Founders KBS advice....

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by mmikey8, Nov 28, 2012.

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  1. mmikey8

    mmikey8 Initiate (0) Aug 2, 2012 California

    So I have an 07 - 11 KBS collection (1 bottle each, no luck yet getting a 12' :slight_frown: ). I'll be sharing with my brother and a friend to try for the very first time for all of us. What makes more sense; drinking from 11' to 07', or vice versa? This is my first time doing this, so any advice from you experts will be surely appreciated as I'll be doing the same with an Abyss' collection. Cheers!
     
    #1 mmikey8, Nov 28, 2012
  2. match1112

    match1112 Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2011 Illinois

    I would start with the freshest working to the oldest. That way you can see how flavors fall off and hopefully learn not to waste good beer like this again. To me, KBS fresh is a great beer and with anything more than a year on it just falls from grace. Good luck and I hope you guys have fun.
     
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  3. Bluecane

    Bluecane Initiate (0) Dec 30, 2011 New York

    You've never had any KBS at all but you have a 5 year vertical? And you have a 5 year vertical but can't get the newest vintage? Pretty funny. I'm sure you could trade for a 2012 without much difficulty.
     
    #3 Bluecane, Nov 28, 2012
  4. mmikey8

    mmikey8 Initiate (0) Aug 2, 2012 California

    I actually traded for the 7, 8 and 9 last year, and just recently received 10 and 11. Been trying for the 12, but no luck in the trade department.
    I'd be very disappointed if the 7, 8 and 9 taste crappy. Now I'm debating if I should just keep them for collection purposes.
     
    #4 mmikey8, Nov 28, 2012
  5. ehammond1

    ehammond1 Initiate (0) Jul 4, 2008

    Just did a '10, '11, '12 side-by-side with some regular tasting friends. The general consensus was '11>'10>'12.

    Tasting notes:
    '10: Mellowed. Integrated. Very chocolate forward. Least amount of bourbon.
    '11: Nice balance between the strengths of '10 and '12. Chocolate with present bourbon.
    '12. Bourbon forward along with some dark fruits. Less chocolate character than the earlier vintages.
     
    #5 ehammond1, Nov 28, 2012
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  6. starrdogg

    starrdogg Initiate (0) Jun 21, 2010 District of Columbia

    Heh, I also did this recently, but my order would've been '12>'11>'10. I thought the '10 was the least interesting of the three, there was hardly any bourbon or coffee flavor at all, mainly just oak and chocolate remaining. I personally loved the bourbon-forwardness of the '12, and I think it's my favorite vintage of KBS I've had, though admittedly I've only had the '11 and the '12 fresh. All that said, fresh KBS is the way to go in my opinion. This is not a beer to age.
     
    #6 starrdogg, Nov 28, 2012
  7. surlytheduff

    surlytheduff Initiate (0) Jul 22, 2010 Tajikistan

    Drink older to newer. Myself and a group of other BAs did a full 06-12 tasting last month, and everyone agreed the older vintages had fallen way off.

    Don't keep them for collection purposes though - drink them, for science.
     
    #7 surlytheduff, Nov 28, 2012
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