Exquisite Beer Tasting

Steve & I have been talking about doing a beer tasting for a while.  He and Inky are good at cellaring their beers and letting them age until they are at their prime.  On the other hand, I have no patience for such things and usually consume my beer shortly after obtaining it.  So, the plan was to let Steve know when I found something unique to contribute to the tasting.  As soon as I had a Jeroboam of the 2011 Double Bastard in my possession, I let Steve know that I had something worthy of bringing to a tasting.  It turned out that he was planning on setting up the tasting the following week.  Steve arranged to have Russ, the owner of Choice City Butcher and Deli, host the event.  We had 14 attendees & 25 beers with an average ABV of 12.5%.  It was an amazing lineup; some of my personal highlights were the 1995 Triple Bock, Sink the Bismarck! & the 2008 Mephistopheles' Stout.