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Southern Tier Creme Brulee Stout - Tasting and Aging Notes
The Brew Basement | August 18th 2008 by Jason Tucker
Name: Creme Brulee Stout Brewer: Southern Tier Brewing Style: Imperial Milk Stout Vintage: 2008 Cellared On: August 1st, 2008 Original Tasting: August 4th, 2008 Upstate New York can be a great place to live in during the summer. The Saratoga Track read more
A Few Beer Cellaring Links From Around The Web….
The Brew Basement | July 16th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 the site as a result of searching for information on read more
Southampton Abbot 12 - Tasting and Aging Notes
The Brew Basement | July 14th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 and extremely happy to be leading off with a brew read more
Middle Ages Dragonslayer Imperial Stout - Tasting and Aging Notes
The Brew Basement | June 30th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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’m a beer geek. At least if I wasn’t one bef read more
June Tasting Updates - Allagash, Bear Republic, Ommegang, Rogue,…
The Brew Basement | June 26th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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. Complex and subtle, it was really fun to drink. Increase read more
New York Times Article on Beer Cellaring
The Brew Basement | June 25th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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, it’s pretty much gone now. If you haven’t al read more
Cellaring Your Brews Standing Up Or Down - Some Additional Though…
The Brew Basement | June 17th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 some insightful comments on my recent update to my li read more
Duvel Belgian Pale Ale - Tasting and Cellaring Notes
The Brew Basement | June 16th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 world-class beverage fresh, and rumor is that it ages read more
Middle Ages Druid Fluid Barleywine (2008) - Tasting and Cellaring…
The Brew Basement | June 12th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 March I started my first review notebook. If you loo read more
Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron (2008) - Tasting and Cellaring Not…
The Brew Basement | June 10th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 this brew in my local beverage store - I was begin read more
A Few Beer Cellaring Links From Around The Web….
The Brew Basement | June 9th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 94 degrees or so today here in Upstate NY, which read more
Massive Six-Month Tasting Update!
The Brew Basement | June 4th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 carbonation is really allowing the fruit flavors read more
Beer Cellaring Experiment First Update - Lay Your Bottles Down or…
The Brew Basement | June 1st 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 cellaring experiment. With the help of a couple of c read more
North Coast La Merle 2008 - Tasting and Aging Notes
The Brew Basement | May 29th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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: North Coast Brewing Style: Saison Vintage: 2008 read more
Deschutes The Abyss 2007 - Tasting and Aging Notes
The Brew Basement | May 22nd 2008 by Jason Tucker
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’t the original tasting for this brew. The firs read more
A Tale of Two North Coast Old Stock Ales
The Brew Basement | May 12th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 couldn’t wait to pour one of my 2007’ read more
Amazing Vintage Beer Charity Auction Results - $719.30 For ONE Be…
The Brew Basement | May 11th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 tremendous rare and aged brews proved to be the corre read more
North Coast 2008 Old Stock Ale - Tasting and Cellaring Notes
The Brew Basement | May 8th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 2007 vintage; North Coast’s Old Stock Ale p read more
Massive Online Vintage Beer Auction For Charity!!!!
The Brew Basement | May 6th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 vintage beer auction starting this Friday, May 9th read more
Beer Cellaring Mailbag Time!
The Brew Basement | May 5th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 responding to comments on the site - I promise to g read more
Weyerbacher Insanity - Tasting and Cellaring Notes
The Brew Basement | May 4th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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, Weyerbacher takes a portion of their Blithering Idio read more
Green Flash Trippel 2008 - Tasting and Cellaring Notes
The Brew Basement | May 1st 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 the beer scene here in Upstate NY this spring. The g read more
Presenting Clint’s Beer Cellaring Sheet and Another Vintage Bee…
The Brew Basement | May 1st 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 putting my collection over onto this sheet’s for read more
Stone Old Guardian Barleywine - Aging and Tasting Notes
The Brew Basement | April 30th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 every Stone offering seems to make it this far (no read more
Some Recent Beer Cellaring Links
The Brew Basement | April 27th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 spreadsheet for beer cellaring put together by RunAwayJim. read more
April Six Month Tastings - Jolly Pumpkin, Victory, Brooklyn BCS
The Brew Basement | April 23rd 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 - Big disappointment here. Diminished sweetness ha read more
Victory Brewing’s Baltic Thunder - Aging and Tasting Notes
The Brew Basement | April 20th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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 can usually say with a new brewing! In this case, read more
Southern Tier Jah-Va - Tasting and Cellaring Notes
The Brew Basement | April 15th 2008 by Jason Tucker
Name: Jah Va Brewer: Southern Tier Style: Imperial Stout Vintage: 2007 Cellared On: March 3rd, 2008 Original Tasting: April 4th, 2008 The very first stout I tasted for this website was Dogfish Head’s Chicory Stout. Despite being a very tasty c read more
The Protective Effect of Smoke Phenols In Beer (Part 2)
The Brew Basement | April 14th 2008 by Jason Tucker
Thanks for tuning in to the second part of this series. If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out the first part, Smoke’s Preservative Effect on Aging Beer. There’s a whole host of phenolic compounds present in beer, but three are mu read more
Aging and Tasting Notes For Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier (Weizen)
The Brew Basement | April 13th 2008 by Jason Tucker
Name: Rauchbier - Weizen (Wheat) Brewer: Aecht Schlenkerla Style: Rauchbier Vintage: 2007 Cellared On: March 21st, 2008 Original Tasting: April 12th, 2008 My second beer from Aecht Schlenkerla (their Weizen) started off a bit differently then the las read more
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