One Man Exploring the World of Beer Cellaring and Aging
By jason on Feb 5, 2008 in Beer Tastings, Featured | 0 Comments
It was another mixed bag of results for my latest round of six-month tastings:
Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot - Six months have been incredible for this beer. The huge sweet flavor has calmed down and made this into a an extremely drinkable beer.
Schneider-Weisse Aventinius - Another brew that’s just too easy to drink. Still very flavorful and [...]
By jason on Jan 16, 2008 in Beer Tastings | 0 Comments
Hello everyone! I’ve posted six month tasting notes for a few beers I cellared back in July. The brews included in this update are Stoudt’s Fat Dog, Dogfish Head’s Aprihop, and Ommegang’s Abbey Ale.
The results were a mixed bag. The Ommegang and Fat Dog beers showed some interesting changes, while the Aprihop’s flavor deteriorated in [...]
By jason on Dec 27, 2007 in Beer Tastings, Featured, Porters and Stouts | 3 Comments
What a surprise I had waiting for me at a Christmas party last weekend!
The party in question was being thrown by a co-worker and friend of my wife’s. I was looking forward to going; I knew there would be a lot of fun people there. What I didn’t know was that one of those fun [...]
By jason on Dec 24, 2007 in Beer Tastings, Featured | 0 Comments
All month long ( and actually even longer then that) I’ve been waiting and waiting for this past weekend. I was finally able to take my first few beers out of the cellar for their six month tastings. It was a lot of fun, and I was definitely surprised by some of the results!
Please check [...]
By jason on Dec 7, 2007 in Beer Tastings, Bocks, IPA's, and More, Featured | 4 Comments
It’s the first Friday of the month! For all of us beer bloggers, that means it’s time for The Session - a day where the beer blogging community gathers together and writes around a common topic. This months Session, hosted by Barley Vine, is all about winter seasonal beers.
As some of you know, [...]
By jason on Sep 6, 2007 in Beer Tastings, Brewery Focus, Fun, Links | 0 Comments
I came across a pretty cool section of the Stone Brewery Website that’s all about cellaring beers. They age a number of their own beers, and then do tastings of them at six month intervals. It’s pretty interesting to read their commentary on how the various beers are changing over time.
But that’s not even the best thing about [...]
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