Lengths you've gone to, to access craft beer.

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  1. BILF

    BILF Initiate (0) Jan 9, 2010 Israel

    Recently I had the pleasure of touring Costa Rica as part of a group on business. Months before the trip I checked the beer scene out on the internet which revealed a total of one craft breweries in Costa Rica and a very limited offering of local macro brews. Panic set in.

    I knew that I needed to reach that brewery. To cut to the chase I managed to divert an entire tour bus full of my fellow travellers unawares to this brewery (Volcano Brewing). I spoke to the tour guide and told him of my dilema and how it was unlikely that my fellow travellers would agree to the change in itinerary. He was really cool and said leave it to me. As we pulled into the brewery no one on the bus except for me and the tour guide knew what was going on.

    When we got off the bus I headed to the bar as the others on the bus were treated to a tour of the brewery and an explanation of brewing.

    Later they joined me at the bar for a two hour session of APA and Brown Ale.

    As we got back on the bus the guide said to everyone that if they had a good time to thank me as it was my idea. They were in shock and thought it was all part of the itinerary. Thankfully they all enjoyed the detour very much.

    Even the tour guide thanked me and said he would include the brewery tour for future groups.

    What lengths have you gone to to get a real beer?
     
    #1 BILF, Jan 10, 2013
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  2. CellarGimp

    CellarGimp Initiate (0) Sep 14, 2011 Missouri

    I have smuggled SNPA into a concert at the Savvis Center. Was sitting in a suite with unlimited AB products too.
     
    #2 CellarGimp, Jan 10, 2013
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  3. beerborn

    beerborn Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2012 Louisiana

    Other than the occaisional smuggling of beer into a movie, concert, show or something of the sort nothing too crazy. I have however found myself shipping beers to my home when on vacations or traveling.
     
    #3 beerborn, Jan 10, 2013
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  4. BILF

    BILF Initiate (0) Jan 9, 2010 Israel

    Sweet! Sending yourself beer.
     
    #4 BILF, Jan 10, 2013
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  5. loafinaround

    loafinaround Initiate (0) Jul 16, 2011 New York

    I have a fantasy vacation that my husband will grant me when I get tenure. Belgium? nope.

    <----I just want to go to chicago and eat at a certain brewer's pub :stuck_out_tongue:
    oh, and the foodie in me also insists on a full dinner at charlie trotter's. Man Chicago folk are spoiled!
     
    #5 loafinaround, Jan 10, 2013
  6. cyclonece09

    cyclonece09 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,559) Aug 5, 2008 Wisconsin
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    On our honeymoon, we wanted to do Charleston and Savannah. I made two conditions: we go to Ft. Sumter, and we go to Friday toasts at Moon River in Savannah.
     
    #6 cyclonece09, Jan 10, 2013
  7. kansascitytrader

    kansascitytrader Initiate (0) Feb 5, 2011 Kansas

    I killed a man.
     
    #7 kansascitytrader, Jan 10, 2013
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  8. Thehuntmaster

    Thehuntmaster Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2009 South Africa

    Real beer is not available in South Africa so every beer I drink has to be shipped to me from either Europe or the USA.
     
    #8 Thehuntmaster, Jan 10, 2013
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  9. kmello69

    kmello69 Initiate (0) Nov 27, 2011 Texas

    This. I have taken a shine to taking advantage of Southwest allowing 2 checked bags for free as a means of me bringing beer home from wherever I go. Typically try to fill a 12-bottle styro shipper, and check it as a bag, and then stuff as many more bottles as I can into my suitcase without exceeding the weight limit. This has allowed me to bring home significant stashes of non-local beer at no shipping cost for me.

    But it does require that I run around like an idiot trying to buy beer everywhere I go......
     
    #9 kmello69, Jan 10, 2013
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  10. BILF

    BILF Initiate (0) Jan 9, 2010 Israel

    What about Namibia ? Nothing doing there?
     
    #10 BILF, Jan 10, 2013
  11. otispdriftwood

    otispdriftwood Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2011 Colorado

    Hmmm. Let's see. Compared to the other posts here, nothing much.
     
    #11 otispdriftwood, Jan 10, 2013
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  12. ChanChan

    ChanChan Maven (1,341) Dec 12, 2009 California

    I sneaked in a couple bombers of Life & Limb into a concert at the Hollywood bowl last summer, I poured them into some A&W rootbeer plastic bottles.

    Yea, the Hollywood Bowl allows you take alcohol and food to their regular venues, but when artists rent the place alcohol is not allowed in and they sell nothing but macro-crap, but you can still take some food and soft drinks :wink:
     
    #12 ChanChan, Jan 10, 2013
  13. dap325

    dap325 Initiate (0) Apr 2, 2009 New York

    Nothing too crazy. Taken the 1.5 hr round trip to Bennington Beverage for Heady a couple of times when they were getting steady shipments of it.
     
    #13 dap325, Jan 10, 2013
  14. MLucky

    MLucky Initiate (0) Jul 31, 2010 California

    He totally deserved it.
     
    #14 MLucky, Jan 10, 2013
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  15. SeaOfShells

    SeaOfShells Initiate (0) Feb 22, 2011 California

    Wait, you didn't say whether the beer was good or not.
     
    #15 SeaOfShells, Jan 10, 2013
  16. truckmann

    truckmann Initiate (0) Jan 18, 2009 Oklahoma

    Trusted a guy that I have never actually met in person to pick-up and send me some Black Tuesday. Turned out great since he didn't even have to charge me for shipping! (He was able to ship it through his work).
     
    #16 truckmann, Jan 10, 2013
  17. Thickfreakness

    Thickfreakness Initiate (0) Oct 2, 2010 New York

    In Reno?
     
    #17 Thickfreakness, Jan 10, 2013
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  18. gcamparone

    gcamparone Pooh-Bah (2,131) Dec 6, 2011 Rhode Island
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    Today I drove 350 miles for 4 cases of heady topper. I'm actually at McDonalds right now and have 150 miles left till I get home. You know what I'll be washing these burgers down with.
     
    #18 gcamparone, Jan 10, 2013
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  19. AnotherImperial

    AnotherImperial Initiate (0) Oct 29, 2012 Arizona

    I recently had my mom in Pennsylvania purchase a case of Brooklyn BCS for me, then had her take it to one of my best friends back there who owns a moving company. He put it on one of his trucks headed to LA, and I met the driver at a truck stop in Phoenix. Free shipping.
     
    #19 AnotherImperial, Jan 10, 2013
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  20. MarcatGSB

    MarcatGSB Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2011 Michigan

    I recently took a vacation to Columbia...and knowing that there is no craft beer in Columbia, I got ahold of a horse. I then put three cases of Founder's Double Trouble into his rectum, purchased 3 boxes of Ex Lax, and sent my horse on his way. I met him, fed him, and drank Double Trouble all weekend. *this is a lie. No great story for me.
     
    #20 MarcatGSB, Jan 10, 2013
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