Tasting Ghost Whales

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  1. miketd

    miketd Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2006 Ohio

    There are active users on this site that were present at said tastings, so not sure why the rolly eyes. I'm not bragging, trust me. I was a fool to spend the amount of money it took to get some of the stuff we had.
     
    #21 miketd, Sep 17, 2014
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  2. RichardMNixon

    RichardMNixon Maven (1,431) Jun 24, 2012 Pennsylvania

    After looking up "Baby's First Pee," I got the idea that it would be kind of funny for a bunch of BAs to go through all of these and rate them on untappd. Not so rare anymore now, are they?!
     
    #22 RichardMNixon, Sep 17, 2014
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  3. ubenumber2

    ubenumber2 Maven (1,457) Sep 1, 2012 Arkansas

    I see it this way , if the guys can afford it and it's what they enjoy, good for them. I'm not going to judge a guy because he can afford something I either cannot or choose to not spend the dough on. Call them fools , call them snobs or whatever you choose but it really makes you seem petty and jealous. It's beer , it's super rare and it's what these guys enjoy doing. Would I drop this kind of cash on some beer? Doubtful but I have dropped cash on other items some people call foolish :wink: We all have our hobbies and our vices , you live one time on this earth , enjoy it gals and guys while you can
     
    #23 ubenumber2, Sep 17, 2014
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  4. Andrew041180

    Andrew041180 Initiate (0) Mar 15, 2013 Massachusetts

    While I in no way aspire to partake in such a tasting, I admit that I was completely mesmerized by the article. Thank you for sharing.
     
    #24 Andrew041180, Sep 17, 2014
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  5. jRocco2021

    jRocco2021 Savant (1,083) Mar 13, 2010 Wisconsin

    Maybe it was just the way I read it. Made it sound like Ghost Whale tasting where beneath you somehow.
     
    #25 jRocco2021, Sep 17, 2014
  6. benbking

    benbking Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2009 Rhode Island

    There is no more wine from Atlantis.
     
    #26 benbking, Sep 17, 2014
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  7. miketd

    miketd Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2006 Ohio

    After reading again more thoroughly, nothing we had was quite that rare. Crazy stuff indeed.
     
    #27 miketd, Sep 17, 2014
  8. miketd

    miketd Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2006 Ohio

    Read my post above, I misread the article the first time around. We were a tier or two below that guy.
     
    #28 miketd, Sep 17, 2014
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  9. reefer_bob

    reefer_bob Savant (1,010) May 13, 2014 California
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    Really neat article. I enjoyed it.
     
    #29 reefer_bob, Sep 17, 2014
  10. jRocco2021

    jRocco2021 Savant (1,083) Mar 13, 2010 Wisconsin

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    @joetouchton sent me this pic of his friend. You better get me that Don Quixote you douche canoe.
     
    #30 jRocco2021, Sep 17, 2014
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  11. stakem

    stakem Grand Pooh-Bah (4,070) Feb 20, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Saw the thread title and got super excited that this was about Fantome...

    I leave disappointed.
     
    #31 stakem, Sep 17, 2014
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  12. EnronCFO

    EnronCFO Pooh-Bah (2,193) Mar 29, 2007 Massachusetts
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    Haha. I've had Magic Ghost. I wish I hadn't.
     
    #32 EnronCFO, Sep 17, 2014
  13. Devman171

    Devman171 Pooh-Bah (1,874) May 16, 2013 Maryland
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    Need more pics and BA names
     
    #33 Devman171, Sep 17, 2014
  14. JrGtr

    JrGtr Pooh-Bah (1,775) Apr 13, 2006 Massachusetts
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    Great article.
    Thanks for sharing it.
     
    #34 JrGtr, Sep 17, 2014
  15. jstout26

    jstout26 Pundit (796) May 30, 2013 New Hampshire
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    #35 jstout26, Sep 17, 2014
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  16. josmickam

    josmickam Initiate (0) Apr 19, 2013 Georgia

    That was such an entertaining article. Thanks for sharing!
     
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  17. siege06nd

    siege06nd Pooh-Bah (2,027) Dec 29, 2009 Virginia
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    I Want To Believe
     
    #37 siege06nd, Sep 17, 2014
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  18. rozzom

    rozzom Pooh-Bah (2,620) Jan 22, 2011 New York
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    #38 rozzom, Sep 17, 2014
  19. LambicPentameter

    LambicPentameter Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2012 Nebraska

    I guess I don't understand the idea that extreme rarity makes a beer worth four figures or somehow taste better than a beer that costs a fraction of the price because there were more that 28 bottles released.

    At some point it ceases being about the beer and it becomes completely about status and reputation. It's no longer about how good the beer is, and instead it's about how few people have tried said beer. If that's what these guys get out of drinking beer, then more power to them. I wouldn't call them snobs or fools because I don't know anything about them beyond this interest in rare beer. It's just I mindset I don't really get.

    I don't think I'm ever going to be in that place, no matter how much money I have.
     
    #39 LambicPentameter, Sep 17, 2014
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  20. Cubatobaco

    Cubatobaco Pooh-Bah (2,057) Jan 27, 2013 Virginia
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    Very cool read! I can kind of relate to the article, but only in reference to cigars. This kind of stuff only happens but so often as there aren't a lot of those bottles to go around.
     
    #40 Cubatobaco, Sep 17, 2014
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