According to current BA rankings -- highest to lowest in descending order -- my tasting may go in this order. Too many high ABV offerings to open them all in one sitting? Move anything up or down? See any challenges along the way? Obviously, palate fatigue and being too drunk to care about the DL are legitimate concerns. Proprietor's 2013 BCBCS 2013 CBS Assassin 2013 KBS 2013 Parabola 2014 Hunaphu's 2014 Black Note 2014 Beyond Good and Evil BBPt5 Abyss Darkness Pt5 DL 2013 Thanks! G
I'd go from most complex to the least complex so you're not trying to detect certain flavors on an exhausted palate. Especially if you are planning on drinking all in one night. So I'd probably start with hunahpu, then abyss, then prop then BG&E as my first 4. The others can be drunk in whatever order I think.
That's quite a list. To avoid palate wreck maybe two separate tastings? Better question is how is this getting spread out?
Appreciate the feedback. I'm a hop head, so tasting in this category is new to me. Was wondering if this lineup was even possible. Sounds like it's going to take a few sessions. Thanks!
@cincysig It would help if we knew how many people were attending. Personally, I would break it down to either different sessions or at least have a pizza in between the two beer groups: Prop Coffee 2013 KBS 2013 Pt5 BB Pt5 Parabola Black Note Huna DL Abyss Darkness Assassin CBS BG&E (Not in any tasting order, just how I would group them. There are 7 in each.) I've never been to a dedicated beer style share, i.e. big BA stouts, but I've definitely been to shares that have had more beers than that and a small amount of people (5).
Looks like an awesome tasting. I would take it slow or break it up into two sessions and hopefully you have a decent amount of people..
How many people? all depends... The problem with more bottles and more friends, is that there is less to taste/share, and you can't always open everything. Find the happy medium I say...
I am having a tasting with 7 other people and was looking for recommendations on format, beer order, amount of beer, etc. all the people participating are avid craft beer drinkers. I was thinking of a format where somebody chooses a beer to taste, then another person and so on. Here's what I'm supplying and thanks for any help you guys can provide: 12oz Bottles 1 - 2014 bells black note - ba stout 1 - prairie wine barrel noir - ba stout 3 - terrapin rye - pale ale 3 - hardywood park singel - Belgian pale 2 - new glarus Oud bruin - Flanders 1- goose bcbbw 2013 - ba barleywine 1 - goose bcbbw 2014 - ba barleywine 2 - goose bcbs 2014 - ba stout 2 - goose bcbcs 2014 - ba coffee stout Bomber or 750ml 1 - 18th street vanilla hunter - stout 1 - Sierra Nevada ba narwhal - ba russian imperial stout 1 - pipeworks ba murderous - ba barleywine 1 - weyerbacher riserva - ba wild ale 1 - perennial abraxas 2013 - imperial stout 1 - goose bcbs vanilla rye 2014 - ba stout 1 - goose proprietor 2014 - ba stout 1 - goose bcbs coffee 2012 - ba coffee stout 1 - goose Juliet 2012 - ba wild ale 1 - Deschutes abyss 2013 reserve - ba stout 1 - half acre quakerbridge 2013 - barleywine
The number of people and amount of time is still in flux and will be until people show up. All of this feedback -- minus the hijack -- is helpful. OK...even the hijack got me thinking about things differently.
Haha, very sorry for the hijacking! I was going to start a new thread but saw this one. I'll delete my post I cannot delete my previous post. Sorry about that
