KBS Vertical and Tasting Party

 Impromptu tasting following the Avery Uncle Jacobs Stout release in Boulder, sometimes better to just get home!! Highlights include Uncle Jacobs Stout, Founders Better Half, Olde Hickory Imperial Stout, HOD Adam. We had some solid IPAs: FatHead, White Rajah, Hoptimum, Deviant Dales, Alpine Nelson, and Marble IPA.

 Dave, Megan and I decided to a KBS vertical, we blindly tasted a '10, '11, and '12. Solid beer no matter how you cut it!! Ages well and is awesome fresh too. Personally (although again great across the board and the ratings we're very close) #1- '11 #2- '12 #3- '10

Spring is here!!!

 Trade #1 with Tom (Duffmanohyeah02) of Lake St. Louis which was suppose to be a simple trade!! I sent a Bligh's (my last one) and The Count; in return I received 2x KBS and tasty Box Of Chocolate which is a very unique chocolate quad brewed at a small winery/brewery in of all places, SE Missouri! Well anyways had MY first damaged package sent in something like 80 boxes so the package never made it. Made up for it and sent The Count plus '10 and '11 Abyss :(

 Trade #2 with Shoo65 from Indy. Big trade I sent some Eclipse 50/50, Sucaba, can't remember the rest but did include some nice extras as well. He sent 3x KBS, Founders Better Half, Zhukov (which I don't see in the picture so I better check my cellar!!), Sun King beers- Isis x2 (leaked everywhere but drank it that night and it was okay), Wee Muckle x2 ***, 2x Founders Kalamazoo Stout, Expedition and FIS.

 Bottle for bottle with eyebereej from Danville, CA; sent a Bligh's for an Midnight Sun Arctic Devil Barleywine.

Trade #3 Alex (OSUBeerStudent) from Durham, NC. Traded Eclipse 50/50 plus locals and he killed it with 2x KBS, BB Plead the 5th (love this stuff!!!), Foothills Barrel Aged People's Porter, plus great extras: Double Trouble, Nugget Nectar, 2x Double Crooked Tree, Dortmunder Gold, Duck Rabbit Rabid Duck and Baltic Porter!!!! Great trader.

Trade #4 my second trade with ex CSU alum now living in San Diego, Kevin (rawfish). Sent him Shenanigans, La Folie and a mix of great Odell beers for Alpine Duet, Nelson and Pure Hoppiness (this tiny brewery kills it with fresh hopped Cali IPAs!), Karl Strauss 23rd Anniversary BB Aged Old Ale, Alesmith Decadence 2011 Maple Smoked Barleywine and Ballast Point Indra Kunindra a export stout brewed with cayenne spice, cocunut and curry among other things. Man, San Diego has some great beer!!!