I'm glad you guys enjoyed. One of my trades on Reddit fell through, so I've been enjoying a few extra bottles myself.

Let me know if you're looking for anything KC-centric. I'd be happy to trade locals for locals. Crane and Torn Label are killing it right now.

Friend at work surprised me with a bottle of Chimay Grande Reserve today for my birthday. Not really my style, but I'm warming to it. Not bad.

Happy birthday dude. I meant to tell you on Facebook but it's kind of a zoo right now.

No worries, brother. I only jumped on because I wanted to be able to say thanks, as a lot of people there don't have my cell. Otherwise, I'm disappearing for a while.

Such an improbable win I decided to break out 1 of the 2 2014 BCS I have. Damn that's good stuff. I still have 1 2015 and will soon have hopefully 6 of the 2016.

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I just popped a '12 the other night - so damn good. Have a couple '14s still, but all my '15s were infected. :(

One of my fav beers, for sure.

I had two of these Saturday night with my Veal Wienerschnitzel Austrian dinner. Also had fantastic Spaetzle

http://thebeerdiaries.tv/wp-content/...ock-Dunkel.jpg

Got some beer before the noon football game I am about to watch. Wife likes Sours/Ciders. So cherry cider on left, a sour from Oregon and Blazing World | Modern Times Beer from San Diego in the Growler for me.

http://i.imgur.com/qNCHaTa.jpg

Ground Control is on my list if we're ever on that side of town again.

It's not even Black Friday and stout season has my wallet exposed like Steven Nelson on 3rd and long. Seems every year the prices get higher despite more offerings being released.

Anyone drinking or picking up anything special over the holiday?

Parish has a Maple Shade stout on tap right now which is coffee based and has vermont maple syrup added to it. I'm not huge on stouts, but this one was goooooooood. They wouldn't sell me a crowler this past weekend because of their release party, so I'm thinking of heading back down there this weekend just to have another glass. That would probably be the extent of my Thanksgiving holiday beer purchases. Ive spent a shit ton of money on beer lately.

after last years BCBS debacle I'm a little cold on them, though I understand they are pasteurizing this year. Still have a couple of uninfected bottles in the pantry.

I can understand that. I'll likely pick up a couple bottles of regular, but I'll try to catch the variants on tap. One thing I'll say about Goose Island and BCBS, although I'm not a fan of the 16.9oz format, it runs $9.99 here, which I'm totally ok with. I understand InBev and economies of scale and all that, but $22 for Perennial Abraxas, which isn't even barrel-aged? That's rough.

And 2016 BCBS is pasteurized. Maybe someone with more knowledge than myself can chime in. Given identical cellar conditions, will a stout that has been pasteurized then bottle-conditioned age as "well" as an unpasteurized stout? I guess, is it worth aging the 2016 BCBS like previous years?