Most high profile beers in one night?

BCBS, Deschutes Black Butte 25, BCBCS, Revolution Bene Gene, FFF Moloko, Great Lake Blackout, Victory Storm King, New Holland Dragon's Milk

 

I've done some bottle shares that have blown my mind, but I really do prefer a fresh palate and sobriety to enjoy something I'm really excited about. If you can truly enjoy an insane lineup, I salute you.

 

I;ve been to some pretty epic tastings - multiple year Dark Lord, Pliny, Cantillon, and plenty of other rare and out-of distro beers. Of course, I don't recall everything tasted, since A) they were mostly a couple years plus ago, and B) there were so many epic beers opened.

 

I've been to the Great Taste of the Midwest for a few years now, and that's a place where you can get the like of Barrel Aged Abraxas (the best beer I've ever had) - the problem is that it doesn't even take an hour for your taste buds to start taking a beating and you lose your ability to distinguish any kind of subtleties. I wouldn't turn down a seat at one of these tastings, but it certainly is my preference to stretch out quality beverage over many sittings.

 

Surly Eight Ale
Surly Darkness 2013
Surly Darkness 2014
Russian River Supplication
Firestone Walker Parabola 2014
Brooklyn Black Ops
Bourbon County Brand Stout 2013
Bourbon County Brand Stout 2014
Bourbon County Barleywine 2014
Bourbon County Coffee Stout 2014
Bells Black Note Stout 2012
Bells Black Note Stout 2014

Big group. So many stouts. Best tasting I've been a part of.

 

Last year I went to Vermont and had Heady Topper, Lawson's Double Sunshine, HF Society & Solitude 5, and Allagash James Bean in one sitting at the Pro Pig in Waterbury.

 

Pretty impressive but does not compare in any way to my night in 1986.....Michelob....Lowenbrau...Andeker and Stroh Signature all in a row in one sitting...

 

One night this year, a few friends and I got together and drank the following + a bunch of.other good stuff:

BA Abraxas
Lou Pepe Kriek
Full Le Roar set + Et Tu Brut
Mikkeller X
Blabaer
Midnight Sun M

Twas a good night.

 

Get @corby112 to post the last tasting he was at.

 

A tap takeover/battle of the breweries in Iowa city while I was there on business... Surly vs Toppling Goliath!

Each brewery brought about 4-5 beers including pseudo sue, assassin and darkness. I'd had them all before, but not all at once before. Needless to say, it was an awesome time.

 

Shelton Brothers festival 2 years ago... Westy 12, Several vintages of Cantillon Zwanze among other Cantillon's, Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze 1998 etc etc....

 

The Culmination Festival
https://www.theculminationfestival.com

 

Heady, Pliny, Scream IIPA, PsuedoSue, Mass Rising

 

That list reminds me of a Trappist tasting I attended last month:

Rochefort 6
Rochefort 8
Rochefort 10
Westmalle Dubbel
Westmalle Tripel
Westvleteren Blonde
Westvleteren 8
Westvleteren 12
Chimay Premiere (Red)
Chimay Tripel (White)
Chimay Grande Réserve (Blue)
La Trappe Dubbel
La Trappe Isid’or
La Trappe Isid’or Oak Aged Blond Ale
La Trappe Tripel
La Trappe Quadrupel
La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged
Orval Trappist Ale
Achel 8° Blond
Achel 8° Bruin
Stift Engelszell Benno
Stift Engelszell Gregorius
Spencer Trappist Ale
De Kievit Zundert

 

I went to the 312 block party and tried ~8 different BCBS variants. That was a big one for me.

 

Best I've done was Pliny, heady, supplication, cantillion kriek & iris, rochefort 10 & bcbs.

 

Pretty much every Darkness Day ends up looking something like this at our table:


That was a partial shot of the pile. Quite a bit was missing, like the 6-year Old Guardian vertical, BB4D, a some older Cantillons, 2009 Vortex II, 2010 Sexual Chocolate, Woodcut #3, Parabola, Assassin, several TG growlers, or the growler of 2008 BCBS.

 

A couple of years ago, a group of friends and I shared a few that I had tucked away. We were each able to enjoy a 3oz sample of the following:

•Bottles of Thomas Hardy Ale from 1988, 89, and 92
•A 1993 bottle of Gales prize Old Ale
•A 1990 bottle of Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
•A 1969 (approx) bottle of Ballantine India Pale
•A 1946/66 bottle of Ballantine Burton Ale

Several were certainly 'faded' somewhat (some less than others), one (the '92 Hardy's) was markedly better than it was when first purchased, and none of them were remotely undrinkable (far from it).
Two of them --the Bally Burton and the '93 Gale's-- were quite surprising and revelatory (the Gales's for it's utter complexity, and the Bally Burton for it's remarkable preservation, appearance, and richness considering it's age).
The Bigfoot had also mellowed into something really special...a testament, I think, to just how well made SN brews are.