A few random cellaring questions

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by bubseymour, May 26, 2014.

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  1. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    Many times I have a beer cellaring, then pull it out and put in fridge for guests, only then not to drink it and end up putting back into the cellar (next day) for a few more months. Did that mess up the cellaring aging process? Talking about a Lips of Faith Wild Ale here (8%).

    Question 2. Does it mess up the process of the aging if you cellar a beer vertical then have it on horizontal for a while then go back to vertical again? I had some storage issues and had some bottles go through this.
     
    #1 bubseymour, May 26, 2014
  2. Dupage25

    Dupage25 Savant (1,044) Jul 4, 2013 Antarctica

    The answer to 1 is definitely no and the answer to 2 is probably no too.
     
    #2 Dupage25, May 27, 2014
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  3. HighWine

    HighWine Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2010 Illinois

    Answer to both is no. That said, I try not to leave bottles I intend to age in their side for very long, if at all. There's been a lot written about how this is harmless but I still prefer to have the beer in contact only with the inert glass and the minimal amount of oxygen in the headspace vs. lying down.
     
    #3 HighWine, May 28, 2014
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  4. elektrikjester

    elektrikjester Initiate (0) Nov 15, 2008 Georgia

    What @Dupage25 and @HighWine said. Most cellarable beer is not that delicate. And in general, moving a beer from cellar or even room temperatures to fridge temps is not going to "damage" the beer. Of course, limit this sort of activity as much as you can. It's only when you push beer well above room temperatures and back down again that you may encounter some problems.

    I don't store beers horizontally, but I really don't see the harm in it either. However, if you have yeast in the bottle, I'd recommend up to 48 hours at vertical to let the yeast settle before opening the beer for consumption. Assuming, of course, that you mean to leave the yeast in the bottle, which I typically do.
     
    #4 elektrikjester, May 28, 2014
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