best relatively inexpensive beer to cellar

I think its pretty difficult to find a good cellarable beer that comes in a 6-pk for around $10.

Generally the cheapest 4-pks you can get for around $10, and 6-pks around $15.

Ones that jump to mind....

Sierra Nevada 4-pks @ $10 - (Narwhal, Bigfoot)
Founders 4-pks @ $12- (Founders IS, Curmudgeon, etc)
Bell's 6-pks @ $15- (Expedition, Third Coast)

I started from scratch like you about 2 years ago....looking at my cellar now, most of the stuff is in bombers, or 750-ml's, or are really expensive 4-pks. Unfortunetly most of the cellarable stuff that breweries release come in that format or are just priced real high.

 

North coast old Rasputin
Ommegang three philosophers
Victory storm king

 

Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout is great with about a year on it.

Storm King is a Russian Imperial Stout and is pretty good with age, I want to say the oldest bottle I had of it was two years old, maybe three, and it was drink well.

 

North Coast Old Stock.

 

Stone imperial Russian stout

 

This. It is relatively inexpensive and tastes phenomenal with a few years on it. I have a vertical going back to 2006-if only I could find enough people to open it with I would be a happy man.

 

Hanssens Geueze (10 years)
J.W. Lees Harvest Ale (12-13 years)
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot (5 years)
Old Rasputin Imperial Stout (6 months-1year)
Orval (1-3 years)
Rochefort 10 (5 years)

these are said to be the most readily available beers for each style that ages best. In brackets are the peak ages.

Also try:

Saison Dupont (1 year)
Aecht Schlenkerla Marzen (4-6 months)
Rodenbach Vintage (1 year after bottling which is 3 years after vintage date)

 

I'm in. And just happen to be in your area

 

I think we are close, just need a few more people to take down ten bombers

 

The Dupont is not necessarily better after a year, just different. I would buy a fresh case and drink it over a year.

 

I bought a case of Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout for $40ish bucks 1.5 years ago. I drank 1/2 of that case this past winter (that beer benefits from 1 year of aging) and I will drink the remaining 1/2 case over this winter and the next winter.

Cheers!

 

Gouden Carolus Blau ages very well. I've had one with 4 years and it was sublime. Chummy Blue is also supposed to age well; however, I haven't experienced and aged bottle.

 

I would include Founders Breakfast Stout in here as well. And maybe buy a bottle or two of Devil Dancer for shits and giggles. I wouldn't touch those for at least a year though. I hate Devil Dancer fresh.

I had a five year old Bell's Cherry Stout a few months ago that I thought was pretty damn good. Enough so that I purchased another six pack of it for the sole purpose of aging.

One more worth getting is New Holland Dragon's Milk.

 

Sorry Chimay Blue; not sure where that came from.