The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly BIF

"Ahhhh-Ah-ah-Ah-ahhhh! Wah-wa-wahh!"

The Man With No Name walks into the saloon, spurs going "ka-chink, ka-chink." He looks around at a group of some of the best traders this side of the Mississippi. And on the other side for that matter. He squints his eyes and lights a cigar.

"You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friends: Those who drink good beer and those who drink ugly beer," he announces to the room.

It's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly BIF. This is supposed to be a small but fun BIF. 3 beer minimum with the idea that in order to appreciate really good beer, every once in a while you need to try some really ugly beer to keep things in perspective.

The Good: a high quality beer, preferably from your receiver's wants

The Bad: Wild card beer. Could be bad as in "bad ass" or just plain bad.

The Ugly: something you would only drink on a dare. The rule is you can't send an ugly unless you have reviewed it yourself, and no repeats. It would be no fun to have Bud Light go around and round. And who knows. Someone's Ugly may be another person's Good.

39 Traders With No Name have agreed to join up with this invite only BIF. We have a great group of cowboys, gunslingers, cattle rustlers, hombres, rodeo clowns, and even a few Mounties joining us on this wagon train.

updated aug 14/08:

We now have two legs to this BIF, pardners! It's a race to see who can find the treasure of the Ugliest beer

Same rules still apply, no repeats on the ugly. So be aware of who has possession. When you get a shipment you get to choose who is next on your team. beermail me if you have any questions on who to send to.

Remember, the whole point is to have a journey of appreciation. To better appreciate the Good, we have to experience the Ugly

Giddy-up!

updated oct 23/08:

And then there were Three...

Surprise!

Team Angel Eyes has arrived. In the movie, Angel Eyes really didn't become active until about a third of the way in.

adios, amigos!

The Results

Team Blondie:

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bort11 (originator) grub

  • the good:
    • Boulevard Bully Porter 12oz
    • Boulevard Saison 750ml*
  • the bad:
    • Weston Brewing O'Malleys Cream Ale 12oz
  • the ugly:
    • Blue Dawg Brewing Wild Blue 12oz
grub Lum

  • the good:
    • Great Lakes Blackout Stout* 12oz
    • FFF Rabbid Rabbit Saison* 22oz
    • Daft Punkin' (homebrewed pumpkin ale) 12oz
  • the bad:
    • Steelback Tango 710ml can
  • the ugly:
    • Steelback Silver 710ml can
Lum Oxymoron
  • the good:
    • Ithaca Cascazilla
  • the bad(ass):
    • Ithaca Ten
  • the ugly:
    • Coors Light 24oz wide mouth can
Oxymoron unclejedi
  • the good:
    • Grand Lake Brewing Plain Bastard
    • Grand Lake Brewing Super Chicken Barleywine
  • the bad(ass):
    • Odell's Woodcut No. 01
  • the ugly:
    • Cave Creek Chili Beer
unclejedi Ding

  • the good:
    • Lost Abbey 10 Commandments 750ml
  • the bad(ass):
    • Deschutes Black Butte XX 22oz
    • Tyranena Devil Over A Barrel 12oz
    • Tyranena Dirty Old Man 12oz
    • Founders Backwoods Bastard 12oz
  • the ugly:
    • Tequiza 12oz
Ding DrJay

  • the good:
    • Allagash Black
    • Lagunitas Imperial Stout
  • the bad:
    • Sweet Water Motor Boat (nice brew BUT it's a horrible (BAD) interpretation of an ESB)
    • Sweet Water Georgia Brown (nice brew from a BAD state for beer culture)
    • Magic Hat Odd Notion (nice brew, not a BAD interpretation of a style that is horribly neglected in the USA)
  • the ugly:
    • 33 Export
DrJay hero27

  • the good:
    • Southampton Grand Cru
    • Weyerbacher Harvest Ale
    • Pikeland Pils
  • the badass:
    • Voodoo PILZILLA
  • the bad:
    • Molson XXX (25.4oz)
  • the ugly:
    • Weyerbacher Twelve
hero27 Sudsdog
  • the good:
    • Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2007
  • the bad-ass:
    • Ten Fidy
  • the ugly:
    • Sapporo
  • the extra:
    • Midwestern Iowa Pale Ale
  • the bad or bad-ass - you decide:
    • Sam Adams Triple Bock
  • the most bad-ass:
    • 2008 Dark Lord
Sudsdog SaCkErZ9
  • the good:
    • 750ml Alesmith Speedway Stout
  • the bad-ass:
    • 12.7oz Mikkeller Black
  • the ugly:
    • 50cl Seriously Bad Elf
  • the extra:
    • 22oz Southern Tier Jaf-va
SaCkErZ9 RedChrome
  • the good:
    • 22oz. Cottonwood High Cotton Hazelnut Stout
  • the bad(ASS):
    • 11.5oz. Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel! Peche Mortel
    • 12oz. Founders Breakfast Stout
  • the ugly:
    • 24oz. Copper Mountain Four O (Street Legal) Malt Liquor
  • the extras:
    • 12oz.Avery Old Jubilation Ale
    • 12oz. Three Floyds Alpha King
RedChrome czoch75
  • the good:
    • Captain Lawrence Xtra Gold Tripel
  • the badass:
    • New England Imperial Stout Trooper
  • the ugly:
    • Schmidt Ice
  • the extras:
    • Southern Tier Backburner Barleywine
    • Carlson Vete Ol Wheat Ale
    • Brooklyn Brewery hat
czoch75 Solomon420
  • 12 oz
    • Anheuser Busch Beach Bum Blonde Ale
    • Barley Island Beastie Barrel Stout
    • Founders Backwoods Bastard
    • Founders Backwoods Bastard
    • Central Waters BB Cherry Stout
    • Victory Golden Monkey
    • Coors Winterfest
  • 22 oz
    • Southern Tier Cuvee 1
    • Southern Tier Cuvee 2
    • Southern Tier Tripel
    • New Holland Black Tulip Tripel
  • 750ml
    • Boulevard Long Strange Tripel
    • Schlafly Tripel Ale
Solomon420 jwc215 ?
jwc215 Viggo
  • 12 oz:
    • Victory Hop Wallop
    • Weyerbacher Double Simcoe
    • Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan
    • Ellicottville Nut Brown
    • Manayunk Schuykill Punch
Viggo bort11 (originator)
  • the good:
    • Peche Mortal
    • Rosee d'Hibiscus
    • Thomas Hardy's Ale 2008
    • Dark Lord 2009
  • the badass:
    • Ted Fidy
    • Short's Bellaire Brown
    • Short's Pandemonium Pale Ale
  • the ugly:
    • Labatt Signature Porter

Team Tuco:

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bort11 (originator) Scoobydank
  • the good:
    • Boulevard Double Wide IPA 750ml*
  • the bad:
    • The Beast! 12oz
  • the ugly:
    • Weston Brewing O'Malleys Sunryes 12oz
Scoobydank TexIndy

  • the good:
    • Surly Furious
    • Surly Bender
  • the bad(ass):
    • Grain Belt Premium
  • the bad:
    • Camo Silver Ice
  • the ugly:
    • Bud Chelada
TexIndy deepsouth
  • the good:
    • st arnold divine reserve no. 5
    • st arnold divine reserve no. 6
  • the bad(ass):
    • oscar blues gordon
  • the bad(or extra ugly):
    • cave creek chili beer
  • the ugly:
    • lone star
deepsouth hwwty4
  • the good:
    • Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan
  • the bad(ass):
    • Three Floyds Gumballhead
    • Dogfish Head Aprihop
    • Terrapin Wake n Bake Coffee Oatmeal Stout
  • the bad:
    • Billy Beer (with a note saying "Do not drink this beer")
  • the ugly:
    • Hurricane High Gravity 24oz wide mouth can
hwwty4 dyan

  • the good:
    • Schlafly Export IPA
  • the gooder:
    • Bear Republic Racer 5
  • the goodest:
    • Boulevard Double Wide IPA
  • the baddd ass:
    • 2x Stag Beer (with a note asking me to drink ice cold, back to back, screw the glass)
  • the ugly:
    • JW Lees Moonraker
dyan Beerbuddha
  • the good:
    • Bell's Kalamazoo Stout
  • the gooder:
    • Bell's Two Hearted
  • the hoppy good:
    • Sierra Nevada Chico Estate Harvest
  • the badass:
    • Laguintas Hop Stoopid
  • the ugly:
    • Michelob Ultra Pomegranate Raspberry--wrapped in a Dos Equis T-shirt
Beerbuddha leftmindedrighty
  • the good:
    • Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan
  • the gooder:
    • Deschutes Cider Cone Red
  • the goodest:
    • Boulevard Bully! Porter
  • the badass:
    • Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye
  • the ugly:
    • Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss
  • the swag:
    • a Flying Dog bumper sticker and shirt
    • a pint glass from The Bulldog in New Orleans
leftmindedrighty tayner
  • the good:
    • Goose Island Harvest Ale
  • the gooder:
    • New Glarus Berliner Weiss
  • the bad(ass):
    • Surly Darkness
  • the pretty bad(ass):
    • Boulevard Saison with Brett!
  • the ugly:
    • Mama Mia Pizza Beer!
tayner hoppymeal

  • the good:
    • Hotd Fred FT Wood 08
  • the gooder:
    • Hotd Doggie Claws 02
  • the goodest:
    • Flossmoor Collaborative Evil
  • the pretty bad ass:
    • Westvleteren 8 2006
  • the bad ass:
    • Firestone Walker 10
  • the ugly:
    • 24oz Tall Boy of Mickey's Malt Liquor (bonus: it's a MMA collector's can featuring Tito Ortiz)
  • the extras:
    • Southern Star Pine Belt Pale
    • Guinness Foreign Extra
hoppymeal Faro
  • the good:
    • (750ml?) bottle of Bommen & Granaten in a wooden crate marked Danger
  • the bad ass:
    • Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Barleywine 2008
    • Bell's Eccentric Ale 2006
    • Westy 12 from 1995
    • Black Albert
    • Alesmith Barrel Aged Decadence 2005
    • Russian River Beatification Batch 2
    • a May the Shorts be with you sticker
  • the ugly:
    • Grand Rapids Imperial Stout
Faro stewdawg

  • the good:
    • Surly Fest
  • the badass:
    • Deschutes The Abyss
    • Tyranena Devil Over a Barrel-- Imp. Coffee Bourbon Porter
    • New Glarus Raspberry Tart
    • New Glarus Unplugged Imperial Weizen
    • Alesmith Speedway Stout 12/2006
    • Flat Earth Brewing Winter Warlock
    • Russian River Perdition
    • Firestone 12th Anniversary (including box)
    • Surly Darkness (with another label sticker)
  • the ugly:
    • Sprecher Pizza Beer
    • Leinie's Summer Shandy
stewdawg RustyDiamond
  • the good:
    • Port's Santa's Little Helper
    • Founders BS
    • Victory Baltic Thunder
    • Victory Prima Pils
    • Smuttynose Wheatwine
    • Troeg's Scratch 15
    • Troeg's Mad Elf
    • Bell's Expy Stout
  • the bad-ass:
    • Founders KBS
    • Peche Mortel
  • the ugly:
    • a rust capped nasty looking Miller Lite, circa 2006
RustyDiamond bditty187
    • the good:
      • Red Brick Double Chocolate Oatmeal Porter
      • Terrapin Big Hoppy Monster
      • S'muttonator
    • the bad-ass:
      • Terrapin Coffee Oatmeal Impy Stout
      • Highland Imperial Black Mocha Stout
    • the ugly:
      • Woodchuck Granny Smith Apple
bditty187 gpcollen1
  • the good:
    • La Folie
  • the bad-ass:
    • Boulevard Smokestack Series Bourbon BBL Quad
  • the ugly:
    • Melanie Brewing Evil Eye
  • the bonus:
    • Boulevard Nutcracker
    • Empyrean
    • Odell IPA
gpcollen1 DarkerTheBetter

  • the good:
    • 750ml Captain Lawrence Smoke From The Oak Rum
    • 750ml Captain Lawrence Smoke From The Oak Bourbon
    • 750ml Captain Lawrence Smoke From The Oak Wine
    • 64oz Captain Lawrence's Pale Ale
  • the bad:
    • 12oz Imperial Stout Trooper
  • the ugly:
    • 40oz Haffenreffer Private Stock
DarkerTheBetter limesmut
  • the good:
    • Cantillon St. Lamvinus
    • Weyerbacher Merry Monks' Ale
  • the bad:
    • Founders Devil Dancer
    • FFF Dark Lord
  • the ugly:
    • Fischer Tradition Amber
limesmut Zorro
  • Two Bombers:
    • Smuttynose Imperial Stout (Big Beer Series) 2007 Vintage
    • Victory Baltic Thunder
  • Six 12 OZ Bottles:
    • Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout 07-08 Vintage
    • Founders Breakfast Stout
    • Founders Harvest Ale
    • Founders Imperial Stout
    • New Belgium1554 Enlightened Black Ale
    • a broken bottle of Terrapin All American Imperial Pilsner
Zorro Vermonthiker
  • the good:
    • Firestone 31 22 oz
    • Firestone Union Jack 22 oz
  • the badass:
    • Firestone Xll 22 oz
    • Green Flash Imperial IPA 22 oz
  • the bad:
    • Naked Lion Copper Flask (Lacrosse, WI.) 12 oz
  • the ugly:
    • Efes Pilsner (Turkey) 12 oz
Vermonthiker Imstillthegman
  • the good:
    • Otter Creek Russian Imperial Stout
    • Saranac Imperial IPA
  • the badass:
    • Long Trail Imperial IPA
    • MacNeil's Warlord
  • the bad:
    • Magic Hat Batch 369
  • the ugly:
    • Saranac Bock
Imstillthegman bort11 (originator)
  • the good:
    • Old Chub
    • Ten Fidy
    • The Abyss
  • the badass:
    • Sly Fox Odessey
    • Hair of the Dog Adam
  • the ugly:
    • Bahia
    • Black Radish

Team Angel Eyes:

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bort11 (originator) SkinnyElvis
  • the good:
    • Blvd Double Wide IPA (Want)
  • the bad-ass:
    • Bells Hell Hath No Fury
  • the bad:
    • Left Hand Jackman's American Pale Ale
  • the ugly:
    • A quart of Sol
  • the scary ugly:
    • 07 Arcadia Jawjacker
SkinnyElvis julian
  • the good:
    • Founders Breakfast Stout
    • Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout
  • the badass:
    • Dark Lord 08'
  • the ugly:
    • Weyerbacher Eleven
julian bort11 (originator) NOTHING!!

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