How does one keep up on a bad ass cellar?

be friends with people also with sick cellars, do tastings with them, open bottles.

 

$$$$$

 

if you trade and have lots of good beers as well as whales, you can mix it up. If you have really good non local beers, most people aren't gonna care if you don't always bring whales to the table.

 

Sell kids, get $$$.

 

$$$$, Hoard,$$$$$, Hoard and then repeat.

 

"win" every trade​

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get wales for shelf beers .​

 

Whales are usually not worth what you gave up to get them, no reason to buy into that game

 

My MO involves visiting great beer destinations and trying things as fresh as possible. While doing so I frequently buy whatever's available in those foreign locales. And sometimes they turn out to be whales, lucky me. But the whales are a by-product of the journey, not the focus.

 

Your experience with 'whales' is different than mine then. I'm more often than not disappointed that I traded whatever appendages it took to acquire said whale, after I open/drink it. They aren't all disappointing, and some are better than I ever could have imagined, but I would never look at getting out of the trading/whale-hunting scene, as "giving up the good stuff"

The good stuff is available to you now... the "thrill of the hunt" is why most people take on the role of Captain Ahab.

 

You're supposed to cellar whales? I've never be one to hold said animals in captivity. Beers are for drinking.

 

Find a beer you love. Whale or not, buy a case, make it a point to drink 4 in the first 2 months you have them and 8 by the years end. Repeat.

(As has already been said, you need $$$$)

 

why not? i've found that most people (myself included) put unduly pressure on themselves for what to bring to tastings. after a while you need to realize that if you are meeting with a tasting group on any kind of regular basis that the beer you bring is secondary to the company you provide. if you are a douche and people don't want to be with you, you can bring an M and people won't want to hang out with you (well, they might put up with you for one more night if you bring an M).

 

Wait, you're out of whales? I just realized I invited too many people to my birthday tasting. I'm going to have to ask you to sit that one out. Sorry, bro.

 

you nailed it but i'd humbly submit the following revision, "$$$$$ and an inability to realize you're wasting it."

 

Of course you can. I've been to tastings where walez were killed by smaller beers simply because those beers were that much better. Rarity is no guarantee of deliciousness. Seriously. Bring good beers that maybe people haven't tried yet, and people will be happy to share their good beers with you. This works.