Costliest Beer Drop?

Have I put a growler in a child's car seat and strapped it in as I would my toddler son? Yes, yes I have.

 

Kind of off topic - but does anyone feel that drinking actually helps their beer recovery skills? I'll be stone sober and spill all over the place, knock stuff off the counter or drop a glass, etc. Never lost anything too special thank God. But somehow, after I've put back a few, I develop "Spidey Senses" towards beer. I'm making one handed catches, behind my back, while engaged in conversation. I'll just think "whew, close one." But anyone else around me seems amazed by these skills.

 

After picking up FW 17th recently, I decided to read the literature inside, since I find the backstory and details pretty cool. Upon attempting to return the bottle and insert into the box, I dropped the bottle from about a foot up into the box. Luckily it did not break! But, my girlfriend did give me shit for dropping it in the first place.

 

it's called the shakes bro, a few vinny lagerinos will take right care of that quick like, as you said.

 

Seriously, I trust no paper bag or box! Always support from underneath!

 

I don't always transport beer in cardboard containers. But when I do, I prefer to hold them from the fucking bottom!

 

I was meeting my sister and brother-in-law at my house about a month ago! They had arrived ahead of me, as my wife was already home! When I pulled up the drive, I noticed something on the ground behind his SUV! As I got closer, I realized it was a paper bag! At that point I also realized the pavement was wet! It was then I realized what had happened! All I could think of, "God, I hope it was a macro or something" I looked into the bag and saw broken glass held together w/a GI Sophie label! 2 actually! He was really bummed!

 

!!! ^^

 

I've never had a bad one, the only one I remember even dropping was a rolling rock from a six pack of tallboys on my way home from University Liquor. I've never been very trusting of shopping bags or six pack holders so I almost always carry them instead of holding it by the bag. My friends had a bad liquor drop one time, they had a bottle of Jagermeister in a paper bag and the bottle was wet and ripped through and smashed right in the lobby of my apartment building.

 

Super Bowl 2007: Coming out of halftime, I hit the fridge for a bottle of Carlsberg -- the fridge was packed and the Carlsberg was in the back. So, it was one of those things where I had pinch the cap with my fingers and surf it over all the stuff in front. Thing was, I never got a better handle on it after I shut the fridge door, and it slipped from my hands in slow motion and smashed into a million pieces. Missed the whole 3rd quarter.

Then, it must have been about six months ago; I was sipping on something -- probably a Commodore Perry or a Hop Notch -- and out of nowhere a bug flies right into my glass. Hell no, not drinking the rest of that -- maybe if it was resting at the bottom, but this bug was floating on top. Not really a beer drop -- more a beer loss.

I'd had some close calls with some good stuff. I've over-packed a plastic bag full of limited editions and special releases and walked it up the stairs with a couple of bombers in between my fingers. Probably not smart, but everything worked out fine.

 

I had a 4pk each of dirtwolf and backwoods bastard in a box with a new glass as well that I put on the counter when I got home. Took the dirtwolf out not realizing the box was hanging off the counter and it fell. Luckily only 1 bottle of backwoods broke. I had never had it before so I filtered the little bit that was still in the bottle through a coffee filter and had a couple sips.

 

Great girl... shame about her eyesight.

 

My buddy had a St. Patty's day party and I decided I wanted to carry a DFH Bitches Brew (aged for 9 months) and 2 DFH 120 IPA's (both aged for a year) along with a few other gas station beers in a grocery bag. Little did I know the bag had a slit on the side. Went to open the door and POW! My 3 preciouses smashed on the ground. It smelled f'ing amazing. It was a total movie scene, dropping to my knees like "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

 

This thread should hopefully set a record with the ratio of "posts" to "likes".

 

And her judge of character. Truthfully, getting this girl was like a crappy little league kid stepping up to a plate at a major league game and hitting a homerun. I don't know how I did it and probably couldn't replicate the results again if I tried.

She's still working on a few things for Christmas, but I think she's mostly finalized her orders. She has even charmed whales from local storeowners who had rare shit in the back that they didn't sell even to regulars like me. For that birthday, (this was back in September) she got 2 packs of Heady for me from a guy who had a hookup. This guy (who is well known in South Florida craft circles) was a **** about this stuff and wouldn't sell more than a single can at a time to anyone. It's just amazing what a girl can get from a guy with a little charm.

 

I just did this with the 2L growler of Julius that I brought to a friend's house to enjoy during an afternoon of football. Then I put a blanket over it. There was no way that I would let any harm come to our Julius!

 

Maybe not the costliest, but this happened yesterday

 

I was on a road trip from Arkansas to Louisiana to Florida and then back. It was a long trip and I had picked up several bottles on the trip to bring home. I get home and my wife opens the rear hatch of the SUV at the same time I'm telling her be careful the beer might have shifted. Well it ended up with the bottles falling and me diving to try to catch them. All I got out of the deal was a scuffed up bloody elbow. I was a sad guy. But my cans of Jai Alai and Maduro were not ruined so it was not a total loss. She felt horrible, but at the end of the day all you can do is laugh about it.

 

North Carolina Chainsaw Massacre.