2018 Dark Lord Day

[CrimsonYeti]

I'm hoping we will know something by next weekend. Tickets were March 18th last year I believe.

I haven't decided completely. But i have some of hoof hearteds freshest dipa. Some equilibrium and other half. Some local stuff around the dayton ohio area too.

 

[CrimsonYeti]

Food is delicious. Just found out that there really isnt many shuttle buses this time.

 

[treacheroustexan]

Food is delicious. Just found out that there really isnt many shuttle buses this time.View attachment 570706View attachment 570707

They just released bottles of battle priest today. I really hope they are still there when I get there tomorrow afternoon! My favorite FFF.

 

[CrimsonYeti]

They just released bottles of battle priest today. I really hope they are still there when I get there tomorrow afternoon! My favorite FFF.

Yep. I picked up a couple. My guess is since it is a wild ale there will be plenty.

 

[TallDan]

Didn’t bring a lot of sharing beer this year, but I’m wearing a dark blue Beachwood Blendery t-shirt. I’m tall and bearded. Say hi if you see me.

 

[treacheroustexan]

Our hotel share last night. Still recovering.

 

[CrimsonYeti]

Well....we had one awesome share group Friday. Then ran into some great people yesterday hung with them almost all day. We ended up with FVM and Varnov.

 

[treacheroustexan]

My group ended up with a handjee, space force, brozerker, and brotilla. Waited in line and had handjee and chemtrail on tap. I drank way too much. Rough car ride home.

 

[b-boy]

Stopping at fat heads on the way home.

 

[b-boy]

Stayed at the Hampton. The bottle share there was amazing. The hotel was a little paranoid. I guess they had some problems last year. They limited access to hotel guests and only let us go from 7-10.

 

[b-boy]

No lines at the kiosk and no wait to get into the pub on Friday night. It seemed a little weird. We were able to get into the kiosk twice in about 10 minutes.

 

[TallDan]

Wife and I got FVM and turtle dog. Happy with those two. My friend got hung drawn and quartered.

That’s not as bad as it sounds for my friend.

 

[b-boy]

Any good stories? We had a psycho Charles manson looking dude standing behind us at the pig Destroyer concert.

 

[b-boy]

Didn't see anybody fall over.

When we got to the Uber pickup area there was a nut job lady running it. She screamed at everyone. She yelled at us for not standing on the grass. She actually said 'You need to listen to me. I have people here risking their lives for you.' we all started laughing. The Ubers we're going about 2 miles per hour.

 

[TallDan]

Didn't see anybody fall over. When we got to the Uber pickup area there was a nut job ladies running it. She screamed at everyone. She yelled at us for not standing on the grass. She actually said 'you need to listen to me. I have people here risking their lives for you.' we all started laughing. The Ubers we're going about 2 miles per hour.

Oh yeah. I didn’t get yelled at but she was nuts. We ended up just walking through and getting picked up at the gas station around the corner.

 

[TallDan]

Saw a guy laying in the middle of the street in front of the brewpub. I assume that he was over-drunk, but he wasn’t passed out.

 

[b-boy]

Oh yeah. I didn’t get yelled at but she was nuts. We ended up just walking through and getting picked up at the gas station around the corner.

Our Uber driver said if she screamed at him 1 more time she was gonna get smacked. He'd been working since 6 am and had been dealing with her all day.

 

[treacheroustexan]

It's super depressing looking at my bank account after those wristbands...

Springhill across from 3F gave us a tiny conference room for our share, but it was so much fun.

 

[TallDan]

I didn't do too bad with the wristband. I did buy more beer than previous years, but I don't think i can blame the wrist band for that. Lower fl.oz. limit for bringing beer in OTOH...

 

[treacheroustexan]

I didn't do too bad with the wristband. I did buy more beer than previous years, but I don't think i can blame the wrist band for that. Lower fl.oz. limit for bringing beer in OTOH...

I screwed up by getting multiple pours of variants. $10 a piece adds up (the next day anyways). Double fisting handjees felt good though.

 

[TallDan]

I screwed up by getting multiple pours of variants. $10 a piece adds up (the next day anyways). Double fisting handjees felt good though.

I didn't get a variant pour. A friend handed me his glass of chemtrailmix though. It was tasty.

 

[treacheroustexan]

I didn't get a variant pour. A friend handed me his glass of chemtrailmix though. It was tasty.

I stood in line a lot, but I was able to get handjee, chemtrail, brotilla, cavaleiro, and hung drawn n quartered. I agree though, chemtrail was my favorite of all. I hope next year they figure something different out for variant pours. Releasing tap times was fine but the lines were an absolute disaster.

 

[TallDan]

I stood in line a lot, but I was able to get handjee, chemtrail, brotilla, cavaleiro, and hung drawn n quartered. I agree though, chemtrail was my favorite of all. I hope next year they figure something different out for variant pours. Releasing tap times was fine but the lines were an absolute disaster.

I saw an early variant tap line, don't remember what variant, but there was a huge line of hundreds of people. It seemed like a few dozen got pours and then they announced that they ran out. I meant to try one later in the day, but forgot all about it after a bit.

Chemtrail ice cream was good.

How did you like brotilla, cavaleiro and HDQ?

 

[treacheroustexan]

I saw an early variant tap line, don't remember what variant, but there was a huge line of hundreds of people. It seemed like a few dozen got pours and then they announced that they ran out. I meant to try one later in the day, but forgot all about it after a bit.

Chemtrail ice cream was good.

How did you like brotilla, cavaleiro and HDQ?

Brotilla was super sweet but tasty. Didn't care of cavaleiro. Not too familiar with sherry though, it just wasn't for me. HDQ was excellent. I don't think the rye was too overpowering, but I can't say I remember a whole lot more about that one.

 

[b-boy]

We waited until 7PM for the varients. There were no lines by then. I liked the Chemtrail.

However, downing a bunch of variants within a very short timespan is not recommended.

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

We waited until 7PM for the varients. There were no lines by then. I liked the Chemtrail.

However, downing a bunch of variants within a very short timespan is not recommended.

A few years ago we had a DL variant share with every variant from 2016. By the end I didn't want to even look at DL. I haven't had one since.

 

[TallDan]

We waited until 7PM for the varients. There were no lines by then. I liked the Chemtrail.

However, downing a bunch of variants within a very short timespan is not recommended.

This is what we talked about doing, but left before then.

A few years ago we had a DL variant share with every variant from 2016. By the end I didn't want to even look at DL. I haven't had one since.

That's kinda like trying to drink a whole bottle of it yourself. It's great for the first few ounces but by the time you're down to the last few ounces, it's hard to drink. (DL is by no means unique in this respect, I wish more high-alcohol, BA beers came in smaller bottles. I was pretty let down when Bourbon County went to bigger bottles.)

 

[b-boy]

I brewed a bunch of Bourbon County clones a few years back. I bottled in bombers. My friend bottled in 12oz bottles. Every time I opened one, I had to drink the entire thing myself. Next time I'll do 12oz.

I think an 8oz bottle would be perfect.

 

[TallDan]

I brewed a bunch of Bourbon County clones a few years back. I bottled in bombers. My friend bottled in 12oz bottles. Every time I opened one, I had to drink the entire thing myself. Next time I'll do 12oz.

I think an 8oz bottle would be perfect.

Yep, splitting a bomber 3-4 ways is usually about right. When i have big beers on tap 5-8oz. is right in the ballpark of my serving size.

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

This is what we talked about doing, but left before then.

That's kinda like trying to drink a whole bottle of it yourself. It's great for the first few ounces but by the time you're down to the last few ounces, it's hard to drink. (DL is by no means unique in this respect, I wish more high-alcohol, BA beers came in smaller bottles. I was pretty let down when Bourbon County went to bigger bottles.)

Funny you should mention that. I drank a bottle of '17 BCBS back in January. It was awesome at first, hard to finish by the end. I still have a few '12, '13 and'14 bottles left...much better size for a one person.