Bombers in heat?

He said 'bombers in heat"
Have them things spayed!

 

I've only tasted skunkiness in Lagers mainly in corona. The only good beer that I think might be affected by a short period of harsh heat would be II IPA's.

 

I don't think an afternoon in the car is going to cause too much trouble. Gather round, children, it's story time:

Once upon a different life, I lived in Texas. It gets very hot in Texas. In order to build a future for myself, I left Texas. I was not able to pack all of my things into my two checked bags, so I put together a box of items that I would ship to my new abode. My roommate at the time insisted that we needn't take care of it before I left, that she would ship it for me later that week. As the move was already stressful I was greatful to have that off my shoulders.
She never shipped the box. It sat in the outdoor storage room of our Austin apartment from last November until this August (when I was driving through town and was able to pick it up in person). It gets very hot in Austin. Triple digits, even. This storage room was VERY hot when I opened it up. Included in my box were several bottles I was planning on cellaring. There was a Storm King, an 18th Anniversary Wood Aged IIPA from Great Divide, a Sisyphus and a Black Butte XXIV.
Needless to say, my heart sank when I realized what had become of these beautiful brews. Ever dutiful to the forward progress of science, I brought them home with me, never imagining I could nurse them back to health. I figured I would take a taste, documenting the flavours extreme heat exposure would evoke before inevitably pouring them unceremoniously down the drain, as clearly they would be undrinkable.

Well, a funny thing happened on the way to the sink. First I cracked the 18th Anniversary. It tasted... pretty darn good. Not only did I detect no notable off flavours, I rather enjoyed it!! It tasted essentially like a well brewed aging-intended IIPA. My heart jumped!
Several days passed. I debated with myself the veracity of this finding. It's not true science: there is no control, I've never had that particular brew before! Maybe it was the perfect coincidence of the off flavours blending just right with this specific brew! The three remaining survivors sat before me, each wrapped in intrigue.
Today I could take the suspense no longer. Prompted by this very posting, I opted to open the Storm King. My reasoning being: it's the only one I've ever had before. These obiquitous 'off flavours' should be readily apparent in such a vaunted and familiar setting. Granted I'd never had Storm King aged three years before this, but dammit, if there's something wrong with this beer, I can't find it.

Obviously I'm not advocating the abuse of your liquid enlightenment, far from it. And heat may well still have negative effects on beer. Heck, we keep it in the fridge/in a cool cellar for a reason. All I'm trying to say is to keep up hope! I had a lucky experience with beer and extreme temperatures, so don't fret your pretty little head to hard about it. Beer is fairly resilient. Don't go leaving it sitting in the back yard all summer, but if it gets caught in a hot car for a time, IT'S GOING TO BE OK!
This is really not even about the OPs query anymore (obviously: those beers are [hopefully] long quaffed: the OP was over a year ago), but more just sharing my experience with the nethers and hoping to add to the collective understanding and knowledgebase.

Cheers!

 

I learned the hard way years back. I bought a bomber or two and stuck it in the back of the van during a warm afternoon. Came back three hours later, put them in the fridge. Finally opened after a few days in the fridge, and I had a flat bottle.

I would recommend sticking bottles in the trunk (a fully enclosed trunk that's somewhat resistant to heat) or in a cooler if you must leave them in a car for an extended time.

 

What if this whole "brewing" thing was just a ruse? Beer breeding is the way to go. I imagine even a bastard child of PtE and HT would be well-received here.

Per the OP; I've had numerous beers left out in 90+ degree heat for hours and they've been totally fine. Once they make it home I refrigerate and nurture them properly...and they forget their brutal past.

 

Yeah, that's happened to stuff that was left at our place. Usually just lasts 6 months or so until some visitor drinks them, there's some Miller Lite aging for 2 months at the moment, actually.

 

Forget it! He's having kittens...