Terrapin Wake-n-Bake

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by jmdrpi, Dec 29, 2015.

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  1. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,989) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Last night when drinking one, I noticed that the label said "Vintage 2015", which would imply that the brewery is saying it's a good beer to cellar. I looked up their website and it says "hide a few away and pull one out for a special event 2-3 years later!"

    I would think the coffee flavor would fade. What are people's experiences?
     
    #1 jmdrpi, Dec 29, 2015
  2. FSUlaw-and-brew

    FSUlaw-and-brew Initiate (0) Jul 20, 2015 Florida

    I recently had a 2014 and it changed immensely. The coffee became much less pronounced, a little perfumey if that makes sense, sweet with big fruit notes. Nice to try, still probably prefer it fresh.
     
    #2 FSUlaw-and-brew, Dec 29, 2015
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  3. aucanuck

    aucanuck Crusader (435) Dec 18, 2010 Georgia
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    I did a '12, '13, '14 last year liked it best fresh. The 12 had almost no coffee in it and the 13 had a burnt coffee flavor. 14 was really, really good though.
     
    #3 aucanuck, Dec 30, 2015
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  4. RDMII

    RDMII Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2010 Georgia

    The beer to me has way too much coffee fresh so a year mellows that, but it's also very thin to start with so it never tastes good enough to enjoy.
     
    #4 RDMII, Dec 30, 2015
  5. scott10010

    scott10010 Initiate (0) Nov 21, 2011 North Carolina

    Time does this beer no favors. I much prefer it fresh. YOu might like it after 6 months if you want to coffee to fade, but I've tried fresh and with a year on it more than once and fresh is a lot better.

    I also liked it more before they upped the ABV a couple years back.
     
    #5 scott10010, Dec 30, 2015
  6. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,989) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Thanks for the feedback, y'all. I think the beer is pretty tasty fresh, so I'm going to drink it all now.
     
    #6 jmdrpi, Jan 3, 2016
  7. Mikus

    Mikus Initiate (0) Mar 21, 2014 Pennsylvania

    2014 vintage had a surprisingly nice coffee flavor. This was probably the sweet spot. It was fantastic.
     
    #7 Mikus, Jan 3, 2016
  8. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,989) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Drank at a year old?
     
    #8 jmdrpi, Jan 3, 2016
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