Aged Founder's Rubaeus

"Aging" as in a few months or actually holding on to it for a couple years? Seems like a terrible idea with a 5.7% beer.

Furthermore, I would ask myself what is the goal I am trying to achieve in aging said beer.

 

I had several bottles of 2008 Rubaeus in late 2010 and 2011 and I thought it was still good, but definitely had less of a raspberry flavor than fresh, I don't think it would hurt to put a bottle or 2 away, but I would recommend drinking it and most other fruit beers fresh.

 

I just don't get this sentiment. It wouldn't hurt and yet it wasn't as good (you prefer it fresh)?

 

IDK about rubaeus, but I had a cerise that was a year old and it was aweful.

 

Well it was awful fresh and Rubaeus is marginally better if that.

 

Why? What do you hope to achieve?

Beers tend to lose the fruit character over the years. If you don't like the extreme fruitiness of Rubaeus, don't buy it.

Did you have two of the four pack and realize you hate the stuff? Give them away. If you hate it today, you won't like it in a few years.

It's 5.7% and it doesn't have any active yeast in it. It won't mature. It'll probably just flatten out its flavors and become oxidized.

Most beers don't get better with age. Different, yes. Better? No.

hey guize, i have a couple of nitro can guinessess that dont have the flavorz that i like. ne1 tried ageing them? i'm thinking about putting them in my cellar (usually btween 65-95 degrees, depending on season) for like 3-8 yrs? ne thoughts! thanks!

 

Why anyone would consider this is beyond me...the only luck would be bad..

 

Not to be rude (like some might say the conclusion to your post was), but why do you end what would have been a thoughtful post about cellaring beers with a non-humorous, stale lampoon of a legitimate question asked by OP (I mean, he's even an '13 joiner--be nice!)? It makes me want to disregard your post entirely because someone with such a childish post couldn't have made a valid point...right?

 

Of course I'm going to be helpful. I'm not trolling.

It seems like a couple of times a week, people ask some question about aging a beer that totally shouldn't be aged or they want to age it without any reason to. You haven't even tried w00t Stout and want to put it away? Why? People need to ask themselves that question. Why am I going to age this? Plus, too many people also seem to think, "Well, I didn't really like this beer today, I'll put it in my cellar for a few years," and think that will help. It won't. You still won't like it.

Plus, most people don't store their beer properly.