Where do you draw the line?

I usually never have more than 2 of the same beer in a day, whether it's taken me a herculean effort to get it or it's easily available and whether I'm home or out. I like to start off a session with something new that I've never had but if I don't have anything availabe that's new, I'll start with a favorite and work down the preference list from there.

 

If its a special beer in the sense that it is significantly limited to me I usually spread it out as much as I can. I generally have pretty good control, (got 10 KBS this year and still have 7!), but its not easy at times. Makes the beer that much more enjoyable when I do drink it though. As far as getting sad when I run out of limited beer, well I experience significant dyphoria every year when I finish my last Hopslam. And this year I was pretty sad when I ran out of Zhukov (but not upset enough to break into the verticals I have running!).

 

When the mood strikes, I drink it. I don't, nor have I ever, cellared a beer.

 

Accept for that random Narragansett at 3:00 AM that occasionally happens, I have never regretted drinking a beer.

 

THIS!

I spread mine out though...

 

I would have spread it out over the weekend, supplementing with other beers.

Too much of anything in one sitting causes diminishing returns.

 

I agree, when the mood strikes drink em. With Heady, if I save them I end up giving them to other people to try to get them into good beer.

 

It s conundrum, isn't it?
I think that's why some of us have cellars, in order to save/spread out the drinking of fine beers...particularly those that cellar well. In my case, my cellar is below my mancave, and a bunch of stuff has to be moved in order to get to it. It works as a nice disincentive to just grabbing a KBS/BCBS/Bolt Cutter/Backwoods Bastard ( you get the idea) whenever I get the hankerin'. Having just gotten into some of these scrumptious beers this year, I'm trying to horde a bit, till fall and the return of stout season, before really drinking many of them, so that the new batches will be back and available.
I guess to each their own in how they choose to partake of what they have. In any case, I agree with the general sentiment of not regretting drinking them, the breweries will make more.

 

I only have one Parabola and I'm struggling immensely when to open it. It has to be the right time right?

 

It's friday. Open that fucker up

 

If it's something special I space it out, even though it can be very hard. If it's shelf beer I drink it like it's going out of style

 

If it's a seasonal, one off or something pricey, then I space it out&try to savor it. if it's something easily attainable at a store, I drink it knowing that I can always go back and get more.

 

Why would you not drink All Day IPA all day?

 

I plowed through some Chocolate Bock this past winter. Next time I can get some I am going to stock up. I usually drink as I go. Going to start holding onto the seasonal / hard to get stuff.

 

It never lasts all day....

 

You're doing it right then. That beer was meant to enjoy lots of.

As for heady, I just got 12 in the mail yesterday and I couldn't help myself, so I drank two already, but I'm trying to stretch it out for a couple weeks.

 

I wouldn't feel guilty in that situation. It's meant to be enjoyed.


Granted, I usually make something like that last a couple of weeks. I've picked up 4/6 packs of things I don't see often, or were expensive, and I usually only drink 1-2 on any given day. I just like to stretch them out, as I probably won't have that particular beer again soon. That doesn't mean I'd feel bad if I had them all in one night.

 

Founders Harvest Ale last fall. grabbed a 4pk from work and drank them all while watching the Tigers game that night. Didn't even realize it was a harder-to-get beer, I just thought it was delicious. By the time I went into work next, they were all gone .