"Keep Cold"

JackHorzempa · Apr 13, 2015

Roguer said: ↑

I couldn't find the article, but Firestone Walker does a fairly well-publicized experiment with Union Jack. If I recall correctly, they give you four bottles to try: two fresh and two aged. One of each variety was kept cold, and one of each variety was kept at room temperature.

The blind taste test results were that a Union Jack kept cold for three months retained more hop aroma and flavor than a Union Jack kept at room temperature (I forget the exact time frame, but I believe it was around a month). So the temperature definitely played a significant factor.

As to a non-hoppy brew, I can't imagine that aging temperature is a huge, huge factor. If your cellar is at, say, 65F vice 55F...is that going to make a difference? As long as the temperature is conducive to bottle fermentation.

(I also refer back to my recent taste experiment of a ~23 year old SN Bigfoot, aged for ~20 years on a South Florida counter. In the heat and light. Maybe that would have been disastrous after a year of aging, but after 20 years, it really didn't matter - and the brew was very good, for the record!)
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http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/06/beer-is-the-new-milk-drink-it-fast.html

Cheers!

Roguer · Apr 13, 2015

JackHorzempa said: ↑

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/06/beer-is-the-new-milk-drink-it-fast.html

Cheers!
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Yes! That was definitely the article I had in mind.

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