Package #9

My final package before I have 7 weeks left til the Colorado Marathon, and I need to take a break!! Hell, I had a few strong beers the other night and awoke to several offers that I apparently set up the previous evening! This stuff gets addictive. This package was from a trade with Leon 'SamuelJackson45' from Bloomsburg, PA. Had to wait awhile on this one, but well worth it. I sent The Abyss, Avant Peche, 2x Fat Tire and a ODell IPA. In return I received a 4 pack of Terrapin Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout***1/2, wow what a mouthful!! This brewery is out of Atlanta and has some great beers! This is a Winter seasonal, they have some really cool labels and brew names as well. This should be a good one with lots of different tastes I enjoy going on. Beer and coffee, what more could I want? He also included a Surly Abrasive (just got a 4 pack in the basement and this will replace the 1 I drank a few night ago), Great Lakes Eliot Ness (which was a lager on my wants)***, Yards IPA**1/2, Central Waters Brewhouse Coffee Stout**, and a Troegs Scratch Beer: Batch #38 IPA. Thanks, Leon!

Let's Drink and/or Bring It!

If anyone wants to taste and sample some delicious  brews sometime, all you need to do is bring something over to pitch in. I will keep this up to date on what is available locally that I would be interested in and will make sure to always have stuff on hand either in my cellar or fridge that you may love to try as well!!  Hoppin Frog (DORIS or BORIS), Russian River, Ten Fidy, Old Rasputin, Lagunitas, the Abyss, Boulevard, Green Flash, Grand Teton, Stone, Sierra Nevada, ODell single releases, etc. some homebrew etc. Just ask, really anything we can drink or maybe I'll just add it to the cellar and we'll knock out some fresh stuff!! Always looking for a drinking partner every once in awhile, so let me know and we can set up a date!

Packages #5-8

Trade #5 was with Rob from Connecticut. It was a fairly simple trade (no picture). I sent a Dry Dock Seven Seas DIPA, 6 pack of Ska Modus Hoperandi, and a 6 pack of ODell IPA. In return received a very popular New England Imperial Stout Trooper, Mayflower IPA **, and a Berkshire Imperial Stout.
#6 was a epic trade with Russ from College Station, PA. He is a grad student at Penn St. and he really hooked it up!! I sent a New Belgium Transatlantique Kriek, ODell Friek, 2 1554's, and a 90 Shilling. I owe this guy and will hopefully trade with him again. He sent 4 pack of Founders Breakfast Stout and a 4 pack of Founders Imperial Stout ****!! (FBS is a top #10 brew) Founders is a brewery out of Grand Rapids, MI that is great across the board and has quite a following but obviously can't get out here. Then he also threw in a Troegs Flying Mouflan, Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA ***, and Otto's Double D IPA and Slab Cabin IPA**! This is going to be fun consuming these great brews, thanks Russ!
#7 was with a guy in New Haven, Conn. Very solid sender as well. I sent a ODell Friek and Russian River Damnation (shooting for a smaller trade. He sent a 4 pack New England Gandhi-Bot Double IPA***1/2 (think I'm really going to like this one!), 3 S. Tier 2XIPAs **(really enjoying this brewery alot), S. Tier Oat**1/2, and New England Sea Hag IPA**.
#8 was with Andreas in St. Paul, MN. I finally got me some Surly!!! Wasn't going away til I did. Pliny The Elder is a great beer to be able to use as a trading brew, its the #1 beer in the US and I have had a few, but would rather try some other stuff and honestly no big deal to me. I sent 2 PTEs, The Abyss, Russian River Damnation, Oskar Blues Ten Fidy and 'old school' Gordons. (nice package if I do say so myself) In return I got a 4 pack of Surly Abrasive ***1/2 and a 4 pack of Surly Furious **** (both in my top #10 wants!! and I got enough to enjoy and take some time at as well), a Surly Coffee Bender ***, Surly Bender***, and a Flat Earth Brewing NW Passage IPA. Thank you Minnesota and go Vikings!!!! I already had the Coffee Bender and a Furious (one of my new favorite beers!)