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brewmonkey · 07-16-2004, 10:47

I do not keep liquor around to much as I do not drink distilled spirits. My wife does and she usually has a bottle of Vanilla Stoli around but that is about it.

My beer collection would probably be the most eclectic with nothing being purchased by the 6pack or larger. I have a few stores as well as some buddies around the US who ship me what I am looking for.

Currently in the fridge would be

Dog Fish Head 120 Minute I2PA
Rogue I2PA
Rogue Old Crustacean Barleywine
Rogue Imperial Stout
Three Floyd's Alpha Klaus
New Glarus Native Ale
New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red
Goose Island Pils
Goose Island IPA
Bells Brewing Expedition (Imperial) Stout
Bells Brewing Batch 5000
Bells Brewing Two Hearted Ale
Portland Brewing Co. Old Ale
Boulder Brewing Killer Penguin
Boulder Brewing Mojo IPA
Boulder Brewing Hazed & Infused
Sierra Nevada Big Foot Barleywine
Anchor Old Foghorn Barleywine
Hacker-Pschorr Edelhell
Capitol Brewery Winter Skal
Capital Brewery Blonde Dopple Bock
New Holland Dragons Milk (Barleywine)
Ertvelds Wit
Petrus Belgian Ale
Beerline Barleywine
Sprecher IPA
New Belgium Loft
New Belgium Tripple
New Belgium 1554
Boulevard Brewing Pale Ale
Boulevard Brewing Dry Stout
Sam Adams Double Bock
Sam Adams Tripple Bock

While I do not drink distilled spirits the good majority of these beers are in excess of 14% with one of them at 17.5% and another at 21%. They are nice big beers that go great as an after dinner wind down or while reading a good book.

I do have some "session" beers in there that are your normal run of the mill 4-5% beers for everyday and when I have others over who may not be into what I like.

I also have some vintages that have never been released from several breweries. They were done as test batches while they were formulating a new recipe and I have been able to finagle a few here and there from them.

We also drink wine on occassion and we have several local wineries that I like but most notable would be Hollyfield Winery in Basehor Kansas. They have an excellent Port that they make and I usually keep several bottle of that around in the late fall and winter as well as some of their late picking or special picking varities like a Riesling, Spatlese or Auslese. Their everyday Chardonay is nice but a little much on the butter side for me. In brewing butter notes come from Diacetyl and is not a desired trait in a good variety of the beers. I have been unable to bring myself to see it as an acceptable quality in any beverage because of that (I know, I should get over it).

07-16-2004, 10:47	#4
brewmonkey Guerrilla Chief Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the land of the little people Posts: 761	I do not keep liquor around to much as I do not drink distilled spirits. My wife does and she usually has a bottle of Vanilla Stoli around but that is about it. My beer collection would probably be the most eclectic with nothing being purchased by the 6pack or larger. I have a few stores as well as some buddies around the US who ship me what I am looking for. Currently in the fridge would be Dog Fish Head 120 Minute I2PA Rogue I2PA Rogue Old Crustacean Barleywine Rogue Imperial Stout Three Floyd's Alpha Klaus New Glarus Native Ale New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red Goose Island Pils Goose Island IPA Bells Brewing Expedition (Imperial) Stout Bells Brewing Batch 5000 Bells Brewing Two Hearted Ale Portland Brewing Co. Old Ale Boulder Brewing Killer Penguin Boulder Brewing Mojo IPA Boulder Brewing Hazed & Infused Sierra Nevada Big Foot Barleywine Anchor Old Foghorn Barleywine Hacker-Pschorr Edelhell Capitol Brewery Winter Skal Capital Brewery Blonde Dopple Bock New Holland Dragons Milk (Barleywine) Ertvelds Wit Petrus Belgian Ale Beerline Barleywine Sprecher IPA New Belgium Loft New Belgium Tripple New Belgium 1554 Boulevard Brewing Pale Ale Boulevard Brewing Dry Stout Sam Adams Double Bock Sam Adams Tripple Bock While I do not drink distilled spirits the good majority of these beers are in excess of 14% with one of them at 17.5% and another at 21%. They are nice big beers that go great as an after dinner wind down or while reading a good book. I do have some "session" beers in there that are your normal run of the mill 4-5% beers for everyday and when I have others over who may not be into what I like. I also have some vintages that have never been released from several breweries. They were done as test batches while they were formulating a new recipe and I have been able to finagle a few here and there from them. We also drink wine on occassion and we have several local wineries that I like but most notable would be Hollyfield Winery in Basehor Kansas. They have an excellent Port that they make and I usually keep several bottle of that around in the late fall and winter as well as some of their late picking or special picking varities like a Riesling, Spatlese or Auslese. Their everyday Chardonay is nice but a little much on the butter side for me. In brewing butter notes come from Diacetyl and is not a desired trait in a good variety of the beers. I have been unable to bring myself to see it as an acceptable quality in any beverage because of that (I know, I should get over it). __________________ An Army of sheep led by a lion can easily defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
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