Anybody else not mind super old IPAs?

Overall, I'm in the fresh camp for IPAs. They are drinkable with age, but most of the floral, citrus even piney hop aromas and flavors definitely go very muted and have that "stale/bitter" transition after mulitple months of age on them. I can drink most of them with age, but just not my preference.

 

Is there any IPA out there where people claim "the sweet spot" of the beer is somewhere >3months of age? Just wondering, I haven't heard of any.

 

Just like 1819-1820 and 1919-1920!

In the US during the latter period, it wasn't just the India Pale Ale aging in the casks in the brewery cellars - even the bottled and kegged IPA's were old because the breweries had closed :

 

So if you had a choice between Founders Azacca canned mid 2018 or canned 3/15/2019, which do you choose?

Nothing wrong with drinking and enjoying an old IPA, I just wouldn't consider buying an old IPA when there is almost always a fresh option available as I find fresh IPAs to taste better.

 

6 weeks seems to be my sweet spot.

 

I don’t mind usually but I have had a few hot messes that were nearing a year old. Oddly enough I wouldn’t buy anything older than say, three months. I think that canning has done a lot to extend freshness, even if for only a month or two but cans in my opinion hold everything together after the initial dropoff.