Attention glasswhores, it's that time again! I’m a sucker for #properglassware so this round will reflect that. I’ve also been accused of being a bit excessive (most often by my wife) so this BIF will turn things up a notch.
You MUST create a glass wants list of at least 20 glasses. Style preferences or specific breweries help too. This is for both your sake and your sender’s. It is much easier to send you a killer box when given a little direction. Also make sure your gots are also up to date by the end of the registration period.
The Rules (they are different, please read them all):
1.) 6 glass minimum.
- MUST be stemware including mini-snifters unless specifically stated on wants sheet of recipient. Any questions about qualifying glassware must be asked before shipment.
- Must be brewery/brewpub-related, with preference to locals, or target's "wants list."
2.) 3 of the glasses MUST be wants or style wants at the very least!
- Disclaimer: I think this should be very doable but if you have a very short list or your list only includes very rare glasses, I may grant your sender a waiver to knock that down to 2…but I really hope I don’t have to do that. You must message me if you are having problems with this requirement.
3.) 8 glass maximum (No excuse for going over this round).
- Glasses 6-8 (are optional, but it seems at this point that everyone sends 6 so lets make that the standard for this round). The other 2 are OPTIONAL and can be non-brewery, but still beer (or whiskey)-related, e.g. beer bars, beer shops, etc. (or glencairns, rocks glasses, etc). If you don’t want something whiskey related, just make a note on the spreadsheet that you aren’t into that.
- Non-stems are allowable, if necessary, for glasses 7-8, but not encouraged unless you have a very strong reason to believe your target will love it. (*Many people do not collect shakers, unless you know they do, please avoid going this route)
4.) Beer: Minimum of 44oz of proper beer that matches the glasses you've sent AND any glasses that are not wants (such as awesome locals that you want to share) must be accompanied by a beer so as to allow your target to break them in properly. I will not set a maximum on proper beer, but sending more beer than glass is probably against the spirit of this GIF.
- If you have glasses that you've never been able to break in properly (and care to do so)...make a note next to said glass in your gots list, your sender is allowed to include a beer from that brewery as well. As far as I'm concerned, there is really no need for sending beer in this BIF that doesn’t have an accompanying glass so I’ll set a max of 1, hopefully your target can find a way to proper it anyway.
5.) One piece of swag: swag is defined as brewery/beer-related apparel (shirt, hat, etc.), signs/tackers, tap handles, etc. This is generally an item in the $10-30 range (could be more, shouldn't be less).
- If target does not specify t-shirt size on the sign-up sheet, that means he/she prefers something other than a shirt (i.e. don't guess on shirt sizes). I also recommend stating preferred types of swag on the registration spreadsheet if you’d like to dictate that.
6.) Other non-glass/beer extras are at sender's discretion (no minimum or maximum): coasters, bottle openers, koozies, stickers, misc.
Maximum of 40 participants.
Sign ups will be open until Sunday, Oct. 19th.
Targets will be sent out by, Sunday, November 1st.
Veterans from previous rounds will be given priority if more than 40 people wish to join.
Wants and gots list is mandatory. This BIF doesn’t even know what BA is, so links to this unknown acronym are not acceptable.
Shipping deadline is Monday, December 15th, which should give everyone ample time to acquire enough ammo to demolish their target with an early holiday present. Keep in mind if you are sending to a cold weather city, get your box out early enough to avoid shipping delays. If you have concerns, please let me know ASAP.
Please note if you are returning from the last round NOTE THIS ON THE SPREADSHEET, anyone from previous rounds who makes NO note ON THE SPREADSHEET by Oct. 19th will be excluded, I don't really feel like parsing through this thread for participants. #losientonosiento.
Signups are here!
Please, any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask, or suggestions to make this better, let's hear those too. This is my favorite BIF, so I want everyone to receive an amazing haul.
Cheers!
Josh
You MUST create a glass wants list of at least 20 glasses. Style preferences or specific breweries help too. This is for both your sake and your sender’s. It is much easier to send you a killer box when given a little direction. Also make sure your gots are also up to date by the end of the registration period.
The Rules (they are different, please read them all):
1.) 6 glass minimum.
- MUST be stemware including mini-snifters unless specifically stated on wants sheet of recipient. Any questions about qualifying glassware must be asked before shipment.
- Must be brewery/brewpub-related, with preference to locals, or target's "wants list."
2.) 3 of the glasses MUST be wants or style wants at the very least!
- Disclaimer: I think this should be very doable but if you have a very short list or your list only includes very rare glasses, I may grant your sender a waiver to knock that down to 2…but I really hope I don’t have to do that. You must message me if you are having problems with this requirement.
3.) 8 glass maximum (No excuse for going over this round).
- Glasses 6-8 (are optional, but it seems at this point that everyone sends 6 so lets make that the standard for this round). The other 2 are OPTIONAL and can be non-brewery, but still beer (or whiskey)-related, e.g. beer bars, beer shops, etc. (or glencairns, rocks glasses, etc). If you don’t want something whiskey related, just make a note on the spreadsheet that you aren’t into that.
- Non-stems are allowable, if necessary, for glasses 7-8, but not encouraged unless you have a very strong reason to believe your target will love it. (*Many people do not collect shakers, unless you know they do, please avoid going this route)
4.) Beer: Minimum of 44oz of proper beer that matches the glasses you've sent AND any glasses that are not wants (such as awesome locals that you want to share) must be accompanied by a beer so as to allow your target to break them in properly. I will not set a maximum on proper beer, but sending more beer than glass is probably against the spirit of this GIF.
- If you have glasses that you've never been able to break in properly (and care to do so)...make a note next to said glass in your gots list, your sender is allowed to include a beer from that brewery as well. As far as I'm concerned, there is really no need for sending beer in this BIF that doesn’t have an accompanying glass so I’ll set a max of 1, hopefully your target can find a way to proper it anyway.
5.) One piece of swag: swag is defined as brewery/beer-related apparel (shirt, hat, etc.), signs/tackers, tap handles, etc. This is generally an item in the $10-30 range (could be more, shouldn't be less).
- If target does not specify t-shirt size on the sign-up sheet, that means he/she prefers something other than a shirt (i.e. don't guess on shirt sizes). I also recommend stating preferred types of swag on the registration spreadsheet if you’d like to dictate that.
6.) Other non-glass/beer extras are at sender's discretion (no minimum or maximum): coasters, bottle openers, koozies, stickers, misc.
Maximum of 40 participants.
Sign ups will be open until Sunday, Oct. 19th.
Targets will be sent out by, Sunday, November 1st.
Veterans from previous rounds will be given priority if more than 40 people wish to join.
Wants and gots list is mandatory. This BIF doesn’t even know what BA is, so links to this unknown acronym are not acceptable.
Shipping deadline is Monday, December 15th, which should give everyone ample time to acquire enough ammo to demolish their target with an early holiday present. Keep in mind if you are sending to a cold weather city, get your box out early enough to avoid shipping delays. If you have concerns, please let me know ASAP.
Please note if you are returning from the last round NOTE THIS ON THE SPREADSHEET, anyone from previous rounds who makes NO note ON THE SPREADSHEET by Oct. 19th will be excluded, I don't really feel like parsing through this thread for participants. #losientonosiento.
Signups are here!
Please, any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask, or suggestions to make this better, let's hear those too. This is my favorite BIF, so I want everyone to receive an amazing haul.
Cheers!
Josh
