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[Romulux]

Bitter cold, busted nose's, line converging lunacy, jerked around at bottle purchase line, white knuckle drive home and being "big timed" by lurchingbeast (JKLYMI).

Strangely enough, it all seemed worth it last night when I finally made it home!

Soooooooo gosh darn tasty!

 

[genuinedisciple1]

4 Elf Random Notes:

1. A few idiots will ruin every event for the majority.

2. The actual party was pretty low-key, probably because all the people who were blasted in line couldn't get up for it.

3. IMO, the taplist was pretty solid. I enjoyed drinking 2012&2013 BAPlead (of course), but the highlight for me was drinking a fantastic batch of Monster29 (perfect carb!). The Wild Masc rasp sour was delicious as well, & I really liked their Crunchy's ale. I did have a lot of the experimental beers and didn't enjoy them much, but I was satisfied with the beers I had.

4. The food that was going around was fantastic - had alligator, Brisket, salmon, Antelope, Jalapeno poppers, & more.

5. I hung out with my friends & had a good time, that's what it's about. People are doing these releases all wrong.

 

[Bill2]

Polymer Long John was the horrible miss of the year. Acetone.

Everything else they bottled was pretty ****** good on tap.

 

[pharts]

 

[genuinedisciple1]

Because you taste like this:

 

[pharts]

Because you taste like this:

I was bummed when I got a pour of it and smelled it. Dammit, I wanted it to be ok.

 

[Johnnie Nepal]

I thought they nailed the polymer taste, but what do I know.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Polymer Long John was the horrible miss of the year. Acetone.

Everything else they bottled was pretty ****** good on tap.

Long Polymer John was fine. BBA Long Polymer John was full of acetylaldehyde and ethyl acetate, King of the Forest style.

 

[lb304854]

Long Polymer John was fine. BBA Long Polymer John was full of acetylaldehyde and ethyl acetate, King of the Forest style.

Yea, I was specifically talking about the bottled beers since they usually decide to bottle and release the awful misses.

Surprise of the day on tap for me was RazPA. Never knew a fruited IPA could work.

 

[Johnnie Nepal]

Does anyone know anything about the different wax colors on the Plead bottles this year? Did they just run out of silver or does the bronze mean anything?

Also... my top fuel bottles don't have labels... so FT: rare Home Brew with Dark Horse bottle caps

 

[Bill2]

Yea, I was specifically talking about the bottled beers since they usually decide to bottle and release the awful misses.

Surprise of the day on tap for me was RazPA. Never knew a fruited IPA could work.

Cedar Peach Jai Alai. BA fruited IPA. Top 3 at FoBAB2012.

 

[lb304854]

Cedar Peach Jai Alai. BA fruited IPA. Top 3 at FoBAB2012.

Didn't care for it at FoBAB last year.

 

[Hops McG]

Bitter cold, busted nose's, line converging lunacy, jerked around at bottle purchase line, white knuckle drive home and being "big timed" by lurchingbeast (JKLYMI).

Strangely enough, it all seemed worth it last night when I finally made it home!

Soooooooo gosh darn tasty!

ISO:BA Plead the 5th
FT:Nose surgery, amputation of frostbitten appendages

 

[stxSS07]

Didn't care for it at FoBAB last year.

Someone brought a growler of it to BA Fireside in February and I was surprised at how much I liked it.

 

[Bill2]

Didn't care for it at FoBAB last year.

 

[Brubaker1]

I was standing near the scene of the fight. It was a fairly young guy screaming about line cutting (which didn't happen...the people he accused of cutting had been there all night). There was some shoving and someone got knocked over and then it seemed to calm down. Then a moment later the guy started screaming in their faces again. Someone had enough and hit him with a good right and he went down...may have been knocked the **** out. The dude never saw it coming. It's not like they were squared off for a fight. He was yelling and then he was out.

 

[stxSS07]

I was standing near the scene of the fight. It was a fairly young guy screaming about line cutting (which didn't happen...the people he accused of cutting had been there all night). There was some shoving and someone got knocked over and then it seemed to calm down. Then a moment later the guy started screaming in their faces again. Someone had enough and hit him with a good right and he went down...may have been knocked the **** out. The dude never saw it coming. It's not like they were squared off for a fight. He was yelling and then he was out.

About what I figured. Had to be a cold cock...what percentage of beer dorks would ever square up? .02?

*inb4worldstar

 

[lb304854]

My car after the event.

 

[Romulux]

My car after the event.

Damnit! I wish that I could claim credit for this. I will get you at Solstice!

 

[claaark13]

I was standing near the scene of the fight. It was a fairly young guy screaming about line cutting (which didn't happen...the people he accused of cutting had been there all night). There was some shoving and someone got knocked over and then it seemed to calm down. Then a moment later the guy started screaming in their faces again. Someone had enough and hit him with a good right and he went down...may have been knocked the **** out. The dude never saw it coming. It's not like they were squared off for a fight. He was yelling and then he was out.

A buddy of mine was right there as well. I didn't get the whole story from him yet, but he made it clear that it wasn't Manny Pacquiao quickness, but instead more of a cheap shot scenario. He didn't mention if the guy deserved it or not.

 

[Kentucky1]

I was standing near the scene of the fight. It was a fairly young guy screaming about line cutting (which didn't happen...the people he accused of cutting had been there all night). There was some shoving and someone got knocked over and then it seemed to calm down. Then a moment later the guy started screaming in their faces again. Someone had enough and hit him with a good right and he went down...may have been knocked the **** out. The dude never saw it coming. It's not like they were squared off for a fight. He was yelling and then he was out.

******* idiot ******** that can't just ignore someone...some in every crowd. There is no justification for hitting someone in that situation.

 

[Corbot_3000]

Yea, I was specifically talking about the bottled beers since they usually decide to bottle and release the awful misses.

Surprise of the day on tap for me was RazPA. Never knew a fruited IPA could work.

Funky Buddha's More Moro Blood Orange IPA.

 

[claaark13]

Surprise of the day on tap for me was RazPA. Never knew a fruited IPA could work.

You would have known if you'd pay more attention to the blending thread.

 

[JRE]

******* idiot ******** that can't just ignore someone...some in every crowd. There is no justification for hitting someone in that situation.

Sounds like a cheap shot. **** both of them though.

 

[steimie]

Fix the order form/numbering system. Other than that, it was a fun event. The food was stupid good, no wait for taps, picking up orders was a breeze.

 

[lb304854]

Fix the order form/numbering system. Other than that, it was a fun event. The food was stupid good, no wait for taps, picking up orders was a breeze.

What was wrong with the numbering system?

 

[lb304854]

Funky Buddha's More Moro Blood Orange IPA.

Yeah, but Florida.

 

[steimie]

What was wrong with the numbering system?

They actually made it worse than last year, which I didn't think was possible.

I'm not explaining this well...

The form itself was fine and I liked that they numbered them. Handing them out at 6am was ridiculous. Figure out another way to allocate bottles. That's what I'm doing a poor job of saying.

 

[JRE]

They actually made it worse than last year, which I didn't think was possible.

how so?

 

[steimie]

how so?

See my edit above. I didn't explain myself well the first time.