{"id":1814,"date":"2013-11-19T02:17:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T06:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2013-11-19T02:17:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T06:17:32","slug":"bcs-tasting-2014-palate-cleansers-breaks-to-consider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/11\/19\/bcs-tasting-2014-palate-cleansers-breaks-to-consider\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 BCS Tasting 2014 &#8211; Palate Cleansers \/ Breaks to Consider?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9337,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/10449568754&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20210610080524\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/10449568754\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-05 06:59:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-25 05:04:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-11 08:49:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-14 10:14:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-18 15:40:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-22 02:28:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-29 08:06:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 14:51:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-16 06:22:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-30 06:26:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-21 21:53:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-28 15:31:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 04:42:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-23 07:32:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 10:30:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 13:26:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 04:53:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 04:53:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Bourbon County Stout Tasting&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/10449568754\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  alt=\"Bourbon County Stout Tasting\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3734\/10449568754_da88072339_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never organized a big tasting before. I\u2019ve been to big bottle shares but as for doing a themed tasting, I\u2019m pretty new at this. Here\u2019s the lineup and details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12 People, 3 have had BCS before and the rest have not.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ll have snacks and BBQ or Pizzas to snack on to keep soaking up the alcohol and obviously, LOTS of water.<\/li>\n<li>Most people are bringing an air-mattress so I believe no one is going to drive home that night which is a good thing!<\/li>\n<li>Also, we have 2 girls and the rest are guys..not that it matters but just a fun fact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Bottle Lineup I put together:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bombers:\n<ul>\n<li>BCS Rare (2010)<\/li>\n<li>Vanilla (2010)<\/li>\n<li>Bramble (2011)<\/li>\n<li>Cherry Rye x2 (2012)<\/li>\n<li>Backyard Bramble (2013)<\/li>\n<li>Coconut (2013)<\/li>\n<li>BCS Regular (2009)<\/li>\n<li>Coffee 10<\/li>\n<li>Coffee 11 x3<\/li>\n<li>Coffee 12 (Bottle + 5.2 Gallon Keg)<\/li>\n<li>King Henry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>12oz Bottles\n<ul>\n<li>One each of BCS 05 &#8211; 08<\/li>\n<li>Two each of BCS 09, 10, 12<\/li>\n<li>Four 2011 and 2013<\/li>\n<li>Coffee 2013 x4<\/li>\n<li>Barleywine 2013 x4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Assuming we open only <strong>1 of every bottle and ignore bottles<\/strong> I have multiples of, the total ounces comes to 242 Ounces (Bombers) + 132 Ounces (12oz bottles) for a total of<strong> 374 ounces <\/strong>of 13-15% Bourbon Barrel Stouts. Divided 12 ways, that\u2019s<strong> 31.16 ounces per person<\/strong> or about 1.4 Bombers per person of beer.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone that\u2019s craving more BCS can opt to open another bottle of some of the variants or regular ones or I\u2019ll have 3 beers on tap, a 15% BCS Clone aged on Blanton\u2019s Oak with vanilla beans, a 13% Bourbon \/ Vanilla Barleywine and a 5.2 Gallon keg of Bourbon County Coffee and a 5.2 Gallon keg of Regular BCS 2012.<\/p>\n<p>==========<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>So the question I have here is on how to break things up. There are some insanely professional expert beer drinkers reading this blog. My thought was that I\u2019d have a mix of\u00a0Cantillon Grand Cru Bruocsella and Regular Gueuze from 3F, Cantillon and Tilquin available as palate cleansers. I\u2019d just keep a few 1-2 ounce samples poured at all times so people could use those to wipe the sticky booze from their palate as needed.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t want to serve snacks that mask the stouts taste either so what sort of snacks should I have? You\u2019d think after 2 years at this I\u2019d have more of an idea but this actually is my first hosted tasting. I have almost every style imaginable down in the cellar and just need guidance on what\u2019s an acceptable palate cleanser.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, how long should this tasting take? I thought 7PM &#8211; Midnight would be too long but with food and breaks, that sort of makes sense.<\/li>\n<li>Oh and serving! I want to make sure every serving is a clean surface, not reusing glasses and I want to control pours so people don\u2019t overdue their 1 \/ 2 ounce pours. Can I buy plastic 1-ounce servers online? Is that something that\u2019s common? How do you guys split a bomber 12 ways?<\/li>\n<li>OOOH and one more thing! Crap, I keep losing track of questions. How would you organize the order? Do we do it based on year so 2009 BCS gets paired with Rare + Vanilla? Or do we do all regular BCS in a row like a true vertical then start doing variants?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve never organized a big tasting before. 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