Problem with cellaring/collecting/whatever you want to call it....

How is this a problem?

 

Drink some water in and take a break in between... You should be ok. :-)

 

drink some water and open, then repeat as needed...

 

Give the man a break, he has a drinking problem. I find myself in the same predicament, although I don't have nearly the collection that you appear to have. Sticking with the same genre of shelf or sessionable beer is what I usually do when I move to the 2nd or 3rd round etc. It kind of creates a whole experience around the "highlight" beer of the evening. Just my humble opinion.

 

Drink it now. No one is impressed with your collection. My girlfriend's husband buys bottles upon bottles -- and for what? He's always away on business and I'm the one who ends up drinking them. This "problem" could have been averted if he just drank what he bought.

 

I feel you on this. I have come across the same problem. I will try to drink 1 "first time" beer first, then move on to other beers of what I had already tried earlier in the week that I had multiples of.

When I have an inventory that requires me to drink more than 1 "first time" beer (when I get greedy at the beer store), I try to drink 2 beers of the same style so that I can compare and contrast. If not, I will drink a lighter body beer first, cleans the palate with water and/or cracker/bread, and then move onto the full body/IPA beer.

But your right, definitely a good problem to have.

 

You're fucked.
The only way to straighten this out is to box up your cellar and ship it to me.

 

Agreed. How many bombers can one man drink In a night

 

I kinda have the same problem. When I have beers I traded for I want to drink them on a fresh palate. I usually double up on my "new beers" and use a palate cleanser between the two. If I want more I usually drink something I know and love such as torpedo.

It's a good problem to have!!

 

I probably drink beer once for every four times I buy beer. And when a seasonal or one-time release comes out you gotta buy a few. So yeah, it tends to stack up after awhile. I know some of you would scoff at my collection, but at last look I have 197 bottles of 77 different beers. The bitch is some of them you hate to open because they can't be replaced, but beer is to enjoy not look at. When I do have time to drink I will have 2 or 3, and I have never felt the first beer in any way tainted my perception of the subsequent choices.

 

2 or 3 beers out of your Cellar just because? Good for you, I usually take 4 bombers out of my Cellar for things like Memorial Day Parties, 4th of July. I like to share some really good beers with my people, not because it's a Wednesday.

 

i can take a trip to georgia..ya know..if you want..

 

A lot!

 

I guess a kegging setup will solve this.
dump all bottles in a keg, cap on CO2, and enjoy them all at once.

 

Seriously we can do some trading for one of those BA Blackout 4packs, since you have a few of them. I only got my hands on 1 4pack, and I'm down to 2 bottles. Do bottleshares man, thats the way to go, and thats how I've gone through 2 BA Blackouts. Bottleshares are the way to go, lots of people get to try your beer, and you get to try theirs. But do sit on a few of those Blackouts because they will get better with age

 

Easy solution: start with an imperial / BA stout. Then drink a sour. Then another stout. Then another sour. Repeat as necessary.