Historical beer find

So while cleaning out the basement of this house I just bought in fort Wayne In I found this. It is a old crown lazy aged ale not sure on the year found an interesting article on the brewery http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Crown_Brewing_Corporation and I thought I'd ask if anyone in here is old enough to have had one? While it was stored in a cool dark pseudo cellar I'm not sure if I'm that adventurous.

Pretty sweet, man! Never even heard of that beer before, but I'd be interested in hearing your tasting notes! Be adventurous, worst thing that'll happen is it'll taste like p!$$.

Was kinda a cool find it was nestled inbetween some vodka from the cccp and a mason jar labeled peach shine 82

You have to drink it...It's the law.

Drink it!

Cool. I drank 48 year old beer before.

Alright boys putting it in the fridge.... Will report back with photos.

Stoutman82 said:

Alright boys putting it in the fridge.... Will report back with photos.

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Good luck!

Something to consider BEFORE drinking that bottle.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-Centlivre-Old-Crown-Beer-Metallic-Red-Gold-Cork-Crown-Tavern-Trove-/190616867055?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c61a690ef

The cap is worth ~$4. imagine the value of a vintage FULL bottle of beer.

My understanding is that among brewianna collectors, there's little value in the beer in the bottles, unless of course it's something like Alshopps arctic ale that was found at the bottom of the bering sea or something like that. Collectors want the bottles, they want the labels, the caps, and cans, but not really bottles full of beer.

You might want to do some digging at Tavern Trove or one of the other sites though.

Stoutman82 said:

Was kinda a cool find it was nestled inbetween some vodka from the cccp and a mason jar labeled peach shine 82

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And where are those?!!

30 Year old peach Shine?!?! NOW I bet that is Smoooooooooth!!

I want.

Subscribed. Got to know how this beer tastes!

What's the "Born On" date?

It was probably brewed before best-before's were cool.

According to the wiki page it stopped production of Old Crown in the late 1980's so the youngest this beer is going to be is around 20!

The brewery produced Old Crown Beer, Old Crown Ale, Old Crown Bock, Van Merrit, Old German, Renner and Alps Brau, until they ceased production on December 1, 1973. Peter Hand brewing of Chicago continued to make Old Crown beer and ale, as well as Van Merrit, Old German and Alps Brau, until the late 80's

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Assuming the Dates on this site are correct it was brewed before 1951. It matches a label from 1946, so it is probably from around that time.

http://www.taverntrove.com/item.php?ItemId=19996
http://www.taverntrove.com/item.php?ItemId=31792

Stoutman82 said:

Alright boys putting it in the fridge.... Will report back with photos.

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That's the spirit! And speaking of spirits, about that 30 year old peach 'shine and the Soviet vodka.... you'll be posting the tastings on those too, no?

FWIW, I am NOT in any way a vodka guy, but.... back in college I lived with a girl who grew up in the Ukraine under Soviet rule. Her father had a few bottles of old Russian vodka that he'd brought back from visits to post Soviet Ukraine. I have to say, as far as vodka goes, those Russian's were quite nice.

Revvy said:

Cool. I drank 48 year old beer before.

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I think this requires an explanation

RugenBrau said:

I think this requires an explanation

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There's a thread on it.

Awesome! Let's see the shine, too!

Love the old cap. Careful when you pry that sucker off.

You mean this one?

We tried 48 year old beer today.

Revvy said:

You mean this one?

We tried 48 year old beer today.

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Yes, yes I do. Thanks for supporting my laziness, man!

Are we aging this beer in the fridge too now? lol... kidding aside i'm patiently awaiting the review!

It and I are pulling up to my local brewery (bare hands brewery) I figured I'd share

It probably won't be one of the best beers you've ever had. It should be fun to drink though.

Bizarro inc sat at the brewery talked about it some girl at the bars like I'm from fort Wayne says her last name is berghoff turns out she's a descendant of the owners lol and I'm being serious100%

Tell her beer enthusiasts would like to see her pic and then upload one.:rockin:

Just a thought.. But the yeast may be worth more than the cap or the bottle!! I'd give wyeast a call!

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Just a thought.. But the yeast may be worth more than the cap or the bottle!! I'd give wyeast a call!

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I was wondering that too.... I'd probably at least try'n see if it could be harvested. Revvy tried it with the 48 year old beer, sadly, nothing came of the harvest.
But, it'd be interesting to see......

As would some tasting notes on that brewski, Stoutman? You guys crack that bad boy yet?

I want some peach shine 82.

This weekend I bought a bunch of old beer cans and four of them are full. Wasn't gonna be brave enough to try them, but this thread has me curious now!

born3z said:

This weekend I bought a bunch of old beer cans and four of them are full. Wasn't gonna be brave enough to try them, but this thread has me curious now!

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Whatta ya got?

NordeastBrewer77 said:

Whatta ya got?

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I'm at work so I'll have to post some pics when I get home. I remember one is Red Bull.

Ok so the taste....,, imagine behemoth barleywine but flatter with honey added overall not bad not great but not bad

Was there no hiss or head?

Good work! Love the curiosity!

You should probably visit the nearest hospital to get your stomach pumped now.

As cool as this is, that looks disgusting.

Says the guy with a baby in his fermenter.

Either you live at a bar/restaurant or I assume you opened this at our local watering hole (aka the register in the background). Any other more specific descriptions of this beer? Inquiring taste buds want to know! How about the vodka and the shine? Try them yet?

Thanks