Goose Island Night Stalker

I still have a 2010 and 2011 in the cellar , had a 2010 not that long ago and it's drinking great right now ..the new batch says 180 days the older ones say ages up to 5 years ..guess it's personal preference as when to consume.

 

I haven't had it fresh, but I did have a bottle of 2011 in the summer and it was really nice.

 

Check out the "Night Stalker Infected" thread...it has some good insight on this subject. Many different reasons could be true.

 

MO, new label is an AB-INBEV thing. Disregard, will be good for years to come.

 

It's a hopped stout. The drinking fresh is so you can taste the hops. I prefer night stalker aged. And as mentioned above check out the thread about night stalker infections.

 

I had an aged 2010 (consumed in 2012), and just a fresh 2012 bottle last week. Both times I found it to be an average, to sub-par Imperial Stout. But, that's just me.

 

I've had them at 1 and 2 years of age, to me it becomes molasses sugar syrup. Yet, I preferred that to the fresh version I just tried recently, so the judgment is up to you.

 

The hop in the finish dies out after a year or so. I thought its really nice even though I'm not a huge fan of hop in stouts, but its a nice surprise that makes it stand out a bit from your average 11$ bomber.

Without it, it becomes rather pedestrian.

Fresh for sure.

 

http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/how-long-to-let-gi-nightstalker-age.52413/