What is your ultimate beer session sequence?

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  1. H0p_Head

    H0p_Head Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2013 Florida

    If you could drink any beers you wanted for one drinking session, what beers or styles of beers would you drink? In what order would you prefer to drink which particular styles?

    My ultimate session sequence would probably start with pale ales, then work up to IPAs and end with DIPAs.

    I wouldn't mind a barleywine or imperial stout somewhere in my sequence, but I'd prefer to save the hoppiest beer for the end of the session.
     
    #1 H0p_Head, Dec 7, 2013
  2. ManforallSaisons

    ManforallSaisons Pooh-Bah (1,554) Mar 20, 2008 Belgium
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    Good one but it would depend entirely where I am. If at home, I'd start with a sour (lambic-based or red/brown), lightish with a bit of hops (pale ale or saison), move up to a double or triple (depending what I'm eating -- and I just realized in saying that this I'm picturing this over a multi-course meal but, I think it applies in any case) then something monstrous, a quad or RIS. Lather, rinse, repeat.
     
    #2 ManforallSaisons, Dec 7, 2013
  3. Hoptimus-Prime

    Hoptimus-Prime Pundit (946) Dec 7, 2012 North Carolina
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    My typical home drinking session goes about like this: IPA, Stout, DIPA, IPA , somthing Barrel aged, then if I'm still functioning more IPAs !
     
    #3 Hoptimus-Prime, Dec 7, 2013
  4. DrumKid003

    DrumKid003 Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2013 Oklahoma

    Green Flash Rayon Vert, Prairie Artisan Puncheon, COOP F-5, Mother's Three Blind Mice, Delirium Nocturum, and finish it off with a North Coast Old Rasputin or North Coast Class of '88 Barleywine. Granted there would have to be a lot of food or just split the venture into a 2 day affair.
     
    #4 DrumKid003, Dec 7, 2013
  5. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    A great English bitter from cask followed by some refills.
     
    #5 zid, Dec 7, 2013
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  6. MostlyNorwegian

    MostlyNorwegian Pooh-Bah (2,236) Feb 5, 2013 Illinois
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    The ultimate beer session? I don't know, but I'll keep on drinking to find out.
     
    #6 MostlyNorwegian, Dec 7, 2013
  7. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,305) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    The ones I like. :rolling_eyes:
    I thought someone was going to shoot me?
     
    #7 Zimbo, Dec 7, 2013
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  8. Reagan1984

    Reagan1984 Pooh-Bah (2,329) May 15, 2008 Massachusetts
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    Wit, Wild, Saison, IPA, DPA, Bourbon Barrel Aged Barley Wine, Bourbon Barrel Aged Imp Stout. Does anyone do this differently? :astonished:
     
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  9. Ilovelampandbeer

    Ilovelampandbeer Pooh-Bah (1,719) Aug 25, 2013 New York
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    I like to go heaviest to lightest...no more than 3 per session or i feel like my taste buds just shit themselves
     
    #9 Ilovelampandbeer, Dec 7, 2013
  10. RussBeercier

    RussBeercier Initiate (0) Mar 24, 2013 Illinois

    I've learned recently that the hop character of IPAs really pops right after drinking a stout.
     
    #10 RussBeercier, Dec 7, 2013
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  11. DWheeler379

    DWheeler379 Zealot (747) Jun 15, 2012 Colorado

    I've been trying to figure this out. Definitely better to start lighter, especially with hops.
    Do people prefer Stout then IPA or IPA then Stout? I think the contrasts work well either way usually. My taste buds do get "fatigued" with too many different beers or too many hops (by about the 4th beer).
     
    #11 DWheeler379, Dec 7, 2013
  12. EdTheEdge

    EdTheEdge Initiate (0) Mar 26, 2011 California

    Me and a nice warm sunny weekend.
     
    #12 EdTheEdge, Dec 7, 2013
  13. fx20736

    fx20736 Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2009 New York

    wake up, start drinking beer, continue until I fall asleep.
     
    #13 fx20736, Dec 8, 2013
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  14. herrburgess

    herrburgess Grand Pooh-Bah (3,077) Nov 4, 2009 South Carolina
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    Probably clockwise.

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    #14 herrburgess, Dec 8, 2013
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  15. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    I've been toying with counterclockwise and have been loving the results.
     
    #15 zid, Dec 8, 2013
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  16. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    Nice. So, is the one in the middle the Weizen, or are they all they same?
     
    #16 TongoRad, Dec 8, 2013
  17. TheBrewo

    TheBrewo Initiate (0) Nov 11, 2010 New York

    Heavy English barleywines...transition to sweeter, hoppy American barleywines...and then eventually to cleaner, even more hoppy DIPAs.
     
    #17 TheBrewo, Dec 8, 2013
  18. LankFreudRyte

    LankFreudRyte Initiate (0) Mar 13, 2008 Illinois

    One day, today, not necessarily the ultimate: Surly: Furious, SN: Celebration, Surly: Bender, Firestone: Velvet Merlin and ...
     
    #18 LankFreudRyte, Dec 8, 2013
  19. Drinkanator

    Drinkanator Initiate (0) Jul 20, 2010 Texas


    I just had the holiday package of Chimay. Excellent!!!!
     
    #19 Drinkanator, Dec 8, 2013
  20. djl9701

    djl9701 Crusader (441) Mar 8, 2008 Illinois

    dude....drink what you like....in whatever order you like :wink:
     
    #20 djl9701, Dec 8, 2013
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