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A Beer Man in the Middle of Wine Country NY…
This past weekend my wife and I hopped in the car with a couple of friends and took a drive out to the Finger Lakes area of Western NY, otherwise known as NY Wine Country. Our specific destination was...
One Year In The Cellar Down…
It’s a bit hard for me to believe, but the Brew Basement is now officially one year old. Running a site like this has been an interesting experience. I’ve received more attention and traffic then ...
A Few Beer Cellaring Links From Around The Web….
Hello fellow beer geeks. I hope your summer has been going well. Once again, here’s a few recent cellaring links I’ve come across. Enjoy! Every day I get a handfull of people landing at th...
Southampton Abbot 12 - Tasting and Aging Notes
Name: Abbot 12 Brewer: Southampton Style: Belgian Quadruple Vintage: 2008 Cellared On: June 6th, 2008 Original Tasting: July 6th, 2008 Hello everybody! I’m back from a few technical difficulties...
Middle Ages Dragonslayer Imperial Stout - Tasting and Aging Notes
Name: Dragonslayer Imperial Stout Brewer: Middle Ages Brewing Style: Russian Imperial Stout Vintage: 2008 Cellared On: April 21st, 2008 Original Tasting: June 30th, 2008 There’s no doubt I’...
June Tasting Updates - Allagash, Bear Republic, Ommegang, Rogue, Goose Island
Here’s my latest batch of aged beer tastings. As usual, I had a mixed batch of success and failure. Ommegang Ommegeddon - Six month tasting - Six months have immensely improved this beer. Comple...
New York Times Article on Beer Cellaring
Hi everyone, hope your summer has been going well (assuming it’s summer right now where you’re reading this). If there was any doubt about beer cellaring’s rising popularity, itR...
Cellaring Your Brews Standing Up Or Down - Some Additional Thoughts
Hello everyone! I’ve just recently come across a couple of interesting discussions on the whole topic of how you should store your cellared beers. First off, a few Brew Basement readers gave som...
Duvel Belgian Pale Ale - Tasting and Cellaring Notes
Name: Duvel Belgian Pale Ale Brewer: Duvel Style: Belgian Pale Ale (Duh!) Vintage: 2008 Cellared On: April 25th, 2008 Original Tasting: June 15th, 2008 Many of us beer geeks consider Duvel to be a wor...
Middle Ages Druid Fluid Barleywine (2008) - Tasting and Cellaring Notes
Name: Druid Fluid Brewer: Middle Ages Brewing Company Style: Barleywine Vintage: 2008 Cellared On: March 1st, 2008 Original Tasting: March 21st, 2008 (or June 11th, take your pick) Sometime back in Ma...
Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron (2008) - Tasting and Cellaring Notes
Name: Palo Santo Marron Brewer: Dogfish Head Style: Strong Brown Ale Vintage: 2008 Bottled On: April 16th, 2008 Cellared On: June 6th, 2008 Original Tasting: June 9th, 2008 I was VERY excited to find ...
A Few Beer Cellaring Links From Around The Web….
It’s just waayyy too hot right now for just the beginning of summer. I’m sitting here sweating my….. err let’s just say I’m sweating a lot.It’s topping out at about...
Alesmith’s Barrel-Aged Vintage Speedway Stout Releasing Soon!
Thanks to Beernews.org for the heads-up on this. If you’re anywhere near San Diego, be sure to take your June 13th Friday morning off and head of to Alesmith Brewing company. There they’l...
Massive Six-Month Tasting Update!
Hi everyone. For my latest round of updates I have six beers cellaring well, and only a single one going downhill. I had fun with these tastings, as you can imagine! Unibroue La Fin Du Monde - Reduced...
Beer Cellaring Experiment First Update - Lay Your Bottles Down or Keep ‘Em Up?
Two beers, one aged for six months standing up, one aged laying down. But which is which? For those of you who weren’t around back in October, you probably missed the kickoff of my first beer ce...
North Coast La Merle 2008 - Tasting and Aging Notes
Hi everyone! I’m back from vacation and ready for more beer! Of course I had a blast drinking my share of brews down in North Carolina too! As always, thanks for reading! Name: La Merle Brewer...
Deschutes The Abyss 2007 - Tasting and Aging Notes
Name: The Abyss Brewer: Deschutes Style: Russian Imperial Stout Vintage: 2007 Bottled On: December 2007 Cellared On: January 23rd, 2008 Original Tasting: May 8th, 2008 OK, so I admit that this wasn...
Green Flash Barleywine - Tasting and Aging Notes
Name: Barleywine (No fancy names here!) Brewer: Green Flash Style: Barleywine (Bet you couldn’t figure that one out!) Vintage: 2007 Cellared On: April 9th, 2008 Original Tasting: April 21st, 200...
A Tale of Two North Coast Old Stock Ales
OK, so they look the same, but how do they taste? The minute I saw the 2008 vintage of North Coast’s Old Stock Ale on the shelves earlier this spring, I knew this article was coming soon. I just...
Amazing Vintage Beer Charity Auction Results - $719.30 For ONE Beer!
If there was any doubt about it before, there certainly isn’t now. Beer enthusiasts are a generous lot. Of course, it always helps to have the right motivation. In this case, some absolutely tre...
North Coast 2008 Old Stock Ale - Tasting and Cellaring Notes
Name: Old Stock Ale Brewer: North Coast Brewery Style: Old Ale Vintage: 2008 Cellared On: March 30th, 2008 Original Tasting: May 2nd, 2008 Much like the 2007 version - okay, more like exactly like the...
Massive Online Vintage Beer Auction For Charity!!!!
Feel like getting your hands on some rare and vintage brews? Feel like supporting a good cause? Liquids Solutions (my favorite online beverage retailer) is giving you a chance to do both by hosting a ...
Beer Cellaring Mailbag Time!
Hello fellow beer fanatics! I seem to be getting more and more mail lately and please trust me, I’m trying hard to answer everyone somewhat timely (unfortunately I’ve been terrible about r...
Weyerbacher Insanity - Tasting and Cellaring Notes
Name: Insanity Brewer: Weyerbacher Style: Barleywine Vintage: 2007 Bottled On: December 8th, 2007 (Date printed on case) Cellared On: March 21st, 2008 Original Tasting: April 26th, 2008 Every year, We...
Green Flash Trippel 2008 - Tasting and Cellaring Notes
Name: Trippel Brewer: Green Flash Style: Tripel Vintage: 2008 Cellared On: April 9th, 2008 Original Tasting: April 20th, 2008 Brews from Green Flash Brewing in San Diego are a brand new addition to th...
Presenting Clint’s Beer Cellaring Sheet and Another Vintage Beer Review
Today I’d like to give special thanks to Brew Basement reader Clint who has generously allowed me to share his fantastic Beer Cellaring Spreadsheet with you all. I’m in the process of putt...
Stone Old Guardian Barleywine - Aging and Tasting Notes
Name: Old Guardian Brewer: Stone Style: Barleywine Vintage: 2008 Cellared On: March 7th, 2008 Original Tasting: March 29th, 2008 I wasn’t sure if this brew would make to Upstate NY or not. Not e...
Some Recent Beer Cellaring Links
Hello everyone! I just thought I’d share a few recent cellaring links I’ve come across! Enjoy! For those of you looking a way to organize your cellared brews, here’s a great spreadsh...
April Six Month Tastings - Jolly Pumpkin, Victory, Brooklyn BCS
Here’s my latest round of six-month tastings! It’s amazing what seems to happen on these vintage tastings - there’s always a mixed bag of success and failures. Jolly Pumpkin La Roja ...
Victory Brewing’s Baltic Thunder - Aging and Tasting Notes
Name: Baltic Thunder Brewer: Victory Style: Baltic Porter Vintage: 2008 Cellared On: March 3rd, 2008 Original Tasting: April 13th, 2008 This is one brew with a history - that’s not something you...