2009 Anchor Old Foghorn, too old?

I opened an 08 Bigfoot a few weeks ago and it was perfect. Enjoy.

 

I would say that “is it good” is completely subjective- I’m a fan of sweeter and maltier barleywines. “Dried out” RIS and bwines is a bad thing in my book, I want something decadent and rich, heavy and sweet. If a beer can hold those qualities over the years, then it is a good beer. If it starts out sweet and finishes dry, that is a deminished return in my book.

Some people like how Bigfoot dries/thins out after a bunch of years; some people like what I see as a “thinner” profile of Old Foghorn.

Myself liking barleywines and RIS more substantial in sweetness and body, would say that Old Foghorn at 10 years is like a paper air freshener at 10 years- if you really try, you can almost remember what it originally smelled like 10 years earlier.

So it depends on what you think of dry imperials and Old Foghorn to begin with. I find OF to be an “okay” beer, aging it to me sounds like something fun to do for the heck of it and science, but I havent be investing in OF for cellaring for a reason.

TL/DR: maybe, drink them and let us know!

 

I hope, I have an 06 and another that I'm not sure of the age but around there.

 

I wish I could get Old Foghorn...nobody in NJ seems to carry it.
Last time I had it, it was on draft, more than 12 years ago, at The OldBay restaurant (now closed) in New Brunswick (needless to say, it was incredibly delicious).

 

Sorry to hear that, Anchor is one of those breweries that gets lumped into the “too big to be tasty” camp in these parts, given the embarrassment of riches.

 

Been 3 years for me.

 

Always available in/around Atlanta. I've had a 9yr old Old Foghorn and enjoyed it, though it was pretty oxidized.

The Bigfoot will be straight cardboard, guaranteed.