Let's Remember Some Beers (In Memoriam: Old Whales)

[KevSal]

I have so much old beer that needs to be drank.

i went diggin in my beer stash and found boxes i had forgotten about, outta site outta mind i guess. i need to purge that **** for the space but don’t know the best way to go about it

anyone want aged abyss?

 

[JCastle1]

anyone want aged abyss?

dibs!

 

[DenverBeerDrinker]

dibs!

If KevSal doesn't have enough for you send me a pm

 

[JulianB1]

KevSal DenverBeerDrinker any chance either of you has a 2013 Abyss? I have a vertical 2006-15 but am missing the 13 as it broke in transit.

 

[KevSal]

KevSal DenverBeerDrinker any chance either of you has a 2013 Abyss? I have a vertical 2006-15 but am missing the 13 as it broke in transit.

i got you

 

[KevSal]

dibs!

shoot me a mesg man i got some vintages

 

[JulianB1]

i got you

Awesome, I'll shoot you a PM when the site is a bit more stable and I know it will go through.

 

[DenverBeerDrinker]

KevSal DenverBeerDrinker any chance either of you has a 2013 Abyss? I have a vertical 2006-15 but am missing the 13 as it broke in transit.

I have one

 

[jmgrub]

I guess this is probably still a whale, but this came up as a "Facebook Memory" today:

My now wife and I went down to San Diego for a border tour with our law school immigration class and turned it into a long weekend. Went to Toro and I had her ask the bartender if they had it. We got it ($55 if I remember correctly), she had two sips and I crushed the rest. It was seriously good. This and Et Tu Brut are probably the 2 best fruited American wilds I've ever had.

 

[JulianB1]

I guess this is probably still a whale, but this came up as a "Facebook Memory" today:

My now wife and I went down to San Diego for a border tour with our law school immigration class and turned it into a long weekend. Went to Toro and I had her ask the bartender if they had it. We got it ($55 if I remember correctly), she had two sips and I crushed the rest. It was seriously good. This and Et Tu Brut are probably the 2 best fruited American wilds I've ever had.

Coincidentally, I just came across some pics of this while fishing around an old Photobucket album looking for pics for the old glasswhale thread:

Drank it in May 2013 when a few of us attending a conference at Berkeley went over to Toronado one evening. Had some Pliny, Blind Pig, Death & Taxes, etc. then asked to look at the bottle list. I recall it being $50. I had about half the bottle, the two friends with me each just wanted a small glass to try it.

Agreed that it's the best AWA I've ever had. Got to try a micro-ticker pour in November 2015 and it was still good but not as beautiful as I recall, but obviously that could also be a function of quantity consumed. I've definitely seen some recent pics though with big pours that are this muted rust-red color rather than the vibrant deep cherry-red in that photo.

 

[xnicknj]

Consumed this while hanging out with Fingolfin and Minnesotaryan. Batch E!037 is still hanging with only a hints of its age showing. Good company makes for a better beer drinking experience.

Ahh, yes this was one of my favorite AWAs for so long. I opened my last bottle for a friend's wedding this Spring and it was definitely hanging in there, much better than some other beers from the same time frame.

 

[blue_bleeder]

This is the perfect statement. I hate talking about beer, beer, beer. It eventually becomes a dick swinging contest. I don't give a **** that you smelled the farts of JVR after he had a bottle of Don Q from the cellar. Learn more at lambic.info. I don't care about what you have aging in the back of a closet at your mother's house.

Beer is a vehicle to get to know people.

<3

 

[blue_bleeder]

He dropped off the face of the earth

:-*

 

[BadJustin]

:-*

BARRY! I MISS YOU!!!

 

[JulianB1]

:-*

TMTOTB: SURVIVOR redux bae.

 

[trickytunadicky]

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mishuggah members

 

[kodt]

This one that I'll never try

 

[KevSal]

This one that I'll never try

it probably taste like **** by now, if that makes you feel any better

 

[Dbijnagte]

Birthday present arrived a day early. Nothing younger than the 2011 Abacus. The unlabeled bottle is a 2010 CBS that was bottled for and given out at GABF.

 

[matedog]

Birthday present arrived a day early. Nothing younger than the 2011 Abacus. The unlabeled bottle is a 2010 CBS that was bottled for and given out at GABF.

LOL @ at the caption

 

[Dbijnagte]

LOL @ at the caption

It’s just amazing to me that beers that I thought I’d never get to try back in the day are easier to get now than hazy IPAs and stouts from breweries that release every week.

 

[jmgrub]

Birthday present arrived a day early. Nothing younger than the 2011 Abacus. The unlabeled bottle is a 2010 CBS that was bottled for and given out at GABF.

Have had most of those, but not in quite a while (except for Twisted Spoke which I had couple years ago and thought was very good). Nice haul!

 

[Dbijnagte]

Have had most of those, but not in quite a while (except for Twisted Spoke which I had couple years ago and thought was very good). Nice haul!

Twisted Spoke was fantastic when I had it. New to me will be the bottleworks, pre fake nose IST and 07 BA Speedway

 

[KevSal]

Birthday present arrived a day early. Nothing younger than the 2011 Abacus. The unlabeled bottle is a 2010 CBS that was bottled for and given out at GABF.

Hope you didnt give up a 4-pack of king julius for that!

 

[Dbijnagte]

Hope you didnt give up a 4-pack of king julius for that!

1 Juice Machine.

 

[Nivek43]

1 Juice Machine.

Only 1? Heck of a deal

 

[davey101]

Twisted Spoke was fantastic when I had it. New to me will be the bottleworks, pre fake nose IST and 07 BA Speedway

That IST probably won't be great. That beer falls off hard with age

 

[JCastle1]

That IST probably won't be great. That beer falls off hard with age

That beer and Gandhi-Bot were two of my biggest wants a few years back.

 

[davey101]

That beer and Gandhi-Bot were two of my biggest wants a few years back.

I failed you I still have a full can of pre-ban Bot.

 

[Dbijnagte]

I failed you I still have a full can of pre-ban Bot.

First official proper glassware pour was Gandhi Bot. sacrelicio broke the glass but it was replaced.