Some old Old Stock

On one hand, that's pretty high for Old Stock. I generally pay ~$11-12 for a four-pack

On the other, this beer ages great (last summer I had a 2008 that was just amazing), and I'm sure it will be fantastic.

 

Oh, it's the store I'm a beer buyer for. It's not for sale, although it may go in a free tasting at some point. We only have the one, haha.

 

I recently did a '06 '10 '13 vert. That stuff just keeps getting better! I'd feel like I was getting gouged, but I'd probably pay double that if I came across it. In other words, buy it!

 

Nice! Let me know how it is if u get to try it!

 

If it was stored in a cellar, it is not good it is freaking fabulous. I opened and shared a bottle of old stock from 2000 back in March and I was in love with how it has aged. Granted, old Stock is probably my favorite old ale so I might be biased. But seriously, it was amazing. Caramel and raisony deliciousness. My mouth is salivating just thinking about it.

 

Wow. I have had a mixed emotions on my Old Stocks. We recenetly had a 2007 to 2013 vert which was anything but stellar. Plenty of thinning, cardboard.....and all of my stuff sits in a cellar at 60 degrees year round.

 

Can never go wrong w/ North Coast in my biased opinion..

 

I personally love NC Old Stock! So much so that I got lucky and found a guy clearing his cellar and nabbed these from him with a little help from a new friend!

 

What are the two corked bottles in the back? The brandy version?

 

One Brandy and one Bourbon! SCORE!!

 

Holy shit.

 

Did I do better than I realized??

 

I've never even heard of barrel aged Old Stock. Anybody care to chime in?

 

I have a 4-pack of 2011 Old Stock and I popped one last Thursday. It was damn tasty.

 

The newer 2009 vintage bourbon version (the one bottle in that picture that isn't like the others) was a shelf beer that sat around for ages due to a $23 or so price tag. I can't speak for the older bourbon or brandy variants.

 

I still see it on shelfs around me. Lowered to 20 a bottle.

 

Light exposure is a concern with store-aged beer for me (probably the biggest one), more so than shelf temp. I had the chance to buy some 09.09.09 last month and only grabbed one. Instantly regretted it at the checkout at only $7 or $8 a bottle... Two days later the rest were gone. Oh well. I suppose that was medium/high risk (not knowing how they were stored), high reward.
I see $18/4pk as potentially high initial investment, but also high reward. Glad to hear you went for it and did this:

Can any other BA's chime in on the store storage:light topic?

 

You have to buy it, SCORE!

 

The two in the far back are 05 barrel-aged old stock. They did a bourbon and brandy version, both were released in 07, brewery only.