I have a ~6% IPA or so that I want to keg and serve 3 weeks after brewing it. I plan on doing so. Thoughts?
I've seen it go both ways, btw. I had an IIPA that was harsh and undrinkable after only 3 weeks, but was fine after 9 weeks. No hop aroma and little hop flavor at that point, though. It tasted more like an imperial ESB (which isn't a real style, I know).
However, I just made a clone of Stone's 07.07.07 Vertical Epic, and it started to get worse in the bottle after only 8 weeks. It was wonderful at four weeks--by far and away the best of my 15 batches. It was almost 9% as well. This just goes to show that "big beers" don't always stand up to age.