2013 Stone Old Guardian with Floating Particles?

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by Kenny212, Aug 29, 2014.

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  1. Kenny212

    Kenny212 Initiate (0) Jun 17, 2014 California

    Hi guys, I'm fairly new to the craft beer scene and don't know a whole lot about cellaring. I went to a local liquor store today and saw that they had a few bottles of Stone Old Guardian (2013 release) in the fridge. I thought about buying it and trying to cellar it. However, when I looked at it, I noticed a bunch of small flakes/particles floating around in the bottle. Are small flakes common when cellaring American barleywines?

    Thank you and cheers!
     
    #1 Kenny212, Aug 29, 2014
  2. Kenny212

    Kenny212 Initiate (0) Jun 17, 2014 California

    I'm sorry for the confusion... this was a 2014 release, not 2013.

    Cheers.
     
    #2 Kenny212, Aug 29, 2014
  3. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    It's not uncommon for beer in general.
     
    #3 UCLABrewN84, Aug 29, 2014
  4. AndrewK

    AndrewK Savant (1,123) Oct 20, 2006 California

    If a brewery is not sufficiently removing proteins from their beer before bottling (by cooling the beer down so that the proteins clump together and filtering them out), they can eventually clump together into "floaties." This is more likely if the beer saw multiple temperature changes, especially significant ones.
     
    #4 AndrewK, Aug 29, 2014
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