The Brew Basement

Hello!
Just a quick follow-up on my recent post on commercial sources for vintage beer. Aaron, in the comments of that article, mentioned finding several aged brews in State Line Liquors in Elkton, Md including a 2000 JW Lees Harvest Ale and a 1989(!) Thomas Hardy’s. Also, not to bring them up yet AGAIN, but keep [...]

Name: Vintage Ale
Brewer: Fuller’s
Style: Old Ale
Vintage: 2007
Cellared On: September 1st, 2008
Original Tasting: October 10th, 2008
Wow, it’s a beer in that comes in a cool red box! Caaatchy. I remember my first thought after seeing this was that you better be making a pretty damn good brew if you’re packaging the thing like that.
Fortunately for Fuller’s, [...]

Hello everyone. I’m hoping to get one of these tasting updates banged out each week until I finally get current. It’s going to be a long haul, but I’ll get there.
In the meantime, I want to make sure everyone knows just how well the Le Merle from North Coast brewing has been doing - it’s [...]

Name: Black
Brewer: Allagash
Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: August 31st, 2008
Original Tasting: September 15th, 2008
So many beer styles, so little time. Even so, it’s a bit amazing that I’ve never managed to get around to trying a dark Belgian brew before now. I guess I should be saying Belgian styled brew because Allagash brewery [...]

Hello all! I noticed a couple of the online beer merchants have some aged brews in stock right now. Since questions asking about where you can purchase aged beers are among the most common inquiries I get, I thought I’d take a moment and point them out to you.
First off, check out the Vintage/Rare section [...]

Name: Double Dead Guy
Brewer: Rogue
Style: Strong Ale
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: October 6th, 2008
Original Tasting: October 13th, 2008
It was awhile since I’ve had a new brew from Rogue Ales on here. I swear I stare at them every time I walk into one of my local beverage centers, but I’ve just been walking by them lately. I [...]

Name: Adam
Brewer: Hair of the Dog
Style: Old Ale
Vintage: 2008

Cellared On: November 23rd, 2008
Original Tasting: November 24th, 2008
I’ve been waiting to get some Hair of the Dog brew in my cellar for some time now. You just know that it’s going to get my attention for sure when a brewer makes a point of saying [...]

…. well maybe not vacation exactly. Call it a little break, a little time off to focus on some personal things and recharge the ol’ posting batteries at the same time. Thanks to all of you who wrote to check up on me, I’ll be replying to your emails soon.
As you can imagine, I have [...]

Here’s the first half of September’s tastings (since you asked for them James!). Part 2 will be following up soon! As seemingly always, the results were a bit of a mixed bag….
Middle Ages Druid Fluid ‘07 (Six Months) - There’s no mistaking this for a Double IPA now! It’s transforming into a fantastically balanced barleywine.
Southern [...]

Name: Pumking
Brewer: Southern Tier Brewing
Style: Imperial Pumpkin Ale
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: September 25th. 2008
Original Tasting: October 1st, 2008
Hello everyone! Fall so far has been a busy time for me, but there’s no way I could let Halloween slip by without stashing another pumpkin brew down in the cellar. Last year it was Weyerbacher’s Imperial Pumpkin Ale [...]