Anyone into beer like they are cigars? - Page 2

Sean9689 · 03-31-2010, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ODLS1

Very nice collection. I have recently started a collection. Black Ops, Life and Limb, Vertical Epics 06-09, etc.

I'm a beer guy getting in to cigars. I don't buy too much commercial beer, as I am into homebrewing quite a bit. I brew a lot. I love it.

Very nice! Yeah, cigars are lots of fun too but I'm always moving from one thing to the next. There's too many cigar guys up here in Chicago not to continue smoking....especially with the weather getting better!

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Originally Posted by Resipsa

Just recently got back into beer Sean, and started cellaring some stuff. Nothing all that special, but I did find two bottles of Angel's Share that went into the cellar.

Looks like you've got some angel share yourself on the top shelf, along with some mirror mirror, and black butte porter, maybe some Stone RIS on the second shelf? And do I see a bottle of kate the great?

I'm lucky because my favorite beers are big beers like RIS, barleywines, etc, and those are the things that age best. I can just grab a case of something good, throw it in the cellar, always have it on hand and not have to worry about it losing freshness.

Very cool! Yeah, I have several different vintages of Angel's Share. You have a good eye! I almost have a vertical of Kate the Great (I have 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010) and have multiples of the 2010. It's an awesome RIS!

Yeah, all the hoppy stuff gets drank ASAP and all of the stuff in my cellar is stouts, barleywines, wild ales, lambics, guezes, etc. Beer is so much fun because theirs always a new release coming out that's hard to get. It seems that the US craft brewers are in a "boom".

Cigars, beer, and wine...too many ways to spend my money!

BlackDog · 03-31-2010, 08:26 PM

Yeah, I'm into beer pretty much as seriously as I am into cigars. I try as many different kinds as I can afford. In fact, I've realized I am drinking a lot of non-local beers, and really need to go out and buy a 4 pack of Surly Furious. I have a few bottles I've been aging, but it's mostly that I buy beer faster than I drink it, so some of it invariably ends up being cellared.

icehog3 · 03-31-2010, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sean9689

vodka, beer, vodka, beer...

Pretty much.

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Originally Posted by ODLS1

Fixed

Not for me.

03-31-2010, 09:02 PM

rum, coke....rum, coke.....rum & coke.....rum......rum.....urm.....mru.....mur..... mmm....uuu......rrr......

Sean9689 · 04-01-2010, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

Pretty much.

Left something out: beer, vodka, hot women, beer, vodka, hot women, hot women...

landhoney · 04-01-2010, 11:27 AM

Here's the 'cellar', AKA temp controlled walk-in closet.

Most are home-brews, sours, RIS, barleywines, and others that age well.
Close-up, hard to see all of them though (counted almost 100 commercial beers)

Here's the wine fridge...with actual wine, as opposed to cigars, but it has some beer in the bottom as well so I took a pic:

Jbailey · 04-01-2010, 11:28 AM

That looks great Seth!

BeerAdvocate · 04-01-2010, 05:47 AM

I collect beer. I usually have a stomach full of it.

Skywalker · 04-01-2010, 07:33 AM

Just started getting more serious about aging beers! I have a fairly nice collection. I would say I'm still more serious about cigars though.

Subvet642 · 04-01-2010, 08:07 AM

I love cheap beer and cheap cigars (OK, not too cheap!).

1badhog07 · 04-03-2010, 07:14 PM

nah not really into collecting beers,wine,etc.just buy as i go.

landhoney · 04-22-2010, 12:08 PM

Just found out they stopped brewing Thomas Hardy in 2008

, need to stock up on these while I can, one of the few beers with a proven track record of aging for 20+ years. Oldest I have had was a '98, great beer but I could tell it had years and years ahead of it.

GTS21 · 05-18-2010, 03:01 PM

Just got bitten by the Dark Lord bug. Sigh.

icehog3 · 05-18-2010, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by GTS21

Just got bitten by the Dark Lord bug. Sigh.

That would do it.

Jbailey · 05-18-2010, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by GTS21

Just got bitten by the Dark Lord bug. Sigh.

I hate that bug.

St. Lou Stu · 05-18-2010, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jbailey

I hate that bug.

You guys are nuts! That bug rocks!

I started collecting the items this week to build a nice lil home brew setup.
Keggle (built myself), Immersion wort chiller (built myself), Temp Controller for fridge, 2 6.5 gal glass carboys (for $40)
God help me. Another slope.

Sean9689 · 05-20-2010, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by GTS21

Just got bitten by the Dark Lord bug. Sigh.

That's what happened to me...then I sold off a bunch of my cigar collection...then I bought a bunch of rare beer...and then I bought more rare beer.

You might be in trouble, Eric!

05-18-2010, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Sean9689

I always seem to go from hobby to hobby, and after I was into cigars for such a long time, beer came along early last year. I joined Beer Advocate and started learning about everything that is beer. Then, I went to Dark Lord Day and was hooked. I started buying/trading/etc. for all the special releases and rare European beers. I've amassed a cellar of 250 rare/special release/retired bottles (bombers, 750's, and some 12oz) that is now crazier then my cigar collection was (I sold a lot of my collection as I got into beer). I never imagined that a bottle of beer could sell for $250.00, but I soon found out that was true (I thought the same about cigars, ie. 1492).

Anyone else on here collect/cellar beer or have a large collection?

Below are a few pics of the cellar and some of the rare beers I've managed to score. 1. beer cellar, 2. beer cellar, 3. Lost Abbey Cable Car (2007, 2008, 2009), 4. 3 Fonteinen Millennium Geuze (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/3-fonte...um-geuze/21457), 5. Lost Abbey Isabelle Proximus (released in 2008).

Sean, what beer is in white six pack containers on the bottom shelf in the second picture from the left?

Sean9689 · 05-20-2010, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by scoop

Sean, what beer is in white six pack containers on the bottom shelf in the second picture from the left?

The boxes are from Dark Horse Brewery but there's random bottles held there (not Dark Horse beers).

05-20-2010, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sean9689

The boxes are from Dark Horse Brewery but there's random bottles held there (not Dark Horse beers).

Thanks, They looked like they may have been from Shorts Brewery.

03-31-2010, 08:26 PM	#2
BlackDog Gonna make you groove... Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Warren Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 2,468 Trading: (19)	Re: Anyone into beer like they are cigars? Yeah, I'm into beer pretty much as seriously as I am into cigars. I try as many different kinds as I can afford. In fact, I've realized I am drinking a lot of non-local beers, and really need to go out and buy a 4 pack of Surly Furious. I have a few bottles I've been aging, but it's mostly that I buy beer faster than I drink it, so some of it invariably ends up being cellared. __________________ "We live in the good of this."

03-31-2010, 09:02 PM	#4
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04-01-2010, 11:27 AM	#6
landhoney Mr. Charisma Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Seth Location: In the forest Posts: 2,639 Trading: (32)	Re: Anyone into beer like they are cigars? Here's the 'cellar', AKA temp controlled walk-in closet. Most are home-brews, sours, RIS, barleywines, and others that age well. Close-up, hard to see all of them though (counted almost 100 commercial beers) Here's the wine fridge...with actual wine, as opposed to cigars, but it has some beer in the bottom as well so I took a pic: __________________ Fields (to a heckling youngster): You're about to fall heir to a kitten stocking. Kid: What's a kitten stocking? Fields: A sock on the puss!

04-01-2010, 11:28 AM	#7
Jbailey Brewcifer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Madison, WI Posts: 5,215 Trading: (17)	Re: Anyone into beer like they are cigars? That looks great Seth! __________________ "Sent to spy on a Cuban talent show first stop- Havana au go-go." Field Marshall Douche Bag.

04-01-2010, 05:47 AM	#8
BeerAdvocate BeerHunter Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Travis Location: Topeka, KS Posts: 1,912 Trading: (45)	Re: Anyone into beer like they are cigars? I collect beer. I usually have a stomach full of it. __________________ *I Brew the Beer I Drink*

04-01-2010, 07:33 AM	#9
Skywalker BABOTL Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dice Location: Galaxy Far Far Away Posts: 10,168 Trading: (18)	Re: Anyone into beer like they are cigars? Just started getting more serious about aging beers! I have a fairly nice collection. I would say I'm still more serious about cigars though. __________________ Smoke what you like!!!

04-01-2010, 08:07 AM	#10
Subvet642 Bilge Rat Join Date: Nov 2009 First Name: Darren Location: Torpedo Room Bilge Posts: 2,997 Trading: (13)	Re: Anyone into beer like they are cigars? I love cheap beer and cheap cigars (OK, not too cheap!). __________________ *"Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not." -John Galt*

04-03-2010, 07:14 PM	#11
1badhog07 Still Watching My Back Join Date: Sep 2009 First Name: gustavo Location: laredo,tx Posts: 215 Trading: (2)	Re: Anyone into beer like they are cigars? nah not really into collecting beers,wine,etc.just buy as i go. __________________ I WILL SMOKE NO CIGAR BEFORE ITS TIME

04-22-2010, 12:08 PM	#12
landhoney Mr. Charisma Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Seth Location: In the forest Posts: 2,639 Trading: (32)	Re: Anyone into beer like they are cigars? Just found out they stopped brewing Thomas Hardy in 2008, need to stock up on these while I can, one of the few beers with a proven track record of aging for 20+ years. Oldest I have had was a '98, great beer but I could tell it had years and years ahead of it. __________________ Fields (to a heckling youngster): You're about to fall heir to a kitten stocking. Kid: What's a kitten stocking? Fields: A sock on the puss!

05-18-2010, 03:01 PM	#13
GTS21 Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 460 Trading: (0)	Re: Anyone into beer like they are cigars? Just got bitten by the Dark Lord bug. Sigh.