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 [...]

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 [...]

Cellar enthusiasts around the world rejoice!
Why? The lastest release in Stone’s Vertical Epic series is being released this week, that’s why!
In fact, you might be able to find it on the shelves of your local beer store right now. There aren’t many brews out there that are specifically crafted with cellaring in mind, so be [...]

In quite an unusual move for me, I found myself hopping out of bed fairly early last Saturday morning. I took a quick shower, and then gently shook my wife awake.
She did some grumbling, but eventually she managed to claw her way out of bed. As she slid past me she made the observation about [...]

Thanks to Beernews.org for the heads-up on this.
If you’re anywhere near San Diego, be sure to take your June 13th Friday morning off and head of to Alesmith Brewing company. There they’ll be releasing two aged versions of their acclaimed Speedway Stout - one from 2006, and the other from 2003.
This beer is one [...]

If there was any doubt about it before, there certainly isn’t now. Beer enthusiasts are a generous lot.
Of course, it always helps to have the right motivation. In this case, some absolutely tremendous rare and aged brews proved to be the correct motivating factor. Check out the dollar amounts raised by Liquid Solutions through their [...]

Feel like getting your hands on some rare and vintage brews?
Feel like supporting a good cause?
Liquids Solutions (my favorite online beverage retailer) is giving you a chance to do both by hosting a vintage beer auction starting this Friday, May 9th and ending on Sunday the 11th. All proceeds will be going to a Parkinson’s [...]

That sure didn’t take long.
It was just this fall that archaeologists told us about their discovery of an ancient alcoholic chocolate drink that was brewed thousands of years ago in Central America (Be sure to check out Zythophile’s take on the story). Wasting no time at all - they must have started planning as soon [...]

If you’re not willing to pay $1005 for six beers, how about $127.50 (or more) for a single one?
Thats the current going price on an Ebay auction for a 2004 Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout by Three Floyds Brewery. It may go for a much higher price before it’s done. It’s a very rare and [...]

Somebody would. And did.
On a recently concluded auction over at Ebay, some beer maniac with way too much disposable income paid $1005 for a lousy six bottles of beer. Six bottles! The winner couldn’t even actually wait for the auction to be over, and just used Ebay’s “buy it now option” to scoop the six-pack up.
Of course the [...]