state your beer, drinkers

[renski]

yea kind of sick and trying to get over a cold. drinking the much hyped younger right now, and it can either be the age or still being sick but it literally taste like a pale ale, no hop bite and the alcohol taste is unnoticeable. expo is next on tap.

I love IIIPA nights. well that is when I can enjoy the beer.

[shufon]

Met up with youkinorn last night at Blind Tiger and had a few beers. They have a great selection, tons of stuff left over from the Stone event that was this past Wednesday. Drank a Bourgoene des Flanders, Stone Ruination with simcoe hops, and a Sculpin.. good stuff, snapped a few pics but I'll upload them later.

[thomas_collins]

i do not want to go through making a "wants" list on BA because I am not really into trading, but whoever has me, if they need any direction can shoot me a pm

same for me please.

[youkinorn2]

Met up with youkinorn last night at Blind Tiger and had a few beers. They have a great selection, tons of stuff left over from the Stone event that was this past Wednesday. Drank a Bourgoene des Flanders, Stone Ruination with simcoe hops, and a Sculpin.. good stuff, snapped a few pics but I'll upload them later.

cheers, man.

looking forward to thursday for sure.

[Stylish Pilot]

Really wasn't impressed with the Stone Ruination or their regular IPA.

[Happy Hooligan]

Really wasn't impressed with the Stone Ruination or their regular IPA.

If you get Ruination on tap it's fantastic... To be honest, my favorite stone was their 10th anniversary but since you can't get that anymore.. Oaked Arrogant Bastard is just about heaven.

[shufon]

Soonami just asked me about the shipping deadline for the swap. I know thomas_collins and I are both out of town until the end of this week so because of that I'd like to say 4/1. That would give both us about half a week to get the beer and ship it.

[concealed]

renski hit my pm back

[renski]

Ok.. so it seems everybody has no qualms with the size of the BIF. How does this sound as a finalization of rules:

1. Minimum ~100oz of beer.

2. At least 1 bottle must be barrel/wood/oak aged.

3. 50% of the other bottles must be local to where you live.

4. The other 50% of bottles should be something you think your target will enjoy (be creative )

If these few rules are good with everybody, I'll collect contact info from everybody and hand out targets.

was this the final say?

[concealed]

should we set some kind of $ target, I dont want anyone to fill ripped off (including myself )

[shufon]

Yeah ren that was the final say.. 100 oz, 1 bottle must be barrel/wood/oak aged, 50% must be local, 50% something the person will like..

As far as a price target, that's fine. I'm trying to estimate how much would be a fair amount.. 6 12oz beers if I'm buying singles usually run me $2.50-$3.50/bottle, and I expect a bomber of a barrel/wood aged beer to run between $10-15? That's range of $25-36 total.. so I'd say $30.

Is $30 good for other people? I don't know how much beer costs in some places so if $30 is off base let me know.

[soonami]

I'm actually glad this came up since I'm packing a box now. I think mine will be much more than $30. But I can scale back a bit to keep thinks more in line with the general consensus. This however might just be a consequence of higher beer prices in Philly though

[soonami]

My package will be shipped tomorrow. The box will be going to the hometown of an actor, who was nominated for an Academy Award by portraying a real person in recent a movie, based on a non-fiction book of the same name.

[shufon]

^Nice way to start the whole hints thing, wasn't expecting that on sufu.

[shufon]

Also, how much did you spend soonami? I'd like to get a price target set that is fair for everybody.

[soonami]

I sent about $40 worth. I didn't mind since a couple of the beers are from 6-packs or cases that I picked up as extras in other trades.

[Stylish Pilot]

I was really impressed. Lots of coffee flavors.

[B-Dawg]

Tasting group convened for an epic weekend...

Cigar City Brewing Four Roses Bourbon barrel aged Marshal Zhukov's Imperial Stout

Cigar City Brewing Laird's Apple Brandy barrel aged Marshal Zhukov's Imperial Stout

The Bruery Bottleworks XII, imperial sour wit aged in red wine barrels on red and golden raspberries

Hair of the Dog Matt Bottleworks X

Port/Lost Abbey Churchill's Finest Hour, a blend of Old Viscosity and Serpent's Stout aged in Jack Daniels barrels

Lost Abbey Veritas 004

The Bruery Chocolate Rain

From SF Beer Week

Toronado Barleywine Festival

2008 FiftyFifty Brewing Co. 23 Year Old Pappy Van Winkle bourbon barrel Eclipse

2007 Lost Abbey Cable Car

[B-Dawg]

Bottle one of two Isabelle Proximus from Mad River special tapping at Toronado

2008 Beatification, 2007 Temptation, 2007 Supplication, Toronado 20th Anniversary at Russian River night at Toronado

[soonami]

Well brian that is a fucking EPIC tasting

[Happy Hooligan]

love the screen grab with that chocolate rain...

[concealed]

i gotta make a trip to the beer store for the swap

the combination of ncaa tourney/crazy work schedule/taking 30 days of from drinking beer is killing me

[soonami]

My box just landed, I hope I made my recipient happy

[mmg]

B i want you to get a better camera purely for luxurious beer color purposes. please

[shufon]

Nice tasting Brian, PVW Eclipse, Churchill's Finest, CR, Isabelle... epic stuff

Isabelle is #1 on my list of wants..

youkinorn and I are headed to Brooklyn tonight for a tasting, should be a great time -- batch 1 Hunaphu, 09 Gratitude, batch 1 Brute, among quite a few others. Will have a photo dump when I get back to Ithaca of the tasting, some random beers from the week, and some purchases.

Also I feel out of the loop since I've been in the city but I'll be more on top of the swap once I'm back home.

[pepperdanky]

love all the dogfish head ipas

[concealed]

bdawg thats a lot of beer pr0n

still at work finishing up this project, wife says i have a HEAVY package waiting for me at home.. from ben franklin's home town

[weidna]

lord god all mighty sexy jesus why can't i get a decent pour in southern orange county? would kill for some consecration ale and the nearest liquor outlet selling russian river is 10.5 miles away

[concealed]

awesome BIF received from soonami, I really appreciate it man, I know they were extras, but I am really looking forward to trying he sly fox brews

this gives me motivation to make my box even better for the lucky recipient, going to do my homework (beer shopping) saturday

thanks buddy!

[the Repeater]

I grudge against the Otter Creek Brewery but goddamned if the BIPA isn't a true achievement. Beautifully dense head and lacing, incredible hop aroma and rich, rich flavor when the normal bias is that you'll be getting a somewhat more hollow stout based on its appearance.

Try it if you see it.