The White Whale List - 2012

Discussion in 'Trade Talk' started by AgentZero, Dec 24, 2012.

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  1. jp7161

    jp7161 Zealot (628) Dec 22, 2011 California
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    Fixed it for you. For all the people that complain that Lost Abbey's beers are flat they sure have produced quite a few "walezbro"
     
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  2. waltersrj

    waltersrj Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2010 Washington

    Lost Abbey has made quite a few awesome sours. It was as if Tomme looked at the beer, thought to himself "bubbles?", and then said, "ill never brew this rare beauty again!"
    On a more serious note...The list should read:
    Cantillon
    3 Font
    Cantillon
    3 Font
    Cantillon
    3 Font
    LA
    3Font
    Cantillon
    RR
    ...
     
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  3. Tnudish

    Tnudish Initiate (0) Feb 16, 2012 Wisconsin

    I tried making my rankings:

    Cantillon
    Cantillon
    Cantillon
    3F
    Cantillon
    Cantillon
    3F
    Cantillon
    3F
    Cantillon
    Cantillon
    Cantillon
    3F

    But apparently my ranks were very different than everyone elses
     
  4. Thorpe429

    Thorpe429 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,705) Aug 18, 2008 Illinois
    Pooh-Bah

    I put all the Drie Fonteinen beers first and then all the Cantillon. When I ran out, I used random numbers. Is that not how I was supposed to do it?

    Seriously people...these are clearly two of the best breweries in the world. They make beers that age extremely well. Many of these beers are either really old or are only available in one or two bars across an ocean, or both. Did you really think many of their beers wouldn't top the list?
     
  5. yojimbo1

    yojimbo1 Initiate (0) Feb 26, 2012 Kansas
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    Good point. The list is dominated by sours which is probably the style that ages like no other. There are no ipas on the list. Why? Because you can't collect ipas.

    You can collect (some) sours with the expectation that you can hold onto it for as long as you want to and it'll probably still be awesome.
     
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  6. rmaste6282

    rmaste6282 Zealot (740) Apr 30, 2009 California

  7. rmaste6282

    rmaste6282 Zealot (740) Apr 30, 2009 California

    In the first line of AgentZero's thread, he mentions SpeedwayJim, yet SpeedwayJim also has a White Whale list. Which one am I supposed to believe to be true? Last year (before these were updated), there was only one list to reference.
     
  8. stupac2

    stupac2 Pooh-Bah (2,031) Feb 22, 2011 California
    Pooh-Bah

    :astonished:
     
  9. Arbitrator

    Arbitrator Pooh-Bah (1,967) Nov 26, 2008 California
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    Dude, it's just a list that reflects the taste / desirability preferences of 2-3 tasting groups. There's no "absolute" and none of these lists are "right."
     
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  10. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    the one thing I suggest is to expand outside of Europe and US. Kind of an elitist list really. Then again if not in those two parts of the world then it does not matter really using BA thinking
     
  11. MasterCraft

    MasterCraft Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2012 Massachusetts

    What non-Euro or US beers would you put on the list?
     
  12. MasterCraft

    MasterCraft Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2012 Massachusetts

    Also, why is 50/50's Old Fitz on the list? Is it in reference to the 2007 release?
     
  13. Thorpe429

    Thorpe429 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,705) Aug 18, 2008 Illinois
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  14. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    stuff from NZ or Australia that only a few have had.
     
  15. SpeedwayJim

    SpeedwayJim Pooh-Bah (2,877) Jun 19, 2009 New York
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    This. I would refer to the list references by AgentZero as its a compilation of opinion by me and a ton of people who know a lot more about rare beers than I do.
     
  16. Thorpe429

    Thorpe429 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,705) Aug 18, 2008 Illinois
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    You need to give yourself more credit :slight_smile:
     
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  17. Sean9689

    Sean9689 Pooh-Bah (2,332) Mar 17, 2009 Illinois
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    Yes, it's referencing the old 2007 bottling...I think Mike needs to edit that.

    +1 Exactly, how could anything that is unknown and has very few ratings be on a list with all the top/hyped beers of all-time? Just doesn't make any sense. We aren't ignoring any beer or location. If it has very little popularity/news/ratings, how is any suppose to know about it?
     
  18. nanobrew

    nanobrew Initiate (0) Dec 31, 2008 California

    I will ask again...

     
  19. evilc

    evilc Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 California

    Canada doesn't even have anything?
     
  20. HenrikO

    HenrikO Initiate (0) Jun 19, 2011 Sweden

    Dude, the one which has the most of _your cellar beers_ is obviously the one to believe. Duh.
     
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