Will keeping beer at 40 degrees in a fridge preserve it?

You should just ship your stash to me.

 

I've read, and can testify after sampling, that keeping your IPA's at 40 in your fridge will definitely help lower the rate of degradation.

 

If you don't care enough about your health to ship your beer to me, I guess I could come over and drink it all. I will need a couch to pass out on afterwards though. Thats just the kind of nice guy I am, always looking out for others.

ADVOCACY.

 

I find that most IPAs taste best within 6 weeks of bottle/can but yes at that temperature it is much better than
sitting on shelf like some stores for example (Total Wine) doesn't refrigerate any of there IPAs and they are usually sit out there at room temperature for some time and become malty. It also depend on type of hop variety such as certain fresh hop IPAs such as Knee Deep Simtra is much better within first month. I would suggest drinking them within first 60 days and if you plan on storing up on some beer try Imperial Stouts, Sours, and/or Barrel aged as they will last for quite sometime and may improve with age LOL by the way where you live so I can stop by for a brew ?

 

Yes.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/101/store

There are more discussions of temperature in the cellaring forum.

Two things to take away, the lower the temperature the slower the chemical reactions, and let the beer gradually return to serving temperature before serving for the best experience.

I have a good friend doing the same thing, basically taking January off from drinking. I should probably do the same.

Cheers,

David

 

Yup. I think you will be fine.

 

Why not just drink a beer a day and budget it into your daily calories?

 

All beer will last longer if stored cold (e.g., 40°F).

As regards IPAs, the ‘challenge’ is that over time the hop aroma and flavor will fade. Storing the IPA beers cold will likely help in that the hop aroma/flavor will probably fade at a slower rate but it will fade.

Cheers!

 

Try freezing a few.
I've always wondered if freezing will stop, or nearly stop, hop degradation?

 

That should preserve the beer quite nicely, in a pool all over the bottom of the freezer.

Edit: at least at normal freezer temps, which approach 0°F

 

thats what you get for:

A) Being married
B) making crazy promises.

 

I place my *Not ready to drink yet* beers at the bottom of the fridge, it's about 4-5 degrees cooler there. I have kept some legendary IPA's quite tasty for several weeks this way.
Cheers

 

The feels bro, I know them.