70 degrees and aging beer?

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by beernewb423, Jun 29, 2012.

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  1. beernewb423

    beernewb423 Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2012

    i am in need of some advice for aging beer. my house does not have a basement and i live in the south so my garage literally gets as hot as hell for half of the year, so i am storing my beers in boxes in a closet. the temperature where the beers are being stored is around 68 degrees on average year round, sometimes a couple of degrees higher, sometimes lower, but never more then a few degrees in either direction. the humidity stays around 45 percent.
    is it worth it to try and age these beers in these conditions? they stay completely dark in the boxes and with the closet door closed.
    they are also high abv (serpents stout, bigfoot, brooklyn black chocolate stout, world wide stout, etc)

    any advice would be appreciated
     
    #1 beernewb423, Jun 29, 2012
  2. dpjosuns

    dpjosuns Initiate (0) Dec 8, 2009 Illinois

    Oh sure, they'll be ok in there. But, a couple tips/pointers...

    A huge thing to be aware of is the fluctuation in temperature. As the temp changes, the bottles ever so slightly expand and contract, thus letting in more thru the caps O2 as the temp changes. So I would say it's more worrisome that the temp changes than the actual temp itself.

    Now, depending on how many bottles you have, I would put them in a box (either make one or find one or use a cooler) so they are insulated some more from the heat and so the temp will stabilize. I think that's a pretty easy/cheap solution to just make things even better.

    Others may disagree, but them's my 2cents.
     
    #2 dpjosuns, Jun 29, 2012
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