Dark Beer Tasting: Help?

To beat a dead horse, if the goal is really to take them through a journey of dark beers, I'd almost totally redo the list. If the goal is to drink some cool beers, then that's a different story. Cut the list in half regardless.

 

Just my two cents since you asked for input.

 

From your original list I'd evolve it to something like this;

Stone Xocoveza
Founders Porter (classic and excellent porter)
Perennial Vermilion 2015
Prairie Pe-Kan or Avery Nuttiest Professor
Founders KBS 2015 or 2016 (2016 preferred)
Firestone Walker Stickee Monkee 2015
Deschutes Black Butte XXVII
Weihenstephaner Weissbier Dunkel
BCBS 16 or 14 (unless you want to potentially show what infection in 15 is like)

Still a lot of heavy hitters (BA and/or high ABV) in the list. You may consider doing two rounds a few months apart. First time through, show them generally milder beers, but introduce a couple of heavy hitters (like above). Second time move more towards the heavy hitters if they seem interested.

 

$5.75 for that 2014 BCBS? holy shit! While I haven't had Maudite in a long time, I remember it being similar to La Fin and Don de Dieu, crisp and effervescent, so something with that bottle must be amiss, anywas...looks like it was a hit. thanks for sharing!

 

There's always the possibility that Maudite tasted the way it did because everyone had it in the company of the other beers.

 

always share beer and broaden the horizons of those whose company you enjoy, looks like a great bottle share, cheers!

 

Nicely done, great selection. EMJ is a tremendously great beer. Xocoveza, Black Butte, and BCBS are of course excellent also.

 

Many are.

 

Unibroue's yeast strain is kind of polarizing, as well.

 

So, did you find the Black Butte to be sour?

 

This is a good idea. If they are not very knowledgable about beer, it might be good to start smaller first and have a later event with better stuff.

At the very least, make sure you have a plan to shelve stuff if people start getting too trashed too early. The last thing you want to do is have everyone blitzed and opening rare stouts that they cant even taste.

 

It's always alot of fun to get a good buzz going and open up something big.

 

Well hell yeah, nothing like a head start!!!!!

 

Fun at the time, disappointing the next day...