Short Term Aging

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by DavidNilsen, Mar 9, 2015.

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  1. DavidNilsen

    DavidNilsen Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2015 Ohio

    I have just started cellaring beer within the last year, and I am dedicated to sitting on some of these bottles for a number of years before opening them. However, I would also like some short term satisfaction while I wait. What are you favorite beers to age for 12-18 months that will actually change/improve in that amount of time?
     
  2. RblWthACoz

    RblWthACoz Initiate (0) Aug 19, 2006 Pennsylvania

    I held on to some Westbrook Gose for over 6 months and it was significantly different with that much time on it.
     
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  3. BlackElixir

    BlackElixir Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2013 Wisconsin

    Founder's Imperial Stout by a long shot for me. That beer is really fantastic after a year.
     
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  4. glass_house

    glass_house Maven (1,325) Jan 10, 2014 Ohio

    DFH Burton Baton. As great as it is fresh, a little over a year makes it smooth beyond belief.
     
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  5. Prospero

    Prospero Pooh-Bah (2,680) Jul 27, 2010 Colorado
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    12 months:
    Sucaba
    Parabola
    Founder's Imperial Stout, Backwoods Bastard
    Great Divide Hibernation
    Nearly any Eisbock (I age Samichlaus Classic)
    Nearly any Brett-based beer (I find Brett peaks at 6-18 months, particularly at 12)
    Boulevard Saison-Brett
    Crooked Stave golden-sours
    Avery Uncle Jacobs, Tweak, Meph, Samaels, Rumpkin
    Deschutes Abyss (have multiple verticals and 12-months is always a winner)
    DFH 120-minute, Olde School BW
    Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, Narwhal
    Great Divide Yeti & variants, particularly the Oak-Aged
    Most Quadrupels I enjoy at 12-months as well
     
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  6. Prospero

    Prospero Pooh-Bah (2,680) Jul 27, 2010 Colorado
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    That seems odd unless they sour in the bottle, but I can't believe they do that. My understanding is most U.S. brewers kettle sour a Gose, then boil, then bottle with brewers yeast, unless they bottle/can with Brett to condition. Again it seems odd that the flavor would change over time... if kettle soured, it should taste the same in 6-months. Not typically a cellarable style of beer.
     
  7. RblWthACoz

    RblWthACoz Initiate (0) Aug 19, 2006 Pennsylvania

    I found the salt died down and the sour was more pronounced.
     
  8. Prospero

    Prospero Pooh-Bah (2,680) Jul 27, 2010 Colorado
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    Ok, so maybe they don't kettle sour. With kettle souring, the boil comes after hence killing all the Lacto. If anything the barnyard funk would increase if they conditioned with Brett (but that isn't typical for Gose, only Berliners), and I can't imagine canning a live-lacto Gose into the market. In trying my homebrew Gose, I only found the coriander to fade, in essense enhancing the salt a bit and sourness was about the same.

    You've got me curious now to try a Westbrook Gose with some time on it!
     
  9. RblWthACoz

    RblWthACoz Initiate (0) Aug 19, 2006 Pennsylvania

    Hope I am not misleading on this one, but that is certainly what I recall. :slight_smile:
     
  10. Jnashed

    Jnashed Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2014 Virginia

    Old Rasputin at two years is awesome.
     
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  11. JimmyTheDook

    JimmyTheDook Devotee (353) Oct 27, 2011 Texas

    Burton Baton is good at 12 months. I also have a couple bottles of Great Divide Rumble from last year that I plan to open in April or May. I saved some of those after the outcome of Burton Baton.
     
  12. Mullen2525

    Mullen2525 Zealot (627) Dec 9, 2012 Massachusetts

    I'll second old raspy. If you want a quicker fun way too play with a cellar beer pick up a couple 4 packs and crack one every 3 months.
     
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