Anyone else go? I walked away with: Avery Mephistopheles - 2009 Avery Beast - 2005 Avery Samael - 2007 Bells - This One goes to 11 Bells Batch - 9000 O'Hanlon's Thomas Hardy's Ale - 2005 Surly Pentagram (raffle - I really wanted a Surly Five, but the three bottles they had went quick)
You already know this - but adding to the thread... Grab: Avery Mephistopheles - 2009 Bells Batch 9000 O'Hanlon's Thomas Hardy's Ale - 2005 2009-11 Sierra Nevada Celebration 2009-10 Sierra Nevada Bigfoot (missing on Batch 7000) Raffle: Surly Syx (seeking Five) Boon Oude Geuze Mariage Parfait (seeking Cantillon Lou Pepe Kriek) (also whiffing on Black Butte XXIII & Darkness 2011) Free: Oskar Blues Mama's Little Yella Pils metal sign BrewDog Paradox Islay (Batch 009)
Its when Jim pulls a bunch of his cellared stuff out into the store. This year, they did a "easter egg hunt" where they put up special labels in random cooler spots all over the store, and had their aged stuff. It was a one bottle limit free for all for an hour. When you first get in, you got 22 tickets. 1 ticket went into a swag bag, 1 was for you to hold to remember your number. The other 20 you could distribute however you wanted into 9 different buckets. One, for instance, had 3 bottles of the Boon listed above, and 3 bottles of Cantillon LP Kriek. Your number gets called, you get first dibs. Note: You pay for everything - it isnt a giveaway, except for the swag (signs, shirts, glassware). They also give away $0.01 beers - this time, i got two BrewDog Paradox Islay batch 009's. I walked out down around 90$
I only got a single bottle of Bells 9000 and GL Blackout on the grab. In the raffle I got Black Ops and GI BCBS. I'm not sure if I would go again. If I did go back I would probably just show up right before the raffle since it didn't seem like there were many great, rare beers available at the grab unless you were toward the front of the line. What time did the raffle finally end?
Just before 11 i believe You can "pass" if all that is left is stuff you dont want. I passed on 2013 darkness and Seviin. I can still find seviin on the shelf, and have enough darkness. Mike bought them though, since neither of us have had the Boon, and I missed Syx, so even though it sucks, i want to try it.
