"Built to Last" IPAs

Abrasive is one of the best examples to your question others that hold up well IMO
2Hearted
Odell's IPA

 

Heady Topper from what I've heard (never tried it aged)
Hop Nosh
Bell's Two Hearted Ale
Modus Hoperandi
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
New Belgium Rampant

Not sure if you're a fan of hoppy reds, but I will happily drink them for a few months after bottling. I miss the aromatic dry hop, but I still really enjoy the rich caramel malts with a lot of bitterness (alpha acids/bitterness lasts much longer than beta acids/aroma)

Anything stored in a home fridge or walk-in cooler will hold up much better than an open-front or even one with a swing/slide door, and much better than warm of course. Here's a recent write-up where many tasters could not tell a 1mo. warm Union Jack apart from a 4mo. cold.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/06/beer-is-the-new-milk-drink-it-fast.html

 

I've noticed that Victory IPAs tend to hold up well. Hop Wallop was still really damn good after about 6 months. Also I remember a bottle of Moylan's Hopsickle that didn't seem very fresh (at all), but still kicked me around in a great way.

Other than that, most old IPAs suck, period.

 

2 bros hop centric and dark horse double crooked tree

 

Abrasive is one, if not my favorite double ipa, or even beer i have ever had. when it is fresh it is an experience. i can get it regularly when it comes out. the last one i had was a four pack i picked up about a month ago, so it was a few months past its prime, but it was still solid. it was better than a lot of other "pop-up" breweries doubles trying to make a quick entrance into the brewing game without quality on all fronts. i would say that more of the maltier beers would probably hold up better like dog fish head 90 minute, which has a really sweet finish, or some of the earlier classics like mahraja. then again, maybe they would turn into a malt bomb, which is no good, unless you wanted to be put to sleep.

 

Victory is also one of the larger craft breweries that can afford to invest in the best bottling equipment (very expensive) and very rigorous QA/QC. These things have a huge influence on how well your beer holds up in storage. To get the best equipment you have to be a fairly large (i.e. profitable) brewery. Not that other brewers don't try to have the best product possible, but not every bottle or can is created equally.

 

90 minute does hold up quite well. I had sculpin that was 5 months old and it wasn't terrible.

 

I notice that Dogfishhead 120 says "Ages Well" on the bottle. Wonder if that is true. Anyone have any experience with old 120?

 

I would venture to guess that the American IPAs or DIPAs that hold up the best are mostly going to be at microbreweries and regional breweries that have invested in a good lab. Shelf life for packaged beers is dependent on several factors from the ingredients, to DO (dissolved oxygen), and then of course how well the beers are treated as they make their way to you (cold, warm, etc) (and kegs too, but this thread seems more about bottles & cans).

I have had great luck with Union Jack, 2Hearted, Stone, Odell, Avery and many others. On the smaller scale it's just going to depend a lot on where the brewery is in their maturation.

 

Summit Saga holds up very well, both bottles and cans.

 

Dogfish 90 minute, Avery Maharaja, Victory Hop Devil

 

Lol!!! Tradesd for that beer for 3 years now. Dates on the cans. IT DOES NOT HOLD UP ANY BETTER THAN ALL OTHER DIPAS.

OP - any DIPA after the one month Mark is not the same.. Can, bottle, what have u. The answer is SN beers. Torpedo & Celebration. And neither blow minds old or fresh, but they hold up well

 

Btw, Lagunitas usually has a bottling date on the neck. It can be tough see, but its there in Julian form.

 

120 ages well, depends on your taste preferences. It ends up tasting more like barelywine because of how the hops fade. Still, its much more enjoyable than any other IPA that I've had "aged"

 

I've had some old SN Torpedo. IMO it's one of the best at holding its hops.

 

Abrasive /thread

 

LOL you must have made a bad ^^^Tradesd 3 years ago IT IS THE BEST IMO

 

Resin. I won't drink most IPA after the two month mark, but Resin is still great at 4+.