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Today I’d like to give special thanks to Brew Basement reader Clint who has generously allowed me to share his fantastic Beer Cellaring Spreadsheet with you all. I’m in the process of putting my collection over onto this sheet’s format, and I recommend it highly for keeping track of your beer collection.
I’d also like to […]

Hello everyone! I just thought I’d share a few recent cellaring links I’ve come across! Enjoy!
For those of you looking a way to organize your cellared brews, here’s a great spreadsheet for beer cellaring put together by RunAwayJim.Org. I also have another one in a slightly different format that a reader recently shared with me, […]

Hello everyone! I am VERY excited tonight - tomorrow is my absolute favorite beer drinking day of the year. Yes, it’s the first day of the NCAA college basketball tournament here in America (Go Siena!). Sports just doesn’t get better then this as far as I’m concerned.
I was going to write out a somewhat large […]

Happy Valentines day! Here’s some recent cellaring links from around the web.
It’s another mention of beer cellaring in a major publication! This time it was the Washington Post with an article called Brews That Stand The Test of Time by Greg Kitsock. Good stuff!
Great brewers get to have all the fun. In this case the […]

Happy Friday Everyone! I’ve come across some recent cellaring stuff on the web, and I just felt the need to share. Enjoy!
On the most recent of their always entertaining and informative podcasts, the Speaking of Beer guys have also included a “beer geek moment” dedicated to cellaring beer. Be sure to check them out if […]

Hello everyone! I’ve been coming across a few more links mentioning beer aging and cellaring lately, I thought it would be good time to share them.
Slow Beer is the blog presence for an Australian online beer merchant. They’re also big into cellaring beers, and post the results of their tastings all the time. A nice resource […]

I’m trying to do a bit of catch-up here today. After posting my comparison of a cellared vintage Celebration Ale with a fresh one on Friday, I’m spending the morning writing up the formal tasting notes for both beers in my normal review format. I’m also in the middle of my research on a new series about […]

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my fellow Americans out there! I’m in charge of cooking up a few side dishes today for our Thanksgiving at our friends house, so I’m just putting up this quick little post today.
I’ve been following a few discussions on some of the beer sites recently that I’d thought I’d share. […]

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 […]

I came across a great article the other day on RateBeer.com that I just had to share with you all. It’s by a fellow named Joris P Pattyn and titled So You’ve Got a Cellar…Now What? - A Tutorial On The Aging of Beer. It is, without a doubt, the most detailed (and well written) […]