The Brew Basement

It sounds incredible, but that’s what entrepreneur and inventor Casey Jones claims to be able to do! His device, the “Ultrasonic Wine Ager” claims to be able to take any alcohol that tastes better aged and give it a vintage-like taste in under an hour.
After just a half hour or so, a seven dollar bottle [...]

Hi everyone. I hope you all had a great weekend.
It was labor day weekend for those in the US, which meant Lisa and I didn’t have to go into work on Monday. The day off came at a perfect time for my wife and I as August has been a bit of a tough month [...]

This past weekend my wife and I hopped in the car with a couple of friends and took a drive out to the Finger Lakes area of Western NY, otherwise known as NY Wine Country. Our specific destination was Watkins Glen, where the Finger Lakes Wine Festival was being held this weekend.
This was truely a [...]

Hello fellow beer geeks! After digging through my Google Analytic stats for the year, I thought it would be interesting to share with everyone what the Brew Basement’s most popular pages were. I ranked the pages according to the unique number of page views that each one received. I thought the results were rather interesting!
1. 15 Strong Ales [...]

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 [...]

Even before they were featured on a NY Times blog article about pairing vintage beers with food, the Gramercy Tavern in New York City was known for their fantastic selection of aged brews and ciders (never mind the awesome food). If you check out the their list of cellared beers, you’ll see some very interesting [...]

August is winding down and summer is almost over. And I only got to go skinny dipping ONCE this year. Where did the time go?
With summer ending, the time for summer ales and heffe-weizens are almost done. Fall’s the time for stronger brews, beers that can take some chills off your bones (at least here [...]

1. You should not try to cellar most of the beer out there - Most of the beer you purchase will just deteriorate with age. Learn to spot the signs of a promising cellar dweller.
2. Don’t be afraid of the dark - Light is one of the big enemies of beer, and sunlight can permanently [...]