The Locals HINTS AND HAULS THREAD

Dammit, would have taken this one.

 

I <3 @Jawnnm

That is all.

 

Awww. It goes both ways for sure!

 

The Locals “New Ticks” Parallel (NTP) Box

Every area of the country has a brewery that gets a ton of well-deserved hype, but doesn’t distribute out of state – or distribute at all, in some cases. There are also breweries that are putting out delicious brews that get little to no hype, but locals swear by their beer. This box will include beers from both types of breweries, hence “Parallel” – two horizontals, if you will.

Now, here’s the real twist – Among other criteria (listed below), the only way you are eligible to receive this box is if you’ve had 5 or fewer beers from the “Main Brewery” listed below in the last 2 years. If you’ve had more than 5, but they were all sample pours of an ounce or two, it is at the discretion of the sender if you qualify. This is the “New Ticks” portion of the box, the idea being to spread the love and get great beer into the hands of people who haven’t been lucky enough to try anything from a great brewery.

Origin - Portage, MI
Main Brewery: Speciation

What’s in the Box?!??!
The NTP box is intentionally reasonably sized (6-10 beers max), and will include 4 parts:
1. Several offerings from the “Main Brewery”.
2. A couple offerings from an unannounced “Unheralded Local Brewery”.
3. Swag from at least one, if not both breweries.
4. A “Take a beer, Leave a beer” Box.

The “Take a beer, Leave a beer” box:
This box will include 3 cellarable beers, and is like that penny tray at your local gas station. As the NTP box arrives with each new recipient, they will have the option to take 1 (and only 1) beer to drink or cellar for future consumption – absolutely no trading or forwarding, however much you mightwant to. If the recipient takes a beer from this box, they must replace it with something worthy of the traveling box. These beers don't need to be local, just awesome.

Rules / How it Works:
◦ This traveling box is open to all Locals, as well as certified lurkers who have successfully participated in other major BIF rounds here on Beer Advocate. Recipient must not have received the NTP box previously.
◦ Sender announces their “Main Brewery” and sign ups remain open for a specified length of time. This brewery must not distribute out of state, and must be worthy of being the focus of the traveling box.
◦ Interested participants who meet the criteria (Be honest. No deleting UnTappd check-ins!) must message the sender, and once sign-ups have ended the sender selects a target at random.
◦ Sender will keep the “winning” participant secret, and ship within a reasonable amount of time. BIF-style hints encouraged.
◦ Once the box lands, the Recipient now becomes the next sender. They should add a local sticker/label/etc… to the inside of the box and reopen sign-ups for the next round when ready (3-4 weeks max).
◦ If at any time there are no interested sign-ups, or the exterior box is on its last legs, the current sender will ship back to the originator of the box (@RuckIt).

Sign up!
BM me with "NTP Box" in the title. Include your shipping address, shirt size, swag preference, and what (if anything) you've had from the "Main Brewery". If there are any "do-not-ship" dates, include that info too! I will close this on Friday, 10/5/18 and plan to ship out the week of 10/15/18
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Cheers Locals #L4L

 

I'll do it since I was told you can win multiple times

 

My annual ba post. #l4l lbo

 

New Wish List is LIVE.

If you can ship 3 of these beers, PM myself and @Devman171 to claim the list. Once you provide a Wish List of your own, you will be given the name of your target.

2nd Shift ANY Fruited Katy
3 Floyds Handjee
3F Scharbeekse Kriek
3F OGV
3F Golden Blend
3F Armand & Tomme
Alpine Great
Anchorage A Deal With the Devil (ANY)
Bottle Logic Red Eye November
Cantillon 50N 40E
Cantillon Carignan
Cantillon St. Lam Grand Cru
Cantillon St. Lam
Cantillon LpK
Cantillon LpG
Cantillon LpF
Cantillon Magic Lambic
De Cam Kriek Lambiek
Fremont Brew 1000
Fremont Brew 2000
Goose Island Proprieters (2013)
Goose Island Rare (OG)
Goose Island King Henry
Green Bench The Obscure
Hangar 24 Barrel Roll No. 4 - Wing Over
Hangar 24 Pugachev's Cobra (ANY)
Holy Mountain Hand of Glory
Holy Mountain Midnight Still
J.Wakefield Big Poppa
More ANY Henna
Perennial BA Vermilion
Perennial Maman
Perennial BA Abraxas
SARA Westly
SARA West Ashley
Side Project Anabasis
Toppling Goliath Mornin' Delight (2018)
Upland Paw Paw
Voodoo K13

 

Nope

 

It looks like the last list.

 

I'll send a K13 to someone if they can hit a couple others!

 

Calling @_RL_

 

You can send it to me and that way it won't be on my wishlist anymore...

 

Done!

 

Approved

 

Just a reminder that the current NTP box sign-up ends on Friday. I've had a couple people interested that have not yet sent in their official entry.

 

CLAIMED.

 

I guess I should be paying more attention on BA... wishlists dropping like crazy!

 

Anyone had a package lost / destroyed by FedEx and successfully gotten an insurance claim for it?

 

Yes - I once sent a box to @KyleDavis and it disappeared -- I actually ended up making a profit.

 

If they lost it, you have a chance. If it leaked and they opened it, they will know it was beer and must likely will not honor your claim.