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- Rogue Old Crustacean Barleywine - Aging In My Cellar
Name: Old Crustacean Brewer: Rogue Style: Barleywine Vintage: 2006 Cellared On: September 21, 2007 Original Tasting: October 28, 2007 Trust me here - prepare yourself before you take your fist sip of this beer. Close your eyes, take a deep breath. Clear you mind, and try to be ready for the assault on your taste buds that Old Crustacean is about [...]
Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:39:28 +0000 - Compounds Produced With Ethanol - Why Strong Beers Age Well (Part 4)
Hello everyone! Today it’s time for the fourth part of my series examing why high alcohol beers age so well (Be sure to check out my previous posts on this subject: Part1 Part2 Part3). Today’s topic is: 4. Compounds Produced Along With Ethanol - Brewing methods that are used to create these high alcohol “big beers” also create other compounds [...]
Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:02:24 +0000 - 12 Award Winning American Beers For Your Cellar
Recently I’ve been digging through the list of winners from last month’s Great American Beer Festival in an effort to identify the beers that would age well. I wanted my list to focus on the beers that are at least somewhat attainable to us average folk. A lot of the winners seem to be special releases that aren’t [...]
Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:12:00 +0000 - A Banner Week for the ol’Beer Cellar
Good things always seem to come in bunches. Late last week I stumbled upon some vintage beers at my favorite beverage store, including two vintages of George Gale’s Prize Old Ale (1997 and 2001). I’ll be sampling those VERY soon. I also picked up a case of Brooklyn’s Black Chocolate Stout, which I just saw for the [...]
Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:20:31 +0000 - Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza - Aging In My Cellar
Name: Oro de Calabaza Brewer: Jolly Pumpkin Style: Biere de Garde Vintage: 2007 Cellared On: October 12th, 2007 Original Tasting: October 21st, 2007 To continue my pumpkin-based tastings this week (also check out my Weyebacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale first tasting) I have this fantastic brew from Jolly Pumpkin Brewery. I was overjoyed to see this beer in my local shop (Oliver’s Beverage [...]
Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:29:31 +0000 - Reactions Involving Ethanol and the Masking Effect (Part 3 of a Series) - Beer Cellar Science
If you haven’t already, please feel free to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this series before reading on. I’ll be covering two of the possible reasons (listed in Part 1 of the series) that beers high in ethanol content tend to age well. Let’s start with the more in-depth topic first: 3. Reactions Involving Ethanol [...]
Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:28:55 +0000 - Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale (2007)- Aging In My Cellar
Name: Imperial Pumpkin Ale Brewer: Weyerbacher Style: Pumpkin Ale Vintage: 2007 Cellared On: 9/29/07 Original Tasting: 10/19/07 I have to admit I haven’t much cared for any of the pumpkin beers I’ve tried in the past. They all have came off tasting like one of those nasty flavored malt beverages instead of an actual brew. But hey, Weyerbacher has an Imperial pumpkin beer here [...]
Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:05:16 +0000 - Beer Cellar Experiment Update and Announcement
28 bottles of Ommegang’s Three Philosophers, just waiting to be drank by yours truly As you can see by the picture above, my first cellaring experiment is well under way. For those of you who are new here, I’m trying to shed some light on the highly debated issue of whether you should store your beer on it’s [...]
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:21:50 +0000 - Some Beer Cellaring Links For a Lazy Saturady…
Hello everyone. I thought I’d share a few links of interest to beer cellarers (is that a word?) that I’ve come across lately. Perfect reading for a lazy Saturday, especially if you stayed out a bit too late last night like I did. The great Beer Hunter himself, Michael Jackson, chimed in with his thoughts and [...]
Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:31:18 +0000 - Stoudts Triple - Aging In My Cellar
Name: Triple Brewer: Stoudts Style: Belgian Triple Cellared On: October 12th, 2007 Original Tasting: October 24th, 2007 As I popped the cap of this beer, I was absolutely not prepared for the fantastic array of smells that burst forth from the bottle. Belgian yeast dominated the odors, taking with it hints of spices and fruity esters. This has to be the [...]
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