Going from fridge to cellar?

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by TravisMason, Jan 5, 2016.

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  1. TravisMason

    TravisMason Initiate (0) Jun 12, 2014 Indiana

    Was curious to see if it was harmful to move beers from my glass door merchandiser (48 degrees) to my new cellar (55/65ish). Keep getting IPAs and never have a chance to get into the 30/40 stouts, BW, sours, and quads. Thoughts
     
    #1 TravisMason, Jan 5, 2016
  2. srgehl

    srgehl Crusader (437) Oct 22, 2014 New Jersey

    IMO I have never seen or tasted any problem when taking stouts and BW from the fridge to the cellar. Beer goes through so many temp changes from the Brewer to the shelf anyway. Light to me is the big killer of beer. I will say I use to keep all my beer including my IPAs in my cellar. Then I went back to keeping my IPAs in the fridge only because I felt they were fading in taste faster in my cellar than the regular fridge.
     
    #2 srgehl, Jan 6, 2016
  3. TravisMason

    TravisMason Initiate (0) Jun 12, 2014 Indiana

    Good to know never thought about light so I should keep my halogen light off in the fridge?
     
    #3 TravisMason, Jan 7, 2016
  4. RDMII

    RDMII Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2010 Georgia

    Light kills faster than heat, unless it's scorching hot. Mild temp fluctuations are fine though. Plenty of info on this topic already.
     
    #4 RDMII, Jan 7, 2016
  5. boilermakerbrew

    boilermakerbrew Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2010 Indiana

    You should be fine switching them. That isn't much of a temperature change anyway.

    And I would remove the light unless you are attempting to display the bottles. Not worth the risk of light-striking the beer and will probably save you in electric a tiny amount.
     
    #5 boilermakerbrew, Jan 7, 2016
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