What's your most memorable beer experience?

I discovered Sierra Nevada's Tumbler in 2010......spent the entire playoffs and WS sipping these down and it tasted like Giants' first Championship in SF!

 

First time drinking Aventinus Eisbock. Made me feel like a king drinking that goodness

 

Firestone Walker's 15th Anniversary. If I close my eyes I can still conjur the memory. In aroma and deep rich malty taste, this beer was fantastic.

 

Damn ! That's a good story to tell dude. I feel that traveling itch.

 

Hunahpu Day 2013. I've never sampled so many great beers at one time in my life. Over 70 plus from what they had on draught that day and what people brought. The one and only time I have had a barrel aged DarkLord and it was the BBVDL soooo good

 

After that story! I've got nothing!

 

I was into good beer for a bit after I tried my first Magic Hat #9, but it was a pint of Lagunitas Hairy Eyeball about seven years ago that made beer become an obsession of mine.

 

They are all memorable, son.

 

Febr 2013, Falling Rock Brewhouse in Denver, CO. Standing in line at 11:00 AM for a noon tapping of PtY with buds from all over the place. Someone even gave me their Yellow ticket.

April 2013 at Sergios in Louisville KY. Was talking with Sergio, I found a sour beer that looked good, and asked him if he'd like me to bring stuff from WI (New Glarus) next time I am down there. Then asked if he had a Westy 12. Guess what happened next.

 

Yes, so many for me as well, hard to pick the best ones.

I remember sipping a local tamarind and guarana ale with a couple of friendly taxi drivers while we fanned ourselves in the heat of a winter's day in an old opera house in Belem, Brasil, and ate Feijoada from Royal Copenhagen dinnerware.

Five days later I was squeezing a malt beverage we'd fermented into beer ourselves with yeast smuggled aboard Skylab and watched through a view window as space debris lazily drifted by us.

Ya tell that to kids nowadays, they won't believe it.

 

One of the most awesome stories I've ever heard.

 

Sampling Heady Topper for first time at the brewery. Then having more Heady Topper that night at the Farmhouse.

 

The bottle share party before the KBS release party. 50+ awesome BA members. Literally hundreds of bombers and lots of beers I thought I would never see.

 

Sampling a few with a good friend in the Tasting Room at Cantillon back in the Spring.

 

Recent: wading into the hop-fog that occupies the Alchemist brewery.

Retrospect: attending first GABF in 1994. Virtually no lines.

 

It would have to be my first taste of "real" beer. It was at a Slow Food sponsored cheese and beer tasting in Durham NC, back in the 90s, I think. It was a paring of blue cheese and DFH Imort Ale. After that I could not go back to BMC again.

 

Last day on our Michigan Beercation. We made the 45 minute drive outside of town to Dark Horse with strong recommendations and few expectations. This ended up being the highlight of the whole trip. We arrived to a crowded house full of the some of the nicest people I have ever met. Much to our chagrin, we discovered we had to take a tour to get into the VIP lounge. For $7 a person you get a tour, a pint glass, and a beer sampling. OK, best deal ever. As we were finishing up our pints at the bar, our tour guide, Miles, showed up about 15 minutes late. It was just the three of us, so I prefaced it by telling him we didn’t need the whole “spiel”. He tailored it perfectly for the crowd and got us up to the VIP lounge quickly. We convinced him to pour us all the Bourbon Barrel Plead the 5th into snifters. This beer was absolute perfection and everything I love about bourbon barrel aged beers. I immediately knew I was drinking something special and this instantly became one of my all time favorite beers

 

I visited Hill Farmstead and The Alchemist last weekend and it was a fantastic trip. I got HF Susan, Society & Solitude #7, Amarillo, Walden, Nelson Sauvin, Vera Mae and their Grassroots Saison collaboration.

Went to a bar in Waterbury, had super fresh Heady and Double Sunshine on tap!

'Twas an epic weekend that I'll always remember.