I'm sure this thread has been done, but my feeble searching didn't turn it up...what's the oldest of your beers that you've (a) consumed or (b) still have on hand?
I have one remaining bottle of Invisible Blizzard Imperial Stout, which was brewed in the winter of 1996-97. Records incomplete (actually, this is the only one missing frm the log), exact date unknown, but the batch prior was Nov 96, and following was Mar 97. One of my first (and few) artial mash brews...I remember being awestruck by the amount of grain I was stuffing into that cooler. The beer's moved with me at least 5 times, and seems none the worse for it. I had the next-to-last bottle during a brew a few weeks back...still damn tasty. Hints of oxidation, poor head retention (which it always suffered) but silky smooth, balanced and yummy.
I'm reluctant to crack the last one...I've lost the recipe, so it will be the end of the line for Invisible Blizzard. I'm thinking I might crack it open next week when I brew a barleywine, and dump maybe an ounce into the boil, for posterity. Then I'll hang on to one of those for 10 years...
Anyway, what's your oldest?
I have one remaining bottle of Invisible Blizzard Imperial Stout, which was brewed in the winter of 1996-97. Records incomplete (actually, this is the only one missing frm the log), exact date unknown, but the batch prior was Nov 96, and following was Mar 97. One of my first (and few) artial mash brews...I remember being awestruck by the amount of grain I was stuffing into that cooler. The beer's moved with me at least 5 times, and seems none the worse for it. I had the next-to-last bottle during a brew a few weeks back...still damn tasty. Hints of oxidation, poor head retention (which it always suffered) but silky smooth, balanced and yummy.
I'm reluctant to crack the last one...I've lost the recipe, so it will be the end of the line for Invisible Blizzard. I'm thinking I might crack it open next week when I brew a barleywine, and dump maybe an ounce into the boil, for posterity. Then I'll hang on to one of those for 10 years...
Anyway, what's your oldest?