The Brew Basement

Name: Duvel Belgian Pale Ale
Brewer: Duvel
Style: Belgian Pale Ale (Duh!)
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: April 25th, 2008
Original Tasting: June 15th, 2008
Many of us beer geeks consider Duvel to be a world-class beverage fresh, and rumor is that it ages pretty well, too. Simply put, Duvel’s Pale Ale is one of those brews that every serious cellaring [...]

Name: Druid Fluid
Brewer: Middle Ages Brewing Company
Style: Barleywine
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: March 1st, 2008
Original Tasting: March 21st, 2008 (or June 11th, take your pick)
Sometime back in March I started my first review notebook. If you looked at it now here in June, it’s page after page of beer tasting, all very neatly organized. Of course, I [...]

Name: Palo Santo Marron
Brewer: Dogfish Head
Style: Strong Brown Ale
Vintage: 2008
Bottled On: April 16th, 2008
Cellared On: June 6th, 2008
Original Tasting: June 9th, 2008
I was VERY excited to find this brew in my local beverage store - I was beginning to think I wouldn’t see it all here in the Albany NY area. For those of you [...]

Hi everyone. For my latest round of updates I have six beers cellaring well, and only a single one going downhill. I had fun with these tastings, as you can imagine!
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde - Reduced carbonation is really allowing the fruit flavors and sugar-cookie like sweetness to come through.
Stone Double Bastard Ale - [...]

Name: La Merle
Brewer: North Coast Brewing
Style: Saison
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: April 11th, 2008
Original Tasting: May 19th, 2008
It was a gorgeous spring day. It wasn’t too hot, it wasn’t too cold, and the sky was bright and flawless. It was the kind of day that could only get better with a beer in my hand. But what [...]

Name: The Abyss
Brewer: Deschutes
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Vintage: 2007
Bottled On: December 2007
Cellared On: January 23rd, 2008
Original Tasting: May 8th, 2008
OK, so I admit that this wasn’t the original tasting for this brew. The first tasting I did was actually back in January when I first received my case. I was so looking forward to trying [...]

Name: Barleywine (No fancy names here!)
Brewer: Green Flash
Style: Barleywine (Bet you couldn’t figure that one out!)
Vintage: 2007
Cellared On: April 9th, 2008
Original Tasting: April 21st, 2008
Green Flash’s barleywine poured a clear dark amber with a very light brown head. There were some sweet caramel and toffee malt notes in the smell, but they were totally [...]

Name: Old Stock Ale
Brewer: North Coast Brewery
Style: Old Ale
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: March 30th, 2008
Original Tasting: May 2nd, 2008
Much like the 2007 version - okay, more like exactly like the 2007 vintage; North Coast’s Old Stock Ale pours a dark mahogany brown with streaks of red shooting through the beer. It was very cool looking.
Extremely [...]

Name: Insanity
Brewer: Weyerbacher
Style: Barleywine
Vintage: 2007
Bottled On: December 8th, 2007 (Date printed on case)
Cellared On: March 21st, 2008
Original Tasting: April 26th, 2008
Every year, Weyerbacher takes a portion of their Blithering Idiot Barleywine and age it oak bourbon barrels before bottling. And since I’ve enjoyed aging Weyerbacher’s Blithering Idiot Barelywine it was only natural that I’d [...]

Name: Trippel
Brewer: Green Flash
Style: Tripel
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: April 9th, 2008
Original Tasting: April 20th, 2008
Brews from Green Flash Brewing in San Diego are a brand new addition to the beer scene here in Upstate NY this spring. The guys over at Oliver’s Beverage tell me they’re all selling like crazy, and I can believe it. [...]