Cellar Temperature

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by hopswap1, Dec 6, 2012.

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  1. hopswap1

    hopswap1 Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2012 Illinois

    I'm currently storing my beer in a basement closet that stays around 60-65 degrees year round. I'm not able to purchase a fridge or any sort of additional storage unit and that's the coldest the basement gets even in the winter. Most of the beers in there I will drink within a year or two and I'm not too worried about those. I am worried about some beers I've had for a while that I was hoping to sit on for a total of about 5 years. Will the high temperature affect them alot or will they be ok since it is a constant and dark environment?
     
    #1 hopswap1, Dec 6, 2012
  2. jtmartino

    jtmartino Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2010 California

    They should be fine, but they will definitely age faster than at 55F. Your 5 years at 65F may be closer to 8 years at 55F. I have absolutely no scientific basis to back up this comparison; it's simply anecdotal evidence. 1 year of hot storage for a beer tasted like 3 years in cellar temps.
     
    #2 jtmartino, Dec 7, 2012
  3. surlytheduff

    surlytheduff Initiate (0) Jul 22, 2010 Tajikistan

    The beers will be just fine. Don't buy into the climate-controlled cellar hype that seems to preoccupy some folks.

    Out of curiosity, what are the beers that you're holding out 5+ years for?
     
    #3 surlytheduff, Dec 7, 2012
  4. mhksuccess

    mhksuccess Pooh-Bah (1,586) Jul 7, 2012 California
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    I cellar most of my beers at 45 degrees although I have cellared some in my closet which is closer to 60-65 and find they are good after a year or so but as for lenghty cellaring if you are serious about it I would purchase a temperature controlled fridge as I found a good one on wayfair.com delivered to my door for $230 and have been using it for coming up on 2 years and it works great steady at 45-50 depending on where in the fridge and holds about 45 bombers and some small ones in the front lol
     
    #4 mhksuccess, Dec 7, 2012
  5. hopswap1

    hopswap1 Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2012 Illinois

    I'm holding on to last years and this years bcbs and kbs. I'm hoping to assemble a 5 year verticle to see how they change with age on them.
     
    #5 hopswap1, Dec 7, 2012
  6. hopswap1

    hopswap1 Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2012 Illinois

    I would love to do that but I'm staying with someone right now until I get my own place. I'd feel bad taking up a bunch of their room with a fridge!
     
    #6 hopswap1, Dec 7, 2012
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