De-cellar-ation LIF #1 - Dark and Delicious

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  1. schwartzoid

    schwartzoid Initiate (0) Mar 4, 2008 California

    Howdy,

    Thanks to the generosity of many amazing trading partners, I have more delicious beer than I can possibly drink. Therefore, I am going to give away a few bottles via this LIF that I have already had the pleasure of enjoying. This may not be the last of this type of LIF from me, so keep your eyes peeled for the next one if you don't win this time.

    Here's what is up for grabs:
    I have a 6 bottle shipper and have 5 bottles that are ready to ship. The 6th bottle will be an attempt by me to hit a want for the winner and will most definitely be a surprise.

    Here's how to play:
    In order to win the LIF, you must guess each of the 5 bottles (both brewery and beer) correctly based on the hints that I will be giving. You may only guess once per hint or once per day if I slack and don't add a hint on a given day. If no one has named all 5 bottles by Friday March 8th at noon Pacific, I will take the person who named 4 bottles correctly first. I don't anticipate this happening, but just wanted to make that clear.

    Here are the first hints:
    Dark and Delicious is the theme
    Bottle 1 - 22oz and slightly hoppy from the Midwest with the highest ABV of the bunch
    Bottle 2 - 22oz BA goodness from the Midwest with the highest BA score of the bunch
    Bottle 3 - 22oz BA goodness from SoCal with the lowest BA score of the bunch
    Bottle 4 - 750mL from the East Coast with the lowest ABV of the bunch
    Bottle 5 - 750mL first bottle release from a brewery on the East Coast

    Since I will likely be away from my computer for the better part of the day, please feel free to guess twice since I gave a few hints.

    Good luck and game on!
     
    #1 schwartzoid, Mar 1, 2013
  2. merc7186

    merc7186 Initiate (0) Dec 5, 2010 New York

    Bottle 1: Surly Darkness
    Bottle 2: Minneapolis Town Hall Czar Jack
    Bottle 3: Stone Old Guardian BELGO Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine
    Bottle 4: Imperial Stout Trooper
    Bottle 5: Cigar City Nielsbohrium

    Thanks for the chance....spent way too much time coming up with these wrong answers.
     
    #2 merc7186, Mar 1, 2013
  3. tofuspeedstar

    tofuspeedstar Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2012 Texas

    Bottle 1: Surly Darkness
    Bottle 2: Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee
    Bottle 3: 50/50 Eclipse Rebel Yell
    Bottle 4: Hill Farmstead Arthur
    Bottle 5: Tired Hands Guillemot


    lool...thanks!
     
    #3 tofuspeedstar, Mar 1, 2013
  4. radio2525

    radio2525 Zealot (586) Feb 14, 2012 Ohio
    Trader

    Bottle: 1 Surly darkness
    Bottle: 2 bourbon country cherry rye
    Bottle: 3 50/50 Rittenhouse Rye
    bottle: 4: Hill farmstead anna
    bottle: 5 tired hands HandFarm
     
    #4 radio2525, Mar 1, 2013
  5. Sender

    Sender Initiate (0) Sep 19, 2010 Minnesota

    Hint: Bottle 1 is not Darkness, Darkness is a 750
     
    #5 Sender, Mar 1, 2013
  6. wyatt13

    wyatt13 Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2011 Illinois

    Bottle 1 - Dark Lord
    Bottle 2 - Bourbon County Coffee
    Bottle 3 - Eclipse - Rebel Yell
    Bottle 4 - Imperial Stout Trooper
    Bottle 5 - Zhukov's

    Thanks for the opportunity!
     
    #6 wyatt13, Mar 2, 2013
  7. emottram

    emottram Initiate (0) Feb 8, 2013 Massachusetts
    Trader

    1. FFF Dark Lord
    2. GI BCS Coffee
    3. Firestone Walker DDBA
    4. Hill Farmstead Flora
    5. CCB Marshal Zhukov
     
    #7 emottram, Mar 2, 2013
  8. ewright

    ewright Initiate (0) Oct 25, 2007 North Carolina

    Dark Lord has hops?
     
    #8 ewright, Mar 2, 2013
  9. jakeox

    jakeox Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2012 Illinois

    1. GI Night Stalker
    2. GI BCBS
    3. FW DDBA
    4. NEBCO Imperial Stout Trooper
    5. Hardywood GBS

    ... these cannot all be correct, so I'm just fishing for hints here ...
     
    #9 jakeox, Mar 2, 2013
  10. ridglens

    ridglens Pundit (806) Jan 10, 2010 Indiana

    1. GI nightstalker
    2. BA BORIS
    3. Brandy Angels Share
    4. Clown shoes lubrication
    5. ArtiSnale snail stout (tired hands

    thanks for the try!
     
    #10 ridglens, Mar 2, 2013
  11. beernads

    beernads Initiate (0) May 4, 2012 Florida

    1. GI Night Stalker
    2. GI BCBCS
    3. FW DDBA
    4. Hill Farmstead Twilight Of The Idols
    5. Foothills Sexual Chocolate
     
    #11 beernads, Mar 2, 2013
  12. schwartzoid

    schwartzoid Initiate (0) Mar 4, 2008 California

    Definitely made more progress in Day 1 than I had expected. 2 beers have been identified correctly.

    Next hints:
    1 - Could've been named after a serial killer
    2 - Could've been named after an actor who had some trouble with his neck
    3 - Could've been named after a pet on a famous TV show
    4 - Was most definitely named after someone famous
    5 - Is from a brewery that has been around since the late 1990s, which is strange since it is their first bottled offering
     
    #12 schwartzoid, Mar 2, 2013
  13. wyatt13

    wyatt13 Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2011 Illinois

    Throwing some more stuff against the wall to see what sticks...

    1 - Three Floyds Dark Lord
    2 - Goose Island King Henry (a guy can hope, right?)
    3 - Green Flash Sleepin' with Shaggy
    4 - NEBCO Imperial Stout Trooper
    5 - Ommegang Three Philosophers

    Thanks again!
     
    #13 wyatt13, Mar 2, 2013
  14. chriltz

    chriltz Initiate (0) Mar 21, 2010 Illinois

    I've got #1 down...as for the rest, once i stop taking these pain meds i might be able to think a little more clearly.
     
    #14 chriltz, Mar 2, 2013
  15. cneville

    cneville Zealot (520) Sep 16, 2010 Ohio

    1. GI Night Stalker
    2. Czar Jack
    3. Sleepin With Shaggy
    4. Nielsbohrium
    5. Southampton IRS
     
    #15 cneville, Mar 2, 2013
  16. jakeox

    jakeox Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2012 Illinois

    1. GI Night Stalker
    2. Hoppin Frog BA BORIS
    3. Port Brewing Santa's Little Helper BBA
    4. DFH Bitches Brew
    5. Green Man The Dweller
     
    #16 jakeox, Mar 2, 2013
  17. harrymel

    harrymel Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2010 Washington

    #1) GI Night Stalker 11.7% (92)
    #2) BA BORIS 9.4% (95)
    #3) BA Santa's Little Helper 10.0% (86)
    #4) NEBCO Imperial Stout Trooper 8.5% (94)
    #5) Green Man The Dweller 9.5% (89)

    Thanks for the chance!
    cheers
    harry
     
    #17 harrymel, Mar 2, 2013
  18. schwartzoid

    schwartzoid Initiate (0) Mar 4, 2008 California

    And we have a winner! Congrats jakeox! Send me a BM with your info and I'll try to get the box out to you on Monday assuming the weather looks good.

    Thanks to everyone else who participated, I'll try to make it last a bit longer next time. I'll probably do another one of these soon so keep your eyes open!
     
    #18 schwartzoid, Mar 2, 2013
  19. jakeox

    jakeox Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2012 Illinois

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    Here is the haul ... you'll notice a pretty sweet extra on the right! Thanks again for this, and I plan to start a LIF of my own sometime fairly soon.
     
    #19 jakeox, Mar 8, 2013
  20. schwartzoid

    schwartzoid Initiate (0) Mar 4, 2008 California

    Glad you like it and enjoy!
     
    #20 schwartzoid, Mar 8, 2013
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