Biggest Whale In Your Cellar?

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by MNW1417, Aug 5, 2014.

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  1. APBT91

    APBT91 Initiate (0) Apr 12, 2013 North Carolina

    I'm new to cellaring, so far I only have:
    5 - 2013 Bigfoot
    2 - 2013 Old Stock
    2 - 2013 Founders Breakfast Stout (which will probably be drunk very soon)
    4 - 2013 Founders Imperial Stout
    1 - 2012 Fullers Vintage Ale
     
  2. hey5hitgoose

    hey5hitgoose Pundit (754) Feb 28, 2013 Illinois
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    i have 4 bottles downstairs right now and the hardest to get is a ba abraxas. have a 2014 bamc set coming up soon. I tend to just drink everything i get. Had a blauw back in april and a couple cable cars that I recently drank/flipped.
     
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  3. Seanhand_atl

    Seanhand_atl Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2014 Georgia

    All I have in my cellar are a few WC moo hoos, '13 kbs, chocolate oak aged yeti, and espresso oak aged yeti.

    I had '14 kbs, and '14 BB Drago, but those are boxed up to be shipped out to a great ba in washington.
     
  4. AndrewK

    AndrewK Savant (1,123) Oct 20, 2006 California

    I just remembered that I have 2001 and 2003 Old Stock in my cellar that I picked up from a friend who works for North Coast a while back. Those plus my 05-current vertical are definitely one of my prides of the cellar.
     
  5. bnes09

    bnes09 Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2009 Illinois

    Honestly, I've had the best luck aging Founders Imperial Stout. Have a couple 2010 bottles and planning on busting them out in the next year or two.
     
  6. paulys55

    paulys55 Initiate (0) Aug 2, 2010 Pennsylvania

    I have all of them. ALL OF THEM. But seriously, I gave up whale hunting years ago. Usually when I encounter a whale, its when a friend shares them with me. My whales are beers that I have in my cellar that when someone visits, they say, "man I would love to try that beer." I love sharing beer and I love an excuse to crack one open.
     
  7. PuckIt

    PuckIt Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2014 Pennsylvania

    DB Huna
    Cali Huna
    '03 BCBS (dot matrix)
    King Henry

    addicted!
     
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  8. dcbullet

    dcbullet Initiate (0) Dec 18, 2013 California

    Churchill's Finest Hour, I suppose.
     
  9. mjc3151

    mjc3151 Zealot (656) Apr 8, 2011 Illinois

    I can't age beers. I see it and I have to drink it lol. But I do have Firestone Walker XVII, four bottles of 2013 Bourbon County Original, and two bottles of 2014 KBS. To you this isn't anything special, but to me I can't believe I have not had these beers yet. This is quite an accomplishment for my impatient self.
     
  10. Cadi509

    Cadi509 Initiate (0) Sep 23, 2014 Washington

    Barely been doing aging for about 1 1/2 yrs but my two biggest would have to be 13' mother of all stormsor 14' BB speedway stout that I just picked up
     
  11. HugeBulge

    HugeBulge Savant (1,132) Dec 31, 2012 New York

    DbD then,
    kbbs 14
    db huna
    new cakes
     
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  12. philsunset

    philsunset Initiate (0) Oct 3, 2013 Michigan

    A case of Bell's Black Note
     
  13. Schexybeard

    Schexybeard Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2014 North Carolina

    Not exactly a whale but I am sitting on five J.W. Lees 2008 sherry cask aged harvest ale. I'll either save them and have one on my birthday for a few years or trade some. Haven't decided yet. I do love this beer though.
     
  14. skinny_mcginley

    skinny_mcginley Initiate (0) Apr 22, 2014 Massachusetts

    Just started recently but have a 2012 DarkLord and a 2014 Cuvee St. Gilloise. DarkLord wont make it past Halloween and Cuvee will be cracked for the wedding anniversary in three weeks.

    What I have learned so far, it's tough to cellar when you love to drink!
     
  15. Prospero

    Prospero Pooh-Bah (2,680) Jul 27, 2010 Colorado
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Probably my '07 OGV

    Aside from that, most of these I consider whales as they took a lot/or long time to acquire:

    Fou' Foune
    Hunahpu
    Proprietor's
    Raspberry Eisbock
    Barrel Aged Behemoth
    R&D Wild Peach
     
  16. StoutSnob40

    StoutSnob40 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,611) Jan 4, 2013 California
    Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    I'm liking my Barrel-Aged Everett and my Firestone 13. I'm sitting on a Duck Duck Goose and an Armand'4 as well.
     
  17. mactrail

    mactrail Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,999) Mar 24, 2009 Washington
    Mod Team BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Ummm, I still have my Stone Belgo Anise Imperial Russian Stout. It may be the last one on the planet.
     
  18. Reed

    Reed Initiate (0) Mar 4, 2012 Missouri

    b5 & b6 Beatification, 2013 FFAC, Feral One, Hommage
     
  19. PerHops

    PerHops Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2011 California

    I have some Fantomes that I can't bring myself to drink. Namely a 2003 and 2004 Pissenlit.
     
  20. paul27

    paul27 Aspirant (262) Jul 19, 2009 Illinois
    Trader

    Pappy Van Winkle Dark Lord
     
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