Hey, do me a favor man...

I have a friend who has a son in Colorado and have asked him to find various beers for me - he never manages to get it together.

 

Never. I figure there's too much great beer out there to need to fetishize specific beers to that level.

 

I've done it quite a few times mostly with sucess, I asked my mom to pick up Yazoo when she went to Tennessee and she delivered. I've also had two coworkers bring me back Against the Grain and Pizza Port when they went Louisville and San Diego respectively. If they are a good enough friend I will ask, but I won't ask people that I don't know well. The bottom line is it's a no pressure situation and I always pay them back when I get the beer.

 

I have done this once with a friend who lives in Madison. She sort of offered anyway, so I didn't feel too badly about it. I've got some delicious New Glarus wild ales headed my way. Score!

 

I have No Shame. I ask anyone that will listen. I frame it as " If it's convenient for you or if you find yourself in this area". I also do my absolute best to make some phone calls ahead and be as specific as possible.

I get a lot of "No's" and "Maybes' but every once in a while i strike gold.

I've had the best luck using "WholeFoods" I think there is something less intimidating almost welcoming about Wholefoods.
Just last year I got some great La Cumbre, san diego and Cigar City hauls.

I am also currently working on a possible russian river favor. Like I said I ask everyone.

 

Nailed it.

Tried to get a buddy of mine to grab me some Heady while he was in VT. After explaining how rare it was by saying "it's pretty rare", I was met with a "Okay never mind I prob wont be able to get it" response. I need more Craft Beer drinking frannngggss.

 

I had my girlfriend pick up a couple 4-packs of Founders Breakfast Stout when she went to Texas.

 

I'd rather acquire them myself. Even if I have to wait a while.

 

Second that notion. In college, aspiring geneticist are very uncool.

A wise man told me that's what beer is here for!

I fully expect my popularity to exponentially grow once I unwrap the key to reversing the effects of aging

 

Same people all the time. If I am going home to visit family or friends I always ask that they always have Pliny waiting for me or if someone is coming to Vegas to bring me RR, Heretic, Drakes, 21st amendment. My sister travels so she brings my Cigar City, Sante Fe, Ska or wherever she is visiting. My sister in law in charge of Souther California beers. What I do to help is to call bottle shops or breweries to make sure they have what I want in stock. I also pick places close to their house or hotel. I also pay way over their cost of the beer (for my sister I pay $10 extra a 6 pack). I also try and email me them a picture of the beer I want so they can just ask or show an employee. Funny thing last night I sent my sister in law to get Track 10 by Lost Abby and she ended up surprising me with 2 bottles plus an additional 2 bottles of Track 8.

 

I have a box of Captain Lawrence enroute for this very reason. Met a girl at a bar that was in town for the holidays who lived close to the brewery. She took my number but I never thought about it again. Yesterday she texts me for my address and says she picked me up one of each bottle they had available!

 

Never done it. I quite enjoy going and getting beer for myself. Probably a VT hermit thing.

 

Never have really. If I do ask, it's usually my friends at the local bottle shop or within the friendly confines of BA (all of the above likely know more than I as well). Other than that, I am my own best buyer.

 

I had my Dad get me a 6'er of Two Hearted Ale when he went to Missouri recently. His idea of good beer is Coors Light. I wouldn't have him look for anything seasonal or limited, only shelf beer.

 

About as many times as a wine snob friend has asked me to grab the 1995 Chateau De Montreis del Marconi por la Rodriguez Casa Malbec. Zero.

 

My boss had a meeting VT on a Thursday. As soon as I heard that, I mapped out where he was going and he drove right by the hunger mountain coop. He still gives me crap for paying $75 for a case of beer but he just doesn't get it...

 

I worked for a warehouse and noticed that, almost always, the same driver brought our delivery from one of our regular suppliers. Then I noticed, from his driver's license, that he was from Wisconsin. Just in general conversation, I asked him if he had ever seen New Glarus beers around. He asked me what I wanted and I told him I would take whatever I could get. On his next run to us he was kind enough to bring me about a case and a half of assorted beers from NG.

 

I think it is really rude to ask people (friends, family, etc) to pick something up for me when they travel. Most don't know what to look for anyway. I never understood all the threads here that ask what their mother or someone else should pick up for them while they are in Houston. I don't think they should spend any time on me. Why make someone not into this hobby spend any time trying to find something they know nothing about? They are already traveling, and probably have an agenda of their own to follow as well. If it is a ba buddy, maybe, but even then only if they offer first. Which I will say, just whatever local is on the shelf, and not to make any special trips for me.

 

Basically I just wish I had more beer geek friends. Of course basically everyone in VT enjoys local beer but few really get into the legwork and research of what the scene looks like out of state. I would send the non-beer geek friends out in search but, like almost everyone has said, I'd be afraid of what they end up with. I'd ask for BCBCS and end up with Honkers!

 

My mother-in-law works in Munster so she's frequently asked to pick up special releases and cases of Zombie Dust.