Aging beer in the ground

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by jimboothdesigns, Oct 21, 2016.

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  1. jimboothdesigns

    jimboothdesigns Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Was wondering if there are any BAers out there that have buried their beer for aging? Any issues? Success story? I decided to bury a bunch of beer in the ground this Halloween in the middle of my hop yard and make a party out of it. So far have a nice group coming. Check out my pics and note that I am burying the coffin below the frost line. Coffin can hold up to 18-750 ml bottles

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    #1 jimboothdesigns, Oct 21, 2016
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    jimboothdesigns Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2014 Pennsylvania

    I should add that we are going to dig it up next Halloween but before we bury the beer we will do tasting notes and compare them when we open the beer next year.
     
    #2 jimboothdesigns, Oct 21, 2016
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  3. ericwo

    ericwo Zealot (624) Aug 21, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Make sure you include a DFH Olde School BW in the coffin, since it specifically says on the bottle to go into the woods and bury it. Sounds like a fun time, and very cool coffin.
     
    #3 ericwo, Oct 21, 2016
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    jimboothdesigns Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Thanks! Been looking for Olde School here in Central PA without any luck.
     
    #4 jimboothdesigns, Oct 21, 2016
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    jrnyc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,012) Mar 21, 2010 New York
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    There was a thread about this a couple of years ago, poster met with some derision, said eff off and disappeared into a hole :slight_smile:! Good luck.
     
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    ericwo Zealot (624) Aug 21, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    I guess it's not out yet this year, and tough to find bottles from last year. I have some older vintages, with 2013 being the most recent. It's already aged at this point, but if you can't find anything newer let me know.
     
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    jrnyc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,012) Mar 21, 2010 New York
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    I think my wife would love for me to take all my beers out of fridge and bury them forever!
     
    #7 jrnyc, Oct 21, 2016
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    vette-ss Zealot (737) Nov 5, 2014 Michigan
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    A MI brewery (Saugatuck I think) is serving a beer right now at the fall beer festival that spent some of the year at the bottom of a lake.
     
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    needs_more_dog Initiate (0) Sep 13, 2016 Arizona

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    this is the coolest thing I have ever seen
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    Rizalini Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2011 Nevada

    I thought they stopped making Olde School
     
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    jimboothdesigns Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2014 Pennsylvania

    We had an absolute blast on Sunday night! About 15 people showed up to bury about 24-30 bottles of beer. Pictures don't do it justice. Going to have to build a bigger coffin for next year and then we will have the added bonus of drinking the beer we buried and burying more. Everyone took turns throwing some dirt into the grave. Now a group of us are thinking about a special home-brew to bury next time and perhaps growing some of the ingredients on top of the grave this coming spring/summer.

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    #11 jimboothdesigns, Nov 1, 2016
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  12. corkncage

    corkncage Initiate (0) Mar 12, 2013 Virginia

    It's now been close to 15 years since our first BEERDIG .It has grown from 10-12 bottles to 25-40 to 8 five gallon buckets of wax sealed beers totaling 75+ beers of all differant sizes.And yes it all started with DFH Barleywine.https://www.facebook.com/beerdig/photos?ref=bookmarks Keep on diggn"
     
    #12 corkncage, Nov 14, 2016
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    jimboothdesigns Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2014 Pennsylvania

    That is awesome!
     
    #13 jimboothdesigns, Nov 15, 2016
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