CANBIF Fall 2013

Awesome box from Boozecamel!

From left to right:
Deschutes Teku glass
Stone esspresso RIS
Lightouse Belgian black
Driftwood belle royal
Laurelwood IPA
Driftwood Satori Harvest
Deschutes Dissident
Russel Hop therapy
Parrallel 49 snap crakkle hop
Parralle 49 From east van with love
10 Barrel apocalypse IPA
Fort george vortex IPA
Central city red racer IPA
21st ammendment lower the boom

Thanks a lot! Enjoying the Appocalypse in that teku right now. Satori is next tommorow

 

So ... an update on my package...

Dropped it off at FedEx on Monday morning. It was picked up Monday evening and arrived at the FedEx distribution Centre in Missisauaga shortly thereafter.... then tracking info went blank! Should have been on a truck out west on Tuesday morning. Called yesterday and they had no clue. Called again today and apparently it is on its way. She said there was a problem with the packaging and they had to re-tape it. Very strange. She said that nothing was wrong with the contents, just the packaging.

So, if they are right, it is on a truck en route to its target but I guess I won't get any tracking information until it arrives at the next FedEx facility. Hopefully it arrives by Friday. This is stressful.

 

Doesnt Fedex know how many people you've converted to shipping beer through them? They should be giving you commission.

 

Slighly better news than the struggle SevenDuffs is going thru (sorry, that's a major bummer!). My box is out for delivery today! Someone will have a present waiting for them when they get home.... !

 

Good news from mine too:

"Attempted delivery. Notice card left indicating where item can be picked up."

Canada Post do seem to love setting low time expectations and then exceeding them eh?

 

Interesting development.

 

Rats! Someone will have to go pick up their box at a Canada Post kiosk. Someone west of me...who shops at the same store I do...in a watery location...(sooooo tricky !).

 

Hopefully I can pick mine up tonight. They always write the following day after 1pm on it, but it usually gets there by 6pm same day.

 

Look's like "somebody's" box is ready for collection at a nearby post office...

 

If I were to bike to my box's destination at an average speed of 14.4 Km/hour and do 8 hours a day, it would take me about 16 days.

 

Well, I gotta type something here, but I'm just so blown away I don't even know what to type. So, here's the pics (major TV glare included)...




Driftwood Singularity
Driftwood Belle Royale
Driftwood Mad Bruin
Driftwood Farmhand Saison
Tofino Cosmic Wave
Parallel 49 Snap, Crackle, Hop
Cantillon Iris
Logsdon Oak-Aged Bretta
Upright Flora Rustica
Upright Flora Rustica Barrel Aged
Moon Under Water Year One
Bruery Sour In The Rye

Every single one of these is fantastic and new to me, I still can't believe I'm actually staring at a few of them.

Incredible. Thank you so much.

 

Awesome! So glad everything arrived safely. And thanks for posting that you landed some sartori harvest already - I had one lined up to send but it's good I waited!

Oh and one piece of advice- open that oak aged bretta over a sink, they are volatile as all hell... :-)

 

Holy Shit Balls, Nice Box!!!

 

Wow!

 

Took inspiration from this thought and instead of waiting excitedly until tomorrow (as originally planned), am delighted to report that an absolutely awesome box has been picked up safely in Waterloo...

Thank-you, Matt!!!


A stunning 12 bottle collection :
Beyond the Pale - Party Animal
Lawson's/Otter Creek - Double Dose IPA
Dunham's - Leo's Early Breakfast Stout
Cameron's - Obsidian
BDT - Obscur Desir
Brasserie Dupont - Saison Dupont
Le Castor - Yakima IPA
Le Castor - Wee Heavy Bourbon
Beau's - Sticke Alt
Short's - Strawberry Shortcake
The Alchemist- Heady Topper (!!!)
Beyond the Pale - Imperial Super Guy

Nothing I've sampled before and many from my "want" list. In fact some are beyond that and totally into the "fantasize" category.... I can not wait to start enjoying them!

 

I am so glad you liked it!! Just a couple notes, the Beyond the Pale growlers are CO2 purged before filling which extends their shelf life; they should last for another 2 weeks easy. The Heady Topper was canned this Monday! And the Lawson's Double Dose is their latest one-off and is the closest thing to Double Sunshine you actually find on the selves ! Prost!!

 

My package of 100% local Atlantic Canadian brews is out on the vehicle for delivery, so hopefully someone will posting pics in the next day or so!

 

My god, did it ever! Thank you so much Philippe. I was trying to wait until lunch to take a peek but couldn't resist... and now there's no way I'll be able to concentrate on anything else.

Pics and list forthcoming- this is a seriously, SERIOUSLY awesome box. Oh wow.

 

My box continues to be in a state of FedEx limbo... I check the tracking every few hours and still nothing. *fingers crossed*