inturnldemize
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...are very hoppy beers (IPAs, Pale Ales, etc...) usualy drinkable for after they're bottled?
Cool. I've read in many places that hop forward beers usually lsoe their hoppiness after a few months.
Hops do fade over time, but if you have the beer in the fridge, it takes longer. IME, at room temp, a couple few months and aroma and flavors start to fade. Several months and they really start to fade.
Who takes that long to drink their beer?
Who takes that long to drink their beer?
Ummmm....... me? When ya have two on tap, two on deck next to the kegerator, two in secondary, three in the fermenter, ingredients for the next two batches, a kit you received as a gift and several in bottles, not to mention are a commercial beer junkie, you'd be amazed at how long some beers can last.
Drinkable: Years
Best hop aroma: within 2 months
Ummmm....... me? When ya have two on tap, two on deck next to the kegerator, two in secondary, three in the fermenter, ingredients for the next two batches, a kit you received as a gift and several in bottles, not to mention are a commercial beer junkie, you'd be amazed at how long some beers can last.
Me. I have two seasons, brewing season (late fall/winter) and busy season (the rest of the year) so I brew lots and bottle enough to last all year, then meter them out over the busy season so I don't run out before the next brewing season and have to buy commercial or drink mine before it is mature.
Nice pipeline, gents! Most i've had is 3 full kegs but one wasn't carbed yet. SWMBO doesn't like me brewing every week, really doesn't like the smell and the time it takes...but I'm getting there. 1.5 kegs drinking, one wit a week from kegging, and brewing this weekend.
Friends come over (hers and mine) and if there's a beer that they like, it goes quickly. I took a keg to Memorial Day party, friends' houses, etc. so they go quickly.
NordeastBrewer77 said:That's the beauty of being married to a beer geek. If I don't brew ~weekly, I usually hear about it.
inturnldemize said:Holy crap! That is....AWESOME!
That's the beauty of being married to a beer geek. If I don't brew ~weekly, I usually hear about it.
+1. How long did it take to get to all that?
The oldest beer I have around is from last fall. I'm actually feeling like I'm pretty low on homebrew, I didn't brew for ~a month or so until last week.... and I should be honest, I only have one keg waiting on deck, the other one next to the fridge is my sons' root beer.
It's pretty easy to stock up though. I try to brew weekly, and my wife also brews and makes wine and between that and commercial brew, we're pretty stocked. I'm only really set up to primary two five gal batches and one 2-3 gal batch at a time. About a third of my batches are < 3 gallons, and I try to always have a small batch and at least one five gal batch going. I also like to have at least a batch aging. Look at my sigline, the two I have in secondary are both just bulk aging. And they're both small batches, < 3 gal, so it seems like a lot, but I won't be drinking on either of those until this fall or winter. One of the three I have in primary is 2.5 gal of IPA, once that's bottled and carbed, we'll kill that in a week or so. Some beers we drink fast, others may sit around awhile, like my wife's N.E. brown. I try to keep a mix of both.
I feel your pain! I hadn't brewed for 6 weeks up until last Memorial weekend. I was having issues keeping my swamp coolers cool enough. I got a huge ice chest that is now maintaining temps very good, and it holds 2 fermenters. So I brewed a party-gyle last weekend so I could get 10 gallons in there. I also have some saison yeast on the way, so I can get another batch going without a swamp cooler.
As far as the OP's question goes, my hoppy beers seem to fade at about 8-10 weeks...
Getting to the point where my wife is requesting brews and wondering what's next and when I'm brewing...I think it's growing on her.
You were having trouble keeping your coolers cool? I seem to remember a certain someone with a mountain of ice bags in one of his swamp coolers.... apparently lagering some sorta something.... know anyone like that?! But.... it sounds like you're even better off now. Glad to see ya back brewing some beer!
I feel your pain! I hadn't brewed for 6 weeks up until last Memorial weekend. I was having issues keeping my swamp coolers cool enough. I got a huge ice chest that is now maintaining temps very good, and it holds 2 fermenters. So I brewed a party-gyle last weekend so I could get 10 gallons in there. I also have some saison yeast on the way, so I can get another batch going without a swamp cooler.
As far as the OP's question goes, my hoppy beers seem to fade at about 8-10 weeks...
Haha! Yeah it's actually easier to keep it at 35-40F since you just bury the sucker in ice bottles. Keeping a constant 62-65F seemed to be more of a challenge. Now that I'm using an ice chest instead of rubbermaid containers I'm not having problems anymore.
Sorry brah... :cross:
The oldest beer I have around is from last fall. I'm actually feeling like I'm pretty low on homebrew, I didn't brew for ~a month or so until last week.... and I should be honest, I only have one keg waiting on deck, the other one next to the fridge is my sons' root beer.
It's pretty easy to stock up though. I try to brew weekly, and my wife also brews and makes wine and between that and commercial brew, we're pretty stocked. I'm only really set up to primary two five gal batches and one 2-3 gal batch at a time. About a third of my batches are < 3 gallons, and I try to always have a small batch and at least one five gal batch going. I also like to have at least a batch aging. Look at my sigline, the two I have in secondary are both just bulk aging. And they're both small batches, < 3 gal, so it seems like a lot, but I won't be drinking on either of those until this fall or winter. One of the three I have in primary is 2.5 gal of IPA, once that's bottled and carbed, we'll kill that in a week or so. Some beers we drink fast, others may sit around awhile, like my wife's N.E. brown. I try to keep a mix of both.
This thread is so that now it's on topic!
So, I guess I'll say something that is relevent to the OP's op...
I had one beer that I brewed that actually retained it's aroma for about 3.5 months once. That was the only one I ever brewed that retained it's aroma that long. It was a Midwest kit that I added aroma additions to. The kit was the Liberty Cream Ale, but I don't recall what aroma hops I added.
We'll have a hell of a selection though!
That's nice to hear. That's their kit of the month this month, and I have a pretty awesome mother that gets us a membership for xmas! I have it sitting downstairs in and next to the fridge. Maybe I'll try upping the aroma adds a bit. But.... to keep it real and , their kits always impress me. I just took a FG reading on the Honey Weizen I did, used 3056, and man it's tasting like a great summer beer.
I have been happy with all of their kits too. You're lucky to receive that membership! You'll like the Liberty Cream. It's a great summer beer!
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