Help with age on some beers

As people have always said, you should drink it ASAP if you've never had it before. With that said, your list looks fine for aging. Shouldnt run into any issues that I can see over that timeframe.

 

^totally agree

keep in mind that cellaring may improve your beer. some beers do wonderfully with age, most don't. my feeling is that its a fun experience to see the change over time but don't do it because you have expectations that your beer will be better.

 

Don't expect them to be "improve," though of course that's a subjective word. I like BA stuff with a year on it, but that's through trial and error. That being said, keep them in your basement, but don't give them a timetable. Give them an occasion ("I will have Clara on the first day of the Wolverines football season," "I will open the Supplication at Thanksgiving"). Only way to do it, in my opinion. Exactly the reason I cellar.

 

Just had some BB IBB at a bottle share the other day. My friend said he'd been sitting on it for over a year but it still had tons of barrel character to it. If you like an intense amount of barrel/bourbon flavor, drink it now, but I personally would let it go for another 6 months to a year.

At the same bottle share, had some Grey Monday. It was fantastic but just a bit too hot on the back end for me to consider it perfect. Don't know what vintage the bottle was so I guess I'm not much help on that one.

 

Drink those with coffee first as that's one of the flavors that (typically) falls off faster. So Speedway, Mocha Wednesday i'd drink first.

Supplication - I've had it both fresh and with a year or two (can't remember) on it and don't remember vast differences although admittedly, I didn't have them side by side.

 

Night Shift Mystery Weisse- I wouldn't sit on that for more than a year. Berliners are pretty delicate beers if not stored/handled just right.

 

I have noticed that with supplication the main difference in the first couple of years is that the cherry starts to take a back seat, and the acidity becomes a bit more apparent. After that oxidative notes of almond and nutmeg start to come out (one ~4 year old bottle I had once almost tasted like christmas spice, but a five year old bottle I had resently was much more restrained in this aspect, so it might have been cellaring/batch variation) and the sourness mellows considerably. I have batches 3 and 4 (08 and 09 respectively) that I have been considering opening soon, I will definitely let everyone know how they turn out.

 

Drink the Mocha Wednesday first.

 

If you just want to have them to drink over a period of time, then I would store them cold. I have a "cellar" which is just a regular fridge and mini fridge and I keep everything cold. I've pulled out 2 yr old berliner style beers that held up great.

 

I had a handful of bottles of Clara from a few years back and they just kept getting more complex and funky with each passing month so definitely no rush there, IMO.