Drink now or let it be?

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by JSaint, Dec 2, 2012.

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  1. JSaint

    JSaint Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2010 Wisconsin

    I have been cellaring for awhile. Actually since i started on this website awhile ago. I am just wondering if I should let these bottles keep aging or drink them. Here is the list!

    Founders Backwoods Bastard x4 bottled 9/23/11
    Founders Imp. Stout
    Founders KBS 2012
    North Coast Old Rasputin
    New Glarus Enigma 2012 x18
    Stone Smoked Porter with Chipotle Peppers
    Stone Smoked Porter with Vanilla Bean
    Bells Hell Hath No Fury 10/18/11
    Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
    Boulevard Dark Truth
    Goose Island BCS 2012
    Left Hand Pepper Porter
    Left Hand Rocky Mountain Black Ale
    Firestone Sucaba
    Goose Island Madame Rose
    Goose Island Juliet
    Goose Island King Henry
    Goose Island Bramble Rye
    Ommegang Three Philosophers '10, '11, '12
    Ommegang Art of Darkness
    Ommegang XV
    Founders Old Curmudgeons Better Half
    Founders Frangelic Brown
    Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic
    Cantillon Classic Gueuze
    Cantillon Lou Pepe Framboise 09
    New Glarus Serendipity x2
    North Coast Old Rasputin XIV
    Lindemans Cuvee Rene Oct. 2010
    Two Brothers/Urthel Moaten
    Sierra Nevada/Russian River Brux
    Southern Tier Pumking '11, '12
    Southern Tier Mokah 1yr age
    Avery Reverend 1yr
    Avery Salvation 1yr
    Laguinitas Gnarlywine '11
    Stone Imp Stout '12
    Stone Double Bastard '10, '11, '12
    Stone Epic 11/11/11
    Stone Old Guardian '10, '12
     
    #1 JSaint, Dec 2, 2012
  2. JSaint

    JSaint Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2010 Wisconsin

    Ah I left off:
    Boulevard Love Child #2
    Boulevard Saison-Brett
    Boulevard Sixth Glass
     
    #2 JSaint, Dec 2, 2012
  3. RDMII

    RDMII Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2010 Georgia

    Yes.
     
    #3 RDMII, Dec 2, 2012
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  4. lemongelo

    lemongelo Initiate (0) Jan 14, 2008 North Carolina

    KBS is best after about a year IMO. Drinks the Southern Tiers. Most things with espresso I wouldn't let go too long because the espresso flavors are going to fade. It may develop other characters though and can still be amazing down the road. Same with pumpkin beers...no sense in aging them because they lose the spice. Drink the Stone Porters and black ale.

    Things for long term aging:
    King Henry
    Old Rasputins
    The Cantillons I wouldn't open for a long time, 5+ years.
     
    #4 lemongelo, Dec 2, 2012
  5. ediaz

    ediaz Initiate (0) Nov 23, 2011 Florida

    I'd drink the stone porters, esp vanilla
     
    #5 ediaz, Dec 2, 2012
  6. peteinSD

    peteinSD Initiate (0) Apr 25, 2010 California

    had a bramble rye yesterday - amazing if you can appreciate a high ABV, jammy fruit forward rye whiskey aged imperial stout. that beer is good to go now.
     
    #6 peteinSD, Dec 2, 2012
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  7. jl28r1

    jl28r1 Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2011 Texas

    Drink damn it, drink!
     
    #7 jl28r1, Dec 2, 2012
  8. MADhombrewer

    MADhombrewer Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2008 Oregon

    If you have multiples of something you haven't had start with those, make notes and try the others at different intervals. It is fun to see how they change through the years.
    I don't cellar nearly as much any more only because I have come to like the "crispness" I find in fresh beers.
     
    #8 MADhombrewer, Dec 2, 2012
  9. nrs207

    nrs207 Initiate (0) Sep 8, 2011 Pennsylvania

    I had a 2012 KBS recently and didn't like it at all compared to 3/15 the day it got released. It was still great, but fresh it was mind-blowing.
     
    #9 nrs207, Dec 3, 2012
  10. JoeDurp

    JoeDurp Initiate (0) Nov 5, 2011 Texas

    Why would you cellar a black ale?
     
    #10 JoeDurp, Dec 3, 2012
  11. FUNKPhD

    FUNKPhD Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2010 Texas

    I sipped some KH at a tasting over the weekend, and was not impressed. Several beers out shined it, and if I had one, I would sip it now, or get rid of it, probably the latter.
     
    #11 FUNKPhD, Dec 3, 2012
  12. JSaint

    JSaint Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2010 Wisconsin

    I dont know but I have been enjoying some aged Dark Horse Black Ales. So I thought why not.
     
    #12 JSaint, Dec 3, 2012
  13. JSaint

    JSaint Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2010 Wisconsin

    What was wrong with it that you noticed? Its over a year old now atm.
     
    #13 JSaint, Dec 3, 2012
  14. FosterJM

    FosterJM Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2009 California

    Drink the Founders FMB.

    Cheers!
     
    #14 FosterJM, Dec 3, 2012
  15. FUNKPhD

    FUNKPhD Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2010 Texas

    There wasn't really anything wrong with it, it just didn't seem to hold up that well. It was part of a tasting involving several sours, so my palate might have been wrecked, but the complexity faded considerable. Just my two cents, though.

    Since it seems like a highly sought after beer, I would probably send it some where else rather than sit on it.
     
    #15 FUNKPhD, Dec 3, 2012
  16. nickapalooza86

    nickapalooza86 Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2010 Wisconsin

    As far as the NG Enigma goes I would not cellar that on purpose... I also have about a case but that is just so I have a supply untill Dan hopefully brews it again. Serendipity is year round and well I can not imagine it doing much. Old Rasputin also does not do anything imo.
     
    #16 nickapalooza86, Dec 4, 2012
  17. allouez86

    allouez86 Pundit (999) Jan 24, 2009 Wisconsin

    I don't think Serendipity will evolve into anything different than what it is now but I'd bet it'll hold up for a while as raspberry and Belgian red do the same. Also drink Pumpking. No experience there, just assuming it wouldn't be that great anymore. Could be wrong though. Wouldn't be the first time :wink:
     
    #17 allouez86, Dec 4, 2012
  18. PGHbeer77

    PGHbeer77 Initiate (0) Jan 16, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Humble brag.
     
    #18 PGHbeer77, Dec 4, 2012
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  19. JSaint

    JSaint Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2010 Wisconsin

    Its year round until Belgian comes back right? Anyways I will see how long the enigma lasts lol such a great beer.
     
    #19 JSaint, Dec 5, 2012
  20. JSaint

    JSaint Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2010 Wisconsin

    Put it in the fridge. Aging it a little bit would take out the sweetness of the hazelnut though wouldnt it?
     
    #20 JSaint, Dec 5, 2012
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