Curious what the general consensus is about an aged IPA. I know that fresh IPAs are best consumed fresh. I found some Cigar City Oak Aged Jai Alai cans that I had forgotten in the back of the refrigerator. Since the beer is an aged IPA what are peoples thoughts about it. I know the obvious answer is open one and drink it but what if I through one in as an extra in a trade. Would that be OK or should I just drink them myself?
I’ve never experienced an aged aged ipa. Maybe reach out to your trading partner and see if they’d be interested in that beer as an extra. It never hurts to ask.
I'm going to go with @FFFjunkie on this one, if you want to trade it away as a freebie that's fine but ask first - if I got one in trade I wouldn't be upset at all but I'd have to ask what the hell is wrong with this guy? Ahh, I also just noticed that you're from Florida... put that together with shipping out old beer and I'd say this guy is just unloading old beer on me.
I agree 100%. I wouldn’t mind receiving it because I’ve never had it before but I certainly don’t speak for everyone. Plus the last thing you’d want is hurt feelings over a nice deed taken the wrong way.
Is that the white oak jai alai? If so, it’s not really an aged beer. It is meant to consume fresh. It’s just regular jai alai with white oak spirals rested on it. It tends to sweeten and get very malty. It’s really not too pleasant.
I would ask if they want it before sending it, even as an extra. Otherwise it's going to seem like you're just unloading junk on them even if your intentions were good. I don't think there's a market for old IPAs. I would just drink it though if I were you.
Old/stale/aged IPAs vary in flavor development, but generally it will lose all fruity hop character and go more toward a bitter Amber or ESB-type flavor profile. Only you will know if it is any good, so nut up buttercup and drink it!
Because they don't. A well made American barleywine is a fine beer, an old ipa is merely cardboard and grapefruit pith. The two are not equal.
But sometimes DIPAs’ hops fade and its understandable that their uninformed take (probably due to a different, slightly darker malt bill) is that it be like that sometimes?
Does a Black DIPA become a stout? I understand the rhetoric, but disagree with it. One man's opinion though.
None of it works for me lol, but I can see where the uninformed may think these statements are somewhere near the truth
