Five whales that you've recently caught.

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  1. Vivs85

    Vivs85 Savant (1,066) Nov 29, 2012 New York
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    Black Tuesday reserve
    Dinner
    Regal rye
    Peche e Brett
    Eclipse Elijah Craig 12
     
    #181 Vivs85, Dec 27, 2015
  2. jcoleMA66

    jcoleMA66 Pooh-Bah (1,612) May 16, 2015 Massachusetts
    Pooh-Bah

    Dieu du Ciel Peche Mortel
    Tree House Double Shot
    Tree House Green
    Trillium Artaic
    Hill Farmstead Fear and Trembling
     
    #182 jcoleMA66, Dec 27, 2015
  3. BrewNoob1

    BrewNoob1 Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2015 Minnesota

    FW XIX Anniversary
    Barrel Aged Darkness
    Barrel Aged Old Rasputin
    BCBS (never had any bourbon county before)
    Black Tuesday
     
    #183 BrewNoob1, Dec 27, 2015
  4. Junkforadam

    Junkforadam Zealot (590) Jan 12, 2015 Oklahoma
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    Meh, oh well, I guess i have never caught a whale. I can agree with what @SteveSexton203 is saying. I have had some damn good beers that I had some difficulty obtaining though!
     
    #184 Junkforadam, Dec 27, 2015
  5. xShoWTeKx

    xShoWTeKx Pundit (994) Jan 21, 2013 South Carolina
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    1. See The Stars
    2. See The Sunrise
    3. Bourbon Barrel Aged Coconut MC
    4. Farm To Face
    5. Chocolate Rain
     
    #185 xShoWTeKx, Dec 27, 2015
  6. moonknight31

    moonknight31 Savant (1,162) Aug 23, 2009 California
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    for me it would probably be

    don quijote
    vanilla bean assassin
    zenne y frontera
    derivation 2
    loerik
     
    #186 moonknight31, Dec 27, 2015
  7. BrewNoob1

    BrewNoob1 Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2015 Minnesota


    This is true in a way, but isn't that what a whale is. Something hard to obtain that you desire. I have a personal whale list that I would like to try and it is different for every BA. Yes, for a some (or a lot) of BAs, the top 250 is the whale list because getting Heady or Pliny in Minnesota is impossible unless trading or traveling. And yes, there are also certain "whale lists" that people follow: blue, white, ghost whale lists, but everyone has a personal whale list and I think that is the meaning of the thread.
     
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  8. Geuzedad

    Geuzedad Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2010 Arizona

    Parabola '15
    BCBS Rare '15
    De Garde Imperial Blu BU
    De Garde Imperial Cherry Bu
    Alesmith BA Speedway Stout '15
     
    #188 Geuzedad, Dec 27, 2015
  9. Rothobinide

    Rothobinide Pundit (947) Jun 28, 2014 California

    Definitely:

    Duck Duck Gooze
    Utopias
    Exponential Hoppiness
    Abraxas
    Westy 12
     
    #189 Rothobinide, Dec 27, 2015
  10. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    Yes my OP was with regards to each person's individual whales, not necessary the top 250 or ultra rare stuff or trying to be any sort of show off "look at me" type post. It can be a local beer that has been elusive, maybe only comes out in limited supply at your brewery and you keep missing it each year, or a standard lineup beer from a nano-brewery far away. Or it could be the usual rare stuff that people stand in line for, chase trucks, visit a European country like most people seem to be mentioning. It can be what it is specific to you.

    I saw someone earlier mentioned Pilsner Urquell in a can. That is one I'm still searching for and haven't seen anywhere.
    Also another one that I finally got to try that had a lot of buzz over last few years was Narangansett. It lived up to the hype and was quite solid (for an AAL, it was one of the best I've had).
     
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  11. SailIntoTheStout

    SailIntoTheStout Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2015 Michigan

    Thanks to a present from the girlfriend I got Pliny, Supplication from Russian River. Also, Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk Stout and Goose BCBS and 120 Minute IPA.
     
    #191 SailIntoTheStout, Dec 27, 2015
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  12. HopBroker

    HopBroker Savant (1,158) Jun 5, 2015 Washington
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    LPF
    Fou
    Nogne O Dark Horizon
    Drie Fonteinen Armand'Spirit (40% alc distilled from Gueze)
    Zwanze (2008, 2013, 2015)
    Black Butte ^3 and Sour Quad
    Months ago: All Green Everything
     
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  13. phroztbyt3

    phroztbyt3 Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2015 Colorado

    Firestone Parabola
    BA Rasputin (Wheat and Rye variants)
    BA Narwhal
    Surly Darkness
    Goose Island Night Stalker 2010
     
    #193 phroztbyt3, Dec 28, 2015
  14. leantom

    leantom Initiate (0) Nov 20, 2011 Indiana

    Dark Lord
    Bomb!
    All the BCBSs
    BA Narwhal
    Permanent Funeral
     
    #194 leantom, Dec 28, 2015
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  15. nolinenowait

    nolinenowait Initiate (0) Mar 9, 2013 Vermont

    BA Abraxas
    Good Morning
    Prop 14
    Bourbon Cake/ Cognac Cake
    Double Sunshine
     
    #195 nolinenowait, Dec 28, 2015
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  16. ABW

    ABW Initiate (0) May 26, 2014 Texas

    2015 has been a great beer year for me.
    Black Tuesday
    Chocolate Rain
    Headdy Topper
    Bourbon County Rare
    Atrial Rubicite and sharrey barrel aged Atrial Rubicite
     
    #196 ABW, Dec 28, 2015
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  17. The_Kriek_Freak

    The_Kriek_Freak Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,217) Aug 18, 2014 Greenland
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier (Marzen)
    Achel Trappist
    Golden Nugget
    Lindemans Faro and Cuvee Rene
    Jai Alai
     
    #197 The_Kriek_Freak, Dec 28, 2015
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  18. aporia

    aporia Initiate (0) Mar 23, 2015 California

    Not the most rare of Whales but:

    Firestone XIX
    Velvet Merkin
    Helldorado
    Goose Island BCBS (first time)
    Pliny the Elder
     
    #198 aporia, Dec 29, 2015
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  19. emount91

    emount91 Initiate (0) Aug 28, 2015 Connecticut

    today I got my hands on some of the Knee Deep lineup:
    Citra Extra Pale Ale
    Breaking Bud IPA
    Lupulin River IIPA
    Hoptologist DIPA

    They had Simtra TIPA but I had to pass this time since the bomber was $10.99, I'll grab it next time.

    (not sure if these are considered whales normally, but right now in CT they sure as hell are)
     
    #199 emount91, Dec 29, 2015
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  20. willkevi

    willkevi Initiate (0) Dec 21, 2014 California

    That 2009 supplication is amaze balls
     
    #200 willkevi, Dec 29, 2015
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