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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
Green Flash Barleywine - Tasting and Aging Notes
The Brew Basement | May 14th 2008 by Jason Tucker
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, 2008 Green Flash’s barleywine poured a clear da 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
February’s Final Tastings - Rogue, Flying Dog, Allagash, Lindem…
The Brew Basement | March 2nd 2008 by Jason Tucker
If there’s one thing I learned after this February, it’s this: I bought a hell of a lot of beer last summer! Here’s the last of my six month tastings for February. On to March! Stone 7/7/7 - Holding up great so far! A nice spicy bit read more
Lindemans Kriek Lambic - Aging in my Cellar
The Brew Basement | September 17th 2007 by Jason Tucker
Name: Kriek Brewer: Limdemans Style: Lambic Cellared On: July 3rd, 2007 Original Tasting: July 20th, 2007 Fruit beers seem to be a polarizing thing here in the US. You either love ‘em or hate ‘em. I personally love them. Fruit and be read more
Beer Cellar Science: Bottle Conditioning (Part 2)
The Brew Basement | September 13th 2007 by Jason Tucker
If you haven’t read the first part of this article, be sure to check out Bottle Conditioning (Part 1) Yeast in bottle-fermented brews can affect your beer in a myriad of different ways. Since the yeast are initially metabolicly active, munchin read more
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The Brew Basement | September 12th 2007 by Jason Tucker
I’m doing some traveling today, so I won’t have my second part of the Bottle Conditioning article up until later this evening. In the meantime, enjoy these posts from some other beer blogs! Here’s a great post from the blog Appellat read more
Review of a 23-year old beer… I’m so jealous!
The Brew Basement | September 11th 2007 by Jason Tucker
I saw this review the other day on the BeerAdvocate website and just had to share it with you. The poster, basica, was lucky enough to get his hands on a 1984 La Trappe Bubbel. He shares in very great detail exactly what you can get from a properly a read more
Aging in the cellar: Rogue Chocolate Stout
The Brew Basement | September 11th 2007 by Jason Tucker
Name: Chocolate Stout\nBrewer: Rogue\nStyle: Chocolate Stout\nCellared On: August 4th, 2007\nOriginal Tasting: September 9th, 2008\nYou can almost see the thought process here: Hmmmm…..I like chocolate…..and I like beer……why n read more
Vintage Beer: The Kulminator Beer Pub
The Brew Basement | September 8th 2007 by Jason Tucker
It’s not that often that I find myself wandering the streets of Antwerp Belgium. Okay, so maybe I’ve never found myself wandering the streets of Antwerp. But if I ever did find myself there, you could bet your left nut I would make a beel read more
Aging In My Cellar: Immort Ale, Dogfish Head
The Brew Basement | September 7th 2007 by Jason Tucker
Name: Immort Ale Brewer: Dogfish Head Style: American Strong Ale Cellared On: August 16th, 2007 Original Tasting: August 24th Dogfish Head’s Immort Ale is a wild take on a American (or Scottish) Strong Ale. Brewing this ale with maple syrup a read more
Belgian Styled Beers Great For Cellaring
The Brew Basement | September 5th 2007 by Jason Tucker
The great homebrewer and beer fanatic Charlie Papizan has called Belgium “The Disneyland of Beer” because of the tremendous variety of flavors and styles you can find from Belgian offerings. Some of these beers are among the world’s read more
Cellaring Science: All About Hops
The Brew Basement | September 4th 2007 by Jason Tucker
All hail the hop! It’s both a useful and tasty ingredient to your beer. It lends a wonderfully bitter taste to your favorite brew, while at the same time providing a wide range of fragrant aromas. It’s most important effect, however, read more
Aging in my cellar: Unibroue 15, Unibroue
The Brew Basement | September 2nd 2007 by Jason Tucker
Name: Unibroue 15 Brewer: Unibroue (English home page) Style: Belgian Strong Pale Ale Cellared On: August 3rd, 2007 Original Tasting: August 19th, 2007 Unibroue 15 is a big (10% ABV) Belgian ale brewed in Quebec Canada. The brewery is just a quick s read more
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