de Garde's

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by JFMBearcat, May 5, 2015.

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  1. JFMBearcat

    JFMBearcat Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2014 Ohio

    Morning all, I received a couple de Garde's in a trade. I have not had any of their beers before. One is 4.5% and the other is about 6.5. Should I be drinking these as soon as possible, or do they age well?

    Kiwi Bu
    &
    Desay Orange

    Thanks!
     
    #1 JFMBearcat, May 5, 2015
  2. andyctree

    andyctree Zealot (663) Apr 20, 2010 North Carolina

    Drink
     
    #2 andyctree, May 5, 2015
  3. JFMBearcat

    JFMBearcat Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2014 Ohio

    I assumed so at the ABV. Thanks!
     
    #3 JFMBearcat, May 5, 2015
  4. Adrena1ine

    Adrena1ine Zealot (748) Nov 22, 2014 Pennsylvania
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    Anything fruited you should be drinking within 6 months. Thats my rule at least.
     
    #4 Adrena1ine, May 6, 2015
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  5. dfroms

    dfroms Initiate (0) May 21, 2011 New York

    Especially since kiwi is quite a delicate fruit. By the way, cracked a Desay a l'Orange about a month ago (I believe there has been only one release, roughly a year ago), and it was drinking really well — tons of tropical fruit. Perfect summer quencher, worth cracking soon.
     
    #5 dfroms, May 6, 2015
  6. tommyguz

    tommyguz Pooh-Bah (2,534) May 14, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    If you never had it, drink it. Why age something you've never had, you have nothing to compare it to
     
    #6 tommyguz, May 7, 2015
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  7. JFMBearcat

    JFMBearcat Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2014 Ohio

    I wasn't asking because I necessarily wanted to age them, I just won't have an opportunity to share them with friends for about 3 weeks. If it was up to me they'd already be emptied by now. I should've been more clear in my OP.
     
    #7 JFMBearcat, May 7, 2015
  8. Heretic42

    Heretic42 Savant (1,118) Aug 31, 2011 Texas

    You'll be fine. I'd just keep them chilled in the fridge in the meantime.
     
    #8 Heretic42, May 7, 2015
  9. tommyguz

    tommyguz Pooh-Bah (2,534) May 14, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Yeah understandable, 3 weeks isn't really "aging" so you'll be fine regardless.
     
    #9 tommyguz, May 7, 2015
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  10. ShanePB

    ShanePB Initiate (0) Sep 6, 2010 Pennsylvania

    I have had low ABV De Garde bottles well over the 1 year mark and they were, in fact, more than fine. Don't worry.
     
    #10 ShanePB, May 12, 2015
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