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I reckon Porterhouse Celebration and Brainblásta are well worth setting aside for a while.

I have an 7 year old bottle of Westy 8 that I can never bring myself to open!!

"Biertourist":28igr7lh wrote:

"traPISSED":28igr7lh wrote:

"Biertourist":28igr7lh wrote: I was told a long time ago that light-colored beers didn't age well, but you can just ignore that advice. Belgian Tripels age WONDERFULLY as Richard pointed out.

(I tried a 30 year old Westmalle tripel for my birthday last year and it was AMAZINGLY good.)

Seems like strong is really the only requirement. (And bottle conditioning helps; then again non-bottle conditioned beers will oxidize faster which will get you aged flavors in a shorter period of time...)


Adam[/quote:28igr7lh]

I was just about to post the exact same thing! I had a Westmalle Triple that was 20 years old a few weeks ago which showed no signs of oxidisation! It was one of the best beers I have ever had in my life. I'm really tempted to buy a few cases of the triple in the new 75cl bottle and just forget about them.

It tasted of heather honey, clove and nutmeg with no trace of alcohol. The age had really done wonders to this.

The stronger De Dolle beers all seem to hold up well! They will be releasing their Stille Nacht Special Reserva next year and I highly recommend that. The 2005 vintage ran the westmalle triple pretty dam close.[/quote:28igr7lh]

Cracked Kettle in Amsterdam or do you have another good place to find some old aged ones?

Adam[/quote:28igr7lh]


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I recommend staying a night here! Their beer menu will make your eyes explode lol! They have many beers going back to the 80s even rare releases from breweries that closed a long time ago. Oh and the prices are not bad either! 15 euro for a 20 year old Westmalle triple! 20 euro for a 1996 75cl of Girardin Geuze. Rodenbach Alexsander 30 euros!

The vintage list is long and impressive...the foods good too and the owners are very friendly. Potentially the best cellar in the world and if you ask nicely you can purchase a few to take home without extra cost <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->

It helps to stay a night! Me and my friend spent a few days there. It's beer heaven for people like me.

&amp;quot;FranJ&amp;quot;:3rluvtnl wrote: I have an 7 year old bottle of Westy 8 that I can never bring myself to open!![/quote:3rluvtnl]

You really should open it once you find a reason to.
A 5 year old Westy 12 is one of the best beer experiences I've had.

Fresh, it's still really good but one of the most OVERRATED beers around. At 5 years, it's worth all the hype (and I don't think there's a beer that has more hype so that's saying alot.)


Adam

So I was just clearing out some empty bottles and rearranging my beers and decided to update my list of put away beers.

Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Charlie, Fred And Ken's Bock
Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Grand Cru
BrewDog Tokyo
BrewDog Bitch Please
Rochefort 10
Rochefort 6
Goose Island Demolition
Goose Island Matilda (2009)
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Straffe Hendrik 9
Porterhouse Celebration Stout 11%
Porterhouse Celebration stout 7%
Eight Degrees A Winters Ale
Nøgne Ø # 100
Chimay blue

Coming along nicely i think.
Nigel

But what would be the best way to cellar/ store your beers for years?
I mean are the bottles lying down or standing up? Any desired temperature? Or would a place in the shed or attic be good enough?


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