Does Parabola require aging?

"wasnt very good" tell your buddy to STFU. Parabola is always perfect, ALWAYS!!!

 

the only thing from paso robles that needs aging is the wine. drink your parabola and enjoy it already.

 

buy 2. drink one fresh. let the other age. it's the only way you'll know

 

Actually they gave away the secret - it's always good

 

I'm not going to tell anybody what their personal preference is, but I just opened one of my 2014 Parabolas last night and was just as blown away as when I had my first ever (a 2013) fresh last year. As a matter of fact I find it hard to believe they upped the ABV by 1% without it being noticeable, to my palate at least ..

 

One way to find out:
Buy two
Try one now
Try the other in a year
Case closed

 

2014 is drinking incredibly right now.

 

Fresh or aged- it doesn't matter- one of the BEST every year....

 

Exactly what I did. One's "going down" next week. The other is sentenced to the cellar for a year

 

A little OT, I thought a year old 2013 Sucaba was a little hot, but the 2014, fresh, was a lot better. Even with the higher ABV. Maybe that balances it better, not sure

 

I think it's better with a year of age in it.

 

Everyone is different. Enjoy it either way...it won't disappoint!

 

2013 Parabola - while good - was one of the harshest, hottest beers I've ever sampled. Aged a year, it smoothed out extremely nicely, but lost a little bit of complexity.

Your choice - it's more complex fresh, but less oppressively boozy with age.

 

Absolutely not.

 

You seriously don't need to age parabola. It's great out of the gate. Having a vertical and then some of it, I can say that it doesn't gain much of anything aged.

 

I can't think of another barrel aged stout that tastes better fresh. For my tastes. Thought 2013 was great fresh, 2014 is amazing right now!

 

Parabola only requires drinking!!!

I'm so excited for the 2014 vintage I don't think I'd be able to contain myself!

 

people always say stuff like this, but it never makes sense to me. how many beers are you going to drink between tonights Parabola and a Parabola you drink in 365 days? Hundreds? Over a thousand? And you think you're going to be able to accurately remember what the Parabola specifically tasted like last year to compare it to one you drink in a year? no way. a thousand different biases will come into play and your memory simply isn't that good.

even if you take notes, what you perceive 365 days ago is bound to be different from what you perceive today. your tastes change (perhaps without you knowing) so what you wrote last year may mean something different than if you wrote the same thing today.

I would say doing verticals is a much better way, but even then bottle variation and storage conditions come into play