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Aging Beer
Posted on 5/1/13 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 5/1/13 at 3:22 pm
Where do you age your beers?
I have about 2 wine cases of bombers of beers i am aging. These are beers to be opened once a year. Like Parish Grande Reserve.
Where do you age your beer, and what temps? Right now they are in my fermenting fridge with the temperatures set to 66 degrees. I am quickly running out of beer space. Would a dark closet set at about 70 degrees hold up my beers for a while?
I have about 2 wine cases of bombers of beers i am aging. These are beers to be opened once a year. Like Parish Grande Reserve.
Where do you age your beer, and what temps? Right now they are in my fermenting fridge with the temperatures set to 66 degrees. I am quickly running out of beer space. Would a dark closet set at about 70 degrees hold up my beers for a while?
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Posted on 5/1/13 at 3:24 pm to BugAC
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Would a dark closet set at about 70 degrees hold up my beers for a while?
Mine are in a dark part of a closet and temp is 70° +/-5°
Posted on 5/1/13 at 3:25 pm to BugAC
I have a mini fridge that is temperature controlled. 50 is the highest it will go.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 3:26 pm to fightin tigers
I put them in my beer fridge. Did a St Arnold's Pumpkinator, put it in there for a year and drank this past halloween...was awesome. Buy an extra every year for that purpose.
Have a Karbach Hellfighter, St Arnold Divine Reserve 12, and Southern Star Black Crack aging right now.
Have a Karbach Hellfighter, St Arnold Divine Reserve 12, and Southern Star Black Crack aging right now.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 3:28 pm to Kingwood Tiger
Temp controlled mini fridge. I set it at 55 degrees. Also, monitor humidity for the corked stuff.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 3:32 pm to BugAC
I age my beers in two place. I have a wine fridge I keep about 54 and everything else is in a cabinet that stays about 70.
Most people will tell you to cellar your beer at around 55 degrees. Keeping the beer at 70 will just cause them to age slightly faster than they would at 55.
Most people will tell you to cellar your beer at around 55 degrees. Keeping the beer at 70 will just cause them to age slightly faster than they would at 55.
This post was edited on 5/1/13 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 5/1/13 at 3:54 pm to BugAC
Are their certain types of beer that age better than others, or some you shouldn't age at all? For instance, I have a couple of both St. Arnolds Pumpkinator and Southern Tier Pumking stashed away from last year. Being that one is a stout and the other an ale, I wasn't sure if aging was appropriate for them.
This post was edited on 5/1/13 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 5/1/13 at 4:10 pm to GeauxTigers2007
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GeauxTigers2007
High alcohol beers age very well. Also, i believe some stouts could age well. I know, personally, that belgian style abbey ales age very well. I had a lost abbey gift of the Magi from 2009, i cracked open last january i believe. It was one of the best beers i've ever drank.
IPA's generally do not, because the hop profile changes over time.
I try to stick with high ABV beers in general.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 4:10 pm to BugAC
I have most of my cellared beer in boxes in the beer/brewing room. They aren't any more climate controlled than the rest of the place. I know it's not perfect, but it works.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 4:15 pm to BugAC
Would you mavens advise against placing beer horizontally in a fridge or does it matter? I am forced to lay some bottles on their side when my fridge is full.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 4:20 pm to LSUBoo
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I know it's not perfect, but it works.
Well i have some old homebrews in a closet somewhere, which i am 75% certain i will never drink, because they were extract brews, and weren't that good.
I also have some dogfish head immort ale and deschutes celebration that i'm about to toss. I may give immort a little more time, but deschutes is history.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 4:21 pm to LSUballs
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Would you mavens advise against placing beer horizontally in a fridge or does it matter?
Corked & caged beers I would say you should age on their side. Bottles with caps I would advise against, but I don't think it will really matter unless you have it there a long time. Long enough for the cap liner to break down.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 4:22 pm to BugAC
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I also have some dogfish head immort ale and deschutes celebration that i'm about to toss. I may give immort a little more time, but deschutes is history.
I have an ImmortAle as well, need to drink it soon.
I've left beers in the beer fridge far longer than I should before, and they almost always are still plenty drinkable.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 4:24 pm to LSUBoo
Gotcha. The ones that I have on their side seem to be more pressurized and foamy when I open them. But that could be my imagination.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 5:15 pm to LSUballs
I age mine in the fridge or in the closet. Living in SF the bottom of my closet stays pretty chill. No windows in that room so the temp is never higher than 65 most likely.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 5:17 pm to BugAC
I need to get me a separate fridge for this. I tried to hold on to a few divine reserve 13's but drank them within 2 days. 
Posted on 5/1/13 at 5:44 pm to LSURoss
I age most of my stuff in a wine cooler set at 56.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 5:54 pm to LSUballs
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Would you mavens advise against placing beer horizontally in a fridge or does it matter?
This is up for debate. It seems a consensus is forming in my head to not lay beer horizontally, even corked beer. The main concern with the horizontal method is a yeast ring could form on the side of the bottle which would never settle. Other concerns are horizontally, more beer surface is exposed to any oxygen in the bottle and could lead to oxidation. Concerns about keeping the cork moist are mute with modern corks. The cork inside the bottle will stay moist regardless do to humidity inside the bottle.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 6:12 pm to BugAC
Is it OK to age them in just the regular fridge? I've had a Pumpkinator in the fridge since October.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 6:43 pm to timbo
I recently started buying extra's to age. Just haven't really known how. They are either sitting in a normal fridge or on top of the fridge. I think I'll place them in a box in my closet until I buy an extra mini fridge with a temp control for aging. Some DR 13's, Pumpkinator, Parish Grand Reserve, Lost Abbey Ale, Grand Reserve 13, Stone 12.12.12 and others I can't think of off the top of my head.
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