They need to be aged. The booziness wears off a bit over time. I drank a 2009 bottle this year and found the bourbony flavor had changed to more of a molasses flavor. Very good and it had mellowed quite nicely.

Really? How long and how (bottle placement...etc)? Educate me in PM or on here if you get a chance or have time. I have two bottles left and really want to try the Coffee Stout. I may get it tomorrow if they have any left.


On that note, I had a bottle of Dogfish pumpkin ale that sat in the fridge for a month or so and while I wasn't impressed with it at all when fresh...it had more pumpkin flavor after it sat.

Just keep them some place cool and dark. I think that the BCS bottles say they're good for up to 5 years of aging in the bottle. They're probably fine for more, but I've never had one older than 3-4 years before.

I really only age imperial stouts, barley wines, sours, wild ales and lambics. Any IPAish beer isn't a good candidate for aging, as the hops will fade out of the flavor profile over time. There are obviously some exceptions to that rule, but I don't age Hopslam, Sculpin or Pliny The Elder. Those babies are meant to be drank while fresh.

People are going to hate me.

At this point in time I'm not a huge fan of Tank 7.

Commence jizzles beat down.

Don't like the earthy notes?

Again, I'm just a young beer n00b.

I love the beer at first sip -- it is the after taste that gets me. Just not a fan of that right now.

Awesome. Thanks for the info. I did a little more research and will be putting my other two in the basement in a cabinet for a while. The underneath of our front porch will be perfect I think. Poured walls, constant temp...just need a cabinet.

They will definitely change for the better with a little bit of age on them. Just stash them away and forget about them until next year. Then, next year, you can try a fresh one and an aged one side by side.

I'm drinking some really Shitty beer right now, don't try it.

Found Rye on Rye on tap tonight. That is nectar of the gods and frankly, I believe that descriptor is overused.

Hard to take it easy on those; they drink soooo smooth.

Barley's Brewhaus in Overland Park is going to have the only keg of La Folie in KS this Friday at 5 PM.

It's somewhere between a sour/wild ale and a Flanders Oud Bruin. VERY sour. It'll be a hoot!

Found Boulevard's Double Wide IPA here in ATL, both in bottle and at a burger joint on tap.

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I think it's a beer an individual will either love or hate.
as for me....I'm frankotank! it's my JOB to like Tank 7!

tried this one over the holdays and I really liked it.
6.7% = a six pack is plenty

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I went to an Italian restaurant in Albany, GA, recently and they had Boulevard Wheat on tap!