One of the best things with craft beer is the camaraderie which can be quickly foster among fellow beer geeks even though they are total stangers outside of craft beer circle--over the years i have had the chance to meet quite a few strangers who share the same passion about craft beer--and became friends who i would meet and share a few beers with either on a more regular or once in a blue moon basis, with geek friends came the chances of sharing/tasting more bottles/cans than one single person could ever manage--as well the occasional surprises of being gifted a few beers at times.
时光飞逝，有意为之情况下个人craft
beer探寻历程一晃十年过去了，这些年来通过和好些不同啤迷朋友瓶子分享会算是喝过不少佳酿，也因为啤迷间分享精神这些年来偶尔也有些佳酿是来自啤迷朋友无预警馈赠或随机赐酒，身为啤迷这是让人感觉幸福的。
以下是一些不同情况下不同啤迷的赐酒：-
Over the years i been lucky and grateful to have received some beers from geek friends--mostly when least expected--hence the pleasant surprises. Here's a few examples of gift bottles/cans received while travelling overseas---there were more gift bottles/cans received which were not mentioned in this weekly column but im very grateful to have received each and every beer given be it overseas or locally---and you know who you are.
it was quite some years ago already--was sitting at the tasting room of Cantillon--opposite there were strangers fellow geek---1 American & 1 Asian looking Canadian---with no hesitation I decided to say hello and soon joined their table---on that day---if not because of their generous act of sharing quite some bottles--i would not be able to taste 7-8 different bottles (with bottles at 750ml it's just impossible for 1 or 2 person to crack that many without wasting beer).
CANTILLON不同瓶子
好些年前有幸坐在全球LAMBIC啤迷们心目中圣地，布鲁塞尔市区外围CANTILLON酿坊试饮室，当时对面桌的有两位完全不认识的啤迷，一位是美国人，另一位是亚洲面孔的加拿大人，很自然情况下加入两位陌生人的桌，就那样大家开始分享手中的瓶子，然后更多瓶子出现，一定意义来说，如果不是两位陌生人啤迷的分享，在瓶子都是大瓶装750ML情况下，当天个人不可能喝到七八款不同类型风味CANTILLON作品，如今回看，特别是近年新冠肆虐时空背景，加上CANTILLON较稀有款这里一瓶难求情况下，虽然陌生啤迷分享瓶子在CANTILLON试饮室是常态，但身为远在亚洲不能想去就去的啤迷，这一幕是珍贵的。
it was back in 2015 when i first went for MBCC which at that time was CBC and being held at a gymnasium slightly outside of city center---those who been would know that many beer geeks do fly in earlier in the week to bar hop/join in various tap take over or first releases events planned for the week--- i was at Mikkeller Bar Viktoriagade chatting with the then bar manager(a stranger then), next thiig i know was that a bottle of Prairie Pirate Bomb was cracked and i was sipping on a stout which at that time was a rather hard to find bottle here in Asia.
PRAIRIE PIRATE BOMB
同样也是陌生啤迷赐酒的情况出现在哥本哈根，多年前第一次前往参与根本哈根啤酒庆典（当时简称CBC而不是近几年的MBCC）时，参加周末两天在市郊外体育馆举行的啤酒庆典之前已提前到达的各路啤迷当然会出现在市内几家“米吧”相关专卖吧，当时人在“米吧”本店。和当年的店长从不认识到聊聊天，然后就出现了随机赐酒的事，当时来说这款黑啤是这家美国“新贵”酿坊亚洲难寻款。
Various Bottles gifted by geek friends:-
DeNeve Gueuze
it was during MBCC week---a Belgian beer geek friend came to my hostel lobby as i have brought some sake from my Japan trip prior to Copenhagen --it was not meant as exhange of bottles but just a show of gratitude to my Belgian friend for helping to sent in some Lamnic previously--and i was totally surprised when he pulled out a box containing a bottle of "extinct" old bottle of DeNeve Gueuze.
Brought that bottle back to KL to share with a Belgian friend living here who have helped me opening up very early stage craft appreciate level by sharing his private Belgium bottles.
GUEUZE DENEVE
比利时啤迷朋友的礼物，虽说个人是有回赠日本带过去的清酒瓶子，但看到这支已有一定年岁痕迹而且是原厂已绝版天然发酵酸啤作品时还是很意外。带回来吉隆坡後，本着也给一位非常早期在探寻craft
beer路上给过自己启蒙助益的在地比利时朋友小小惊喜带去他家分享了。
Mills Running Beer
my first Mills bottle was courtesy of this gift bottle by a geek friend from UK who not only gifted this but also some other bottles/cans---all hand carried back to KL by a fellow geek friend who happened to be back in UK for a trip then. The Mills was shared during that year's Xmas share here with the tasting group guys.
MILLS RUNNING BEER
英国啤迷朋友的礼物，当时除了这款英国农村风格/酸啤酒新贵酿坊作品之外还赐了好些其他酿坊啤酒，让恰好身在英国的本地分享会成员啤迷朋友带回来，后来是在圣诞节重头分享会上跟本地几位啤迷朋友开喝了。
Tired Hands Ipas
During th last day or so at Copenhagen--an American geek friend gifted me a few fresh cans of TH brew he brought in from the states---brought these back and shared with a few KL geek friends--among the 3 different ipas---no doubt Key Lime Pie was the most outstanding and interesting.
TIRED HANDS IPAS
美国啤迷朋友的礼物，三款不同风味表现作品中以KEY LIME PIE最出色，是至今本地啤迷朋友仍然很有印象的一款，看酒名称是以做成墨西哥莱姆派风味呈现为构思，虽然没吃过那样的派，但酒绝对有趣好喝。
A japanese small brewery located at Kamakura--personally i quite like their brew--known for easy drinking yet not on the dull side--particularly good with their saison---had the previous year version of this BA Saison when i was in Tokyo--was very surprise to have received this one in Copenhagen--gifted by a Japanese geek friend---receiving a Kamakura beer in Copenhagen---that's how borderless craft culture can be.
YOROCCO BA SAISON
日本啤迷的礼物，以均衡易喝风味啤酒特别是农村风格啤酒为人知位于镰仓的日本酿坊作品，在收到这款前一年有喝过同款作品前作，是富有层次的桶陈美味易喝型啤酒，在根本哈根收到日本啤迷赠与的日本啤酒，啤迷之间的交流还真的是无界限。
