Double Bastard

i have done the oak aged. I dont recommend it. I enjoy that one much more fresh

Honestly in my cellaring experience (10+ years), and I have tried to cellar everything.. LOL.. even the ones that say not to cellar.. There is two types of beer that cellar really well..

American Strong Ales (Double Bastard)
and Imperial Stouts

the other one outlyer from this thinking is any of the Dog Fish head BIG beers (anything 10% and over has cellared well)



I think I have just as much fun collecting, cellaring, and tasting old beers as I do drinking fresh HOPPY BAD BOYS..

 

Jumping on the bandwagon great beer either fresh or aged, agree with drinking one since you said you have never had one. Then buy a few more to drink as they age. I had an eight year old bottle and it was fantastic.
Cheers

 

It does well both ways; fresh and aged. I've currently got bottles from 2011 to present and feel that the 5 year mark is the longest they should go as I just had my last 2010 and it was on the downward spiral. I also had 2008 and 2010 on tap recently and felt that they both were similarly going downhill on flavor.

 

I have one of these I bought a couple months ago. If I drink it around Christmas 2015, how much would the hoppiness have faded? I tend to favor hoppy beers.