this is perhaps not related to home-brew process directly but the folks here have so much experience, I thought I wanted to run this by you guys.
I have built a cellar/fermentation chamber (a freezer with temperature control) and in addition to cellaring my own home-brews - mostly porters/stouts, I figured I might as well get some commercial brews to cellar as well.
I lean towards relatively easily available stouts, porters, belgian strong ales and perhaps barley wines. Nothing too hoppy, 9% abv or close and above (with some exception).
I am very new to this cellaring business but here's what I (randomly) got so far. Any feedback as to which beers may not be good candidates for cellaring, or which might be very good. All of those are 2015, as far as I could tell.
AleSmith Old Numbskull
Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout
Unibroue Trois Pistoles
Youngs Double Chocolate Stout
North Coast Brother Thelonious
North Coast Old Rasputin
Stone Smoked Porter
Stone Imperial Russian Stout
Stone Chai Spiced Imperial Russian Stout
Stone W00t Stout
Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
Ninkasi Imperiale Double-Stout
Ballast Point Sea Monster
Coronado Blue Bridge Coffee Stout
Anderson Valley Huge Arker Imperial Stout (Bourbon Barrel)
I have built a cellar/fermentation chamber (a freezer with temperature control) and in addition to cellaring my own home-brews - mostly porters/stouts, I figured I might as well get some commercial brews to cellar as well.
I lean towards relatively easily available stouts, porters, belgian strong ales and perhaps barley wines. Nothing too hoppy, 9% abv or close and above (with some exception).
I am very new to this cellaring business but here's what I (randomly) got so far. Any feedback as to which beers may not be good candidates for cellaring, or which might be very good. All of those are 2015, as far as I could tell.
AleSmith Old Numbskull
Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout
Unibroue Trois Pistoles
Youngs Double Chocolate Stout
North Coast Brother Thelonious
North Coast Old Rasputin
Stone Smoked Porter
Stone Imperial Russian Stout
Stone Chai Spiced Imperial Russian Stout
Stone W00t Stout
Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
Ninkasi Imperiale Double-Stout
Ballast Point Sea Monster
Coronado Blue Bridge Coffee Stout
Anderson Valley Huge Arker Imperial Stout (Bourbon Barrel)