehighAce06

Still down to 13 potential senders.

 

The place I get most of my beer from has a bunch of theese on the shelf. They have about 8-10 varieties 2012 and 13. At $30 per bottle I've never pulled the trigger but might have to at some point.

 

Hint #9: My target has more than want FiftyFifty Eclipse variants on their wants

 

Crap. I just went through your post history and saw the other BIF you were in. I'm out.

 

¡respectame!

 

Yeah. I've found them at a few places around me just sitting on shelves as well. But like you said, the $30 price always made me decide not to pick one up (especially never having tried it before). Now that I know what it tastes like I at least know what I'd be getting for the cost.

 

Eclipse with some age on it (2012 old Fitzgerald for example) is one of the better stouts I've ever had. Worth every penny. Though I'll probably start buying them as futures since its much cheaper that way

 

Elijah Craig variants were good, Buff Trace is good, Java Coffee was great. A lot of the others aren't my cup of tea

 

How readily available is the Java Coffee? I've got a 2013 and '14...I'd happily hook my target up, but I'd hate to send a shelf turd (even a $30 one).

 

Including but not limited to Eclipses, I'm having exactly this problem. I really want to put in a really nice 'centerpiece' bottle, but most of those I can think of are in my target's distro.