A Few Cellaring Odds and Ends…
By jason on Mar 5, 2009 in Cellaring News and Events, Featured
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 checking out Liquid Solutions - right now they’re featuring a three year vertical of Stone Old Guardian Barleywine and 2006 Hair of The Dog Fred.
Also from recent comments, Ray from the Barley Blog posted his recent mini-vertical of Anchor Our Special Ales.
Be sure to check out an initial cellaring attempt over at Beer, Wine, and Whiskey. He especially liked the way Jolly Pumpkin’s Oro de Calabaza turned out. I couldn’t agree more!
Finally, although it doesn’t have much to do with cellaring, I couldn’t let a Beer Garden open up in my neighborhood without giving it a shout-out. If you’re ever in the Albany NY area, do yourself a favor and stop by Wolff’s Biergarten. It opens March 19th (just in time for the NCAA tourney) with a wide range of German and Belgian brews on hand. I’m sure you’re going to find me there quite a bit!
Jason
You know, you’ve inspired me to start a mini-cellar myself… I don’t have the space to really do it, but I’m trying. All I’ve got in there is two bottles of the 08.08.08 Stone Vertical Epic, an Arrogant Bastard Ale, a Troegs Troegenator doppelbock, a 2008 Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, the 2007 and 2000 JW Lees Harvest Ales, and three bottles of Victory Old Horizontal.
I wish I had more money so I could have more bottles of each to try them staggered over time, but it is what it is.
Aaron | Mar 5, 2009 | Reply
I am happy to report that State Line Liquors in Elkton, MD no longer has a 1989 Thomas Hardy’s Ale - because I purchased it tonight! I alos picked up some Brooklyn Monster and Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, to go along with Alagash Tripel that I had already bought. I look forward to checking back here often for great suggestions and tips about cellaring. Thanks, Jason!
Dan | Apr 20, 2009 | Reply
Is this site dead?
Peter Longfellow | Jun 16, 2009 | Reply
Yup, totally dead. Took it last month. Poor thing died of neglect. So sorry.
Death | Jul 17, 2009 | Reply
Hey Death, what did you do with all the beer?
Pierce Herburger | Aug 20, 2009 | Reply
I hope everything is ok…
Pity that this blog died, it was one of the more interesting beer blogs out there.
AjaxBleach | Oct 1, 2009 | Reply