mexican sharpshooter has left the country temporarily, therefore he will cede the floor to Glibs participating in the BIF until he returns.
By Nephilium
Some of you may have seen my frequent posts about something called a BIF, and wondered what I was talking about. So, the participants in this most recent BIF have written up some blurbs so you can see what it’s all about (blame Yusef for the idea… Slainte Yusef!). First off, a BIF stands for Beer It Forward. The concept is you have a bunch of people who are interested in trying new beers sign up. Then you can either do a shotgun BIF (all participants ship to someone else at around the same time), or a chain BIF (a package wends its way through a list of participants, with people choosing someone off the list to ship to). The chain BIF can add a bit of excitement, as you never know when you’re getting a package, but it has the problem of long delays, and the possibility of the chain getting broken (life happens). So, for the two BIF’s I’ve ran here, they’ve been shotgun BIF’s.
Each participant was asked to put together a package that contained between 72 – 90 ounces of local beers. Why 72 – 90 ounces? It allows for a six pack of 12 oz cans/bottles, or four 22 oz bombers. Swag was permitted, but not expected. Each person was asked for their address, and beer preferences, which were passed along to the person shipping to them. I then split the participants up (roughly) by region, and randomly assigned people to ship to a different region then the one they were in. So… without further ado, we’ll start with…
Yusef, who Nephilium shipped to:
I moved to Canon City Colorado in 1995, left my Wife behind to pack while I made Money and found a Home.It got boring so I went to the Library( they didn’t have Internet back then in Colorado) and found some books about Beer, not making it, but what types and styles, and why, etc. My First real craft Beer was a New Belgium Fat Tire Brown Ale, and I was Hooked.
Trappist Monk Ales, Scotch Ales, anything new and different. Came back to Shit Hole Land in 1998 and found `tons of great microbreweries and have enjoyed Good beer ever since.
First off is a Sour Ale called Smiley faces from Platform Brewery, This Beer Stinks, Really, it smells of something God Awful yet tastes Delicious, Super Cloudy and Dense, 4/5
Next is FatHeads Sunshine Daydream, a Session Ipa, Some Fruity notes, and a Nutty finish, 3.5/5, it keeps hanging on through my Drunkenness, + Rammstein
Next up, Hopping Frog Infusion A, Coffee Porter, 6.2% Ambrosia in a glass, the Peanut Butter comes through before the Coffee, making for a Wonderful taste, and Thicc too, like I like my Women. 5/5 it’s that good.
Habutuale was Disappointing, it’s a good Kolsch, and finishes with a bitterness that I like, so I guess it’s good, for a Kolsch, 3/5
Bed Head Red, Sounds like me waking up, but instead is a solid, good drinker, nothing weird, and it doesn’t stink, a solid 4/5
Sibling Revelry Blood Brood, Well, Cloud City is calling, they want there Beer back, It stinks, yet tastes very good, the Haze makes me wonder how I’ll Poop tomorrow, 3.7/5
Thanks to Nephilium for putting this all together,
SKOL!
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67 responses to “BIF – Not just a guy from Back to the Future”
I’m a Packer Fan, Why did you Use Vikings?
/CHEESEHEADS!
Because Packers don’t say skol!
Nice write-up, Yusef. I need to finish the beers I received and get my tasting notes together.
I also need to send my beer to my recipient! *hangs head in shame*
Friends don’t let friends be cheeseheads.
/DaBears
Easy there Friend…..
LOL I used to live just south of the cheddar curtain. we learned to tolerate each other.
After further review, the Bears still suck.
I remember sitting at the bar at Lou Malnati’s on September 20, 2015 watching the Bears getting thumped by the AZ Cardinals. Some douchebag at the bar kept going on about how good the Bears were going to be; playoffs and a real shot at the NFC championship. I couldn’t roll my eyes enough. He just would not shut up. I eventually just started to get rude and laugh at the obviously delusional shit he was saying about the Bears. I told him to his face he was a insane idiot. Pointed to the game on tv “Here’s reality!” So this guy wants to fist fight. My wife and I finish our drinks and leave. The Bears went on to a 6-10 record, last place in the division.
Later that afternoon we had cocktails on the sun deck at Trump Tower. And then our friends got married along the Chicago River in a lovely evening ceremony.
I thought you were headed to this
Classic.
Well yes, but going in right direction. 8-8 is realistic this year and 2019 playoff potential.
I don’t know anything about beer, but I do know the Packers, the Cheeseheads, and Lambeau Field are what REAL honest-to-goodness American football should be. Anyone saying otherwise is wrong, and unpatriotic, too.
/glares defiantly at the Glibertariat
Massive applause!!!
First
It sucks. I suffered through a Bears-Saints night game there.
I hate the Packers, but I’ll be the first to say that I’d rather see a game at Lambeau than any other stadium.
Admittedly, the lack of facilities and general “southern” location do suck. Except for sitting under/in front of the pa system, not a bad seat. My tix were always free so I mostly went pre-season or late season.
If you haven’t yet, you and the Old Man should try attending a Chiefs game at Arrowhead sometime. Shit gets LOUD! Plus, best smelling parking lot in the nation….*
*remembers your dietary habits
…okay. Maybe not.
The tailgating at Lambeau is like that but with triple the alcohol and 40 degrees colder. They’re proud of their brats.
The first time I heard about that, I was intrigued until I found out that brats were sausage, not potential mates. Nonetheless, great experience, and much of it was because of the people, who were the nicest and friendliest folks I’ve ever encountered at an NFL game.
‘I was intrigued until I found out that brats were sausage, not potential mates.’
*cringe chuckle*
Goddamn, dude.
Arrowhead gets its sub freezing games in December as well. And oddly enough, most drunkenness I’ve seen their tend to happen in the stadium, not the parking lot.
I wouldn’t say we have the nicest fans in the league but they’re pretty civil to outsiders, Broncos and Raiders fans excluded. I’ve seen people thrown down steps and over railings at Raiders games.
Go Vikings!
Why did you Use Vikings?
Since when do Packers fans shout SKOL?
Shotgun BIF FTW. I’m in for the next one.
nothing weird, and it doesn’t stink
High praise, Neph.
I mean, Yusef.
stinky Beer like stinky Buds, can be a good thing, And a Shout out Neph for all the Great Ohio Beer!
All I know is that it’s open bar at the wedding reception this evening.
And it’s a bunch of Irish and Italians.
Should be fun, and possibly stabby.
Pack a shillelagh!
tl;dl
The d is for drinking and the l is for liquor.
Too liquor drinking liquor.
I guess I’ll go buy some……….BEER!
Too Lit;Drank Liquor
Pair with a nice Bourbon marinated fish. They should be easy to catch!
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/u-s-world/storage-collapse-sent-bourbon-gushing-into-retention-ponds/1288301880
108 right now, I already condemned a Condenser, and get the rest of the day off, Yay?
80 here, 29% (!) humidity… glorious. No HVAC services required today!
The heatwave has finally made it’s way to the upper Midwest. 95 degrees with 70% humidity in northern NoDak today.
Some of us live in Florida. Talking about the weather for the next three months is harsh for us.
Get back in touch in late January.
When it’s -25F here? I’d rather not think about that right now.
Fair enough. It’s actually hotter and more humid now where you are , unless you were exaggerating.
So as not to be a dick to fellow Glibs, I promise to STFU about the weather here in Jan/Feb .
Nope, no exaggeration. Thankfully though it’s a bit of an anomaly…mid 80’s for the next week.
No. As an AZ native, where 108 in the summer is the norm, I disagree. If I have to deal with summer, I’m going to hang winter in your face.
MS: Be kind. It looks like they’re dealing with the ass end of summer, while getting none of the benefits of our winters.
78, 43% humidity. Not a cloud in the sky. It’s weirdly autumnal, actually. Next week we’ll get back to the 90s with something like 60% – 80% humidity. Naptown (the place, not me) is basically a temperate marsh with an ironic lack of wind.
I mowed the lawn and weeded a few flower beds earlier today. I didn’t need my bedroom’s window unit air conditioner last night. I probably won’t need it again tonight.
Courtesy of wchipperdove in the last thread:
“Today is writer Robert Heinlein’s birthday, born July 7 1907 in Butler Missouri.”
*Raises glass*: “I don’t believe in luck, Sam. Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius. “
Next up, Hopping Frog Infusion A, Coffee Porter, 6.2% Ambrosia in a glass, the Peanut Butter comes through before the Coffee, making for a Wonderful taste, and Thicc too, like I like my Women. 5/5 it’s that good.
This sounds good.
oh yes, it is
Yeah, I have a mix and match 6 pack in fridge. Need to go get yard work done first.
I don’t know if you did this yourself, or found it in the wild, but I’m surprised more stores don’t do this. I wonder if there are regs against it or if the beer companies don’t like it. (I have to suspect smaller companies wouldn’t give a shit, though.)
It’s common in the bigger liquor stores up here. I wouldn’t doubt that it’s against the alcohol regs in some states.
hi BP, thanks again for the Vipers jersey. Too hot to wear anything like that right now. But will plan on the next DRW pre-season game as apparel.
re: Loose six packs / mix and match: Stores around us in Beer City (G-Rap, MI) do this a lot, but always charge more for the loose six packs.
EF: Glad it found its’ way to someone more appropriate than me (and thx again for the postage thing). I’d wish good luck to the DRW, but I inherited my Mom’s liking for Le Canadiens. (Dad was a Bruins fan – fortunately, they were able to see past this in each other).
I’m trying to get over the Orlando Solar Bears’ connection to the Leafs. The frikkin’ Leafs. It was a lot easier when they were basically a farm team for the Minnesota Wild.
Also glad MI has loose enough regs so that you can get the sixers you choose.
Both Krogers and Giant Eagle do it here in Columbus. Fairly decent selection of single bottles and cans to choose from at both. You can only choose from what they have in the mix and match coolers. Giant Eagle has an overall better beer selection but they’re both pretty good on the mix and match. I’ve been shopping a LOT less at Krogers since their foray into the gun debate. I’m sure they won’t miss a few thousand dollars a year.
I didnt realize Kroger was silly enough to step in that pile of shit. However, the stores in the Dayton area have been (from what Ive seen) open-carry friendly. One day I was shopping, and noticed an older guy OC-ing some flavor of large-frame semi. I just assumed he was a cop, or at least retired LE. Later when I was standing in the self-checkout, I noticed him leaving the store with his cart of goodies. About that time, the checkout supervisor (a lady that I always o̵v̵e̵r̵t̵l̵y̵ ̵f̵l̵i̵r̵t̵e̵d̵ was chatty with) walked up to me and said, “can you believe that man?”
Me: “who”
Her: “that guy with the gun”
Me: “where?”
Her: “the tall guy that just walked out. I cant believe it.”
Me: “why?”
Her: “He’s always in here, and has that gun on his belt”
Me: “uh-huh”
Her: “I talked to the manager, and he said its legal”
Me: “uh-huh. In Ohio, open carry is legal, and evidently Kroger doesn’t have a policy. Doesn’t bother me a bit.”
Her: “I just dont think its right”
Me: “Lookit the time! I need to be someplace else.”
You see that in AZ all the time. They don’t care, even at Kroger. Hell, I’ve even seen it at the Apple Store.
“I have to suspect smaller companies wouldn’t give a shit, though.”
Its a good way to get people to try your product. I definitely am more likely to try something I’m not sure about if I can try one as opposed to buying 6.
Pretty much what I was thinking. Pay 1-2$ to try one? Why not? Better than spending 8-14$ on a sixer that you drink 6 ounces of, then dump the bottle and give 5 beers away to a friend.
Also, good to know that the Midwest (OH & MI, at least) apparently doesn’t (don’t) have stupid regs against mix-n-match 6 packs. I wouldn’t be surprised if CA did, though.
It’s up to the stores here. Actually for the US, California has pretty decent booze laws.
*shudders at the thought of state run liquor stores*
Fuck you, JB. I just had to go and google “Kroger Stores Gun” and now Im all pissy at them.
At least I dont feel guilty about going to Meijer earlier.
Meijer raised its age to buy ammo from 18 to 21 after Parkland. Thanks To Herr Hogg.
You can buy singles at most stores that sell beer in NH and MA. I’ve seen mix-a-six at a few places in PA.
OT: I notice the Hollywood Progtards are never told to “stay in their lanes”.
https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/william-shatner-defended-laura-ingalls-wilder-twitter-now-hes-being-accused-racism
First off, when you fuck with Bill Shatner, you’ve crossed my red line. Expect no quarter, no mercy.
But seriously, when can we expect the various schools and libraries named after Barack Obama to be renamed because he once said that he believed marriage was “between a man and a woman”? Or does it not count for some reason with him. Is there something about him…some quality…that Laura Ingels Wilder doesn’t have. Let’s see…she’s dead, so there’s that. She’s a woman…but shouldn’t that move her up the ladder? So, it must be something else…
Damn. I just can’t quite put my finger on it. It’s on the tip of my tongue.
Flight to Avoid Prosecution?
Go for it if your truck is full of gas and other options are not available.
Useful if you’re in SF
According to that map the Tenderloin is completely covered in turds.
Sounds about right.
Hopping Frog sounds good Yufus. You should have stayed in CO, you can’t shoot a dead cat out of a potato gun without hitting a brewery. I would like to get in on the next BIF but how do you know if what you are sending your designated recipient is not available in their area?
I just went on a little cleaning-and-throwing-things-away rampage. I even defrosted my refrigerator. Plenty more to do, but it’s a start.
Nephilium also sent me the Hopping Frog Infusion A during the first BIF. I will corroborate that it is as good as Yusef says it is,
Rhywun is happy for Vida.