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

[lazerviking]

But people still give a **** about Southampton Black Raspberry Lambic and New Glarus Very Sour Blackberry.



I think?

I think maybe people on this website, but other than here?

 

[thebandit1]

Dogfish Head Festina Lente

My brother still has a few bottles of this along with some c&c 120 minute in his basement. He’s not allowed to drink anymore, so maybe I’ll snag them next time I’m back east.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Pursued so many whales back then that no one would care about now:

Midnight Sun Barfly
Surly Two
Norrebro Saison Lambic Pinot Noir
Southampton Berliner
Dogfish Head Festina Lente
Pizza Port Le Woody Brune

I remember trading stakem and others for Selin's Grove growlers. Great times.

Now nobody is even aware Midnight Sun ever made anything better than what passes now for Arctic Devil.


Lotta good picks, Tnudish.

 

[stakem1]

Pursued so many whales back then that no one would care about now:

Midnight Sun Barfly
Surly Two
Norrebro Saison Lambic Pinot Noir
Southampton Berliner
Dogfish Head Festina Lente
Pizza Port Le Woody Brune

I remember trading stakem and others for Selin's Grove growlers. Great times.

I use to give away Selinsgrove fruit growlers like it was year round trick or treat night.

Will never forget the day I ran into a ratebeer admin at the brewery who was filling a ******* duffle bag full of 2-liter growlers of their kriek.

Me: “Wow man, you must really like that ****. Wouldnt it be cheaper to just ask them for a keg?”
Him: “Im trading these away, its kind of a big deal.”
Me: “oh yeah? I usually fill some for friends, didnt know people outside our area even knew of this brewery.”
Him: “this one growler is getting me 2 vintage lambics, this growler is.... blah blah blah”

Clearly I was doing it wrong back then.

Southampton Berliner......best beer of my life. Only “perfect” beer ive ever had.

 

[Dunt1]

Now nobody is even aware Midnight Sun ever made anything better than what passes now for Arctic Devil.


Lotta good picks, Tnudish.

I saw Beserker on the shelf when I was in San Diego and did a double take

 

[maximum12]

What was the Town Hall growlers that were always in high demand?

Town Hall Masala Mama. It was high on the Top XXX list over there for years. I must have shipped out 50 growlers over the course of my trading career.

No one has even asked me about Masala since about 2015.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Town Hall Masala Mama. It was high on the Top XXX list over there for years. I must have shipped out 50 growlers over the course of my trading career.

No one has even asked me about Masala since about 2015.

Don't forget Mango Mamma!

 

[stakem1]

Couldnt help myself, I had to look on BA and see what the oldest things from my wants list are that I never got to try.

Hommage (Southampton’s version not 3F)
Loerik
Dirty horse
Bar fly
Sloth
Yellow Bus
Cable Car Kriek
DQ
Rose/Blauw
Leviathion
Churchills finest hour
Wooden Hell
M
Kuhnhenn BBBW

 

[FoudreGuy]

Kuhnhenn used to get tons of praise. I had a bunch of their barleywines and eisbocks at a share years ago and now I can't remember the last time anyone mentioned them.

 

[thebandit1]

Kuhnhenn used to get tons of praise. I had a bunch of their barleywines and eisbocks at a share years ago and now I can't remember the last time anyone mentioned them.

It’s because their beers suck now.

 

[RyanG1]

It’s because their beers suck now.

And I can never ******* spell it.

 

[ExPimp]

Town Hall Masala Mama. It was high on the Top XXX list over there for years. I must have shipped out 50 growlers over the course of my trading career.

No one has even asked me about Masala since about 2015.

Haha, Live Oak was the only trade-able item in Austin before 2011. I remember when I traded two Live Oak growlers for two Masala Mama growlers for the 2010 Super Bowl. Worth it.

Kuhnhenn used to get tons of praise. I had a bunch of their barleywines and eisbocks at a share years ago and now I can't remember the last time anyone mentioned them.

Still a fanboy. I'll take all the BBBW, BB4D, & Solar Eclipse you have. Also, still looking for the OG genie bottle of Kuhnhenn KRE....

 

[FoudreGuy]

All the barrel aged Deschutes beers used to be highly coveted up here, but now they sit on shelves at Costco forever.

We really didn't have crazy whales up this way. Just Red Peak.

 

[Dunt1]

Kuhnhenn used to get tons of praise. I had a bunch of their barleywines and eisbocks at a share years ago and now I can't remember the last time anyone mentioned them.

That's what years of not giving a **** will do

 

[yeahnatenelson]

All the barrel aged Deschutes beers used to be highly coveted up here, but now they sit on shelves at Costco forever.

We really didn't have crazy whales up this way.

Abyss was rare once... I definitely remember trading for it. Probably a then-fresh B1 BCBCS.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

That's what years of not giving a **** will do

Man, back when Kuhnhenn's beers were awesome it was charming when they'd lose a pallet of Eisbock for a few years, or give you the worst ******* service of your life. It was their schtick!

Turns out they're just bad at business. We were all duped!!!

 

[jivex5k1]

Back when I gave a **** about beer I really wanted a Leon. I eventually got one after funny Buddha sold like 50 growlers of no crust. I felt bad after tasting Leon that I traded a ****** PB n J growler for it.

Then at one point I found life is like bottles. I traded one for like 4 new Glarus shelf beers. I must have had 20 something messages in my inbox about 5 minutes after posting that trade.

Man Leon was good...

 

[user 304985]

Pursued so many whales back then that no one would care about now:

Midnight Sun Barfly
Surly Two
Norrebro Saison Lambic Pinot Noir
Southampton Berliner
Dogfish Head Festina Lente
Pizza Port Le Woody Brune

I remember trading stakem and others for Selin's Grove growlers. Great times.

One of you Chicago homies sent me a Barfly, that **** was delicious. Recently realized I traded for another one and never drank it. Hiding in a fridge for a few years, I'm sure it's awful now.

 

[thebandit1]

Kaiser Curmudgeon

Being re-released!

Well, Better Half but still.

 

[JulianB1]

One that immediately comes to mind is Captain Lawrence Cuvee de Castelton. This is a brewery I probably haven't had a beer from since this beer was hyped.

This (well, the newest batch of it) is on the shelf at my local store in bumbfuck nowhere SC. If that isn't a sign of how the game has changed...

 

[RyanG1]

ISO: Imperial Stout Trooper OG Label
FT: Blind Pig

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Being re-released!

Well, Better Half but still.

All this Founders talk got me thirsty for Curmudgeon and Red Rye. Damn.

 

[JulianB1]

If you're still ISO Rorie's there's an outside chance some friend of mine has one kicking around from when Toronado sold it to go at one of their anniversaries. No idea what the ask would be, though. (Best part of that was that Chussain and his mule army had no idea what the bottle was so skipped it.)

I've had it a few times, some from that release, once at the Eclipse party, poured by Hoey himself. IIRC he said he doesn't have much left.

In terms of "old whales no one would give a **** about now" T-20 has to be up there. Though who knows, maybe RR has more shitlord cachet than I give it credit for.

I'm definitely interested but I really have no idea where to go with it. One of the reasons I was fishing for it on buy/sell/auction type groups is I figured most people who had any left would be more likely looking to sell (i.e. downsizing/getting rid of old beer) rather than trade. Don't go out of your way but if you happen to mention it to him and he sounds interested, let me know. Definitely a curiosity tick for me.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

This (well, the newest batch of it) is on the shelf at my local store in bumbfuck nowhere SC. If that isn't a sign of how the game has changed...

And Flaming Fury is a seasonal now??

 

[JulianB1]

Remember when Jackie O's stouts had a lot of trade market cachet and people would wait outside overnight in the cold for them?

Well, maybe the second part still happens, I don't know.

 

[stupac2]

I'm definitely interested but I really have no idea where to go with it. One of the reasons I was fishing for it on buy/sell/auction type groups is I figured most people who had any left would be more likely looking to sell (i.e. downsizing/getting rid of old beer) rather than trade. Don't go out of your way but if you happen to mention it to him and he sounds interested, let me know. Definitely a curiosity tick for me.

No idea if anyone even has any left but I'll ask.

 

[MooseLang]

Cant help but think yeahnatenelson got inspiration for this topic based off splinter blue talk this morning

The amount of beers already mentioned here that I still have bottles of is making me feel some kinda way.

I think I've said this before in another thread, but I actually met you at the Splinter Blue release. You don't forget a tall, bald man who talked about Berliners for 3 hours straight. You actually gave me a sample of one of your homebrewed Berliners that was really damn good. Someone also was passing around a bottle of infected KtG.


Splinter Blue was so ******* good.

 

[JulianB1]

I think maybe people on this website, but other than here?

Yeah, those two beers are extremely highly valued by the whale-ticking crowd. SHBRL has sold for ~$1500 (and traded straight-up for a Cable Car Kriek as well, if I remember correctly), and VSB has gone for ~$500-600. Those numbers might be a bit off (plus I haven't paid attention to that stuff in a little while), but they are definitely still hot commodities among people who spend huge amounts of cash on vintage beers.

 

[stakem1]

We are nearing page 4 and noone mentioned Bullfrog yet...



black cherry bomb
blue cheer
beekeeper


old toad barleywine (ok, was never a sought after whale but might be my favorite bullfrog beer.)

 

[RyanG1]

You don't forget a tall, bald man who talked about Berliners for 3 hours straight. .

I like the start of this Penthouse Letter.