Name one beer have you been saving for a special occasion

Guybrush · Post by **Guybrush** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:57 am

On that note I'll drink my DFH 120 tonight, post-haste!!

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:37 am

Guybrush wrote:On that note I'll drink my DFH 120 tonight, post-haste!!

And I'll check in on stuff I should be knocking back!

Holding on to a "prized" beer till it rots is like being the greedy dog in the fairly tale (you know the one - he has got hold of a nice bone, then sees a reflection in a deep stream of water... of another bone... and in trying to deprive the dog he sees reflected, he tragically loses BOTH bones!)

carguy · Post by **carguy** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:50 am

This is not quite the same vein, but I do have some of my wife's favourites that I bought in the fall and stashed away to be brought out for Valentines day next week. A few bottles of Mort Subite Framboise to start, and a couple bottles of Koningshoeven Quadrupel for after dinner.

lister · Post by **lister** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:38 am

Rogue Chipotle Ale for an upcoming Star Wars Holiday Special screening.

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:49 am

lister wrote:Rogue Chipotle Ale for an upcoming Star Wars Holiday Special screening.

Wouldn't a bottle of Trafalgar skunk go better with that movie?

lister · Post by **lister** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:32 pm

icemachine wrote:Wouldn't a bottle of Trafalgar skunk go better with that movie?

The SW:HS is going to leave a bad enough taste in the mouth as it is. Trafalgar adds insult to injury.

tuqueboy · Post by **tuqueboy** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:12 pm

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

wow, you're sour on marriage already? sorry. couldn't resist.

tuqueboy · Post by **tuqueboy** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:17 pm

Hmmm. Gradually building up a vertical of Thomas Hardy (so far, 2005-2008). Also have some 2-year-old Rochefort 10, which I'm going to do my damnedest to ignore for a few more years. Also have a 2006 Panil Bariquee, a Girardin Black Label Geuze, and a 2007 Deus. Plus some lovely bottles of Osoyoos Larose (stunning B.C. red wine).

midlife crisis · Post by **midlife crisis** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:09 pm

Some Fullers VA and Hardys, etc (like many others here) and, not something to cellar, but some Garrison Imperial Pale Ale that I picked up recently in Halifax and am really looking forward to trying.

phirleh · Post by **phirleh** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:21 pm

These one's I'm saving for a while

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Do you think they are a touch skunky? (I found them at my parents house from way back in the early 90's)

Guybrush · Post by **Guybrush** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:53 pm

Garrison Imperial Pale Ale is fantastic!

Jon Walker · Post by **Jon Walker** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:09 pm

phirleh wrote:
These one's I'm saving for a while .
Do you think they are a touch skunky? (I found them at my parents house from way back in the early 90's)

I remember that campaign! It was around 93 wasn't it? I was living in Vancouver and, though I already knew both were wank beer, I bought both and got sucked into the marketing campaign. I naively believed a big brewer was finally giving the public some input in crafting new beer styles. Yeesh! How gullible.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:51 am

Strangely (and chromosomally) men always drank the "Y beer right after the X.... while the women always drank two X's in a row, and blamed the "Y" beer for the world's most unruly problems.

Timmy · Post by **Timmy** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:51 am

I don't have a great place to store but I like to keep a few Samichlaus for the following year. Mostly barleywines I will store...I'm a little fussy on those. Every thing else gets consumed...LOL

boney · Post by **boney** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:01 am

I'd say Rogue XS IIPA. I've had it for a while, waiting to drink it while I collect a few other IIPA's for a tasing. So far it will incldue the Rogue, Hopslam, Laginitas Maximus and Wild Rose IIPA. I hope to pick up a Tree Hophead IIPA later this month after a trip our west, then it'll be go time.