Sour Swap #2

[Indytruks138]

I know some of you guys are anxious for another round, but I leave the country for the month of May, so I probably won't get round three going until June. However, TheMan has spoken about doing one of this swap-o-rama's as a sour round. So that might satisfy your thirst for the time being.

Sour beers are expensive and not the easiest to come by. I think one a quarter is just about right, next one in mid-June sounds just peachy to me

 

[absoluthamm]

Sour beers are expensive and not the easiest to come by. I think one a quarter is just about right, next one in mid-June sounds just peachy to me

Ditto, even though I had a different recipient, I tried to get completely different sours than in the first swap. Through the swaps, I realized that I have access to more sours than I had thought

 

[TrickyDick]

Ditto, even though I had a different recipient, I tried to get completely different sours than in the first swap. Through the swaps, I realized that I have access to more sours than I had thought

I agree. Its almost like a quest to hunt them down. Tonight I just popped a Terrapin Dr Krunkles White Farmhouse IPA. I need to go buy more (if I can find) and age for a while. Though they haven't indicated on the label seems funky with some restrained Brett flavors (I think I've been spending too much time on BA !).

TD

 

[DrPhunk]

Any time on BA is too much time


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[TrickyDick]

Any time on BA is too much time


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Agreed, but it is a useful database of sorts about beer styles and breweries you may be unfamiliar with.

BTW- just saw the latest BYO issue highlighting, guess what,

SOUR BEER!

TD

 

[mikeysab]

Ooh, can't wait for that

 

[Coff]

I am going to just wait for this one to start up again, good group here sending some great beers.

 

[Canti4341]

I am going to just wait for this one to start up again, good group here sending some great beers.

Speaking of great beers - I killed the Drie Saison the other night. Tasty stuff man, could crush those all day long. I got a little light peppery aftertaste - am I crazy or was there a little in there? Either way, awesome job. FitR is up soon.

 

[zdbrown1]

I am going to just wait for this one to start up again, good group here sending some great beers.

I cracked a Ching Ching from Bend Brewing Co.... Really good stuff!

 

[absoluthamm]

I cracked a Ching Ching from Bend Brewing Co.... Really good stuff!

It's really good. Ardy sent me one with my MAW and it was the first thing I killed.

 

[Indytruks138]

Ching Ching is amazing. I got one in the first sour trade from Ardy, later traded with him to get 4 more. Only 2 remain.

 

[TrickyDick]

My box went out this afternoon.
Bombs away!

TD

 

[TrickyDick]

I see on Facebook that CCB just released their sour in tasting room only for now, maybe limited distribution later. I don't know how many they will have for sale at their tasting room, which is a MOB scene on the weekends from what I gather. I'm not sure I can pull the trigger to drive down this weekend, but I just might do that. Hope there is still some left by the time I could get there.


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[TrickyDick]

Not very crowded today at CCB tasting room. Picked up 10 bottles (all I could carry). Had I known it was gonna be this easy I would have held off sending my box to Denver! Did have to drive 90 min to Tampa but got a last minute invite for sat and sun to stay at a beach condo some friends own.

TD


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[TrickyDick]

Looks like a porch bomb is getting ready to land somewhere near Mile High Stadium

TD

 

[blizzard]

Landed!! Holy crap man. This is a great box of beer:

Safely packed for a long trip:


BOOM!





More to follow...

 

[blizzard]

Don't forget the swag!


And I had to take a photo of the noisemaker. The almonds totally cracked me up.
Shipper: What's in the box?
TrickyDick: Oh... Just some snacks.


Thanks so much for the beers. I'm really looking forward to these. Oarsman is already cooling down. Then I get to decide what's next!

 

[TrickyDick]

Have fun drinking them, I know I had fun doing this (too much really). Wish I had been able to include the CCB American Sour brew. Maybe next time.

They never asked a question when I dropped the box at the UPS store with its pre-paid label.

Not sure how much the almonds disguised the sound. Those styroshipper boxes work really nice.

TD

 

[mikeysab]

I've noticed beers slosh around less and make less noise when they're upright. I've been trying to pack everything upright lately. Even though fedex never asks when I come in with a label already printed

 

[finsfan]

I've noticed beers slosh around less and make less noise when they're upright. I've been trying to pack everything upright lately. Even though fedex never asks when I come in with a label already printed

This is exactly what I do. I only keep boxes that fit beers upright now. I think it also helps for the beer to not be sitting on the cap the whole trip. Less chance of leakage and noise.

 

[two_hearted]

I've noticed beers slosh around less and make less noise when they're upright. I've been trying to pack everything upright lately. Even though fedex never asks when I come in with a label already printed

Fedex never asks me when I go in without a printed label. One time I had a line all ready to go about how it was a gift set with some of this and that in it... The fedex woman just looked at me and said "Ok, we don't really need to know whats in it."

 

[absoluthamm]

I've only once ever been asked(yesterday actually) and that was only because the box I was shipping in looked like it had been beaten up. They just asked if anything fragile was in there, I said glass, but that it was double boxed, so the outer box was just a protective layer, the inner layer was a brand new box. The girl said "That's a good idea!"

 

[two_hearted]

Guys and gals, I just thought I'd share some sour beer love. I tried the JK cerveza de temperanillo and igotsands' framboise and wow! What great beer! I love this swap. It inspired me do brew my first sour beer this weekend using some of these dregs.

Now I'm sitting on my deck in the sun tending to my hop garden and had a glass of Riserva (just found for the 1st time!) and now some of this amazing kriek.

Life is good.


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[DrPhunk]

I opened a bottle of cantillon kriek to split with a buddy the other night. I poured both glasses and set the bottle down, purposely leaving dregs behind to add to my blueberry sour. He picked up the bottle to look at the label, saw there was a bit of "beer" left and promptly poured it into his glass... I was less than amused to say the least.


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[two_hearted]

Now I've got so e RU 55 dregs. Did I mention SWMBO is out of town?



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[jmcm_brew]

I opened a bottle of cantillon kriek to split with a buddy the other night. I poured both glasses and set the bottle down, purposely leaving dregs behind to add to my blueberry sour. He picked up the bottle to look at the label, saw there was a bit of "beer" left and promptly poured it into his glass... I was less than amused to say the least.


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Ha! I had a buddy take a bottle of HF yeast to the face that I was trying to save and harvest.. He was pretty drunk but I hope he **** his brains out for that mishap





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[blizzard]

I opened a bottle of cantillon kriek to split with a buddy the other night. I poured both glasses and set the bottle down, purposely leaving dregs behind to add to my blueberry sour. He picked up the bottle to look at the label, saw there was a bit of "beer" left and promptly poured it into his glass... I was less than amused to say the least.


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I had a friend doing something very similar, but just with Sour in the Rye dregs. Then to make it up to me they almost poured some of their beer into the container of dregs I was saving from that night. Sigh. Can't everyone just be a homebrewer?

 

[TrickyDick]

In the spirit of sourness, I racked my first sour brew last night of this mess

At LEAST 5-6" of sludge below that. Never seen that before. Racked it on some cascade, almanac, and prairie dregs.


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[absoluthamm]

You put snow in your beer? lol, kidding obviously

 

[val214]

In the spirit of sourness, I racked my first sour brew last night of this messView attachment 194971

At LEAST 5-6" of sludge below that. Never seen that before. Racked it on some cascade, almanac, and prairie dregs.


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That looks so nasty but, tasty at the same time.


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