Darklord Day 2017

I had a hell of a time today. Great weather, great run event, great share. Went in the Group B bottle line with @kdawgmoney and one of his buddies...we got 2 FVM and a Handjee. I definitely heard about people getting vintages throughout different groups, so it did seem random.

Great hanging out with @eifster82 and the rest of his crew as well. So much good beer going around that I felt spoiled. Sorry I didn't get to meet up with the rest of you BA/DA guys, especially @That_Bearded_Guy to do the BAVSS/RBAVSS side by side...beer kinda got in the way.

And apparently I was ready to drink my FVM pretty much right way...but that isn't confirmed.

 

As someone that has not been a fan of muerte at all, i grabbed a pour on draft.

It's really good this year. They completely dialed in the pepper. It's complementary, and not overwhelming.

If you drink it, you'll like it.

 

Even though i got two vintages i don't have, still had a blast. Everyone in my group got a variant so ill get to try one. I might go to hunapuh instead next year, i have no problem with how Floyd's did it, just sick of missing out on variants.

Derivation was probably the best tap i had. Also enjoyed earl, and someone gave me a pour of temeculan, i think i actually really like cardamom in a beer.

Although who am i kidding, il be back still I'm sure

 

That's reassuring to hear, thanks man!

 

So what vintages/variants did people see on tap? All we had was '16, '17 DL and Chemtrail, Meurte and multiple Ronaldo taps. No sign of the vanillas anywhere and we stayed pretty much until the end.

 

Didn't see any vanilla variants. Had a 2015 bourbon ba variant near the end.

 

Same here, plus '14 DL. Also didn't hear of a vanilla variant on tap anywhere from anyone.

 

Do you know how many chemtrials? I really want to try and trade for that over any other for some reason.

 

We had bourbon, chem trail, muerte, power bottom

I know they tapped ronaldo

 

my bottle of Chemtrail says 1505

 

That is roughly what I had with 2x Chemtrails couldn't tell the last number. It is definitely 150*.

I've Been following this thread from the get go and it was definitely entertaining. I am just starting to get into beer and DLD was a different experience. Plan to do it bigger next year!

 

The new labels look bad in my opinion.

 

IMO, it looks like they wanted to cut costs and use a very similar logo for everything.

 

Sorry, meant for the regular non BA Darklord. I dig the labels on the variants- esp on Handjee and Ronaldo.

 

Ah got ya, no worries. I didn't even see those two so I don't know lol. I do agree on the regular though, it seems more comic'y than past years.

 

Yeah... and too... close? Let's zoom out on that artwork a bit, eh?

 

That was me. Had a great time today. Need to drink a few gallons of water.

 

Landed two Vintage bottles! My guest got handjee though so I can't complain. Had dwarven power bottom on tap next to the tent. What a day!!!

 

I can confirm that a fellow BA yelled out Dragon Abortion in group A. He looked
around to see if anyone knew what he was talking about and I fist bumped him and yelled it out as well. What a great way to start my DLD.

 

I died. But overall it was a blast. Dragon Abortion forever.

 

FWIW, heard muerte was good this yeah.

 

Had CTM on draft. It's incredible.

 

Damn. Wish I saw these. Oh well, great time nonetheless.

 

Wanna be in your group next year. Thanks.

 

Unless there was somebody else that did the same, that was me.

 

Group A; Handjee and Muerte. We had a blast and are happy with our variants.

 

Outstanding! Great to meet you guys! Thanks for the burger and beers! Full agree on the gallons of water.

 

Our group got: FVMx8, HJx3, BBDLx1, Ronaldox1, Arbegx1
10 Group B, 2 Group C, 2 Group E.

The FVM were all fron group B, 2 HJ were from group E.

 

Hell yeah man! We had a great time. Was happy everyone was able to meet up and share their awesome beers. That Rye BAVSS was one of my favorite beers of the day. The good beer was definitely flowing and fast!

And how about that weather!? If only all DLDs could be so nice.

 

Pro tip: drinking 5 gallons of water and then sleeping 15 hours really helps get you back to feeling normal.

 

Powerade + Pedialyte + water + more water has me feeling better than the last several years.

 

For this that tried handjee this year, how was it? How did it stack up to previous years?

 

My thoughts: The fest was well run! We arrived around 9am for Group A and made it into the fest in about an hour. We both got French Vanilla which I would love to trade for a handjee or BBA if anyone is interested.

The guest taps and FFF taps by the stage were awesome and lines were virtually non -existant. I tried the following: Muerte, Ronaldo, Zombie v. Unicorn (amazing), Jackie O Barleywine

 

Weather was perfect. My buddy and I had a great time. Group D, I scored the Dia Oscuro (76/183), he scored the FVM. Lines seemed to move pretty well once you got in the cattle corral. So much sharing we missed most of the taps later in the day. I hope they continue to do the random bags, a lot less stress.

 

Never had previous years. It was quite good tho. Wasn't as much of a vanilla bomb as I expected. Also it was prob a bit warm since I tried a bottle somebody cracked right after walking out with it. Overall I was impressed but it's not something I'd drop half my cellar or hundreds of dollars on. I actually really regret not getting to try chemtrail. Heard amazing things. Had the chem, muerte and Ronaldo all blow when I was within striking distance. So kinda bummed about that. Anybody try the black barleywine collaboration with dark horse? Thought it was pretty good (thats what I got when ronaldo blew)

 

I'm still drunk........

 

So do we know how many of each variant was bottled for DLD? Shouldn't be too hard then to figure how many vintages were given out.

Dia Oscuro 183
Marshmallow Handjee 1227
French Vanilla Militia 2896
Bourbon BADL 644
Chemtrail Mix 1505
Muerte 1547
Ronaldo 600

(Do the numbers above look correct)

 

I wanted to give a HUGE thanks to some generous people here. The people that shared these with me, as both were new brewery ticks and both were absolutely incredible!

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I also want to thank the couple from Iowa that brought enough King Sue and TG Hops to sink a battleship!


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And the biggest thanks to a random that was kind enough to go through the E allotment with me. For his troubles I gave him a '17 DL, a bba 10-50, and the lions share of my prop '14.

This was the smoothest run event I've ever been to. All of the lines were quick(except for dark matter swag), taps were abundant as were good and water! I honestly don't know what anyone could complain about...

Cheers All and see you there next year!

 

Went through in group A and then went back in group E for my drunken friend, definitely saw more vintage in group A than in group E but obviously in and out pretty fast both times.

 

Thought you guys would get a laugh out of this...

When I got home, I realized I had a weird irritation along my neck. At first I thought it was from some knotted fabric on my shirt. But right after I logged off last night, it hit me: pretzel necklace. It must have been caught under my backpack a few times and the string pulled against my neck. So it helped keep me coherent, but I paid a price.