1) German/Czech Pils 2) Helles/Blonde Ale or other gateway beer for Coors Light drinkers 3) Saison/non-fruited sour/Witbier/Hefeweizen 4) Strong Belgian Ale 5-7) IPAs - ideally one each of bitter/dank, hazy, imperial 8) a "light dark" beer - dopplebock, english bitter, dunkel, amber, etc. 9) a "dark dark" beer - stout, imperial stout, porter, schwarzbier* etc. 10) Dealer's choice - let the brewer have some fun, try some new things, see what the crowd likes *schwarzbier can go into the "light dark" category if you're not classifying by color
1) BA Barleywine 2) Barleywine 3) BA Imperial Stout 4) Imperial Stout 5) Imperial Pastry Stout 6) Baltic Porter 7) Belgian Triple 8) Imperial IPA 9) Imperial Hazy IPA 10) Double Bock
1. Kolsch (with Kolsch service btw) 2. Helles 3. Dunkel 4. English Bitter/Dark Mild (rotating) 5. Belgian Double/Tripel (rotating) 6. Saison (yeah, I'd put a Saison on tap) 7. Czech Pilsner 8. Vienna Lager 9. Porter/Stout (rotating) 10. Seasonal (Oktoberfest/Winter Warmer/Maibock/Radler) Yeah, I left out IPA. Not because I don't like them, but the crowd that likes my 10 taps would be more likely not to miss having an IPA choice.
1. Hefeweizen 2. Belgian Wit 3. Belgian Dubbel 4. Belgian Tripel 5. Belgian Quad 6. Pastry Imperial Stout 7. Barrel Aged Imperial Stout 8. Smoothie Sour 9. Maibock 10. Doppelbock
My reaction to your list made me laugh. It went something like this: GREAT start . . . Fuck. . . . Ahhhh . . . redemption.
1. Pliny 2. Reality Czeck 3. Mirror Pond 4. Heater Allen Pilsner 5. Old Rasputin 6. Death and Taxes 7. Original Alpine Nelson 8. Original Naughty Sauce 9. Original Founders Imperial Stout 10. Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen
Not that the rest of your list isn't amazing, but I often forget how ridiculous Mirror Pond is. Thanks for the reminder. I'm looking forward to drinking it at the source next month.
And, in your spirit, here's a more specific version of my initial list 1) German Hefeweizen - Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier | Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan | BeerAdvocate 2) Czech Pils - Pilsner Urquell | Plzeňský Prazdroj | BeerAdvocate 3) WC IPA - Head Hunter | Fat Head's Brewery & Saloon | BeerAdvocate 4) WC IIPA - Ruination IPA | Stone Brewing | BeerAdvocate 5) Old Ale - non BA - Old Stock Ale | North Coast Brewing Co. | BeerAdvocate 6) Imperial Stout - non BA - Expedition Stout | Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store | BeerAdvocate 7) Doppelbock - Doppelbock Dunkel | Klosterbrauerei Andechs | BeerAdvocate 8) Baltic Porter - Zywiec Porter | Zywiec Breweries PLC (Heineken) | BeerAdvocate 9) Belgian Tripel - Trappist Tripel | Brouwerij Westmalle | BeerAdvocate 10) Best Bitter - beer engine - London Pride | Fuller's | BeerAdvocate with this carbonating for when the Fuller's is done: Jaipur | Thornbridge Brewery | BeerAdvocate
Tripel Barleywine Wit Pale Ale (sub 5%) Clear IPA (5-6%) Clear Imperial IPA Baltic Porter Rauch Beer Saison Wild Ale.
Easy, my top 10; Toppling Goliath Kentucky Brunch Brand Stout Imperial Stout Central Waters Twenty Five - Pappy Van Winkle (Gold Label) Imperial Stout Revolution V.S.O.J. English Barleywine Revolution Double Barrel V.S.O.D. Oatmeal Stout Humble Forager Redwood 5th Anniversary BA English Barleywine Prairie Artisan Pirate Weekend American Imperial Stout Humble Forager Existential Bliss American Imperial Stout Structures Dreams III Imperial Pastry Stout Kros Strain Bakery Boyz American Imperial Stout Revolution Thundertaker American Imperial Stout
(1) Helles (2) Czech Pilsner (3) Doppelbock (4) rotating saison/brett beer (5) rotating English beer (bitter or mild) (6) Pale ale (7) WC IPA (8) Scotch ale (9) English barleywine (10) Imperial Stout
Helles/German pils (alternating) Schwarzbier/Dunkel (alternating) Bock/doppelbock (alternating) WC IPA/DIPA (alternating) Hoppy Pale Ale (Zombie Dust)/Hoppy Wheat Ale (Gumballhead) (alternating) Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy Plain Porter/Stout (alternating) Flavored Porter/Stout (alternation) Rotating Seasonal (Maibock/Oktoberfest Marzen, Winter Warmer) BA Imperial Stout Keeping it to 10 is HARD! If any of the above are out of stock from the distributor I'll stick a Wild Ale in there in a heartbeat.
If we're going on just what I want to drink Saison or Grisette Funky beer (something with brett, possibly other microbes) dry cider porter WCIPA RIS (no BA or flavorings) rotating Trappist style "Italian" pils Rotating session cask (mild, bitter) Rotating easy drinker (Helles, Kolsch, American blond, American wheat) Not that different than my list from when I thought this was about running a business. I'm either a good host or a shitty barman.
