When is it too much?

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  1. LiquidCourage

    LiquidCourage Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2012 Rhode Island

    So I think I've started to borderline horde beer.

    I have 29 bottles of Goose Island Bourbon County Stout. Today I had the opportunity to purchase an additional case. I was this close to purchasing it and still may do so in the next week. Another case would put me over 50 bottles.

    My question is, is it possible to have to much of a beer? Am I buying to drink them or just to have them?
     
    #1 LiquidCourage, Dec 1, 2012
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  2. yummybeer

    yummybeer Zealot (588) Apr 14, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    My question is, how can you drink them, if you don't have them? So you have a little more than a case of 1 kind of beer, and you're asking yourself if it is borderline hoarding? If that's borderline, I'm certifiable...Well, there it is.
     
    #2 yummybeer, Dec 1, 2012
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  3. cbeer88

    cbeer88 Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2007 Massachusetts

    It depends. Are you drinking two bottles of it a week, every week? If you enjoy the beer that much, then you're fine.

    Are you averaging one bottle every month or two? Then 50+ bottles is getting a little ridiculous...
     
    #3 cbeer88, Dec 1, 2012
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  4. FatBoyGotSwagger

    FatBoyGotSwagger Grand Pooh-Bah (3,999) Apr 4, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Do you drink GI BCBS on the reg? The answer to this is the answer to your Q.
     
    #4 FatBoyGotSwagger, Dec 1, 2012
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  5. bradcochran1234

    bradcochran1234 Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2011 Georgia

    A. How close is "this" close?
    B. Do you have the money?
    C. How much do you love BCS?
    D. Are you trading cause I got some stuff you may be interested in.
     
    #5 bradcochran1234, Dec 1, 2012
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  6. foobula

    foobula Zealot (735) Dec 14, 2009 Illinois

    I don't consider a couple of cases of a beer that should last 6 years to be excessive. But I can definitely relate to having mixed feelings about purchasing beer faster that I'm capable of drinking it.
     
    #6 foobula, Dec 1, 2012
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  7. LiquidCourage

    LiquidCourage Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2012 Rhode Island

    I guess my issue is that any store that I walk into store that has BCBS, I will automatically get some. I failed to mention that my basement has a case of Heady Topper, 15 bottles of Hel & Verdomenis, 12 bottles of Backwoods, and others...

    My fear is that I amass this collection of beers and never drink them down.
     
    #7 LiquidCourage, Dec 1, 2012
  8. minnesotaryan

    minnesotaryan Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2010 Minnesota

    if you drink it often or trade it is worth it, I have sent some good stuff for bcbs.
     
    #8 minnesotaryan, Dec 1, 2012
  9. LiquidCourage

    LiquidCourage Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2012 Rhode Island

    I suppose I can collect all the BCBS I can find now for trade, in the event I get shut out of KBS this spring.
     
    #9 LiquidCourage, Dec 1, 2012
  10. jzeilinger

    jzeilinger Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,847) Dec 4, 2004 Pennsylvania
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    Are you into trading? If so, you have lots of great trade bait, if not, you're sitting on a gold mine. Some beers aren't worth hoarding if you can't consume them but this is one that will keep for a "few years" and it would be interesting over a few years to do a vertical tasting. I have a good friend who does the same thing with beers like this to trade away for fresh IPA's. Drink 'em or trade 'em, consider yourself lucky to accumulate that many bottles of this beer, you can't go wrong either way.
     
    #10 jzeilinger, Dec 1, 2012
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  11. minnesotaryan

    minnesotaryan Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2010 Minnesota

    bcbs > kbs
     
    #11 minnesotaryan, Dec 1, 2012
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  12. LiquidCourage

    LiquidCourage Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2012 Rhode Island

    FT BCBS ISO KBS
     
    #12 LiquidCourage, Dec 1, 2012
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  13. hopsputin

    hopsputin Grand Pooh-Bah (4,403) Apr 1, 2012 New Jersey
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    file this under: problems I wish I had
     
    #13 hopsputin, Dec 1, 2012
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  14. LiquidCourage

    LiquidCourage Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2012 Rhode Island

    If it wasn't $23.99 a four pack, I wouldn't have even started this discussion.
     
    #14 LiquidCourage, Dec 1, 2012
  15. fujindemon74

    fujindemon74 Pooh-Bah (1,797) Nov 7, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    Surely you jest...
     
    #15 fujindemon74, Dec 1, 2012
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  16. LiquidCourage

    LiquidCourage Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2012 Rhode Island

    A. Moments away
    B. Yes
    C. Up for debate. If it was KBS, I'd buy their entire supply
    D. PM me
     
    #16 LiquidCourage, Dec 1, 2012
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  17. pjl44

    pjl44 Initiate (0) Oct 3, 2008 Massachusetts

    I don't know about the BCBS, but I'd get that Heady Topper in a fridge and start working through it ASAP.
     
    #17 pjl44, Dec 1, 2012
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  18. NickMunford

    NickMunford Pooh-Bah (2,094) Oct 2, 2006 Wyoming
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    If you're going to drink, trade or share it, and can afford it without going into debt, I see no problem. If you're just buying it for the sake of it, I'd say branch out and get some variation in your hoard:wink:
     
    #18 NickMunford, Dec 1, 2012
  19. CelticAleMan

    CelticAleMan Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2010 California

    Then it is just a matter of whether you can buy it without negatively affecting the way you or anyone dependent on you lives. Pretty simple, really.
     
    #19 CelticAleMan, Dec 1, 2012
  20. bradcochran1234

    bradcochran1234 Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2011 Georgia

    Then fuckin buy it!!! Sending BM.
     
    #20 bradcochran1234, Dec 1, 2012
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