During the 1970's my company had a 4th of July party every year. One year the head of the Boston division brought a 35 pound lobster. It was over two feet long, they steamed it in beer in a big laundry tub. I was tough as wood and the laundry would have probably tasted better. I love steamed lobster but I never go higher than 2lbs for Atlantic or 4lbs for spiny lobsters. Steamed in 2" of beer for 12 minutes with a chopped up lemon. Boiling lobsters in a vat of water makes them rubbery. Pacific "slipper" lobsters have a soft meat that I find disagreeable.