Most disappointed beer from the cellar

Sour Reserve #5 from upland. After having the vinosynths and being very pleased, this was just a vinegar bomb. Nothing else to be said about it but vinegar. It masked everything. Hopefully it is just bottle variation, as upland seems to have a lot of that. i.e. persimmon: the first one I had may have been the most sour beer I've tasted next to timmermans oude kriek. The second was a little less sour and the fruit shined through very well.

 

That's sad to hear. Curieux is such a great beer.

Breakside's tribute to Alan Sprints - Alan from the Wood - didn't age nearly as well as a Hair of the Dog would have.

 

I don't have a cellar, I have a cupboard. Said cupboard usually stores 4-5 beers for a max of two weeks, before I crack (no pun intended) and open them. So with that said, the single BCBS 2013 that's been sitting there for over a year is the most disappointed beer I have. He/she feels inadequate (or so I've been told by a mutual friend).

 

I decided to see if Victory Golden Monkey could age gracefully like some Belgian Tripels. 5 years in, a complete drain pour.

 

Jubel 2010, made to cellar for a decade, has been going downhill since 2011, and it is now a sad sad beer.

 

Recently opened up an Oak-aged Yeti that had been in the cellar for over a year. Tasted like soy sauce, very acidic. Anyone have any idea what went wrong? I love that beer fresh.

 

Uinta Anniversary Barleywine, let's say circa 2010 vintage. Aged for two years and was a drain pour. Bitter in an astringent way with no other flavors at all.

 

4 year old Westmalle Tripel tasted like wet cardboard. A Chimay white sitting next to it purchased at the same time was fantastic.

 

As of late...BA Roosevelt and BA Hi-Fi Rye

 

I've heard that the yeti variants don't age well might just want to only drink it fresh.

 

I recently had 2006, 2007, and 2009 vintages of Anchor's Christmas Ale. I don't think the cellar did much, if anything, for them, but they were still drinkable. I don't know why I waited so long.

I had one of my 2011 Life and Limb DFH/SN collaboration bottles couple months ago. It was good and drinkable, but I don't think cellaring for that long did anything for it. I've got two more bottles that I'm going to kill soon [altough I might be willing to dip back into trading waters if anyone was really interested.]

I've decided there's no need to cellar a beer for more than 2 years maximum, and for most beers it's not necessary at all. There a few american barleywines I like mellowed out with some age, but even then 1 year is plenty.

 

Had a 2012 bottle of BA Hibernation that I opened in February. Tasted like wet cardboard.

 

It is not completely a bottle variation issue, although I've had several people whose opinion I respect tell me that the Reserve is one of their best releases. My experience with Upland is that their lambics are extraordinarily sour, and the worst yield up vinegar-like experiences. On the other hand, I had a Blackberry lambic this winter that was rock solid - very sour but with strong fruit notes, as you described the persimmon. I've got a bottle of the persimmon, myself, so I'll be interested in seeing what side of it I get.

If I were to pick my most disappointing beer from my cellar, it'd have to be Upland's Strawberry lambic, actually, because it was the first one I had and it was the worst of the ones I've tried. I've had beers I liked less, but not ones that I'd expected much from.

 

Had a Older Viscosity not long ago - had only had it in the cellar about 8 months, but it was not good at all - thinned out, and a bit musty too. Given the price and bottle size I was hoping for a lot more, particularly since I hadn't had it for very long...
Oh well, you take and you give - I have had other things from the cellar that were amazing, so you have to live with the odd let down to enjoy the wins.

 

The reason I was disappointed is because I heard such good things. I do not mind sour, tart, or acidic. I mind vinegar. I agree in that the blackberries I've had have been fantastic, along with strawberry, vinosynth red&white, and one of the three peach bottles I had. I'm just not willing to take the risk anymore for $25 bottles. Hope your persimmon is good. Cheers man.

 

Agree completely.

With the lambic and lambic based beers (i.e., the Reserve), I completely understand. I've wanted to try their range of beers, so I'm willing to give each a shot first.

 

Mine was a Rum Barrel Aged Dubbel from Brothers Craft (3 Brothers) was sitting on it for about a year. Was a complete gusher, flavor was very flat lots of heat. Pretty much just a overcarbed bottle of rum. Very disappointing because rum barrel aging is usually one of my favorites.

 

We opened a 3-year old Deschutes The Abyss at my last Christmas tasting. Shockingly bland (and strangely muted), and I usually *love* that beer.

 

Firestone Walker, Walkers Reserve Porter. Have had it for awhile and cracked it open the other day only to be disappointed.