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

[tikk]

All this talk of old whales

Batch #2 from Pleasantville, I think it's 2010. Still amazing.

 

[Rowingbrewer1]

Barrel aged Old rabbit’s foot from olde hickory

 

[ExPimp]

Here's a stroll down memory lane for you:

http://biergotter.org/bif/whitewhale4.html

Interestingly enough, looks like two different guys sent out JD Blackbeerd, although one was in a box that also had a KtG which I suppose would have counted as its whale at the time. It would be interesting to "rank" the boxes in terms of how desirable they'd be now, as opposed to then. The ones that got ranked the highest were pretty killer obviously, but I'd guess these days the boxes with rare lambic would rank a lot higher (kinda funny to see the box with Blauw and Crianza not even crack the top 4).

I sent that box out... Received a Millennium Gueuze and swing top hand bottle of Veritas 004, was happy then as I am now. Hell, at the beginning of the Bruery craze I sent a Crianza away for a BA Coton and the first batch of Melange 3... Now that was ******* dumb.

 

[RyanG1]

Hell, at the beginning of the Bruery craze I sent a Crianza away for a BA Coton and the first batch of Melange 3... Now that was ******* dumb.

Hop in the DeLorean DMC-12 to rectify it. And don't purchase a copy of Grays Sports Almanac: Complete Sports Statistics 1950-2000.

 

[stupac2]

I thought that Overlord made a google drive folder with the PDFs in them, or something, but can't find it. It's actually possible I have them on my work computer, I know I have some dumb beer-related PDFs on there.

Couldn't find any BA shenanigans PDFs. It's weird because I thought I saw them recently. Oh well.

 

[DenverBeerDrinker]

Couldn't find any BA shenanigans PDFs. It's weird because I thought I saw them recently. Oh well.

You might have stashed it in your porn directory

 

[sherm10161]

Melange 3

I think I traded and 2010 Rare BCBS straight up for Melange 3. I was flush with Rare at the time tho.

 

[gregkoko]

I think I traded and 2010 Rare BCBS straight up for Melange 3. I was flush with Rare at the time tho.

Rare and OG BCVBS were soooo plentiful in NYC. I think between my brother and I we split a case of each. Still have one BCVBS

 

[MikeG1]

Rare and OG BCVBS were soooo plentiful in NYC. I think between my brother and I we split a case of each. Still have one BCVBS

Rare was sitting on the shelf of the ****** Foodtown in my neighborhood for such a long time. At that point in my beer career, I refused to spend that amount of money on a single bottle.

 

[matedog]

Rare was sitting on the shelf of the ****** Foodtown in my neighborhood for such a long time. At that point in my beer career, I refused to spend that amount of money on a single bottle.

That is why my pre-2013 lambic collection is slim at best. I remember 3F Schaerbeekse sitting on the shelf at WF forever.

 

[maximum12]

Here's a stroll down memory lane for you:

http://biergotter.org/bif/whitewhale4.html

Interestingly enough, looks like two different guys sent out JD Blackbeerd, although one was in a box that also had a KtG which I suppose would have counted as its whale at the time. It would be interesting to "rank" the boxes in terms of how desirable they'd be now, as opposed to then. The ones that got ranked the highest were pretty killer obviously, but I'd guess these days the boxes with rare lambic would rank a lot higher (kinda funny to see the box with Blauw and Crianza not even crack the top 4).

In a different but related light, fun to see some of the screen names in that BIF, some of whom I still know IRL but no longer haunt beer boards.

And, of course, the infamous mikesgroove...

 

[Saind]

Rare was sitting on the shelf of the ****** Foodtown in my neighborhood for such a long time. At that point in my beer career, I refused to spend that amount of money on a single bottle.

How much were those?

 

[sherm10161]

How much were those?

OG Rare as $45-$50 here in Milwaukee.

 

[MikeG1]

How much were those?

$49.99 sitting out on an endcap next to a bunch of Stone bombers.

That said, a few years later, the new beer deli across the street from Foodtown had a case of 2012 BCBS Coffee bombers for $15/each. I bought 10 and ended up sending out a few to my OG BA trade partners at cost. Drank the rest.

 

[JCastle1]

How much were those?

$45 in MA, they sat around for ages until I caved and bought one.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Rare and OG BCVBS were soooo plentiful in NYC. I think between my brother and I we split a case of each. Still have one BCVBS

Chicagoland was, and continues to be, the most rabid market for BCBS, but the big (for the time) price tag for Rare made it juuuuuuuust prohibitive enough for us to buy as many as we were willing to pay for up to around New Year's provided we were willing to cold call liquor stores and canvas suburban Whole Foods'.

Sometimes I catch myself still wondering if there really is Rare sitting on that shelf in Kentucky...

 

[bathroomlaughter]

One beer that I haven't seen mentioned yet and would trade large part of my "cellar" for is Bell's Barrel Aged 9k. That beer was magical IMO.

Somehow I was able to acquire 3 bottles of it... domed 2 of them and shared the other a a pre-huna day share.

that beer was so ******* insanely good. i've always regretted trading bottles of that away. i've never had another beer like it.

 

[DenverBeerDrinker]

One beer that I haven't seen mentioned yet and would trade large part of my "cellar" for is Bell's Barrel Aged 9k. That beer was magical IMO.

Somehow I was able to acquire 3 bottles of it... domed 2 of them and shared the other a a pre-huna day share.

Think I still have a bottle in my cellar. Now I'll have to look.

 

[sherm10161]

I know I still have regular ass Batch 9K (and 10K). Never got to try the BA version.

 

[flexabull]

Sounds like Bells BA Batch 9K is starting to reclaim it's long lost whale status.

 

[Lutter]

Not a whale (or a sour), but Momi Hiwa may be one of my favorite beers ever. DenverBeerDrinker sent me a few when it came out.

Hell yeah. blue_bleeder sent me one of these years ago. I swear there was coconut flecks floating around in the beer.

So delicious. They need to remake that one.

 

[MikeG1]

Green Flash OG Silva Stout and Sleepin' With Shaggy. I remember trading hard for those (probably gave up a BCBCS Coffee actually)

Also traded a Life is Like wayyy back in the day for 4 Anna and a growler of Edward, back when Anna was limit 4pp and came out like twice a year. Thought I ripped the guy off good.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Sounds like Bells BA Batch 9K is starting to reclaim it's long lost whale status.

Barrel-aged Licorice Stouts are so hot right now.

 

[JCastle1]

Also traded a Life is Like wayyy back in the day for 4 Anna and a growler of Edward, back when Anna was limit 4pp and came out like twice a year. Thought I ripped the guy off good.

I wish I had traded away my Life is Like instead of drinking it. Tasted like unfermented wort and cough syrup, we dumped most of the bottle.

 

[JulianB1]

I wish I had traded away my Life is Like instead of drinking it. Tasted like unfermented wort and cough syrup, we dumped most of the bottle.

New batch or OG one? I loved the original, and have a bottle of the rebrew but haven't tried it yet.

 

[JCastle1]

New batch or OG one? I loved the original, and have a bottle of the rebrew but haven't tried it yet.

The original? I have no idea, I got it in the first Catador edition.

 

[JulianB1]

The original? I have no idea, I got it in the first Catador edition.

Yeah that's the original one, the new one was El Cat 4 or 5 (I've lost track) and has one of those sort-of generic "metallic color" labels that CCB has used recently on some bottles (Bourbon Huna was blue, DB Zhukov was silver I think, etc.).

 

[user 306349]

Hell yeah. blue_bleeder sent me one of these years ago. I swear there was coconut flecks floating around in the beer.

So delicious. They need to remake that one.

DenverBeerDrinker hooked me up with one of those a while back, absolutely delicious. I don't think I ever got you back properly for that, Matt. Holla if you ever want anything from out here. on that note, those early single barrel BA Ten Fidy crowlers were my crack for a while. I think Maker's Mark was my favorite, absolutely destroyed the Assassin I had the next day.

 

[ExPimp]

Sometimes I catch myself still wondering if there really is Rare sitting on that shelf in Kentucky...

Thank you. I was waiting for this.

 

[Lutter]

Sometimes I catch myself still wondering if there really is Rare sitting on that shelf in Kentucky...

How many KHU is Rare worth nowadays?

(this has gotta be one only I remember)