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Another Round of Cellared Brew Tasting Updates (Part 2)
The Brew Basement | September 29th 2008 by Jason Tucker
Hello everyone! Hey, I’m only a month late with my August tasting updates - that’s not TOO bad, right? It’s hard to believe that as long as I get September’s tastings up within a week or two I might actually get caught up with read more
Another Round of Aged Beer Tasting Updates (Part 1)
The Brew Basement | September 12th 2008 by Jason Tucker
I’m so far behind on my tasting updates I had to break this into two parts to get through ‘em all! As always, my results were a bit of a mixed bag…. Smuttynose Scotch Ale (Six Month) - The sweet malt flavors have started to pull bac read more
The Huge July Cellared Beers Tasting Update
The Brew Basement | August 7th 2008 by Jason Tucker
Hello everyone! Here are a total of ten cellar updates - and I’m still not through July’s brews yet. As always seems to be the case, the results were a bit of a mixed bag. Ommegang Hennepin - (One Year) This brew is holding up fantastical 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
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
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
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
Recent Vintage Beer Tastings - Chimay, Avery, Stoudt’s, Rogue,…
The Brew Basement | April 9th 2008 by Jason Tucker
Hello everyone! I’m taking a break from my recent writing about smoked beers to bring you the latest results from the cellar. This batch is comprised of mostly six month tastings - except for the Chimay Grande Reserve, which is a 2006 vintage. read more
March Six Month Tasting Updates - Avery, Brooklyn, Corsendonk, Vi…
The Brew Basement | March 26th 2008 by Jason Tucker
Hello everyone! How about that Siena beating up Vandy in the NCAA tourney last Friday! Here’s my latest round of six-month tastings. Not a bad bunch of aged brews here, I must say. One disappointment, but the others are going strong! Corsendonk 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
Six Month Tasting Notes: …. And A Couple Beers Not Doing So Wel…
The Brew Basement | February 20th 2008 by Jason Tucker
And now for the bad news. Two of my precious brews just aren’t doing well. Such a shame, since I had such high hopes. I’m sure the folks over at Dogfish had high hopes too, because both of the beers crashing and burning right now in my ce read more
Six Month Tasting Notes: Four Beers Cellaring Well… (Part 1)
The Brew Basement | February 19th 2008 by Jason Tucker
Here’s the latest updates to my tasting notes. For this round, I’ve updated the notes on nine different cellared brews, encompassing a pretty wide range of styles. Here’s the links - starting with the first four that held up the bes read more
January’s Six Month Aged Beer Tasting Notes
The Brew Basement | February 5th 2008 by Jason Tucker
It was another mixed bag of results for my latest round of six-month tastings: Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot - Six months have been incredible for this beer. The huge sweet flavor has calmed down and made this into a an extremely drinkable beer. Schne read more
Stoudt’s, Dogfish Head, Ommegang - Six Month Tastings
The Brew Basement | January 16th 2008 by Jason Tucker
Hello everyone! I’ve posted six month tasting notes for a few beers I cellared back in July. The brews included in this update are Stoudt’s Fat Dog, Dogfish Head’s Aprihop, and Ommegang’s Abbey Ale. The results were a mixed ba read more
An Early Christmas Present For Me - Tasting a Vintage Bell’s Ex…
The Brew Basement | December 27th 2007 by Jason Tucker
What a surprise I had waiting for me at a Christmas party last weekend! The party in question was being thrown by a co-worker and friend of my wife’s. I was looking forward to going; I knew there would be a lot of fun people there. What I didn& read more
Rogue, Allagash, and Bear Republic - Six Month Tasting Updates
The Brew Basement | December 24th 2007 by Jason Tucker
All month long ( and actually even longer then that) I’ve been waiting and waiting for this past weekend. I was finally able to take my first few beers out of the cellar for their six month tastings. It was a lot of fun, and I was definitely su read more
Vintage Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale Tasting - Christmas Past vs…
The Brew Basement | December 7th 2007 by Jason Tucker
It’s the first Friday of the month! For all of us beer bloggers, that means it’s time for The Session - a day where the beer blogging community gathers together and writes around a common topic. This months Session, hosted by Barley Vine, read more
Stone Brewery Beer Cellaring Page
The Brew Basement | September 6th 2007 by Jason Tucker
I came across a pretty cool section of the Stone Brewery Website that’s all about cellaring beers. They age a number of their own beers, and then do tastings of them at six month intervals. It’s pretty interesting to read their comment read more
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