Is anyone aging Samuel Adams Griffins Bow?

I tried it and really didn't care for it, I would say just get a bottle and age it to see if it may get better.

 

I am. Thought it was hot fresh (overall: average) and didn't plan on picking another up. Ended up getting another for a present so I'm just going to forget about it for a couple years.

 

My local shop seems to be floor aging a few cases.

 

Same here. My local bottle shop has 4 boxes of this stuff and it's not moving at all

 

I tried a bottle and it smelled and tasted like a trash can containing rotting vegetables. Anyone else have this experience?

 

Seem to recall plenty of plastic, acetone and sugar. No veggies, but I can't remember what the symphony of trash can and rotting veggies it like, so...probably.

EDIT: to the OP, I did not find this beer enjoyable, so I did not buy more than one. My opinion is do not buy or age this. Maybe a year from now, when it's in the discount cart for $1.99, try it.

 

HOLY CRAP what is wrong with you people?! Seriously? This was one of the greatest barley wines I have tasted in ages! I kept bugging my distributor for a case and we finally got one, it was awesome! In an effort to move this item that has no official place on the shelf, I recommended it to a few of my favorite customers and they had nothing but rave reviews! Some of them even insisted on buying another bottle for themselves or a friend, despite my halfhearted insistence that these are MINE. So suffice it to say, I was only able to score 1 case, and I could not keep it on the shelf(actually backroom shelf)! If I could buy another five cases I would keep them for myself! I came here for info about cellaring, and I think I found my answer, enjoy it now, while I can, here sits the last bottle... I will save it for the most special occasion that arises within the next 7 days!!

 

I've been curious to try it, but I just haven't had much faith in Sam Adams stuff. I know their base line has nothing to do with the quality of their unique stuff but it still sits in the back of my head "It's Sam Adams" every time I see a bottle. Maybe when the prices fall I'll grab a couple. Here in Atlanta it's pretty easy to find.

 

I read that whole thing as if you were yelling lol.

 

Just goes to show...to each their own.

 

I totally was yelling, and I found my special occasion, I ran out of vodka last night... I wish I had a more special occasion than that... maybe I can snag my co-workers bottle he hasn't drank yet, I would be doing him a service by not letting him taste it, because we cant get anymore

 

This is perhaps the most boring 11.5% beer I've ever come across. It'd be a fairly affordable cellar experiment, though.

 

I am one of the seemingly few who enjoyed this beer. It was a bit odd for a barleywine, but still pretty tasty in its own right. I thought the Nelson sauvin hops were super juicy pineapple and mango. I have no idea where people are getting this garbage taste from. I did find it to be pretty sweet though. I am not sure how aging this beer would benefit it in any way. I don't remember the malts being particularly interesting. I think the hops fading over time will leave a pretty bland beer. But as others have pointed out, it would be pretty cheap to try it out.

 

Wanna trade? It's still sitting on shelves here.

 

Have 2, Time will tell. Open to trade, didn't think the fresh was that great.