Belated Barleywine Meeting Postmortem

We had a great time at the barleywine meeting last Sunday, and sampled a lot of great beers. We had freakish weather for January, with sunshine and a high of nearly 60°F, so most of the meeting was held outdoors. Alan shucked a million oysters and Vic made delicious oyster po'boys (and equally delicious shrimp po'boys, too). There was a lot of other food there as well, all of which was excellent.

Here's the list of beers that were sampled throughout the day (not necessarily in order):

1. Maritime Pacific Yo Ho Ho (yr?)
2. '98 Rogue Old Crustacean
3. '00 Anchor Our Special Ale
4. 8-10 yr. old Rochefort 10
5. '07 Mad River John Barleycorn
6. '07 Butte Creek Train Wreck BW
7. LaChouffe (yr?)
8. '97 Apis Póltorak Jadwiga
9. '08 Midnight Sun Arctic Devil
10. '06 Big Balls Billy (John Altman's homebrewed Belgiany barley wine)
11. '06 Port Townsend BW
12. '00 Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus
13. '97 Samuel Adams Triple Bock
14. Chimay Bleu (yr?)
15. '08 Baron Seven Schwabians Eisbock
16. '08 Anchor Old Foghorn
17. '06 Old Man BW (John Altman's homebrewed BW)
18. '07 Brad's I.H.A.D. BW (brewed on MLK Day, 2007)
19. '03 Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
20. '00 J.W. Lees Harvest Ale (from top shelf, non-refrigerated, lots of UV)
21. '00 J.W. Lees Harvest Ale (from case bought in 2000)
22. '08 Avery Jubilation
23. '08 Alaskan Brewing Barley Wine
24. '05 Hood Canal Breidablik BW
25. 7-8 yr. old Green King Olde Suffolk
26. '07 Roots Organic Epic Ale
27. '04 AleSmith Old Numbskull
28. 6-7 yr. old Anchor Old Foghorn
29. '08 Beer Valley BW
30. '05 Michelob Celebrate
31. '04 Scuttlebutt Old No. 1
32. '08 Big Time Old Sol Wheatwine
33. '07 Big Time Old Sol Wheatwine
34. '06 Big Time Old Sol Wheatwine
35. '05 Big Time Old Sol Wheatwine
36. '00 Gouden Carolus Grand Cru of the Emperor
37. '04 Gouden Carolus Grand Cru of the Emperor
38. Vic Sickler's Blackberry cordial
39. Vic Sickler's Pear cordial (with elderflower)
40. Vic Sickler's Raspberry cordial
41. Hair of the Dog Adam #20
42. '00-'01 Hair of the Dog Fred From the Wood
43. '07 WSB Collaborative Bourbon Barrel BW straight
44. '07 WSB Collaborative Bourbon Barrel BW dry hopped
45. '06 Full Sail Old Boardhead
46. '07 Full Sail Old Boardhead
47. '08 Pike Entire Imperial Stout
48. '96 Hurlimann's Samichlaus
49. '03 Boundary Bay Old Bounder
50. Steve Shaw's #54 -bottle 1 ('95?)
51. Steve Shaw's #54 -bottle 2 ('95?)
52. Hair of the Dog Fred #27
53. '98 Bob Rau's BW from 5/98
54. '01 Fish Tale Leviathan
55. '08 Green Flash BW