Name one beer have you been saving for a special occasion

kona · Post by **kona** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:44 pm

I've been saving a Cantillon Gueuze (the true champagne of beers) for my wedding day. Six more months to wait...

viggo · Post by **viggo** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:48 pm

Thats tough. I have a couple bottles that are probably among a handful left:

Bushwakker Centennial Wheatwine from 2004 and Fat Cat Barleywine from 2004.

Other than that I can't think of anything I have that would be hands off.

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:03 am

I have been saving a bunch of Fullers vintage to do a vertical tasting, an Avery the Beast that I am too scared of to open without a bit more age on it, and a Westy 12 that will probably make an appearance with my fiance sometime this year. Other than that not much.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:23 am

2007 Thomas Hardy. I hope to share it with my daughter when they are both 19.

toweringpine · Post by **toweringpine** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 3:43 pm

Nothing too special in my collection but I do have a DogFish Head 120 I am saving for the Daytona 500 coming up this month.

northyorksammy · Post by **northyorksammy** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 3:59 pm

lots of barleywines, including donkey punch for my monthly afterwork thing

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:10 pm

Derek wrote:2007 Thomas Hardy. I hope to share it with my daughter when they are both 19.

that would be a helluva first legal drink

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:19 pm

matt7215 wrote:
Derek wrote:2007 Thomas Hardy. I hope to share it with my daughter when they are both 19.
that would be a helluva first legal drink

... and she won't even touch alcohol for years afterwards (just kidding...)

inertiaboy · Post by **inertiaboy** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:55 am

I've had a series of beers that I've saved for a special occasion and then subsequently drank because I just felt like it

But there are a few that I am saving to share with my kids when they get a bit older:
- Unibroue 2005 (daughter)
- Thomas Hardy 2007 (son)

markaberrant · Post by **markaberrant** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:56 pm

Mostly because it is just so damn big, and I only have 1:

DFH World Wide Stout 06

I've got a nice collection of Impy Stouts set aside for a tasting at some point in time, the plan would be to finish with the WWS.

Jan Primus · Post by **Jan Primus** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:37 pm

I have a 95 vintage Miller Genuine Draft Harley Davidson Edition...it will be opened at our next tasting for anyone crazy enough.

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:08 pm

Jan Primus wrote:I have a 95 vintage Miller Genuine Draft Harley Davidson Edition...it will be opened at our next tasting for anyone crazy enough.

if there are no other takers ill shotgun it!

Jan Primus · Post by **Jan Primus** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:05 pm

Cant wait to see that.

El Pinguino · Post by **El Pinguino** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:58 pm

Loving these posts of older or cherished beers. It's neat seeing the wide variety of beers everyone has. As with many of you I also tend to drink my "cherished" ones too fast. I've been stashing up on the Fullers Vintages the past 3 years, once I get to 5 years I think I'll do a vertical!

iguenard · Post by **iguenard** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:13 am

Hmm good thread. Some tasties in here.

I have quite a few verticals I'm putting aside (Fullers VA 2003-2008), (Stone Epic 05-06-07-08) but nothing I can say I'm freaking out to open. I tend to drink the mind-blowing ones fast so they dont lose their punch... like old Westy's and Dogfish 120s... leaving that stuff age is a sin.