Best Of

Normally I don't like to reveal anything specific about what's going to be in my blind tastings because people will be looking for that beer in the tasting, perhaps biasing their ratings as they go through. Ideally, I want a blind to be a total black box before we start so that there's no preconceptions going in.

That being said, as far as I know we only have 11 registrants (myself excluded) through Wednesday morning (waiting to hear from @linc if there are any new signups since then) and I would really like to get to 15.

So I will try and give a little more info without giving up any of the specific beers at the tasting:

All of the beers in this tasting:

• will have been beers with fairly consistent annual/seasonal releases for at least the last 3 years
• will be aged in either bourbon or rye whiskey barrels
• will be from the bottles that are, at minimum, 18-30 months old - most of these will be the 2016 vintage
• are, as of the most recent release, available in 12oz, 12.7oz, or 16.9oz bottles, or 12 to 16oz cans

That last bullet point rules out a lot of beer, but what I'm trying to do is keep it to candidates that you could possibly open a bottle of by yourself without feeling too guilty

Some of the candidates, but not all, are on this list here, in case you want to start fantasizing about which ones may be in the tasting.

There will be an assortment of food and snacks to go along with the beer.

Hurry up and buy your expo ticket, and make sure you don't miss this.

Looks like the ol' guilt trip worked: Here comes @OBSIDIAN

@Linc said:

inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.

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You're welcome to inappropriately physically contact me, and/or give me unwelcome sexual attention, but only if your name is @primesuspect or @Thrax. Ah, hell, @GHoosdum, you're welcome as well.

Bringing some class back to this cesspit, here comes @GOATMONGER

How about a new generation of rocks glasses with a squared base and sexy new outline logo for the prize table? Mmmmmmmmm....

It's time for my #1 arch-nemesis in TF2 to show up and infuriate me. Welcome back to @FARGE

Orders are locked in at 21. To the presses!

Very Practical Examples

Example of a violation: Folks are dancing in the pub to some sexy music. There's maybe some grinding going on. Someone else enters the room to get a beer from the fridge (or just hangs out in the doorway to see what's going on) and someone takes the opportunity to grind on them without their consent. Not OK! They didn't signal that was cool!

Example of not a violation: Let's say a guy decided he wanted to 3D scan his junk because we happened to have all the materials to make a replica of it on hand and there's general agreement this is a Good Idea and so we decide to use the office for that late at night and don't bother anyone but maybe some folks are interested and want to watch. This completely fictitious event in the name of science is an illustration of something you could call super lewd or even a bridge too far, but not a conduct violation because no one was harassed.

Example of a viotation: I slap @CB's ass. He doesn't like that (at least not from me) and that's cool!

Example of not a violation: I slap @cola's ass. He's good with that (at least from me) and that's *ahem* cool.

The point of my examples is: Every person, every situation, and every combination of people and situation is different! Do the work and figure shit out so no one has a bad time.

Thanks for reading!