I'm not sure if this has been a previous topic, but has anyone ever repacked a box and been pleasantly surprised? I was just packing a large box and within the peanuts found a shorts censored ale. I had not seen this when I originally unpacked the box. I don't remember who sent it but thank you! It was holding up just fine after a few weeks in my cellar. It just lead me to wondering what kind of awesome extras go unnoticed until a later date. I am sure there are some good stories out there. Has anyone else have this happen before?
This has happened more than once to me. I think I might have a problem I have found extras like Mirror Mirror, Spotted Cow and a whole bunch of others buried in boxes, and its always a great surprise, like finding a $10 in the laundry!
I just moved, and found a nice BCBS in a box about a week after unpacking. A pleasant and welcome surprise for sure!
This happened to me last week. I was repacking a box to send out and I found a bottle of Supplication in it. That really made my day. I'll probably have to ninja-box the guy who sent me that original box!
Since I moved to Baltimore I keep digging out bottles of commercial stuff in homebrew boxes. Backwoods Bastard, Chocolate Fever, canned BAG, some Eclipse variants.
Eclipse variants in a box as just 'beers you forgot about'? Jesus, what kind of homebrews are you trading!?
Well I had cellared beers in with the homebrew in the basement. So load it all into a truck and unpack it from a 2500sq/ft house into a 700sq/ft apartment, you start finding all sorts of crap you hid when you were drunk or thought you'd leave alone for a year or two.
Daughters going to college, so I'll be bored and have time to finally unpack some cases i have stored in cellar.
Found a 2007 Black Albert in a box of packing material a while back. Cool thread op, I never thought this would have happened to anyone else.
This is why you should always completely and thoroughly dig out a box before putting it away for later use, or kicking it to the curb.
I was just getting a box ready night before last and I found a bubble wrapped can of Bud Light in the bottom of the box I was reusing. I was terribly disappointed because I'm sure it's long past it's best. The worst thing is I couldn't find any return address info because I must have torn the label off so I don't know how I'm going to repay the sender for their incredible generosity in sending such a rare and highly sought after extra. If I figure out who sent it, they'll be getting a little surprise box for sure
Happened to me, except I didn't notice and sent the reused box to someone else, who thanks me for the such and such extras.... one of which I did not include! Blind BIF extra I guess lol
