Five whales that you've recently caught.

The reason I asked that is because the two words used interchangeably will alter the entire meaning of what I thought the thread was about. It was an honest question and I assumed a simple mistake. I wasn't trying to be a dick at all, but if you're going to fire shots, I'll fire back. It doesn't take an Oxford professor to know how to spell recently, it takes an elementary student.

 

Top 5 recent 'whales' - mostly courtesy of BoldRulerVT:

BCBCS
Flora Plum
Triple Sunshine
Sucaba
BC Cherry Rye

 

Prop '14
Pallet 1
Fou' Foune
Abricot
'10 Rare

 

SA Utopias
TG Mornin' Delight
SP Derivation 4
Lawsons Sip of Sunshine
GI Rare 15

 

Hawaiian Speedway
Black Gold
Vanilla ANTEAD
SOSUS
Double Shot

 

Well, if we're including the last full calendar year then it would be:

Rare 1.0
Prop '14
BCBS (14/15)
BA Malevolence Caliente
Darkness '15

If we're counting on tap, I'd throw in Prop '15 and CBS.

 

Dinner
Green
King Sue
Abrasive
CBS

I guess Abrasive isn't a "whale," but it was one of my biggest wants of the year (and also one of the beers that met my expectations spectacularly).

 

Grey Monday
Mocha Wednesday
Chocolate Rain
Hawaiian Speedway
Parabola

Guess I should move to California.

 

DDG 2013
PROP 2013
Pliny The Younger
CFH 2015
FO

 

beers I've sought out via trades/bottle shares/generous friends traveling through the area in the past year:

Pseudo Sue (fantastic)
Dark Lord (had fresh, little too much for me)
Jester King (375ml fruited sours blew my mind...had a couple)
Cantillon st lamvinus draft for first time (zwanze day)
De Garde (couple bottles via trade, only had Apricot Bu thus far and very happy with it)
Firestone barrel works (all)
Modern Times - core lineup cans
Black Tuesday (beerfest)
SOS
Treehouse
Hill Farmstead saisons and hops for first time
2nd fiddle

...shit it's been a good year lol.

 

Julius
Green
King Sue
KBS
Pliny

Honorable mention for BCBCS, Tweak and SoS.

All first timers for me in 2015.

 

1. Ann- Still haven't popped it, but man this was tough to land.
2. Mornin' Delight- Self explanatory.
3. Chez Monus- Thought it would never happen, but I lucked out hard in a lottery.
4. Alpine Bad Boy- A personal want of mine for about 3 years. Finally got my damn growler!
5. Sam Adams Utopias- It had eluded me for years until a month ago when I saw it was for sale at TW. Expensive, but worth it.

 

Heady
Pliny
Julius
Will be trying KBS and Abyss next week on vacation. Not a bad year

 

None, if I caught any, they were not whalez enough

 

BA Ten Fidy in a Stovepipe
Casey Laredo Plum Family Preserve
Casey Montmorency Cherry Family Preserve
Casey Hop Mess
Abner (in mexico)

 

Last Snow
King Julius
BCBSC
Dinner
CBS

 

BA Narwhal
BA Darkness
Tequila BA Vlad the Conquistador (I think that counts anyway)
Bourbon County Stout x 6, Coffee x 2, Barleywine x 2
Pipeworks BA Jones Dog

I've made a bunch of sweet purchases, but I don't think most of them count as whales.

 

Focal banger
Bomb!
Julius
green
Kbs

 

so based on people list anything in the top 250 on this site is considered a whale? Really?
i think people are confusing beers that are made year round but can be hard to get as whales. When they are more like trophies than whales. Like Heady, Pliny Elder, any tree house that arent Good Morning and King Julius.
Whales are super limited or brewery only and some dont have to be that really popular.
With that said... Mine are.

1. Fou Foune
2. Good Morning
3. Parabola
4. Two roads Sours (kriek, Hexotic, Kracy Pucker)
5. Funk Kingston by 512 in texas. Released every 2 years