Indeed it did! I'm stuck at the firehouse till tomorrow morning, but I'll post the pics when I get home in the A.M.! Cheers! @Eziel do we know each other?
It is finally time to see all the beers I got from @jschott75! This is insane! I think I got the best box of the round, my wants list was destroyed. Thank you 1000 times!! There were too many beers to fit into a regular photo, so here is the family shot in panoramic. The wrapped beers are in the back. OK first up: a major want! Anna from Hill Farmstead. Major major want! I have never had any Hill Farmstead before, so this is amazing. Looks like OEB is excited too! Next up: Four 12oz New Glarus! All new ticks, except Oud Bruin which is the only New Glarus I ever had and LOVED. Cran-bic: WANT! Apple: Yum, looks awesome. Enigma: WANT! Oud Bruin: WANT! Next up: Four different varieties of Dragon's Milk: All new ticks and a new brewery tick as well. Maybe I should drink these side-by-side to compare? Vanilla Chai: WANT! Raspberry Lemon: What, this exists!? Wow, I love raspberry Coffee and Chocolate: Mmmmm.... Raspberry: now I'm just drooling These should all have been wants! Next up: Three new brewery ticks! Jackie O's Oro Negro: Major WANT! Central Waters Cassian Sunset: Mmm Coffee, vanilla beans and cinnamon, this sounds delicious. Short's Strawberry Shortcake: HAHA! My husband is lactose intolerant, this one is all mine!!!!!! Next up: 5 larger bottles: New Glarus Ras Tart: WANT! Anna: (already pictured above, a major WANT) Olde Hickory Event Horizon: another new brewery tick, this looks amazing! Plus two wrapped bottles! There's still more! Half Acre Daisy Cutter: new brewery tick! Pipework Lil Citra: new brewery tick! (and I am a fan of the session-ables) Pipework Glaucus: Is this a merman? I love it!! New Glarus Spotted Cow: Crazy, my friend from Wisconsin was just saying this used to be her go-to beer. @jschott75 this is so much beer, and so many new breweries for me to try. I'm super happy. Thank you!! I cannot believe I have to wait a whole week to drink these!
@Eziel Nevermind... I missed your post about some of your clues being B.S.... Super excited to tear into that box tomorrow! Thanks!
Hint #1 Not shipping to Yourahoser Hint #2 Your wants don't overlap all that much with my state Hint #3 You expanded your wants for Round 4, thank you Hint #4 If I tried biking from my state to yours, I'd most likely die of exhaustion a third of the way there, in the mountains Hint #5 Not shipping to a newbie Newbie Hint #6 Your state comes up in history books much more frequently than mine Hint #7 Bailey Hint #8 "Do you even drink?" kidding, but you consume at a way more modest pace than me Hint #9 Your state borders more than 3 states Hint #10 Not shipping to Homebrew Hint #11 Finding Dory
@BartS I'm calling it, I can't wait for your box! @Eziel I ran out of space in this box for your swag...so another may follow this one. Oh, and @beatjunkee I agree with @JoeyIce3, really nice IPA, just had mine tonight!
#CIF Rules... To keep the momentum going for the #CIF (Cushion It Forward), bridging the gap to the next round, here is this standard language: Invite list: Obviously anyone in the Newbie BIF is encouraged to participate. I'll open this up to lurkers as well. The only requirement is at least 5 trades and 100% feedback. In the spirit of the Newbie BIF anyone with less than 5 trades or with less than 100% feedback is welcome to join with a veteran sponsor. Veteran lurkers are also welcome. I will ask that you only sign up if you are committed to keeping the #CIF going. The beer: In an effort to keep the #CIF moving along I'm going to limit the beer to a 6-8 bottle shipper with a range of 100 oz. to 152 oz. of 85+ Rated beer, or 4.1+ rAvg if there are too few scores for a rating. Beer must be from outside your target's distribution. How it works: If you want a chance at these red chair cushions all you have to do is send me a BM titled "#CIF I'm in!". Include your name, full shipping address (work or home?), phone number, email address, and your Untappd name (optional). Let me know about any shipping date restrictions and style preferences. I'm going to close signups at 7PM EST on the 30th of July. Rather than announce the recipient I will ninja the box out. The lucky BA who is surprised by Chad's cushions will add their BA handle and location to the cushions with a permanent marker. At this point the sign ups will start over and anyone who hasn't received the #CIF box is eligible. If we get to a point where no one signs up then @pnelting becomes the target by default. Good luck!
Hint #1: Shipping North Hint #2: I have not shipped to your state. Hint #3: I'm not shipping to KyleDavis. Hint #4: I have more likes that you. Hint #5: But you have more trades than me... Hint #6: I'm NOT shipping to anyone with a sweet 'stache in their avatar...that includes handlebars, pencils, imperials, walrus style, and might as well throw in muttonchops.... Hint #7: My box will go East of the Mississippi.... Content Hint: Like this post, if you think I'm your sender and I'll throw in a very nice JK Sour....refermented on local strawberries... Hint #8: You did not like my post for the JK O&P.....so one more chance before this box gets finished put together and shipped...roughly 1300 miles...
This box was absolutely nuts... and as a native Ohioian, I am loving the nice variety here! You really killed it @Eziel ... starting things off with a family shot from the box. The bottles.... Left to Right: Short's Brew Peachy Pompom.... new tick, and peach and pomegranate? Yes please! Fifty Fifty Eclipse Imp Stout with Honey... new tick, a stout with wood and honey sounds delicious Listermann Friar Bacon... new tick, maple bacon? Sounds like a tasty beer made down here Wicked Weed Foeder Aged Sour Red with Cherries... new tick, excited to try some WW! Triple Digit Chickow Chai Double Brown... new tick, never had a chai beer Jackie O's BA Dark Apparition... one of my favorite BA beers Jackie O's Dark Apparition... always love having the base along with the treated variant The cans! Jackie O's mandala... new tick, you can't go wrong with Imp IPAs Seventh Son Proliferous DIPA... new tick, first time having anything from Seventh Son Warped Wing Space Food... new tick, and first offering from them as well Land Grant Boom Dark Ale... new tick, schwarzbier is a new style for me Land Grand One Goal, One Rye'd... new tick, love rye beers Shorts Brew Soft Parade.... had this on draft at the brewery (after my marathon) and loved it Swag and Secret Beers Awesome glassware from Listermann Unknown Growler (with instructions for musical selection during consumption) Awesome Shorts hat! Unknown blind taster Awesome box all around @Eziel Thanks so much! I forgot to add the cool Jackie O's stickers in the swag picture- they already found their way onto my water bottle!
Content hint: I seemed to have called it few days back. Instead of a touchdown in the East Coast, the box got gronked at the local FedEx sorting facility and made a quick return back to me: The only damage was one IPA bottle that leaked through the box, and also through cardboard boxes of a certain CA brewery - those will not have boxes now, apologies. That was few days back. A new box was on its way the next day with a very adequate replacement for that broken one - a stout and a sour. FedEx took the same label but now tracking isn't updating; seems like the box should reach you soon based on the vague update FedEx is giving me. My target is definitely onto me now...
VBS (and an actual share too) for the Blind Taste bottle from @Eziel lots of raspberry nose, bigger carb, nice and light.
To my sender - I'm sorry for lack of hints...I suck... Hint - Your state is cold and might be the worst. Also, I'm going to post an LIF that will involve my sender and whoever the winner of the LIF is.
So the collective 4 of us were able to nail 2/3 of the berries... Nothing on the brewery though. Really really nice tart beer... The saison style was lost on us. Just got the straight forward sour. But great blind tasting! Thanks @Eziel !!!
Well done sir! Any day now per FedEx and per my prior post. In return, I'm calling @JoeyIce3 as my sender.
Box for my target set to be picked up today - sorry for the delay. I got really lazy, not wanting to pack it up and kept putting it off. Fear not tho, the wait gave me time to grab a couple more things to send your way. Also, I think I've eliminated everyone else, so I'm going to guess @MTKATL as my sender, even though some of the hints were a bit subjective, they seem like they could point to me.
