5 taps. 5 Beers. Forever.......

[jwalk4]

Maybe this thread idea has been done already, but I haven't come across it. So here it goes.

Hypothetical situation: You are a bar owner with 5 taps and due to contractual obligations you have to keep the 5 beers you have on tap FOREVER....
The good news? You can pick any 5 beers in the world. Commercial, homebrewed, kit, whatever!

What beers do you select, and why?

Have fun!

 

[slym2none]

Pliny The Elder
Old Rasputin
Ellie's Brown Ale
Spaten's Oktoberfest
Biermunchers' Centennial Blonde

Of course, ask me again tomorrow, and it might be totally different...

 

[jwalk4]

Of course, ask me again tomorrow, and it might be totally different...

AAAANNNNDDD therein lies the struggle!

 

[coolharry]

Pliney the Elder
The Poet
Curmudgeon
Landlord
And either Füchschen or Uerige Altbier.

But yeah that'll probably change in a day or two.

 

[Schmoltsbeer]

Zoiglbier from Windischeschenbach, Bavaria, Germany;
Festbier from Heberbraeu, Kirchenthumbach, Germany
Augustiner Export "Edelstoff", Munich, Germany
SNPA
Pabst Blue Ribbon.

That's right! I said PBR.

 

[joshesmusica]

Bud light
Coors Light
Sam Adams lager
Blue Moon
SNPA

Why? Because I'm the owner and I want to make some cash.

Now if those were 5 taps in my personal home bar, where making money wasn't my incentive, those would change.

 

[FirstAidBrewing]

Bud light
Coors Light
Sam Adams lager
Blue Moon
SNPA

Why? Because I'm the owner and I want to make some cash.

Now if those were 5 taps in my personal home bar, where making money wasn't my incentive, those would change.

Sad but true

 

[specharka]

Cantillon Classic Gueuze
Founders Barrel Aged Dirty Bastard
Allagash Interlude
Allagash Odyssey
Hill Farmstead Abner

Haven't had any Russian River yet but they are high on my bucket list.

 

[slym2none]

Bud light
Coors Light
Sam Adams lager
Blue Moon
SNPA

Why? Because I'm the owner and I want to make some cash.

Now if those were 5 taps in my personal home bar, where making money wasn't my incentive, those would change.

You thought about this differently (and IMHO, better) than the rest of us.

 

[jeff62217]

Boulevard Bourbon barrel quad
Grapefruit sculpin
KBS
Augustiner lagerbier hell
Founders blushing monk

So I'd go broke, at least I'd do it having delicious beer.

 

[joshesmusica]

You thought about this differently (and IMHO, better) than the rest of us.

Well, let's be honest, only ones likely to make you sign a lifetime contract are BMC... those others were thrown in there for the craft-iness.

 

[jwalk4]

Zoiglbier from Windischeschenbach, Bavaria, Germany;
Festbier from Heberbraeu, Kirchenthumbach, Germany
Augustiner Export "Edelstoff", Munich, Germany
SNPA
Pabst Blue Ribbon.

That's right! I said PBR.

Play a game where you give a customer two tastings: an Edelstoff and a PBR. Those who cannot distinguish which is which get their picture taken, and placed upon the wall of shame.


Personally, I'd hit have:
1) Bell's Two Hearted ale -> Fav pale ale
2) Carlsberg -> First case of beer I bought when I was legal, still my all time favorite beer
3) Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout
4) Woodeforde Brewery's Wherry (on beer engine)
5) St. Peter's English Ale (on beer engine)

 

[beergolf]

Some of my favorite beers are not kegged, only available in bottles. ( Belgian beers).

 

[jwalk4]

Some of my favorite beers are not kegged, only available in bottles. ( Belgian beers).

Yeah, I think there is a lot of debate about some beers in bottles vs. Draught. Some Belgians have to be in bottles, without a doubt.

But no beers you'd kill to have on your own taps?

 

[treacheroustexan]

1. Zombie Dust
2. Columbus Bohdi
3. Hop Juju
4. Willoughby Nut Smasher
5. Genesee cream ale

Something for everybody!

 

[specharka]

Some of my favorite beers are not kegged, only available in bottles. ( Belgian beers).

You can get kegs of almost any Belgian beer out there. Their availability, for obvious reasons, is usually restricted to provincial bars and restaurants.

However, there are some purveyors that have managed to acquire kegs of this fine swill across the pond...

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

I'm talking about experience for the corner bar not a microbrew bar so with that in mind by Knowing a couple of bar owners I would have to put business before bragging rights, only about 40% or less standard stool sitters pick micro brew beer, the rest pick a lager of some kind. sad but true so its easy I would split it in half 2 lagers, a mild brown, a mild pale ale or Kolsh and an ipa

 

[joshesmusica]

so its easy I would split it in half

genius, two half-kegs.

 

[Callacave]

Hill Farmstead Abner
Hill Farmstead Edward
Hill Farmstead Everett
Hill Farmstead Dorothy
Hill Farmstead Double Citra

Did I mention Hill Farmstead?

 

[m00ps]

Bud light
Coors Light
Sam Adams lager
Blue Moon
SNPA

Why? Because I'm the owner and I want to make some cash.

Now if those were 5 taps in my personal home bar, where making money wasn't my incentive, those would change.

I dont always drink $h1++y beer, but when I do I drink the champagne of beers. screw that noise

 

[bobeer]

assuming you don't need to appeal to the masses and money/availability is no issue

1. Celebration ale (my all time favorite commercial beer)
2. Old Rasputin (on nitro!)
3. Nugget Nectar
4. Wookey Jack
5. SummerFest Czech Pils

 

[grrickar]

Founders Breakfast Stout
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
Three Floyds Zombie Dust
Avery The Reverend
Bell's Two Hearted

 

[max384]

Bud light
Coors Light
Sam Adams lager
Blue Moon
SNPA

Why? Because I'm the owner and I want to make some cash.

Now if those were 5 taps in my personal home bar, where making money wasn't my incentive, those would change.

This was basically my reply exactly.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Stone IPA
Pliny the Elder
Reissdorf Kolsch
Trumer Pils
New Belgium 1554

 

[mrdauber64]

Todd the Axeman - Surly
Furious - Surly
Pliney the Elder - Russian River
Day Tripper Pale Ale - Indeed Brewery
Stone RIS - Stone

Heavy on the hops, but that seems to be where the market is at right now(and probably for a long time!)

 

[iijakii]

Hmm, going the commercial route:

Guinness
Bitburger
Ol Rasputin
Ruination
Duchess Debofughougngone

 

[ThatVideoKid]

Well with the kind of mood I've been in today....

Geaghan Bros Dads Oatmeal Stout
Nepenthe Ales Bourbon Barrel Aged Shire Stout
Atlantic Brewing Coal Porter
Stone Imperial Russian Stout

And aw heck...I'll throw something light in for the women and children

Moat Mountain Boneshaker Brown :rockin:

 

[davidst]

Pilsner Urquell
Breakfast Stout or KBS
Grapefruit Sculpin
Orval
Bigfoot

 

[BigJack]

Fuller's 1845
Lakewood The Temptress Imperial Milk Stout
Chimay Blue
Avery Maharaja
Franziskaner Weissbier

 

[moreb33rplz]

Ha I can't even post it's too much commitment.