What beer started your "Cellar"?

Had a case of 90 minute and Burton baton. Left 2 four packs of each in the basement and forgot they were there. I liked the 90 with time on it. The Burton is great. Still have 4 left.

Enjoy

 

Olde Hickory Event Horizon. I plan on never opening it. Not the oldest in there, but the first; & a milestone for my entry into the depths of the beer world.

 

2008 Surly Darkness. Still have 1 left.

 

2003 Ommegang Three Philosophers (drank it in 2010 and it is still the best beer I've ever had) and 2004 Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock (bought a case and have one left).

 

Hands down... Abyss 2010. I remember driving all around Austin while there for a convention to land some bottles. Still have a few, too.

 

2008 Abyss for me (which the brewery essentially cellared for me until 2013), went full tilt after I opened it up this summer and realized I needed to get/have/enjoy more.

 

St Bernardus, from Feb 2011 I believe. I too still have it. Also have about 250 other bottles now as well :-/

 

I'm fairly sure 2007 Abyss was what started it for me. Held onto the last of the ones I bought until 2011 for a 5 year vertical. (Since then I've traded for another 07 and an 06, which I'll open in 2015 for a 10 year vert!)

 

2 bottles of 2009 Fullers Vintage Ale I received as a gift. I still have one...for now.

 

DFH 120. Did not care for it at all when I initially got into craft. At the time 90 minute was my favorite beer, so I bought two bottles of the 120 and still remember my sticker shock when it got rang up at $20 for the two 12 ouncers. I didn't care for it at all when we opened the first so the other went into my wine cooler where it sat for a bit with the wine, then I discovered this website and the trading forum and that original 120 now has lots of friends to keep him company. That wine cooler is now almost exclusively beer.

 

If I dont drink my last BCBS this year then maybe that..

 

BBB9K & Black Note

 

A single bottle of 2010 Victory Old Horizontal. And it's still there.

 

My cellar started today actually. Just picked up a 6 Pack of Bell's Expedition Stout bottled on 9/25/13. Put 1 in the fridge and the other 5 in the basement.

Starting off small. I'll be picking up Founders Imperial Stout in a couple weeks and Dark Horse Plead the 5th in February. That may be all I put in the cellar (I guess I can't call it that yet until it grows a little) until next year. We'll see how it goes.

 

A 750 ml bottle of Victory V-12 that I didn't want to drink by myself. I still have it, and so much more. On a side note, I am not a hoarder; I just don't drink it as fast as I accumulate it. It's all fair game at tastings.

 

Darkness was mine too, but didn't start saving any until 2011.

 

A case of Dogfish 90 min. in 2008. Turned out to be a great barleywine over the years. I finished the last one this year.

 

Old Rasputin XI. Gift from my father that I cellared for a year and then opened with him. It was all downhill from there...

 

Captain Lawrence Nor'Easter, several years ago. I was lucky enough to be dragged to the release. I grabbed a case and nursed it for about 5 years.

That, and Ithaca Brute.

 

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