The Locals HINTS AND HAULS THREAD

I had almost forgotten what this place looked like.

 

Interesting....

 

....it could end up in Pismo Beach

 

Where do we sign up to give the gift of busted porches for Christmas?

 

It is that time again, sign ups for the 12 Days of Christmas is up. And as requested, there is a 6 Day option. Sign up by Nov 19th!

https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...by-popular-demand-6-days-of-christmas.593350/

 

I'm in for 12 days!

 

Hi locals.

 

Got the NTP box in from @NJB145! Some awesome beers from Speciation (several of which I've already enjoyed) and some awesome extras from One Well.

Thanks so much, Nate!

 

I hope your brewery is the sour brewery you brought to Franklins. Loved that one.

 

That is EXACTLY who I'm sending out. I'll post up the signup once I secure a few more bottles.

 

Rowley Farmhouse Ales? Sign me up.

 

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 - Santa Fe, NM
Main Brewery: Rowley Farmhouse Ales

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.
◦ 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 Sunday, 11/25/18 and plan to ship out the week of 12/3/18.

Cheers Locals #L4L

 

hi


lbo

 

Damn line stealers
Why I Oughta.........
LBO

 

I mailed a FedEx package to a local today. They have no idea because it's unprovoked.
Hint: They have posted in this thread at some point.

 

A Local who has posted in the Locals thread at some point? WHO COULD IT BE!??!

 

I owe a box to someone who has posted to this thread at some point, I have not forgot

 

I haven't posted in my favorite thread for a while, I figure this is a good excuse.

I've recently participated in a couple of other BIF's (Rookies, Newbies), and @alexsergio and I found that besides missing each other by about 15 minutes one day while brewery hopping, we were both chasing style ticks on Beer Advocate. I think we both had somewhere between 105 and 107 of the 111 styles. It turned out he had an extra can of the one that I had pretty much given up on -- a Japanese Hoppashu. So we arranged a small trade, that included a couple of other style ticks, and both had 110 either ticked or in inventory.

In trying to chase down the last style, an English Pale Mild Ale, we found one in Western PA, and I contacted a couple of Locals about whether they could chase it down for me. They happened to be headed to the brewery the next weekend, and offered to pick up a couple of growlers for me -- I basically just covered the 2 beers and the label.

Well our two growlers showed up last night -- only they were packed in a 12 shipper. Along with 10 other beers for no good reason!!! @dannyfayy and @robgage decided to send me this...



Westbrook 5th Anniversary Chocolate Raspberry Imperial Stout
East End Gratitude (2017)
Brew Gentlemen Blanks & Postage - the original request -- one is still in bubble wrap because it's getting forwarded
Casey Family Preserves - Montmorency Cherry (6-1-16)
Voodoo Willett BBA Quadfather (1-22-18)
Voodoo The K13 (Rye Whiskey Barrel Aged)

So some of my favorite styles - barleywines, stouts, a quad... some amazing breweries (Casey! Voodoo!), AND my final style tick

and then, I guess because nobody likes empty slots in a shipper, they topped it off with...



Westbrook Key Lime Pie Gose
Grist House Lucid Liger
Hitchhiker Whole Punch: Passionberry
Hitchhiker Agrio: Raspbery Margarita Gose
Bourbon County Brand Barleywine (2017)

a couple of IPA's, some nice sours, and one of my favorite beers

Finally, the group shot --



Holy crap, guys -- this is amazing -- even for this group, Dan and Rob's generosity absolutely blew me away. Thanks a ton!!!

 

Locals for motherfucking life.