Swap-O-Rama #6, New Year New Brews!

[TCGoose]

Oh great. When's that supposed to pass?

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

Oh great. When's that supposed to pass?

Past the 10 day forecast

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[ledhead72486]

That sounds right up my alley. I'll have to crack it open first.

Yeah it is delicious... Drinking one now.

 

[TCGoose]

Past the 10 day forecast

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Yeah I saw that. I was hoping you east coasters had some insight. Damn. Maybe I'll just take my chances and ship tomorrow.

 

[splattsmier]

For those considering shipping anyway, I would suggest building an insulated shipper with 1-2" insulation board...

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

For those considering shipping anyway, I would suggest building an insulated shipper with 1-2" insulation board...

You, sir, win the thread! Please collect your award.

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[InityBrew]

My box is off to the mid-south eta is on Tuesday.

 

[splattsmier]

You, sir, win the thread! Please collect your award.

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...could you ship it to me?!

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

...could you ship it to me?!

In a 1" or 2" insulated box?

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[Psycotte]

For those considering shipping anyway, I would suggest building an insulated shipper with 1-2" insulation board...

This is why I shipped. I get these insulated boxes at work for free. Hamm knows. He received one.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

This is why I shipped. I get these insulated boxes at work for free. Hamm knows. He received one.

Do they do well holding the cold out or would it be a good idea to ship with a bottle of hot water or one of those hand warmers?

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[Psycotte]

Do they do well holding the cold out or would it be a good idea to ship with a bottle of hot water or one of those hand warmers?

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Not really sure. I guess we'll find out when my box drops tomorrow in the Great Lakes region.

 

[BostonianBrewer]

I have some Spencer Abbey up for trade is this even the right place to post this info?

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Do they do well holding the cold out or would it be a good idea to ship with a bottle of hot water or one of those hand warmers?

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I was thinking about throwing a couple hand warmers in the box but I also wouldn't want the beer being in contact with what I would assume would be close to a 100* hand warmer.

Am I thinking to much into this?! Just want my partner to receive his beer! lol
Box is going from 19* weather to -5*, it will be a brick of ice when it gets there.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

I was thinking about throwing a couple hand warmers in the box but I also wouldn't want the beer being in contact with what I would assume would be close to a 100* hand warmer.

Am I thinking to much into this?! Just want my partner to receive his beer! lol
Box is going from 19* weather to -5*, it will be a brick of ice when it gets there.

I was thinking about a small compartment to hold the warmer with 'air holes' to feed the hot air through would be enough...sort of like the son of the fermentor build principal. That would give 8-12 hours of sold warmth, but depending on how far your shipping, it may not hold all that heat for very long.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

I have some Spencer Abbey up for trade is this even the right place to post this info?

I would start a new thread for this one friend. How is their stuff? I wouldn't mind sampling it if you want to trade in a few weeks.

 

[dotJerdot]

Mine is out for delivery today. It's perfect timeing because Weather.com is saying a 60% chance of 2-4 inches of snow tonight at their location. They can stay in and crack some brews.

 

[absoluthamm]

This is why I shipped. I get these insulated boxes at work for free. Hamm knows. He received one.

Yea, that box is a beast, it could be thrown off a 5 story building and I think everything inside would be safe.

I was thinking about throwing a couple hand warmers in the box but I also wouldn't want the beer being in contact with what I would assume would be close to a 100* hand warmer.

Am I thinking to much into this?! Just want my partner to receive his beer! lol
Box is going from 19* weather to -5*, it will be a brick of ice when it gets there.

I thought about that too, but I don't think it would really do all that much. In my experience using those things with hunting and skiing, they don't last very long. And it isn't the first 12 hours I'm worried about, it's the last 12. Most of the time, my box usually sits in the FedEx store for quite a while before the truck comes.

I'm going to play it safe and ship on Monday. Checked the weather for my recip and it shows a warmup on Thursday, which is when I would expect it to probably get there. I just don't want it sitting on a truck anywhere in the Midwest or East coast on Sunday and having it be a 200oz bottle/can bomb mess. I assure you east coaster, you'll have it before the Superbowl.

 

[g-love]

Someone residing in Rockford, I'L has a box waiting for them. I hate to ruin the surprise when you get home, but accuweather tells me that it's 8° and -18° with wind chill. That scares the hell outta me.

I hope it made it safely!

 

[Psycotte]

Yea, that box is a beast, it could be thrown off a 5 story building and I think everything inside would be safe.

Yeah when you get a shipment from me not only do you get good brew but a beast box to use in your next trade.

 

[splattsmier]

In a 1" or 2" insulated box?

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But of course. Just to be clear, we're talking about 1-2" of insulation inside a very large box, correct? Not a 1"-2" box. Hahaha

 

[absoluthamm]

With Psycotte's box it was about 2" of styrofoam inside of the structure of the entire box. I'm not sure if that would keep it any warmer, but it definitely helps with the strength.

 

[ivegot2legs]

All right, my box is out for delivery. It's not cold enough to worry about it though.

 

[absoluthamm]

Someone residing in Rockford, I'L has a box waiting for them. I hate to ruin the surprise when you get home, but accuweather tells me that it's 8° and -18° with wind chill. That scars the hell outta me.

I hope it made it safely!

Phunk has a package! Let me know if you can't get to it, I'll race out to Rockford to pick it up

 

[DrPhunk]

The package made it inside immediately, just working on my daughters breakfast before I can crack into it. Beer pron should be up shortly

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

The package made it inside immediately, just working on my daughters breakfast before I can crack into it. Beer pron should be up shortly

Ladies and Gents, this here is an awesome dad. Daughter before big box of goodies.
Good for you man, good for you

 

[ardyexfor]

Ladies and Gents, this here is an awesome dad. Daughter before big box of goodies.
Good for you man, good for you

**** that where's the pictures!!! JK JK!

 

[g-love]

The package made it inside immediately, just working on my daughters breakfast before I can crack into it. Beer pron should be up shortly

Sweet! I'm very happy to hear that you got it in fast. Excuse the ocd packing. I hope you like what you got.

 

[DrPhunk]

Awesome box!!! With ridiculous packaging, that actually caused a casualty by being overpacked... More on that later.

Here's the list!

Heady Topper
NEBCO - Gandhi Bot
DC Brau - On the Wings of Armageddon
Pub Dog - Rabid Hop
Pub Dog - Fubark
DuClaw - Misery
DuClaw - Retribution
Weyerbacher - Insanity
Ithaca - Flower Power

-Tröegs-
Pale Ale
Java Head
Mad Elf
Hop Back
Perpetual IPA
Dream Weaver
Tröegenatör
Nugget Nectar



Pretty sure that's gotta be Tröegs entire catalog!! Really stoked about all of these. There's just a few that I've had but they're all things I'd happily have traded for again.

So unfortunately there was an incident with the Heady... This package was ridiculously packed, like the dude used 2 entire rolls of heavy packing tape. So my scissors weren't cutting it (literally) so I had to get out my trusty pocket knife. Everything was moving along nicely as I was liberating the bottles, but then I got to a can... And sliced it wide open like Jack the damn Ripper... Spraying that sweet nectar all over me and the room... I was able to salvage about 10 oz that's currently in a mason jar in the fridge. I would've drank it right away but I've got quite the hangover from my IPA that I just tapped last night...

Anyway, this was a great haul with some epic beers from top notch east coast breweries!!! Thanks G-Love!!

 

[ledhead72486]

Awesome haul!