NBS BIF #17 Hints and Hauls: Subaru Drivers Won't Keep Us From Our Magic Water Breakfast

Until we name a BIF round after @jonphisher 's injury, I think I'm still the leader in the clubhouse.

For those not in the know, the Rocket Balls round was named after a box I received from @JayORear (or was it @Dimidiata ? I think it was Jay) when I was in Georgia, and it included some fruited sours along with the typical assortment of IPAs. As I was taking the beers out of the box, I would put them on the kitchen table - really, a fairly small four-person octagonal dinette table, probably just around waist height (I'm short, though).

The offending can (allegedly; nothing was ever proven about the can in a court of law) was a bit dented on the bottom, IIRC, so I laid it on its side. About a half heartbeat later, the top exploded open ... the top that was pointed directly away from me.

Physics happened, and the can shot off the table directly into my crotch. Direct hit. Couldn't have planned it better. Unpacking the rest of the beer was put on hold for a good 20-30 minutes. But no emergency room, at least, so I got off lighter than Jon, I think.

So, yeah: some of us send ninja strikes or porch bombs. And some of us send actual ninja bombs in our porch strikes (cleverly disguised as delicious beer).

 

I'm drinking this one now courtesy of @budsNpils :



Dylan, help a brother out! This is a rotating varietal SMASH IPA. Which one is it? There is an entry for "Zythophile Astronaut," which says it's Nectaron hops, but there's a separate entry for Zythophile Nectaron, and all the other ones have the hop listed (I can't tell for certain if Astronaut is simply part of the proper full name).

 

I knew it was round 11! Thanks for looking that up. It made me laugh going through the post again.

 

I've cleaned up the entries and made them more consistent. Thanks!

 

Now that I've got this beer entered properly, here's the review:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30380/644940/?ba=Roguer#lists
3.93 / -2.7%

 

I honestly cannot recall; I suspect it was Trillium, but I'm really not sure. @JayORear has a slight chance of remembering, I suppose.