I have about two cases of various vintages of Thomas Hardy's Ale, plus another two cases of various other "big beers" (JW Lees Harvest Vintage, Samichlaus, Dogfish Head World Wide Stout, SN Bigfoot, Dominion Millennium, etc.) and a case of a couple big homebrews of my own, mostly a 1997 black-cherry-and-lots-of-honey stout..........
Plus a couple special big Belgian bottles.
Only problem is, even when I have a special occasion to celebrate, like a friend's wedding, I bring a wide selection, and I'm lucky if I even make it to even one of those bottles (usually the "least special" one). Just never enough of a "critical mass" to bother opening a 1987 Liefmanns Goudenband or that 25-year-old bottle of mead or the like.
In reality, what I end up celebrating is my actual willingness to finally crack open the damned things. That's probably as "special" or rare as anything I ever encounter, to be honest. (^_^)