Stout BIF Round 4 Hints & Hauls

Awesome either way. I love beers the have aged in sherry barrels. And MZ is one of my favorites. At 2 bottles per at the release, the Sherry MZ was a little hard to find and I was happy with the trade.

Thanks for the offer, I'll remember that next time...

 

It was 1 per el cat member i think the next is a Barleywine

 

We should discuss how we take advantage of your El Cat and my HS.....

 

I didn't realize it was regular bigfoot he was talking about

 

VBS from last night. Not one I got through this BIF, just working my way through some 2013 items in my cellar. Didn't get much of the coffee off this but it's still drinking quite nice. Not one I'd try to age again though.

 

Sorry for the late beer pron.

Huge thanks to @mseitz24 for some AWESOME boxes and his patience as I was not able to get into his boxes as quickly as I wanted to. These boxes happen to land right in the middle of some major home renovations. Re-doing the entire downstairs. Drywall, plaster, priming, painting, etc. This was over the course of 2 weeks. Both boxes ended up put away, plastic coated and sealed away from drywall dust and paint overspray.

As you can see below, there was some major renovations going on in our home. The 1st box to kill my porch is below.



Now for the GREAT STUFF!!!



Weyerbacher Heresy Imp Stout (Whiskey Barrel, YUMMY!)
Upland Teddy bear Kisses Imp Stout (Upland has great brews)
Firestone Velvet Merlin Oatmeal Stout (new to me!)
Pecan Pie Porter Am Porter (sounds delicious!)



Central Waters 17t Anniversary Edition (Can't to try this!)
Pipeworks Imp Stout Abduction (permawant!)
Pipeworks Toasty Nut Abduction (seen this at the last bottle share, went to pour some and it was empty, looking forward to tasting this!)
Big Bad Baptist Imp Stout (Cocoa, Coffee, andd Whiskey barrels, my heart just stopped!)
Founders Big Lushious 14' (Chocolate and Raspberries! My wife claimed this one.)


(Oh look, new walls and fresh paint! Everything is still covered in plastic as you can see by the table)

Not Your Father's Root Beer (Never had, heard the buzz about it, been wanting to try it.)
Dark Horse Plead The 5th Imp Stout (Permawant!)
Great Lakes Blackout Stout (Permawant!)
Central Waters Stout 12' (1 of 3 vertical, THANKS sender, will be a treat all 3 years!)
KBS (Permawant. With all the house renovations and new baby, I did not get a chance to buy any this year)
Central Waters CHERRY Stout (YUM! New to me.)
Central Waters Stout 13' (2 of 3 vertical)
Drago RIS (Bourbon barrel aged, OMG!)



Secret Stache Stout (Another new to me stout)
Central Waters Barleywine Ale (new to me, love a good barleywine and its BBA)
Central Waters Stout '14 (3 of 3 vertical)
Dark Horse Fore Smoked Stout (never had)



Pipeworks Raspberry Truffle Abduction (another one my wife had to pry out of my hands. We both love this one and drank our last one a few months ago, love it!)
Central Waters Space Ghost (I will be taking this to a Cinco de Mayo tasting!)
Deschutes The Abyss 14' (Permawant)
Big Eddy RIS 15' (never had)
Greenbush Dystopia RIS (Love RIS's)

I absolutely love these boxes. Thanks again @mseitz24 for sending a great representation of beers from around your area and neighboring states. This is why I love doing BIFS. Looking forward to trying them all. A few of which I've already put away for our 'house warming/I have a kitchen now party'. :-)

Cheers!
Chuck

 

I don't think that pecan pie porter was from me. I thought I sent the clown shoes with the luchador on it

 

I had one fresh and it was fantastic and have been aging one just to see what might happen. I might see what happened soon to clear some space as well thanks to DLD

 

Everyone survive DLD? Who lucked out and got a variant!!?? Feel free to post DLD Pron / recaps.

 

I wouldn't mind seeing some of those hauls. All the clamoring over the glassware, I'm curious to see what it's like.

 

So the weather for DLD sucked bad yesterday, but it didn't stop us from having an amazing time. This picture though, encapsulates the highlight of my day!


Got to meet @bevoduz and was able to try his Barrel Aged Liquid Mounds Bar and Coffee Fauxbraxas. Chad was an awesome dude and his beers were just insanely delicious. I wish I could sell my home and invest in his beer. Aside from the BVDL these were the two best beers I had all day.

 

@bevoduz should start a crowdfunding project to establish his own microbrewery. I'd support it!

 

Here's the Dino Smores that Ncpogs brought me & I'm enjoying it in that Dark Lord stein

 

VBS from last night..

Got a growler of NOLA lowerline sour. What a great base beer!

Then I decided to experiment with the 2nd half of the growler. Raspberries/Strawberries in the french press. I could drink this all day > Sorry for the messy glass, was in a hurry to consume!

 

I didn't see a Luchador. No worries. I'm extremely happy with everything you sent. I took the Central Waters 17 to a tasting last night. That is one of the BEST BA stouts I've ever had. Great balance of barrel and roasty stout. Thanks for including. I've added it to my 'wants' list for future BIF's and trades. Thanks again Michael!

 

Which is which? Neither looks like the avatars

 

@Ncpogs is on the left, @bevoduz on the right.... c'mon, which one more looks like a beaver

 

That's really strange. I swear it was a 12oz bottle of chocolate sombrero I put in the box. I've never even seen that pecan porter.

I'm glad you liked everything. I just kept grabbing stuff from the store here and there and by the time I got around to adding it up I was up past 350. I didn't want to be that guy who sent the bare minimum, especially for my first BIF.

Its good to hear the 17 is tasting good. I'll have to open one soon, haven't had it since the anniversary party on tap. You should try the drago soon. I thought they were similar but it was months apart that I drank them.

 

If you put a hat and glasses on my avatar, they could be a small resemblance.