Cuvées - blending beers of different vintages?

I don't see how mixing two beers aged for a different amount of time would some how equal a beer aged in the middle of those times.

I would think it would be best to just drink them as is. No mixing. But i've never tried it.

 

Of course you can, that's how math works. (10+12)/2 = 11.

 

I understood what you meant. But aging beers acquire different tastes during different parts of aging(as we know). Like peaks and valleys.

So we have to assume a beer say aged for one year will taste different then one aged for 3. So the only way to get the taste of the beer aged for 2, would be to have that beer itself. Or you would be just mixing the flavors of a 1 year aged and 3 year aged beer. Not recreating a 2nd year aged.

Thats what I would think.

 

I did this blend myself recently. Using 2010 and 2012 BCBS. I called it Bourbon County Brand Geueze. Tasted like a 2011 BCBS

 

Certainly would be interesting to try if you had a 11 side by side with the mix.

 

God you're all idiots except maybe stupac

 

I'm definitely maybe not an idiot.

 

Adding different years while hoping that the mixture will equal a wholly separate year? Yea it doesn't work that way bud. That's like mixing orange juice and banana juice and hoping that will equal strawberry juice.

I have made an Abyss cuvée though, using 07-12 vintages. It was damn fine and tasty! I honestly don't know why deschutes doesn't offer this, aside from the whole storage and profit standpoint.

 

If I'm 30 and i slept with an 18-yr old - does that mean we'd create a 24-yr old? Please advise.

 

Cool will do. This weekend was kinda crazy so i'll report back in 9 months

 

Oh yes I see now, very astute. 09 Abyss is really good if you get a good infected bottle.

 

Of course not, that would be silly. I'm saying it would become Dark Lord.

 

Miller Chill and Fat tire 60/40 will give you any beer brewed in Arkansas. Also, La Folie and Hop Venom (Boneyard) tastes eerily similar to DDG.