Fellowship of the Drink XIX - Beers at the 19th Hole

[dpinette2]

XIX contest. Hopsntails style.
I'm going on another island vacation next month. Name that island. Closest gets their pick of 4 Alvarado st. cans. Only available to active participants of this round (and @PianoMan as an honorable mention for trying to get in in the last minutes)

Hawaii

 

[jimyson]

Oahu

 

[jimyson]

No contest this round @jimyson ?

Yeah, way behind. Nice snag.

 

[TwistedGray]

XIX contest. Hopsntails style.
I'm going on another island vacation next month. Name that island. Closest gets their pick of 4 Alvarado st. cans. Only available to active participants of this round (and @PianoMan as an honorable mention for trying to get in in the last minutes)

Island of Misfit Toys

Street Fighter 2. Not to get too technical. But I’m an MK guy sooooooo take it for what it’s worth

SF2 TURBO was the best before getting hooked for a while on Tekken games

Also, my local bottle shops are crazy good. Here's a preview of part of one of maybe 25 doors [emoji41]View attachment 644975

Prickly Pear (drool)

We call that doing a @TwistedGray....

I've only done that like four times ... All in the same round though.

think this is my 6th fotd...afro lou has never made his pick, he gets picked 2nd without even an entry....I need to meet this legend! I am Not Worthy!!!

Me, too

 

[j1laskey]

Now I feel better! I was like damn I know I'm the new guy and all!

The only reason I didn’t pick you is because I’ll be in RVA soon stocking up on Veil soon. I wanted to give other the opportunity!

It just goes to show how good this round was!

 

[aharri1]

Jamaica

XIX contest. Hopsntails style.
I'm going on another island vacation next month. Name that island. Closest gets their pick of 4 Alvarado st. cans. Only available to active participants of this round (and @PianoMan as an honorable mention for trying to get in in the last minutes)

 

[TheEagleRising]

The only reason I didn’t pick you is because I’ll be in RVA soon stocking up on Veil soon. I wanted to give other the opportunity!

It just goes to show how good this round was!

Shoot me a message when you do

 

[j1laskey]

Shoot me a message when you do

Will do. I also owe @pshankstar a beer or two at The Veil or The Answer, or Mekong, or Vasen, or Ardeant, or Hardywood, or Strangeways, ect, ect, ect......

We have a wedding the Saturday before Thanksgiving in RVA so we are planning to stay for the holiday today. So, there will be time to kill over a frosty beverage or 2.

 

[CTownBrewer]

Veil & Answer!?!...side trade anyone?

 

[pshankstar]

Veil & Answer!?!...side trade anyone?

Next time for sure! I could only bring back so much since I flew this time so its all accounted for. I'll be in touch when I'm there next!

 

[jerbrew]

So....

Fellowship of the Drink XX - Beer of Mystery

All mystery offers? Or maybe Everyone only shows one can/bottle?

I love this idea, I second the motion.

 

[TheEagleRising]

Sounds good to me, makes it even easier for me to run it

 

[TwistedGray]

I love this idea, I second the motion.

If you want a mystery box there is a thread for that - Local Only Trade (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/local-only-trade-lot.548354/).

The draw with FotD is that you know what you are getting, at least from the base offer perspective. If I want a stout-heavy offer, I usually have that option. If I want a sour-heavy offer, I almost always have that option.

If it were a gamble and the person on the other end doesn't know my style preference, I may get an entire offer of beer that I could not physically drink. The idea is cute, but again there is a thread for that.

If you do this, the mystery boxes should almost completely contain one style of beer (or similar styles) because you still fall into the trap of possibly getting beers you cannot drink or do not want to drink. If you show one stout and ship one stout and a half dozen DIPAs, it would be a sad unboxing day (for me).

 

[TheEagleRising]

If you want a mystery box there is a thread for that - Local Only Trade (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/local-only-trade-lot.548354/).

The draw with FotD is that you know what you are getting, at least from the base offer perspective. If I want a stout-heavy offer, I usually have that option. If I want a sour-heavy offer, I almost always have that option. If it were a gamble and the person on the other end doesn't know my style preference, I may get an entire offer of beer that I could not physically drink. The idea is cute, but again there is a thread for that.

Damn, good point

 

[j1laskey]

Veil & Answer!?!...side trade anyone?

I'll touch base when I'm back down there too.

I typically buy way too much and then have too ship it home. The Staples at Willow Lawn is very familiar with my "baby formula and BBQ sauce" shipments back home.

 

[baldm79]

If you want a mystery box there is a thread for that - Local Only Trade (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/local-only-trade-lot.548354/).

The draw with FotD is that you know what you are getting, at least from the base offer perspective. If I want a stout-heavy offer, I usually have that option. If I want a sour-heavy offer, I almost always have that option.

If it were a gamble and the person on the other end doesn't know my style preference, I may get an entire offer of beer that I could not physically drink. The idea is cute, but again there is a thread for that.

If you do this, the mystery boxes should almost completely contain one style of beer (or similar styles) because you still fall into the trap of possibly getting beers you cannot drink or do not want to drink. If you show one stout and ship one stout and a half dozen DIPAs, it would be a sad unboxing day (for me).

I would say if it’s mystery round it should be encouraged that you check with the recipient about style preferences. It’s similar to LOT, but that ones so slow and only one persons up at a time. That being said I like the current system of Fotd just fine, so I’m indifferent [emoji58]

 

[j1laskey]

I like the current system.

 

[pshankstar]

I like the current system.

I’m with you preferring this system. I would agree with others the LOT trade is better for mystery boxes. But if someone who has done a few FotD trades can’t pull an offer together in time I think exceptions are perfectly fine like we did with this round.
Now I can’t wait to see what everyone gets. That’s the other fun part of this for me!
Cheers guys!

 

[TwistedGray]

I would say if it’s mystery round it should be encouraged that you check with the recipient about style preferences. It’s similar to LOT, but that ones so slow and only one persons up at a time. That being said I like the current system of Fotd just fine, so I’m indifferent

It's not FotD practice though, so I would strongly encourage those interested to either liven up the LOT thread or start yet another Fellowship trade (as someone noted previously).

The LOT is only slow because it's typically a stepping stone to FotD; there is no reason that the LOT couldn't go rapidly, and in fact, it has a few times. It does ebb and flow, but that's typically based on:
a. A long gap between FotD trades
b. Someone trying to get in on FotD needing to be granted

I get it ... it's kind of cool to get an offer of mystery beers, but that is what side trades and LOT are for. Let the FotD stay what it is and limit the number of mystery offers to 0-1 per round. Anyways, I want to see @afro_lou vs @wstbrewing in an oil wrestling match...you still have access to the RV? We can settle it in Missouri/Kansas border (seems close to half way).

 

[afro_lou]

Anyways, I want to see @afro_lou vs @wstbrewing in an oil wrestling match...you still have access to the RV? We can settle it in Missouri/Kansas border (seems close to half way).

KC, KS or KC, MO? Bring it! I’ve got the RV ready, and I’ll even come pre-greased.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

XIX contest. Hopsntails style.
I'm going on another island vacation next month. Name that island. Closest gets their pick of 4 Alvarado st. cans. Only available to active participants of this round (and @PianoMan as an honorable mention for trying to get in in the last minutes)

Thanks bro!

I'm going with the world's largest island, Australia!

 

[TwistedGray]

KC, KS or KC, MO? Bring it! I’ve got the RV ready, and I’ll even come pre-greased.

I say at the City/State border!

 

[TBC]

XIX contest. Hopsntails style.
I'm going on another island vacation next month. Name that island. Closest gets their pick of 4 Alvarado st. cans. Only available to active participants of this round (and @PianoMan as an honorable mention for trying to get in in the last minutes)

Grand Cayman

 

[LoneTreeFarms]

Punta cana

 

[LoneTreeFarms]

I say at the City/State border!

Only a 4 hour trip for me to meet up to watch this? Heels yeah!!

 

[HopsNTails]

My attention span isn't my best attribute. Island poll closes tomorrow (9/21) at 5:00PST. No definitive winner yet.

 

[jaymosbeershack]

Can i guess again?

 

[pshankstar]

Can i guess again?

I was just wondering that myself. @HopsNTails

 

[HopsNTails]

I'm going to go ahead and pull a hard no on the guess agains. Solid effort though

 

[baldm79]

Rikers?