What's your dream mixed 12 pack?

Maybe bratwurst ?

 

Bourbon County

They are (nearly up to?) 12 variants this year, just need to get back to 12oz bottles (or cans) and then remove "Chicagoland Only" from the interesting sounding ones

 

Orval x2
Pliney the Elder x2
Tiny Beautiful Something x2
Temptation x2
Plead the Fifth x2

 

3X Munich Dunkel
3X Scotch Ale
3X Vienna Lager
3X Dopplebock

 

Weihenstephaner mixed pack please!

2 of each:
Hefeweissbier Dunkel
Hefeweizen
Vitus
Korbinian
Pilsner
Original

 

Mix Pack #1: (Duvel-Moortgat)
Duvel, Duvel Tripel Hop Citra, Duvel Tripel Hop "Insert Rotating Hop Variety," Duvel Single Fermented

Mix Pack #2: (Evil Twin)
Even More Jesus, Even More "Insert Rotating adjunct(s)" Jesus, Imperial Biscotti Break, Imperial Biscotti "Insert Rotating adjunct(s)" Break

Mix Pack #3: (Van Honsebrouck):
Filo, Brigand, Barista Chocolate Quad, Donker

 

Pretty sure I had a Von Trapp variety pack last year...but I drink so I may be mistaken. I like variety packs but I don't like that they always come with the brewers high volume standard beers. SN always has its Pale Ale, Jack Abbey has house lager and Sam Adams always has Boston Lager. I can get those anytime, so I always feel slighted that they are in my variety pack.

My ideal variety pack for the fall would be something that explores dark German lager styles. I like these but never can find them easily.

 

I would add St. Victorious to that and knock out Uncle Teddy's, which must be served on cask!

 

Von Trapp does (or at least at one point did) make a variety pack. I don't recall seeing it on the shelves in MA in a while though.

 

1. Belgian Saison
2. German Pilsner
3. West Coast IPA
4. Oatmeal Stout

 

My 12pk: Variety and Quality

3 - Double IPA
3 - Irish Stout
3 - Mazen/Octoberfest
3 - Weissen Bier

 

3 American Wild Ales, 3 Tripels, 3 bourbon barrel imperial stouts, 3 west coast style double IPA's

 

Style specific:
3x Weizenbock
3x Dopplebock
3x Maibock / Helles Bock
3x Eisbock

or
German specific:
3x Pilsner
3x Gose
3x Hefeweizen
3x Dunkelweizen


As for the various Victory Variety packs, for the Kick Back Can 15 pack, I'd swap out Sour Monkey and replace it with Kirsch Gose, which is now available in cans, good for coolers/summer, and a personal favorite.

For their Taste Victory pack, I'd replace Vital IPA with Headwaters or Helles Lager.

 

A bunch of English milds would do it for me. Failing that, I'd like to see a mixed 12-pack of Oktoberfest beers all from different breweries.

 

What about 12 twelve oz bottles of 12 different 50/50 Eclipse ba stouts???

Edit: for the low low price of 12.99. More realistically, 129.99.

 

Any 12 pack without an IPA in it would be a dream combo for me.

 

Berliner Weisses
Czech Pilsners
Baltic Porters
American IPAs

Lots of refreshment, and a few robust ones for the chilly days.

 

Smuttynose has the only mix-pack that I buy on a regular basis. It usually has Old Brown Dog brown ale, Shoals Pale Ale, Finest Kind IPA, and one rotating beer by season. I try to buy when the 4th beer is Robust Porter which makes almost a perfect mix. My dream mix might include Vunderbar Pils, Rhye IPA or Summer IPA in place of OBD and Shoals PA.

 

Sounds like a plan!