Short Term Aging

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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!

 

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

 

Old Rasputin at two years is awesome.

 

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.

 

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.