Official tasting pictures thread

[halo4one]

It was 10 or so bottles at a Zwanze Day a few years back.

Blauw is 3F...Zwanze is Cantillon...I was under the impression they didn't exactly agree on much...

 

[GuzzleMcBrew]

Blauw labeled as oude gueuze? Crazy.

It was 10 or so bottles at a Zwanze Day a few years back.

Blauw is 3F...Zwanze is Cantillon...I was under the impression they didn't exactly agree on much...

According to the homie BucketBoy Joe:
It was Zwanze day at Monk's bar, not at Cantillon, so I don't think any relationship between the breweries was a big issue in the context. Monks rewarded the first-comers who had waited outside with bottles for purchase at the door. Blauw had been packaged in OG bottles so that Tom could sell them to-go legally since the label was not cleared. After the 5-10 Blauws were gone, Malvasia '02 bottles were sold to the next X # of guests.

 

[JimmyWimms]

Does a video count?


Someone send me PVWBM...























Srs.

 

[mrand01]

According to the homie BucketBoy Joe:
It was Zwanze day at Monk's bar, not at Cantillon, so I don't think any relationship between the breweries was a big issue in the context. Monks rewarded the first-comers who had waited outside with bottles for purchase at the door. Blauw had been packaged in OG bottles so that Tom could sell them to-go legally since the label was not cleared. After the 5-10 Blauws were gone, Malvasia '02 bottles were sold to the next X # of guests.

FWIW, I got one of those Malvasias that year. Here's a pic:

 

[Beastrsbrew1]

 

[Beastrsbrew1]

 

[zookerman182]

ISO Kirkland coconut cashews

 

[Beastrsbrew1]

ISO Kirkland coconut cashews

SOOOOOO DAMN GOOOOOD!!!!!

 

[Gonzoillini1]

Vanilla centric tasting that went down with dvelcich fear025 imperialking and funkyaudio on Friday. The Cinnamon Madagascar was probably my favorite of the evening.

 

[davey101]

Had some beers in Bar Harbor with BobZ, FalconA, and ilovestouts

And mjohnson17 meads!

 

[Podunkparte]

Flew to SC Friday-Sunday to do this with Buckfutter :

Angry Chair Fionn
Bent Paddle BA Double Shot Double Black
Lift Bridge BA Silhouette
Tree House Sap
2015 Hardywood Kentucky Christmas Morning
Casey Family Preserves - Peach
Schramm's Black Agnes Batch 2
August Schell Apricot Vista
Steel Toe Before the Dawn
Fort George 3-Way
2004 Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws
Tree House Doppleganger
Community BA Legion
3F Oude Gueuze (Beer-mosas)
Boon Mariage Parfait
Brothers Coconut Resolute
1998 Hair of the Dog Fred - Batch 16
Schramm's Statement Reserve
Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock
Russian River Deviation
Mikkeler BA Beer Geek Vanilla Shake
New Glarus R&D Vintage 2015
Hill Farmstead Juicy - Batch 2
Hill Farmstead Flora BBR
Holy Mountain Midnight Still
Holy Mountain Cherry Rye Midnight Still
Holy Mountain Coffee Vanilla Midnight Still
Logsdon Peche 'n Brett
August Schell Starkeller Peach
Schramm's Heart of Darkness
3F Golden Blend
Cantillon Vigneronne
Cantillon St. Lamvinus
Sebago Barleywine
Cigar City Leon
Fremont Brew 1000
Alpine Great
3F Hommage
Upright Jeux d'eau
Perennial BA Sump
Carton Cafe Y' Churro
2014 FFF Portuguese Brandy BA Dark Lord
2013 FFF Bourbon Vanilla Dark Lord
Half Acre Galactic Double Daisy Cutter
2013 Cantillon Lou Pepe Gueuze
2012 Cantillon Lou Pepe Framboise
Fremont Rusty Nail
Holy Mountain Third Nail
Fremont Ancient One
Fremont Smoking Jacket
Bruery Bottleworks XII - Batch 1
Central Waters Andrea Insignis
Mikerphone Imperial Smells Like Bean Spirit
De Garde The Peach
Garagiste Meadery Goober Grape magnum
Hardywood Apple Brandy GBS
Bruery Black Tuesday Reserve
2005 3F Schaerbeekse Kriek
Holy Mountain Gin Table
Burnt Hickory Big Shanty Graham Cracker Stout
Holy Mountain Barrel #7
Kane Morning Bell
Cigar City BA Big Sound
De Garde 3rd Anniversary
Central Waters 16
2011 Horal's Mega Blend
Kuhnhenn BA Barleywine
Garagiste Meadery Black Widow
Garagiste Meadery Ponderosa
Holy Mountain Tower of Babel
Holy Mountain Empirium
Trillium Artaic DIPA
Moonlight Meadery Utopian
Central Waters Black Gold
Wicked Weed Red Angel
Cycle Friday
Bullfrog Le Roar Grrrz 2015
2015 Surly BA Darkness
Crooked Stave Bottleworks XVII
Ale Apothecary The BeerMongers
2016 FFF BA Behemoth
Central Waters Seventeen
Schramm's Madeline
Central Waters Eighteen
Upright Heart's Beat
New Glarus R&D Wild Barrel
Holy Mountain Phosphene
Bothers Double Vanilla Resolute
Surly Syx
Alesmith Hawaiian Speedway
FFF Pear Bear
Schneider Weisse Mein Grunes / Wiesen Edel-Weisse
Lindemans Cuvee Rene Kriek
2015 Goose Island Bourbon County Rare
Ale Apothecary Sahalie
Ale Apothecary La Tache
Olde Hickory Omega Point
Girardin Gueuze
Central Waters Cassian Stout
2016 Westbrook Mexican Cake growler
Cycle RareR DOS
2016 Cigar City Hunapuh's
Garagiste Meadery You'll Shoot Your Eye Out
Bothers Drake Scarlet Solstice
Garagiste Meadery Marrakech
+1 Mead I can't read from the pics

6-8 drinkers, 3 days, 106 bottles. No survivors.

 

[trickytunadicky]

Flew to SC Friday-Sunday to do this with Buckfutter :

Angry Chair Fionn
Bent Paddle BA Double Shot Double Black
Lift Bridge BA Silhouette
Tree House Sap
2015 Hardywood Kentucky Christmas Morning
Casey Family Preserves - Peach
Schramm's Black Agnes Batch 2
August Schell Apricot Vista
Steel Toe Before the Dawn
Fort George 3-Way
2004 Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws
Tree House Doppleganger
Community BA Legion
3F Oude Gueuze (Beer-mosas)
Boon Mariage Parfait
Brothers Coconut Resolute
1998 Hair of the Dog Fred - Batch 16
Schramm's Statement Reserve
Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock
Russian River Deviation
Mikkeler BA Beer Geek Vanilla Shake
New Glarus R&D Vintage 2015
Hill Farmstead Juicy - Batch 2
Hill Farmstead Flora BBR
Holy Mountain Midnight Still
Holy Mountain Cherry Rye Midnight Still
Holy Mountain Coffee Vanilla Midnight Still
Logsdon Peche 'n Brett
August Schell Starkeller Peach
Schramm's Heart of Darkness
3F Golden Blend
Cantillon Vigneronne
Cantillon St. Lamvinus
Sebago Barleywine
Cigar City Leon
Fremont Brew 1000
Alpine Great
3F Hommage
Upright Jeux d'eau
Perennial BA Sump
Carton Cafe Y' Churro
2014 FFF Portuguese Brandy BA Dark Lord
2013 FFF Bourbon Vanilla Dark Lord
Half Acre Galactic Double Daisy Cutter
2013 Cantillon Lou Pepe Gueuze
2012 Cantillon Lou Pepe Framboise
Fremont Rusty Nail
Holy Mountain Third Nail
Fremont Ancient One
Fremont Smoking Jacket
Bruery Bottleworks XII - Batch 1
Central Waters Andrea Insignis
Mikerphone Imperial Smells Like Bean Spirit
De Garde The Peach
Garagiste Meadery Goober Grape magnum
Hardywood Apple Brandy GBS
Bruery Black Tuesday Reserve
2005 3F Schaerbeekse Kriek
Holy Mountain Gin Table
Burnt Hickory Big Shanty Graham Cracker Stout
Holy Mountain Barrel #7
Kane Morning Bell
Cigar City BA Big Sound
De Garde 3rd Anniversary
Central Waters 16
2011 Horal's Mega Blend
Kuhnhenn BA Barleywine
Garagiste Meadery Black Widow
Garagiste Meadery Ponderosa
Holy Mountain Tower of Babel
Holy Mountain Empirium
Trillium Artaic DIPA
Moonlight Meadery Utopian
Central Waters Black Gold
Wicked Weed Red Angel
Cycle Friday
Bullfrog Le Roar Grrrz 2015
2015 Surly BA Darkness
Crooked Stave Bottleworks XVII
Ale Apothecary The BeerMongers
2016 FFF BA Behemoth
Central Waters Seventeen
Schramm's Madeline
Central Waters Eighteen
Upright Heart's Beat
New Glarus R&D Wild Barrel
Holy Mountain Phosphene
Bothers Double Vanilla Resolute
Surly Syx
Alesmith Hawaiian Speedway
FFF Pear Bear
Schneider Weisse Mein Grunes / Wiesen Edel-Weisse
Lindemans Cuvee Rene Kriek
2015 Goose Island Bourbon County Rare
Ale Apothecary Sahalie
Ale Apothecary La Tache
Olde Hickory Omega Point
Girardin Gueuze
Central Waters Cassian Stout
2016 Westbrook Mexican Cake growler
Cycle RareR DOS
2016 Cigar City Hunapuh's
Garagiste Meadery You'll Shoot Your Eye Out
Bothers Drake Scarlet Solstice
Garagiste Meadery Marrakech
+1 Mead I can't read from the pics

6-8 drinkers, 3 days, 106 bottles. No survivors.

I repeat: thanks for invite.

 

[theMang]

Yesterday was a good day for me and 7 of my closest friends.

I wanted to proper all of my de Garde glasses (all 16 excluding the stoneware offerings) so I traded for a bunch of dG bottles and decided to share them all with some of my friends. They brought the food and I supplied the beer/glasses. Thanks to Rau71 TheBronze anteater oregonskibum Bobbyk503 and many others for trading me glassware or bottles (or both!) Without you guys, I couldn't have pulled this one off. Also a huge thanks to degardebrewing for making such awesome beers and glasses.

Needless to say, everyone had a great time and some great beers were shared.My only regret was not taking good pictures of all the food!!! 16 hour smoked butt, homemade buffalo chicken dip, home smoked salmon dip, and much more.

Here is the list of the 16 bottles I decided to share:
Saison Premiere
Nelson Hose
Special Rouge
Tableau Rouge
Printemps Melange
Biere Rose
Biere Noir
Bu Weisse
Passion Bu
Ginger Bu Rice
Purple Raz Bu
Imperial Berry Bu
Imperial Cherry Blu Bu
The Archer
The Lily
The Lucy

Pictures from the day:

Glassware lineup:

Bottle group shot:

The proper pours:










And lastly, the graveyard:

 

[JimmyWimms]

In before 7 pm on a Monday. Growlers are Doppelbanger and 4th Anniversary Double Shot.

 

[brian4beer]

A few highlights:

Great tasting to celebrate mlefevre turning 35. Participants were: GrumpyOldTroll Beerlistman rfraga7 NYCBeer CheapBeerBuzz Lefty Hyzer Cruize4Gueuze

Thoughts:
Loerik always great
Bourgogne subtle but very good
Dave meh
SAM looks like crap but always good imho
Soleil b3 cloudberries just smell wierd to me but preferred it to b2.
Port St lam. My sec fav to the 02 in merlot barrels. So good.
Pinot d'aunis 07 and carignan both great
Lambic d'aunis just ok imho
Brl I just love this beer
Brabantiae: old but still a ton if carb
Apple brandy Huna growler: no clue how a growler this old can still be good but was awesome.
Bokkereyder apricot beers were legit. Raf is doing some good things...

 

[Mwamwahha]

Not bad for a tasting here in Malaysia.

 

[regularjohn]

A few highlights:

Great tasting to celebrate mlefevre turning 35. Participants were: GrumpyOldTroll Beerlistman rfraga7 NYCBeer CheapBeerBuzz Lefty Hyzer Cruize4Gueuze

Thoughts:
Loerik always great
Bourgogne subtle but very good
Dave meh
SAM looks like crap but always good imho
Soleil b3 cloudberries just smell wierd to me but preferred it to b2.
Port St lam. My sec fav to the 02 in merlot barrels. So good.
Pinot d'aunis 07 and carignan both great
Lambic d'aunis just ok imho
Brl I just love this beer
Brabantiae: old but still a ton if carb
Apple brandy Huna growler: no clue how a growler this old can still be good but was awesome.
Bokkereyder apricot beers were legit. Raf is doing some good things...

i don't collect old empty bottles but i love that loerik label, i'll take it off your hands don't worry

 

[brian4beer]

i don't collect old empty bottles but i love that loerik label, i'll take it off your hands don't worry

Was not my bottle u will have to consult w Cruize4Gueuze....but agree it is a cool label

 

[isaac11]

Happy 4th everyone! Me and my partner had some of our friends over. Here was the share. Og was 12'. E was 2014. Brother mag was 4/15 I think. Pallet 1.... Etc etc. Cheers

 

[falc0n26001]

A few highlights:

Great tasting to celebrate mlefevre turning 35. Participants were: GrumpyOldTroll Beerlistman rfraga7 NYCBeer CheapBeerBuzz Lefty Hyzer Cruize4Gueuze

Thoughts:
Loerik always great
Bourgogne subtle but very good
Dave meh
SAM looks like crap but always good imho
Soleil b3 cloudberries just smell wierd to me but preferred it to b2.
Port St lam. My sec fav to the 02 in merlot barrels. So good.
Pinot d'aunis 07 and carignan both great
Lambic d'aunis just ok imho
Brl I just love this beer
Brabantiae: old but still a ton if carb
Apple brandy Huna growler: no clue how a growler this old can still be good but was awesome.
Bokkereyder apricot beers were legit. Raf is doing some good things...

Do these shares cost thousands of dollars? Or what?

 

[RyanG1]

A few highlights:

Great tasting to celebrate mlefevre turning 35. Participants were: GrumpyOldTroll Beerlistman rfraga7 NYCBeer CheapBeerBuzz Lefty Hyzer Cruize4Gueuze

Thoughts:
Loerik always great
Bourgogne subtle but very good
Dave meh
SAM looks like crap but always good imho
Soleil b3 cloudberries just smell wierd to me but preferred it to b2.
Port St lam. My sec fav to the 02 in merlot barrels. So good.
Pinot d'aunis 07 and carignan both great
Lambic d'aunis just ok imho
Brl I just love this beer
Brabantiae: old but still a ton if carb
Apple brandy Huna growler: no clue how a growler this old can still be good but was awesome.
Bokkereyder apricot beers were legit. Raf is doing some good things...

 

[brian4beer]

Do these shares cost thousands of dollars? Or what?

Certainly not cheap and something we do very rarely, but with this many people involved it helps defray some of the cost. Also helps to have gotten bottles a few years ago when they were "relatively" cheaper or to have connections to lambic for more reasonable prices/trades.

 

[GuzzleMcBrew]

A few highlights:

Great tasting to celebrate mlefevre turning 35. Participants were: GrumpyOldTroll Beerlistman rfraga7 NYCBeer CheapBeerBuzz Lefty Hyzer Cruize4Gueuze

Thoughts:
Loerik always great
Bourgogne subtle but very good
Dave meh
SAM looks like crap but always good imho
Soleil b3 cloudberries just smell wierd to me but preferred it to b2.
Port St lam. My sec fav to the 02 in merlot barrels. So good.
Pinot d'aunis 07 and carignan both great
Lambic d'aunis just ok imho
Brl I just love this beer
Brabantiae: old but still a ton if carb
Apple brandy Huna growler: no clue how a growler this old can still be good but was awesome.
Bokkereyder apricot beers were legit. Raf is doing some good things...

Killing it, per always.

Man, that SAM looks so, so, so disgustingly bad. Was the 3F mag '04? Cannon or dud?
Did you guys enjoy the Scoop-a-loop? I want to hate that beer for what it represents but I keep hearing it is awesome.

 

[brian4beer]

Killing it, per always.

Man, that SAM looks so, so, so disgustingly bad. Was the 3F mag '04? Cannon or dud?
Did you guys enjoy the Scoop-a-loop? I want to hate that beer for what it represents but I keep hearing it is awesome.

SAM has always looked like that every time I have had it but I always enjoy the beer. It tastes like a butterscotch candy to me.

Mag was an 04 and was awesome. Amazing carb.


Scoop: interesting how they made a beer taste like strawberry ice cream but was way to sweet for my tastes and not something I desire to try again.

 

[2plums4one]

well, I'm aroused.

 

[Cruize4Gueuze]

Killing it, per always.

Man, that SAM looks so, so, so disgustingly bad. Was the 3F mag '04? Cannon or dud?
Did you guys enjoy the Scoop-a-loop? I want to hate that beer for what it represents but I keep hearing it is awesome.

I enjoyed scoop a lot. I've had it twice in the past month and I think it's the real deal. Like Brian said though, it is sweet.

 

[rfraga7]

I enjoyed scoop a lot. I've had it twice in the past month and I think it's the real deal. Like Brian said though, it is sweet.

4-6 ounces is about all I'd be able to handle.

 

[TheJB]

 

[Beastrsbrew1]

 

[Beastrsbrew1]

lil share with my bro. Pretty hungover today!!!!