2009 Mirror Mirror

I've had very good luck with the case that I had cellared. No signs of infection and so far the six or seven I have opened or shared have all been excellent or well received from trading partners I have shipped bottles to.

I would also agree that the beer is tasting fantastic as of this moment.

Cheers

 

The bottles I've opened haven't been infected in the slightest and I'm hoping it's the same for the rest of the bottles I have. I was thinking of opening one soon so this is good news as I think it's a great beer. Glad to hear it's aging well.

 

i wish i hadn't opened the bottle i traded for so quickly (i traded for it like a week before the infection talk started coming out in full).

i was kind of disappointed with the beer, because i didn't like how the citrusy hops blended with everything else (everything else was absolutely delicious). i bet if i'd rolled the dice on the infection and just waited until around now to open it, i'd have had the same glorious experience as you. [edit: i'm 99% sure my bottle wasn't infected to begin with.]

p.s. this seems absurd, because cascade hops work in barleywines all the time... but somehow it just clashed for me. meh.

 

The hops have faded way to the background and the overall barrel characteristics have become much more integrated. I opened one when it first came out and thought it was a giant boozy mess but have been real happy with the results a couple of years down the road.

 

We had one as part of a blind BW tasting and it was super infected. That being said, the bottle I opened in the past by myself was delicious. However, there are infected bottles floating around.

 

Gf and I had one about 6 months ago and it was incredible. However, it was mostly refrigerated at my dad's house

 

Might have to crack one open to see how it is doing. Haven't ever come across an infected one, but I am curious about the lifespan on this.

 

Drank a shit load of this last month while it was on tap at a local place. Loved it. Going to buy a ton of it when it comes out again.

 

especially now that they flash pasteurize or whatever, so infection probability is pretty much 0%. once it comes out again, i'm fairly sure i'll take a short break from my "trade hiatus." i was disappointed in it the one time i had it, but i've always sort of not believed that that happened... i still don't fully believe it; i think something must have been off with my palate the day i drank my bottle. it just doesn't make any sense that mirror mirror could be bad.

 

This happens more often than people realize.

 

I've had it several times and it has been great every single time. It continues to improve with time.

 

Thanks for the post. I also felt it was just a decent mess shortly after its release, but still have a bottle hoping it would improve. Those hopes are usually futile, glad to see it might pay off in this case.

 

I have only once vomited from taking a single swig of beer sober: 2009 Mirror Mirror. Made the mistake of taking a big gulp without smelling first.

 

The infection rate is very prominent. You're lucky to get an uninfected bottle, and im jealous! I had an uninfected 2009 Abyss at DLD. It was a delicious lotto ticket.

 

I've had 3 in the past week and about 15 this year so far and none have been infected...knock on wood...

Cheers!

 

I opened my last 3 bottles back to back and all 3 were infected. This was in March.