What's the oldest homebrew you've had?
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:24 am
by pornstache
I was thinking about some of the ancient barley wines and other cellared commercial beers fellow enthusiasts have been kind enough to share and was curious...
What's the oldest 'aged' homebrew you've had that stood the test of time well? I'm wondering if anyone has any crazy tales of 25 year old imperial stouts, etc...
Re: What's the oldest homebrew you've had?
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:33 am
by Dirk McLargeHuge
lee wrote:I was thinking about some of the ancient barley wines and other cellared commercial beers fellow enthusiasts have been kind enough to share and was curious...
What's the oldest 'aged' homebrew you've had that stood the test of time well? I'm wondering if anyone has any crazy tales of 25 year old imperial stouts, etc...
I brewed a braggot in '99. I found three bottles in the back of the fridge late last year. Two of em had floaties at the bottom, so I poured those out. The bottle with the cap turned out nice. That's the longest I've let anything go.
Re: What's the oldest homebrew you've had?
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:35 am
by Mylo
Dirk McLargeHuge wrote:lee wrote:Two of em had floaties at the bottom
Umm.... wouldn't those be "sink-ies"?
Mylo
Re: What's the oldest homebrew you've had?
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:40 am
by Dirk McLargeHuge
Mylo wrote:Dirk McLargeHuge wrote:lee wrote:Two of em had floaties at the bottom
Umm.... wouldn't those be "sink-ies"?
Mylo
Well, if you wanna get technical. . .
Re: What's the oldest homebrew you've had?
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:50 am
by Mylo
Dirk McLargeHuge wrote:Well, if you wanna get technical. . .
JP prefers testicle...
Mylo
Re: What's the oldest homebrew you've had?
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:52 am
by crupp
I just drank a five year old bottle of an oatmeal chocolate chili pepper stout. It was the third beer I’d brewed. You know…It wasn’t that bad. The chili really mellowed over time.
Re: What's the oldest homebrew you've had?
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:08 pm
by Nate Diggler
I have a few bottles of a Maple Double Weizenbock left from a 2003 batch... it's much smoother now that the champagne yeast sedimented out... before that it had a musty flavor, now its clean and the maple comes through strongly.
Re: What's the oldest homebrew you've had?
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:43 am
by speed
i opened up a bottle of chimay clone i did 3 years ago, i couldn't believe how it has changed through the years. my only regret is that there is only 3 bottles left.
