I made a brown ale back in December, left it in the primary for about 10 days, then racked to the secondary and dry hopped (1 oz Cascades). I tasted a sample and it was pretty good. I was very busy and couldn't bottle it soon enough, so I racked to the bottling bucket 3 weeks later to get it off the hops, tasted a sample, and it was damn good. I couldn't wait to drink it proper. A week and a half later, I primed and bottled it without transferring it again, I just added 2/3 cups of sugar to the bottling bucket. I tasted it then, and it wasn't as good as I remember it being when I transferred to the bottling bucket. Tonight I tasted the first bottle after 8 days at 70F, 2 hours in the fridge, and it was pretty good, but not as good as when I transferred it to my borrling bucket a few weeks ago. I tried to be as clean as possible on all my transfers, but it might have picked something up. All said and done it's been 54 days, 8 of which was in the bottle. I'm not having any more for at least another week, and I am sure it will be better.
So my question is, has anyone had a beer get worse over time? I'm talking about after it's been bottled. All of the stories I've read is that all beers get better with time. I am not afraid that my beer will get worse, but I am curious if they do sometimes.
So my question is, has anyone had a beer get worse over time? I'm talking about after it's been bottled. All of the stories I've read is that all beers get better with time. I am not afraid that my beer will get worse, but I am curious if they do sometimes.