22 replies to this topic

[CarlosM]

and want to drink it when youre friends come over and they want some too.It kinda aggravates me, I paid 15 bucks for this brew DFH Theobroma and I dont want to share it to be honest. But then I come off as a douche beer snob. Ill give a sample maybe a few oz, but I really dont wanna split it. These are good friends too, GOD DAMN YOU DILEMMAS!

[ncbeerbrewer]

I completely understand your feelings and I know the way that I am that I would feel the same way if I were in your shoes but I know its not like that here either. I am sure I would be hesitant to wanna share unless I knew I was ready and it was all good. My only idea or thought would be to tell your friends that you just bought the bottle and wanna age it a bit and say you will call them when you are ready perhaps too. Hopefully you enjoyed the portion you drank, never had that one here myself. Cheers.

[DaBearSox]

Yea...I had a 4pk of Skullsplitter last weekend that cost me 10.99..someone asked me for one and i squeezed out a sighish "fine"

[HVB]

I was just given a 2003 Westvleteren 12 .. you can bet your ass that I will not be sharing that with just anyone!

[Fatman]

Share the Theobroma. It's not really that good.

[Sidney Porter]

I assume your friends are willing to share what ever they have? Personally if it is something that I want to drink myself I am not going to have it out when they are there, if I have it out I would offer them some. I feel sharing is part of the enjoyment.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

and want to drink it when youre friends come over and they want some too.It kinda aggravates me, I paid 15 bucks for this brew DFH Theobroma and I dont want to share it to be honest. But then I come off as a douche beer snob. Ill give a sample maybe a few oz, but I really dont wanna split it. These are good friends too, GOD DAMN YOU DILEMMAS!

I save expensive beers for very small crowds (sometimes just myself). Most people can't appreciate a beer that expensive and I'm too cheap to waste it.

[Thirsty]

Share the Theobroma. It's not really that good.

I would agree to that, somewhat disappointing.We are having a DFH dinner wed night, and it says on the site that Sam is busting out some vintage stuff- I am psyched!!My circle of friends is pretty good, because although I am always buying good beers, I am buying them to share. Usually a get together will have them buying a bottle or 2 as well. And all 3 of our houses have either HB on tap flowing or a commercial sanke of SN or something equal. In my eyes it all balances out. It is kind of an unwritten rule that the owner of the bottle gets the most generous pour in a snifter. FWIW my budies and I split a rare 6 pack off of ebay last year (actually got a bonus- 7 for the price of 6) and we got some Pannepot, Fat Albert, Oerbier, Stille Nacht, tsjeesus xmas, a Westy 12, and a Westy 8. You can bet your ass it was hard for all of us to share that Westy 12.

[realbeerguy]

I would agree to that, somewhat disappointing.We are having a DFH dinner wed night, and it says on the site that Sam is busting out some vintage stuff- I am psyched!!My circle of friends is pretty good, because although I am always buying good beers, I am buying them to share. Usually a get together will have them buying a bottle or 2 as well. And all 3 of our houses have either HB on tap flowing or a commercial sanke of SN or something equal. In my eyes it all balances out. It is kind of an unwritten rule that the owner of the bottle gets the most generous pour in a snifter. FWIW my budies and I split a rare 6 pack off of ebay last year (actually got a bonus- 7 for the price of 6) and we got some Pannepot, Fat Albert, Oerbier, Stille Nacht, tsjeesus xmas, a Westy 12, and a Westy 8. You can bet your ass it was hard for all of us to share that Westy 12.

ThisIt all balances out. When traveling, a lot of times I 'm looking for some unusual or hard to get beers. Our small circle of friends do the same, so we all get to try different things. One went to Belgium, and brought back an array of hard to finds. That was one hellova tasting party!

[Slainte]

I love sharing my rare/expensive beer and scotch, but only with people I know will appreciate it. If I don't want to share with the company I have over, I just don't bring out the bottle...simple.

Share the Theobroma. It's not really that good.

Yep, it was offensive. I couldn't give enough of it away to my friends when I opened the bottle. Still ended up pouring out over half of it.

[Given2fly]

I'm all about sharing beers, because I'm not one to drink an entire 22 ounce or 750ml and not want to talk about and break the beer down. And I second the DFH Theombroma, an OK beer but not one that I would consider hoarding because you can find it quite easily again if you enjoy it! With that said, when I get a rare/harder to find beer, I generally get two, one to share and one to age.

[Mashman]

Some of the rarest beers I have had were when friends shared with me. I'm am more then happy and actually prefer to share my rare finds with friends.Mashman

[drewseslu]

Some of the rarest beers I have had were when friends shared with me. I'm am more then happy and actually prefer to share my rare finds with friends.Mashman

Yea! Gimme some more Dissident!

[Salsgebom]

Some of the rarest beers I have had were when friends shared with me. I'm am more then happy and actually prefer to share my rare finds with friends.Mashman

Same here. When I'm going to hang out with beer nerds, I make a point to check out the bottle shop and drop $50 on a seemingly small amount of beer. I like to talk about the rare beers while I'm drinking them and ratebeer.com doesn't cut it for me, I prefer friends.Although, my dad gets fussy if I pour a nice beer for myself and dont share- but he never likes it! He usually says something bad about it and then leaves it somewhere. So I understand the feeling of not wanting to share sometimes.

[CarlosM]

So the Theobroma is drank. To me it was good, its obviously not a beer "beer". For one it has no hops and its what to me it was sorely lacking. But the half bottle I did have did get me good and sauced for the night. After that we went on a beer run and got some steam beer and ed. fitzgerald porter.I liked Theobroma.

[CarlosM]

I usually don't share beers if I don't want to. I will either hide them in the back or just not talk about it. My friends respect that. On the other hand, I will share rare beers with certain friends. It would depend on how much I have on hand and if that person really would appreciate the style. I certainly wont pour for someone that either just wants beer to get drunk or does not appreciate the style. Also, these people are good friends too, and not just your typical drinking buddy.

yea it ended up just being me and my friend, so i decided to share.

[Kremer]

I hide the good bottles in a special place in the beer fridge, you have to be worthy before I allow you to see that section.

[Thirsty]

I hide the good bottles in a special place in the beer fridge

Is it right behind the Sunny D?

[stellarbrew]

I would share the attitude most have expressed here - that it's fun to share a special beer with special friends who will appreciate the beer, and would take their turn in sharing a special beer with you. But if it's your Budweiser-drinking friends who want to sample some of your good beer because they are nosey mooches, and they don't want to miss out on something expensive....well, then I would say, "don't cast pearls before swine".