My regular bar has issued me a challenge

[H.P. Loveshaft]

Here's the deal, one of the managers at my regular hang out issued me a challenge: drink one of everything on tap and one each of the high end bottled beers. Here's the skinny, they have 16 beers on tap, and the high end bottles consist of Chimay, Duvel, Saison DuPont, and Fin du Monde. I routinely put down about 7 of the taps and typically one of the bottles when I go there. I could probably do all the taps, the the Belgian barrage would probably be the end of me. Here's the stakes, if I "win" I get a 50% comp, if I "lose", I pay for what I drank, normal like. I say I win either way.

[Rooster]

Which Chimay is it, and are the Belgians and Fin du Monde in the 750mL bottles or the smaller ones?

Slugging through pints of draft shouldn't be too difficult, but the its going to be like the Ardennes Offensive when you try to tackle the big boys (since technically Fin du Monde is a Belgian-style ale from Quebec...). Even a few of the smaller bottles will put a man down faster than he expects.

My suggestion would be to negotiate it down to a full-comp for your tab if you drink them all and then plan a day of it with plenty of water and food to pace yourself. If you talk about it loudly enough, others will want to try, and for every guy that actually drinks through that amount, there will be 20 that can't. It's good business for the bar.

[H.P. Loveshaft]

The Chimay and the Duvel are both the big boys and the Chimay is the Blue Grand Reserve. The tap contenders are:

1)Bud Light
2)Bell's Amber
3)Bell's Two Hearted IPA
4)Bell's Oberon
5)Blue Moon
6)Fuller's ESB
7)Boddington
8)Guinness
9)Newcastle
10)Strongbow Cider
11)Framboise
12)Harp
13)Ohara's Irish Amber
14)Sam Adam's Summer Ale
15)Atwater Vanilla Java Porter
16)?

My strategy is go in after I eat a family size KFC taters and gravy, and take the Chimay blast right out of the gate and then switch to something I don't care for like the cider and then the Boddy, and then enjoy a few of my usuals. My ace in the hole will also be my two least favorites: the Bud Light and the Framboise(8 oz.) will let me catch my breath. The two Belgian juggernauts worry me, but i f I can put them down by the halfway mark, I should be OK.

Good point on the publicity stunt angle, hell, even if I talk em down to $20 and a fat tip that'd be groovy. As an FYI Rooster, I'm also part of the beer tower team record holders along with my bro, a bud of mine and the rest of the helo crew at this establishment.

[Rooster]

The Chimay and the Duvel are both the big boys and the Chimay is the Blue Grand Reserve. The tap contenders are:

1)Bud Light
2)Bell's Amber
3)Bell's Two Hearted IPA
4)Bell's Oberon
5)Blue Moon
6)Fuller's ESB
7)Boddington
8)Guinness
9)Newcastle
10)Strongbow Cider
11)Framboise
12)Harp
13)Ohara's Irish Amber
14)Sam Adam's Summer Ale
15)Atwater Vanilla Java Porter
16)?

My strategy is go in after I eat a family size KFC taters and gravy, and take the Chimay blast right out of the gate and then switch to something I don't care for like the cider and then the Boddy, and then enjoy a few of my usuals. My ace in the hole will also be my two least favorites: the Bud Light and the Framboise(8 oz.) will let me catch my breath. The two Belgian juggernauts worry me, but i f I can put them down by the halfway mark, I should be OK.

Good point on the publicity stunt angle, hell, even if I talk em down to $20 and a fat tip that'd be groovy. As an FYI Rooster, I'm also part of the beer tower team record holders along with my bro, a bud of mine and the rest of the helo crew at this establishment.

I've gone drinking with your brother away from work several times. He was a legend.

[H.P. Loveshaft]

Yeah, my bro is one of the only people I know personally who can keep up with me, only he's more likely to get wild. He showed me some pics from ya'lls Costa Rica adventure. Not surprising that most of them had beer. He also gave you high marks for Boozemanship and Gallantry in the face of undrunkenness.

[Grace O'Malley]

Vanilla Java Porter?

Report on that one, please.

[H.P. Loveshaft]

The vanilla java porter tain't my cup of tea, the vanilla flavor tastes "off" somehow, in an imitation kind of way. I dig a good porter, and this one is kind of middling, and it sits in your gut like lead.

[drunkpete77]

sounds about right.

[hoverdog]

Is there some time limit?

[ivan]

I think the key here- other than beers consumed- is in the sequence. I mean, you don't want Boddington's and Guinness back-to-back, it's too filling. Guinness and Harp, though, it's just 2 black and tans.

[H.P. Loveshaft]

Any time between open and close.

[Oggar]

What size taps 12? 16? 22? 32? the unlimited time should make it easy but I'd put the food somewhere mid to late in the session. If it can get "high stakes" tab-wise practice before hand. Make sure you can put away a case in four hours and then set to. Sometimes it all comes down to training.

[Badfellow]

My strategy is go in after I eat a family size KFC taters and gravy, .

The grease is a good idea, but not the starch (you're going to be drinking plenty of "starch" calories after the fact). Try a 6-8 oz. chunk of sirloin about an hour before hand. It'll help hold down the fort without being too filling.

Pace yourself. If you have from open to close, you shouldn't have any difficulty meeting the challenge.

[*****]

Recommend two 1/3lb burger patties cooked in red wine & butter, and a small salad with oil & vinegar to cleanse the pallet. Go for a big Belgian, a couple of lighter beers, something foamy like the Boddington's, then another big Belgian, etc. Finish with the light stuff 'cause it'll be just like water at that point.

[Dr. Dotto S. Blotto]

Any time between open and close.

Oh cripes! You're completely going to win this challenge! 12 beers in one day? Piece of cake!

I concur with Oggar, it does come down to training.

Take the day off and get there the minute it opens. Also, according to my Action Heroine's Handbook, try standing the majority of the time that you are drinking. Burns faster and you're less likely to get too hammered.